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Life in a major First World nation, part 237
Marry Our Daughter Marry Our Daughter is an introduction service assisting those following the Biblical tradition of arranging marriages for their daughters. Q: IS YOUR SERVICE LEGAL? A: Absolutely. Within the United States girls can marry as young as 13 … Continue reading
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Fed up with the music business? Build your own!
This meme has been doing the rounds this week, and I’ve been having lots of fun with it. Here’s what you do… 1. Go to the Wikipedia random article generator and note the title of the randomly selected article. This … Continue reading
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GAS
… being, of course, Gaggia Acquisition Syndrome! And thereby hangs a quick public service announcement. The Croydon branch of House of Fraser are doing a special offer on the appropriately named Gaggia Classic, bundling it with an accessory pack for … Continue reading
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Our clever Home Secretary, in plain English
Speaking on Radio 4 this morning, about the possibility of increasing the detention time for terror suspects to 42 days… Presenter: So if that’s not a hypothetical case, then what is? Jacqui Smith: Well, it won’t be hypothetical if and … Continue reading
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Housekeeping – Lisbon photos
The backlog of unsorted photos has been building up for a few months now, so I decided it was about time I did something with them. A selection from our September trip to Lisbon is now on Flickr… Lisbon 2007 … Continue reading
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Work? But I did some last year, didn’t I?
The return to work after Christmas and New Year is never particularly easy (although I remember a time when the majority of people worked *between* the two rapidly-expanding winterfests). When you started your belated summer holiday on Boxing Day, spending … Continue reading
Three steps to Sven
I’m not sure how much you can credit genetics for your choice of leisure interest, but my obsession with football doesn’t strike me as being particularly unexpected. My grandad, Bill Burnikell, played professionally before WWII (for Lincoln City, Bradford and … Continue reading
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Want that one
Dear Father Christmas, please bring me bouncy rabbit mice. I have been very good all year. My regards to your wife and elves. Best wishes, Adrian. Mysterious mammal caught on film (BBC) I’ve seen *some* sort of jerboa in a … Continue reading
Karlheinz Stockhausen 1928-2007
German composer Stockhausen dies (BBC)
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Gimme 36,000 pints of anything and a glazed doughnut… TO GO!
Funniest headline on the BBC website this week… Police hunt for stolen Guinness The article concludes, “The stolen trailer has since been found at Slane Hill in County Meath. It was empty.” You don’t say!
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