Via Ellee…
No need for booze cruises, as Neville Hobson points out, because Threshers is giving bloggers a whopping 40% discounton all wine and champagne bought between 30 November - 10 December. This offer is particularly novel as it is not being advertised or promoted anywhere other than blogsphere, not even in their own stores.
I know a little […]
nourishing obscurity is accepting nominations for the worst movie ever.
There are some good rules. Cinema release, not deliberately designed to be bad.
My immediate thought was to nominate Showgirls, Paul Verhoeven’s terrible movie about Vegas. The problem is that Showgirls is redeemed by being so trashy as to be enjoyable.
Instead, I’m going to give it to […]
If there is one issue in this country that has failed to be addressed properly by any political party, it is the issue of housing.
Throughout the 2nd half of the 20th Century, we have seen huge technological improvements that have put many things into the hands of the not just the moderately well-off, but even […]
From The Times
From this the Tories draw the conclusion that government policy should be to look beyond direct state intervention, beyond the delivery of public services by public sector structures and bureacracies, and rope in a rainbow of freelance initiatives. Grants should be easier to get, hybrid partnerships between local authorities and citizens’ groups should […]
It’s not just the URL of the site, but also the desperate attempt by politicians to engage with the yoof of today that reminded me of this…
I’m backing someone else…
I’m pretty much at the libertarian end of right-wing politics, but I understand broad churches and political expediency. Sometimes, politicians have to back off from certain policies because it’s dangerous territory, and people need to be gently persuaded. So, dropping the 2005 manifesto policy of giving people incentives who opted for private […]
Been a little ill the last two days. Tonsil problem aggrevated by a cold. Nasty. Ears felt very blocked up. Took decongestants.
Went to bed early with a few DVDs. Started watching Kill Bill 2 before the Night Nurse kicked in and put me to sleep.
Better today. Watched a load of Gordon Ramsay which always […]
I was walking past a shop today when I noticed that they are now selling an electronic version of Monopoly. So, instead of having to count notes, you just swipe a card.
I’m not sure that this counts as progress. One of the things that occurs to me about monopoly is that, by fun, it helps […]
It wasn’t long until I got some good conditions in Windsor for some photography. The obvious subject in Windsor is of course the castle.
So here’s some shot from near the park and one close up. The close up has had a sepia adjustment done, something that I rarely like, but think works quite well here.
If […]
Has anyone noticed the resemblance between the piano at the start of Welcome to the Black Parade by My Chemical Romance, and the piano at the start of Bagpuss?
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