Seeing a comment in a reader’s review of Richard Dawkins’ new book, The God Delusion, over at Amazon made me think… Wouldn’t it be cool if some organisation, a sort of anti-Gideons, went round placing copies in hotel rooms. Or copies of Bertrand Russell. Only a tenner at Amazon. I am tempted, despite feeling a […]
Entries from October 10th, 2006
What I learned today
October 10th, 2006 · Comments Off on What I learned today · Life
Today I learned how you are supposed to pronounce ‘Moleskine’. I also found out that it is, strictly speaking, a proper noun, and I found out what it is. I have seen it written down and today realised that I didn’t actually know what it was, so I looked it up. Apparently is is pronounced […]
Tags: WILT
Bloggers4Labour Puzzle
October 9th, 2006 · 3 Comments · Life
Just to pass the time, here is a Bloggers4Labour puzzle, based on the meet-up at last year’s party conference in Brighton. Its only a bit of fun, and non-competitive… but I shall be put out if anyone beats my best of 326 moves in 3mins and 6 seconds… The photo here should help a bit.
Carsten Holler
October 9th, 2006 · Comments Off on Carsten Holler · Life
If it is not pouring with rain on Tuesday, I know where I am going to go at lunch time! The new installation at the Tate Modern opens on Tuesday and appears to be a series of slides, offering the chance to be highbrow and infantile simultaneously.
Tags: Art·London·Tate Modern
Covering up
October 8th, 2006 · 3 Comments · Life
Jack Straw certainly stirred up a lot of controversy with his comments about trying to talk to someone wearing a veil. The strange thing is that I know its controversial but I still don't know if he is right or wrong. A lot may depend on how the story has been spun. For a start […]
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Vote for him!
October 8th, 2006 · Comments Off on Vote for him! · Politics
On the basis that anyone who wants to be a politician should automatically be disqualified, this bloke in America deserves to be elected by a landslide. He is actively campaigning for the electorate to vote for his opponent and has been phoning his friends to tell them not to vote for him, but still got […]
Bargain!
October 8th, 2006 · Comments Off on Bargain! · Music
In HMV today I picked up Stevie Wonder's latest album (A Time To Love) for just £3.99. This is the album which came out last year and was widely regarded as his best in a long, long time – possibly his best since Songs In The Key Of Life – so I could not resist […]
Sport for all?
October 8th, 2006 · Comments Off on Sport for all? · Life
Like several other bloggers I had an e-mail today from streetgames, a charity trying to encourage and enable more youngsters to take up sport, asking if I would mention them, their pamphlet, and an article in today’s Observer mentioning them. As it seems like a good cause, I suppose I should. The type of events […]
Tags: Sport
Moo!
October 6th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Life, Technology
My replacement Moo cards arrived today, which was very fast. I think the service I have had for this freebie is better than what I have had from some other companies for quite expensive goods. Now that I have seen the cards with my own photos printed on them I am in a much better […]
Taxi for O’Leary!
October 6th, 2006 · 10 Comments · Life
I couldn’t believe some of the stuff in this article in today’s paper, and the bit next to it. Living in a town where the economy is pretty much dependent on the aviation industry, its interesting to read about how the business model for these economy airlines works, but isn’t it amazing what we will […]
