Oh dear, oh dear, oh dear. A selection of comments from the BBC who are running a vox pop on ID cards on their web site today; "I give 100% support to ID cards as it would cut down on crime and illegal immigration. Also all the information will be on a single card which …
Category Archives: General Musings
Nutbags
I couldn’t let this article on BoingBoing pass without a comment or two. It’s an excerpt from a new book called "The Worlds Worst" about the breatharian life style, claiming that it’s the world’s worst diet. I heartily concur, if not because of what it appears to do to your brain. As some of you …
Clutching At Straws
It doesn’t come often, so when it does we must perform the ritual dance of celebration; England beat Australia in a game of cricket. The predictable retort from the king of sledging at work was "well it’s not proper cricket is it". Who cares, we still won. I managed to be a dedicated fan and …
Uncle Giles!
This one’s for Outraged of Poynings. We’ve been trying to teach JFGP some tricks. So far he’s pretty good at counting from one to ten and saying "Daddy’s the king" but this one is his piece de resistance. Although I’d say that it needs a little more work until it rivals the quality of his …
Confusing the Little Darlings
The abuse continues. According to Neil Gaiman some people in Las Vegas, one of whom is a famous magician have called their new born daugther "Moxie CrimeFighter Jillette" Poor kid.
It’s 1984 All Over Again
"The general movement in all of this is away from the individual’s ownership of his identity, towards a centralization of identity-validation. Away from a world in which individual persons say who they are, towards a world in which the state says to the individual: we know who you are."
Former Glories
My stellar run in the Wakehurst Tennis Club mens doubles competition has come to an end. After a glorious first round victory Dave W and I were bundled out this morning 6-1, 6-1. To describe my performance as woeful would be talking my game up. Of course as soon as we finished I was scampering …
More New Bloggage
In earth shattering news, another blog has been created. Today is the official launch of "Is It Really This Bad?" a discussion of the delights of Australian television. Why should you be interested? Because Ciaran and I are your genial hosts and finger pointing accusers. Go, read and marvel at the indescribable banality that is …
Turning Slowly Beige
Yes folks, Top Gear is back on BBC2 and thanks to the wonders of this here internet those of us outside the mother country get to watch it as well. The title of the post is a quote from the ever quotable Jeremy Clarkson, who was referring to Honda drivers. I’ve been somewhat remiss of …
Blogger Alert
Look everyone Jo Davis has started a blog. It’s a shame that the content rivals my other blog in dullness, but a good start none the less. Welcome to the blogosphere Jo and can we have more cat pictures please? Oh, and I would have left a welcome comment but it’s a little tricky without …