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Brief follow-up to one recent and one not-so-recent blog post: Firstly, you may remember my trip to Cardiff back in December 2006, and the ...

We went for a bike ride yesterday: not particularly remarkable in itself, just an 8-mile round trip with a cheeky pint in a pub halfway, bu...

Marvel once again as I use exciting current events as a hook from which to hang some tenuously linked nonsense that's been rattling arou...

Couple of things in the news this week which connect to earlier posts: More crazy shenanigans with Jewish Sabbath ritual - this story is a...

Don't diss the big man - no sooner have I had a pop at God in my last couple of posts than he ensures not only that the US Open goes ...

The Independent's occasional online "10 Best" feature is always amusing, and the latest one ( The 10 Best Sex Scandals ) is no...

A couple of brief riders to yesterday's post - I'm conscious of trying to minimise the length of these rants so as not to scare off...

Here's something to test yourself with: if the audio extract I'm about to link to doesn't get you shouting at the internet and t...

It doesn't take much to get me musing fearfully about air travel , and the recent Air France disaster has provided some food for though...

I know all the hip and groovy kids have it already, but I downloaded and installed Spotify earlier this week; if you have any interest what...

The story would only be better if it involved Nazis in some way as well, e.g. Nazi gold 'hidden in sharks' or Mexico cocaine '...

Here's a useful thing you can do today: sign the petition at Sense About Science protesting the ludicrous libel case brought against ...

If you spend any time sitting out in our garden on a sunny day, you may find yourself feeling a few spatters of what you might imagine to be...

Apparently you can't catch swine flu after you're dead. Who knew ? The article in question is here ; needless to say this isn't ...

We popped up to Mum & Dad's last night for a flying visit, partly because it was my Dad's birthday and I wanted to deliver the b...

Finally got round to sorting out some photos, so here's a brief round-up: A few of Tredegar House and environs, taken a few weekends ba...

My inspiration today comes from the top news events of the past week or so. Firstly, Apprentice runner-up and Brummie temptress Kate Walsh ...

Just to dispel the palpable and almost unbearable suspense following my previous post (i.e. which bottle of single malt was I going to try ...

It's always nice to follow a slightly ranty post like the last one with a bit of light-hearted fluffery. You know, yin and yang, tears a...

I wonder if it's perhaps possible to see some good coming out of the horrific murder of Dr. George Tiller in Wichita, Kansas yesterday...