We’ve acquired a cat. My step-daughter has come back from university bringing a cat with with her. And we get to look after it while she goes off on a two-month world tour with her boyfriend. I have no objections to this at all. I like having a cat in the house. What has been… Continue reading Food Chain
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Spring Cleaning
I spent a lot of the weekend clearing piles of old crap out of my study. I can’t remember the last time I gave it a good clean, but it was nice to be reminded of the colour of the carpet and to be reassured that there is still a wooden desk underneath the layers… Continue reading Spring Cleaning
My Pirate Name
It’s Talk Like a Pirate Day. So… My pirate name is: Mad Davy Rackham Every pirate is a little bit crazy. You, though, are more than just a little bit. You have the good fortune of having a good name, since Rackham (pronounced RACKem, not rack-ham) is one of the coolest sounding surnames for a… Continue reading My Pirate Name
Tombstoning
I’d never heard of “tombstoning” until yesterday. Apparently it’s an “extreme sport” and involves diving off rocks and cliffs into the sea. Sounds bloody stupid to me. It seems that it’s also something of a craze in the town where I grew up. A middle-aged man drowned and another was seriously injured when they jumped… Continue reading Tombstoning
Back Garden Fence
Back Garden Fence This isn’t really what you want to see first thing in the morning. When I went to bed last night, this was a rather pretty tree stump and a garden fence that didn’t have a large hole burnt in it. We’re trying to find out what happened. And trying not to think… Continue reading Back Garden Fence
The Day The World Turned Day-Glo
The new London 2012 Olympics logo looks like a car-crash. Which is, I suppose, somewhat appropriate. I can only assume that this was done deliberately to make the 2012 Olympics a laughing stock. Hopefully someone from the IOC will see the logo, realise that we’re not taking this at all seriously and let some other… Continue reading The Day The World Turned Day-Glo
Oh The Irony
From a recent BBC Have Your Say (as pointed out by spEak You’re bRanes). dont blame buisineeses for exploiting the cheap labour if the imigrants cant be bothered to learn english they have pnly themselves to blame ,in any country if you want to succeed then the first rule is to learn their langusge, every… Continue reading Oh The Irony
Relative Values
Of course, it’s terrible that Madeleine McCann remains missing over a week after she disappeared. And we’d all like to see her returned to her family as soon as possible. But let’s not forget that Alan Johnston is also still missing. And he’s been missing a lot longer than Madeleine. For some reason you don’t… Continue reading Relative Values
Happy Star Wars Day
May the Fourth be with you!
Ticket Touts
Like most of you, I despise ticket touts. I will never buy tickets from them or sell tickets to them. Today, the BBC has an interview with a 15 year old who has been making money by touting tickets on eBay. This is what he has to say for himself. I’m 15 and I’m at… Continue reading Ticket Touts