Uncyclopedia is supposed to be unreliable, so when it said that something was really true, I took it with a pinch of salt and double-checked on Wikipedia. Knowing how Wikipedia is fallible I cross-checked with a few newspaper sources before coming to the conclusion that it was really true but… Abu Hamza’s real name is […]
Entries Tagged as 'WILT'
Demolition Time
January 26th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Life
If you live in a mid-terrace house, and wake to find the house next door is being demolished it cannot be much fun, and you have to wonder just how much more brazen developers can get. On the other hand, you have to worry a bit about the neighbours when they can say “The safety […]
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Questions And Answers
November 18th, 2008 · Comments Off on Questions And Answers · Life, Work
There is a saying in politics that goes along the lines of ‘don’t ask a question unless you are sure of what the answer is’. Today I discovered the hard way that it applies in other areas too.
Good Times
October 2nd, 2008 · Comments Off on Good Times · Music
Today and yesterday I have been working my way through the Yazoo box set In Your Room.  I have been able to give it my full attention because all my subtle hints about the new Metallica album coming out a week before my birthday fell on deaf ears.
Shooting Star
September 12th, 2008 · Comments Off on Shooting Star · Life
The round-up of the Paralympics on the BBC tonight showed a bit of the shooting competition, where Matt Skelhon won a gold medal. I hadn’t seen coverage of Paralympic or Olympic shooting before – possibly because it is one of the least TV-friendly sports so doesn’t get shown much
Rediscovered words
June 4th, 2008 · Comments Off on Rediscovered words · Life
Yesterday’s Guardian carried a small story about the Tate gallery having an exhibition of paintings by Western artists that have an Eastern subject. The headline was “Gateway to the East: Tate shows rediscovered works” but it the story itself contains something of a rediscovered word… look in the antepenultimate paragraph and there is the quote: […]
Slowing down
May 24th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Technology
One other reason why I use less fuel than the average is that I tend not to drive very fast. I’m not as slow as Jayne likes to make out, its just that I go more for gentle acceleration and braking than certain other people in this household. What I did not know, having never […]
Random trivia
May 10th, 2008 · 7 Comments · Life
I read somewhere yesterday that Socrates was a trained sculptor. I can’t remember exactly where I read it or what the context was, but its just the sort of odd thing I enjoy discovering.
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Soteriology
May 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Life
I like learning new words. Today I learned about a word called ‘soteriology’ which is, apparently, a branch of theology that deals with salvation. Its going to be tough trying to shoehorn that one into casual conversation or a blog post!
Tin Whiskers
April 4th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Technology
Amazing how doing the right thing can turn out to have a downside. In the latest example of one problem being caused by the solution to the previous one is this article about tin whiskers, as if there is not already enough to worry about.
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