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“Top Gear” returns! Sun 13 Nov, 8:00 pm – 9:00 pm 60mins
Love him or loathe him, Clarkson and chums are back! [www.bbc.co.uk]
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Fifth form of wheeled transport…
It struck me that if I have cars (even), motorbikes (even), bicycles (even), tricycles (odd, soon) and a wheel barrow (odd), perhaps to restore parity to my wheel count from the arrival of the impending trike, I should try one of these: Pashley “Muni” Unicycle …just to see what they’re like, you understand…
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E-Mail Received; So whadda I do… ?
From: “(…..)” <(…..)@indiatimes.com> Subject: request for guidance Date: Wed, 09 Nov 2005 13:27:36 -0500 Hello sir I have seen some of your beautiful work and deeply appreciate that work of your and the pain undergone in developing that. I have found that my field of interest is in the same direction of yours. I am
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Elks on Scrumpy…
…maybe they need some coffee, instead? 😎 [news.bbc.co.uk] Sozzled elks hound old folks home An old people’s home in Sweden found itself under siege from two drunks. But these were no ordinary drinkers – the tipsy pair were elks who had come upon some fermented apples outside the home in Sibbhult, southern Sweden. The cow
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Nestle Patents Coffee Beer
Via Slashdot, which isn’t worth reading since the opinions cited there aren’t worth jack, a Nestle subsidiary/R&D company has applied for a patent ( [www.wipo.int] [PDF]) upon a fermented coffee beverage. The actual text reads: This invention relates to a soft drnk or beverage, a beverage base and a process for making such a beverage
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Scanner Test: Punch Magazine from 1930
…and today verging upon ironical…
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Scanner Test: Punch Magazine from 1937
risque, verging on the naughty?
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Mediterranean dusk from Haifa
Minox GT-E on Fujicolor 200, Approx 10s Exposure
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Scanner Test: Security Folk
old-style dave; i like new-style, better valerie receding at speed efi
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Ask George Bush
George Bush has a blog! And you can ask him questions! And he replies! Well, it sure sounds like George Bush, anyhow… [askgeorgebush.blogspot.com] Mr. President, what are your feelings about Rosa Parks? -Lincoln Johnson Mr. Johnson, I’m glad you asked me that. I happen to be in favor of all parks, national or state. However,
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Sex, Elsewhere.
So I was lying on the sofa watching The Dish, relaxing after entertaining, cooking-for and disposing of a couple of friends and their 7 year-old sprog – American-style Cottage Cheese Pancakes with Maple Syrup, Tea, chat, and a sampler of UK farmhouse and European cheeses – and pondering maybe a nice bottle of Cab-Sav, when