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Thursday, July 30, 2009

what were they thinking?

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This is deeply deeply wrong. For thine be the kingdom, the power and the glory hole . More at the Facebook group Bad Religious Art . Not to ...

further hackery

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Here's another one: this entry in the Independent 's list of sporting team-mates falling out with each other. It's about Frenc...

do you think Roger Federer's got one?

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More lazy slapdash couldn't-even-be-bothered-to-Google-it journalism from the BBC today: this article about that cornerstone of modern ...
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Monday, July 27, 2009

what I did at the weekend

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On Saturday we nipped over to St. Woolos' Cathedral (about 50 yards down the road) as they'd put a leaflet through our door adverti...

carnage

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While we were in Pembrokeshire we foolishly forgot to do any pre-emptive gardening before we left, and as it was a bit wet (to say the leas...
Sunday, July 26, 2009

the last book I read

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Unless by Carol Shields. Reta Winters is a writer, principally of short stories and translations (mainly of the French-language works of her...
Tuesday, July 21, 2009

celebrity lookeylikey of the day - bonus edition

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Here's another one, also with a bit of a sporting connection: eight-time major winner and recent Open not-quite -history-maker Tom Watso...

celebrity lookeylikey of the day

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A sporting one today: 1991 Wimbledon men's singles champion Michael Stich and Australian fast bowling all-rounder and recent recipient ...
Saturday, July 18, 2009

what we did on our holidays

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A few brief highlights from our week in Pembrokeshire with Hazel's family, photographic accompaniment to which can be found here . We st...
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Friday, July 17, 2009

the last book I read

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Inversions by Iain M. Banks. The woman named Vosill is a doctor, personal physician to King Quience, ruler of the kingdom of Haspidus. The p...
Saturday, July 11, 2009

music list of the day

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Songs that start with a single drumbeat (called, rather amusingly, a "rimshot"; make up your own jokes ) before the rest of the ba...

the last book I read

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The Leaves On Grey by Desmond Hogan. Sean McMahon is a young boy growing up in 1940s Dublin. He spends most of his time hanging about with ...

no wanking in the showers!

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Presumably it remains OK for the ladies? It's not really clear. Enquiries should be directed to the University of Michigan . Also, no wa...
Friday, July 10, 2009

celebrity lookeylikey of the day

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Lead singer of former Mercury Prize winners and insipid wishy-washy bedwetters Elbow Guy Garvey, and cuddly comedy oaf Nick Frost .
Wednesday, July 08, 2009

yippee-kye-ay, monkeyfighter

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Remember the blasphemy challenge from last year? Sounds like there may be something similar going on in Ireland shortly , as another pointl...
Tuesday, July 07, 2009

burns night

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Remember Centralia, Pennsylvania ? The town that's been on fire for 40+ years? Well, apparently it's not unique. Here's a couple...
Sunday, July 05, 2009

another good idea! you better be careful your foot doesn't fall off

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Nice little collection on MSN of anecdotes about inventors killed by their own inventions . Couple of particular note: Thomas Midgley, jr. ,...
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Wednesday, July 01, 2009

the last book I read

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Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy. See the child. He is pale and thin, he wears a thin and ragged linen shirt. He stokes the scullery fire....

franken's time

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Remember the US election night ? That was fun, wasn't it? And now, a mere eight months later, after several recounts and lots of legal ...
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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

google street view - for all your internet stalking needs

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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 ...
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