Barney the Parrot

Carol Midgely in The Times
I would like to raise a toast this week to Barney, a blue and gold parrot at a wildlife sanctuary in Nuneaton, who during an important civic visit told the local mayoress to “f*** off”. Not content with mortifying his keepers with merely one outburst, he then turned to two […]

Windows Jam!


The Best Thing to Come Out of Intelligent Design

Pootergeek posted a link to this funny video featuring Richard Dawkins, but not as you’ve seen him before.
I assumed it was some sort of tribute, a “bigging up” of non-believers. But it’s actually meant to be a criticism of Dawkins by some ID proponents, which seems to have spectacularly backfired.

Last Post on Tremor, Honest…

Here’s a map of reports to the US Earthquake Hazards Program:-

No, I’m not losing it…

Earth Tremor Felt Across England

Earth Tremor

Did the earth just move in South Swindon, or was it me?

New Doom Weapon…


Opera Explained in 10 minutes

Very funny summary of some operas…

Geek Test

Gates joins Dancing on Ice Stars
You read the above headline, and assumed it was Bill, not Gareth.

“He’s Got Total Control of our Geocities Page”

24: The Unaired 1994 Pilot