I think you know when a meal or snack is truly terrible when even the person who made it describes it thus: Imagine Boris Johnson taking an Oompa Loompa up the wrong ‘un whilst listening to Alan Titchmarsh sings Radiohead. Convert that to a taste and you’re nearly there. Full details at fatuous.co.uk but be […]
Entries from January 31st, 2010
A new blog in the family
January 31st, 2010 · 1 Comment · Life
I see that brother-in-law Rob has started a blog now, under the catchy title of 17th-Century Indonesian Micro-Puppet Warfare. It is brand-new, but should be interesting. I predict lots of science, astronomy, environmentalism, mentalism, humanism, photos, folk music and prog rock. Catch it while it still looks good – i.e. before he gets carried away […]
More bad cat news
January 30th, 2010 · 7 Comments · Life
Today has been a very sad and depressing one, as it saw us lose our second cat in just over a week, but this time it was totally unexpected.
Pub crawling
January 30th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Life, Music
I would not normally go to three pubs in a month, but today I managed three pubs in the same day! First was the one over the road from work for a leaving do – there were a lot of them today as a result of our restructuring. Then in the evening it was across […]
Spongebob Squarepants
January 29th, 2010 · Comments Off on Spongebob Squarepants · Music
I have heard of Spongebob Squarepants but I don’t think I have ever seen it. Well, maybe a little bit while some young relative was watching it perhaps, but nothing I can remember. I have certainly not seen the film, but tonight I chanced upon the soundtrack album on Spotify. Brilliant stuff. Great tracks from […]
Tags: Spotify
Seeking new sounds
January 27th, 2010 · Comments Off on Seeking new sounds · Music
Last week I read a little sort of review of the website Spotiseek in the Guardian. It is a website where you put in the name of an artist you like and it generates a 16-track Spotify playlist, which it calls a mix tape, based on that artist. The idea is that the list features […]
On the Loose…
January 26th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Jane
Rob got home tonight to find the cat has gone AWOL ( we’ve got some builders in and for an old cat Moth can move like lightening…) so we are sitting here with the back door open in the hope she will wander back in. I have the day off tomorrow so I think I […]
Tags: cat
Democracy never comes cheap
January 26th, 2010 · Comments Off on Democracy never comes cheap · Politics
Crawley and Horsham towns are only a few miles apart, the two parliamentary constituencies rub right against each other, but as far as representation goes they might as well be on different planets.  Look no further than today’s activity in parliament to see the difference. Laura Moffatt (Labour. Crawley) asked two questions in a debate, […]
Sick statistics
January 25th, 2010 · 2 Comments · Life
Should there be some sort of exam where journalists have to display even a rudimentary grasp of statistics before they are allowed to go around journalling all over the place?  I have just been reading this piece from the Telegraph about people taking sick days.
Tags: Books·Newspapers·Statistics
Welcome to the family
January 25th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Life
Funny how these things happen. Jayne went to a party on Saturday night and one of her sister’s friends was saying how she had a kitten they couldn’t keep any more…  Seems that they already had a dog, the kitten’s mother and the kitten’s older brother. When the cat had a litter they were persuaded […]
