Squirrel or Skippy? Originally uploaded by solarider. I like squirrels. Ever since I got my new camera I have been hoping to get a good picture of one. Now I have seen this excellent photo I might as well give up! I am never going to get close to this.
Entries from November 9th, 2005
Its all a matter of perspective.
November 9th, 2005 · Comments Off on Its all a matter of perspective. · Politics
Sky News was showing an American news programme which reported today’s events in Parliament as “Britain has decided to get tough on terrorism by increasing the time suspects can be held to 28 days“. It continued, with much less emphasis, to say how Tony Blair had hoped to increase it even further but was defeated. […]
Tags: TV
Yes, but is it art?
November 9th, 2005 · Comments Off on Yes, but is it art? · Life
Today I occupied my lunch hour with a walk to the Tate Modern so I could see the new installation in the turbine hall – Embankment by Rachel Whiteread. I have to say that I was a bit disappointed by it. Maybe it was spoiled for me by having seen so many photographs of it […]
Tags: Art·London·Photos·Pink Floyd·Tate Modern
Age of Empires III
November 9th, 2005 · Comments Off on Age of Empires III · Technology
The other day I downloaded a demo of Age of Empires III, so I have spent the last few evenings playing with it, even though I only really downloaded it to see if my PC was capable of running it before forking out for the full version. The answer has to be a qualified yes. […]
90 Days?
November 9th, 2005 · Comments Off on 90 Days? · Politics
It will be interesting to see how the anti-terror bill goes today. Last week we had a constituency meeting and our MP had asked for the opinion of the party on the proposed 90-day limit, and whether we thought some sort of compromise was more appropriate. The opinion of the meeting was about 60:40 in […]
Tags: Crime/ASB·Labour Party·Terrorism
Dirty White Van
November 9th, 2005 · Comments Off on Dirty White Van · Life
The other day I saw a dirty white van in Crawley on which someone had written in the dirt. It was a subtle variation of the traditional dirty white van graffitti: it said “I wish my nan was this dirty“. Not only is it disturbing, but the more you think about it the more disturbing […]
