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Funny how some stuff leads you on to thinking about other stuff. Isn't it? I'm sure Alexander Pope must have coughed up a few simi...

Vertigo by WG Sebald. For all the rich variety of novels out there, long, short, funny, sad, etc. etc., they generally adhere to a broad pat...

Well, we haven't done one of these for a while, and this really is a contender for the easiest recipe ever . I did it for lunch today an...

....surely that should be Möbius ?

....my last post in stick-men cartoon form. If you can't read this, click either on the image or in this link to the source material . T...

Actually, I'm a couple of days late with this, but that's pretty much par for the course - I'm rubbish with birthdays. October 2...

.... here's a topping jape : collect search strings that Googlise your blog as the top entry on the list. Obviously extra points are aw...

Brief round-up of some other random nonsense harvested from the most inaccessible, fluff-filled nooks and crannies of the internet: In Engli...

Live At Massey Hall 1971 by Neil Young. Part of the massive series of reissues from Young 's archives, this is the second album releas...

Our cheese racing exploits in Swanage were of the sadly disappointing variety, caused - I reckon - in the main by the sub-standard quality...

The Sirens Of Titan by Kurt Vonnegut. It's the 22nd century, and Winston Niles Rumfoord is in a slightly odd position. After flying his...

Highly amusing and highly predictable outrage over DNA pioneer James Watson's inflammatory remarks on his visit to Britain this week. ...

Here's an interesting article about swearing by psychologist Steven Pinker in The New Republic . Longish but well worth a read. And th...

Follow-up on a couple of previous posts: Firstly my post about the various Lounges around Bristol: I missed a couple of Bristol ones; firs...

We went to a pub (the Royal Oak on the road back into Swanage) after our Sunday fishing exploits , and there was a bloke in the pub who spot...

Well, it's late so I'll keep this brief - Sunday usually involves going for a healthy walk somewhere before segue-ing into a slightl...

Robert Glenister at the next checkout in Sainsbury's at Clifton Down. Maybe they're filming Hustle in Bristol or something. Didn...

Well, you may not be after reading this interesting article . Maggot-infested cheese anyone? There's a couple more which may be of inter...

If He Hollers Let Him Go by Chester Himes. Chester Himes had a long and distinguished career as a writer of hard-boiled detective novel...

We drank these on Sunday evening. A fuller run-down of Sunday's activities will follow, but try a few of these while you're waiting:...