Monthly Archives: November 2007

By all accounts, Paul Green is a traditional, long-standing, property-developing, racehorse-owning, tax-averse, non-resident, dyed-in-the-wool Scottish Labour supporter. Thanks to him, the people’s flag – mauve when last sighted – is flying high. Though not, sadly, on Jersey. Herald I do … Continue reading →

Taking marriage private. Looks like I’m rather more old fashioned than I’d realised I do like snipurl. Got this from a link in their feed.

I’d rather not think about it. Suffice to say that I didn’t go to work as I couldn’t face being away from a toilet for the length of the drive But it was a 24 hour bug, so I was … Continue reading →

There’s a surprise! “Ed Balls has again weighed into parents who insist on bubblewrapping their children and leaving them in front of the computer, after research showed British kids have slipped down the world’s literacy league.” Balls blames parents, computers … Continue reading →

Your home is a Time-Lord’s Manor Your kitchen consists of dilithium-powered food replicators, manned by obedient robot slaves, who are sure to never, ever rebel. I mean, it’s preposterous to even consider it. There’s a Chocolatessen, which is rapidly becoming … Continue reading →

We’ve spent the last couple of months catching the cat every time he’s made it upstairs and dragging him back down again. Last night, I carried him upstairs with me and let him explore – he spent the whole time … Continue reading →

“I should have pointed out that every time you touch something, if your security systems rely on biometric ID, then you’re essentially leaving your pin number on a post-it note.” Bad Science Lot’s of nice home science projects to do … Continue reading →

“…a serious risk that all the Bank has done is to enable Northern Rock to continue to trade unlawfully by providing it with a flimsy, uncertain line of credit. Should that be the case, the loan from the Bank may … Continue reading →

“Suppose six castaways are stranded on a deserted island, five Asians and one American. Further, suppose that the castaways decide to divide the work load among them in the following manner: (for the purpose of simplicity, the only desire the … Continue reading →

While sorting, tidying and chucking the other day, I came across a letter. Actually I came across a whole pile, I seem to be really bad at keeping on top of paperwork. However, this one turned out to be from … Continue reading →

Someone needs a sense of humour transplant. Voice of the Tube is fired for spoof announcements The woman who warns more than a billion London commuters a year to “mind the gap” has been sacked by Tube bosses after posting … Continue reading →

“WALES’ sheep industry could be “decimated” within two years unless supermarkets increase payments to producers, an industry leader warns today. Rees Roberts, who chairs red meat promotion body Hybu Cig Cymru, said the industry was in “crisis” and could be … Continue reading →

It’s called nuspeak. It’s for the occasional post where I rant about redefinitions by politicos to make the world fit their targets, instead of having their targets fit the world. I might even go back and recategorise a post or … Continue reading →

of lesser known soft-play centres of West Yorkshire, today found us in Ossett. Getting to Ossett was easy enough – only sticky part of the M1 was the queue lining up to get into M’hell at opening time. (Note to … Continue reading →

Concern at pupil data microchips A secondary school in Doncaster has been trying out a scheme where pupils’ records are stored on a microchip embedded in their school uniform. It’s time for smaller schools – I’d wager that every single … Continue reading →

a Baileys cocktail shaker? Brand new, arrived today. I won it in a competition, I don’t want it, quite happy to post it on, would really rather not just throw it out. There may be more to come, I’m in … Continue reading →

would a company from whom I have only placed orders online send me a brochure through the post that can only be redeemed for orders placed by phone, post, or in person? Just who runs marketing depts anyway?

after my brief posting last night, I didn’t do a whole lot of anything else. I went for a brief lie down, and woke up at 3 minutes to 7 this morning when the children decided it was morning. I … Continue reading →

“A woman who became pregnant after a one-night stand has been given the right to keep the birth a secret from the father. The Court of Appeal ruling came after a county court ordered the 20-year-old to tell both her … Continue reading →

Not quite sure what this says about my working life that the definite highlight is finishing on a friday Kids went out shopping with Tim to get presents for their friend E from school – yet another party on Sunday. … Continue reading →