• cuttings

    “UFO could have been electrocuted cat Experts say a reported UFO sighting in Norway was probably an electrocuted cat. People in Lardal reported seeing a fire ball explode in the night sky and fall slowly down to earth. But investigators think they’ve solved the mystery after the charred body of a cat was found at

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  • i rode home on a chill night with a blood-red moon rising…

    …and felt that it did portend many things in a portentous sort of way. it seems that i was right [news.bbc.co.uk] i was going to entitle this entry: saddam hussein ate my walking boots …but felt that having woken up to find war being prosecuted in the mid-east, that perhaps the omen cited in the

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  • bulk update

    okay, okay; so there have been no updates while i was in denver and i have been a bit scanty with the personal diary stuff of late (especially cat-oriented stuff to satisfy the likes of brad and the other feline-fans) so let’s try and make up for it a little. weekend before last comprised gardening

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  • googleroulette

    type three sexually-loaded nouns and adjectives into google’s image search, and try to come up with zero hits. safesearch should be “off” eg: [images.google.com] is a winner.

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  • ps…

    Suggestion for an exercise in humility, contentment, and gratitude for what you have: Near closing time, go down to your local, largest bulk supermarket to do your shopping – Asda, Tesco, Sainsburys, Wal-mart, whatever… Look, be aware of and take notice of what everyone else has in their baskets at the checkout. Repeat occasionally at

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  • Long Time No Personal Update

    Well, I could be like some other bloggers I know and write something long, thoughtful and insightful about myself, developing as a person and my plans for the future and romantic stuff and somesuch else… …but alas (a) i don’t have the time to do that, and (b) i don’t have anything applicable to share

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  • Superb Web Site – Abandoned Tube Stations

    View them at [www.pendar.pwp.blueyonder.co.uk] but take a look first at British Museum station, and click on the link for the far more interesting poster. It’s an insightful read. 😎

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  • for those of a photographic bent…

    There’s a documentary on Lomography on BBC4 this evening [www.bbc.co.uk] which I shall be watching. That said, the modern/recent Lomo cameras I have handled are overpriced and crummy – hence why my Lomography is done with a 35mm Minox GT-E.

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  • market life

    ever had one of those weekends that was so good, it could have had a soundtrack by the stereophonics? i took the opportunity on saturday to blend most of the right ingredients – food, drink, people, sights, smells, motorcycles all together – in one blow-out day on saturday, lest i don’t get the occasion again

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  • http://slashdot.org/articles/03/02/16/0728230.shtml?tid=187 googleblogs? bloogles? lobo goggle? bogglelogo?

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  • [cgi.ebay.co.uk] This original ntl AUP will allow you to use your internet connection to it’s full potential for 10% of the time. You don’t have to read it, see it, sign it, own it or know about it. You are still bound by it. Most ntl AUP’s have 240 sheets, this one has 280 sheets.

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  • From another blog…

    [www.lileks.com] As I said to my wife last night: did you ever think you’d live to see the day when Eastern Europe was our ally, and France and Germany our enemies? It’s a rather commonplace observation these days, but in a way that makes it all the more bizarre. …I am certain that this is

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