Monthly Archives: November 2006
Jamie Oliver
Somebody at Jamie Oliver’s publisher emailed a word document of his new book to a friend. The friend sent it to someone else, now it’s everywhere. I got my copy today. Poor old Jamie. Note: As Karen has just pointed … Continue reading
Dead
My children saw their first dead person today. As we were coming out of school an Air Ambulance was circling lower and lower overhead, looking for somewhere to land. By the time we got out of the school gates it … Continue reading
United States of America
I love many things about the US and I often feel sorry for those people, including several of my cousins, who live there. Because the media is so tightly controlled by the interests of advertisers their democracy is unable to … Continue reading
I fought the law, and the law (as usual) won
At last. Today I finally got to try out my new Fare’s Fair approach to train tickets. Let me explain… I generally travel to work by train. The railway company has a penalty fare scheme which means that if you get caught … Continue reading
Alexander Litvinenko
An X-Ray of the ailing former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko has shown up several small objects in his intestines, one of them the size of a 2p coin and possibly hollow. Isn’t it obvious what’s going on? Does the name … Continue reading
LOVE
I’m listening to the new Beatles compilation album – Love. It’s depressing not because it’s badly done but because it is so very tame and polite. The tracks have been a bit remixed, a bit remastered, some little things have … Continue reading
Post Office Victims
Are you planning on becoming a sub-postmaster? Have you always dreamed of running a little cottage Post Office with roses around the door? Well watch out! According to postofficevictims.org.uk the whole thing is a massive, scandalous fraud that has been covered … Continue reading
Wal-Marting Across America
Laura St. Claire, the ‘journalist’ who wrote a blog about her road-trip across the US parking only in Wal-Mart car parks, but kept secret the fact that the trip was paid for by Wal-Mart, has now written a whiney defence … Continue reading
Machinery – How it works
Our washing machine stopped working at the weekend. It did everything that is was supposed to, the water ran in and out again, but the clothes never got washed. A washing machine doesn’t look dangerous so I felt that I … Continue reading
Mairead Byrne
Now that Ivor Cutler’s dead, Mairead Byrne is my favourite living poet. Here’s one of her shorter ones – LUDDITE I’m no Luddite. I just like saying Luddite. See, it’s great isn’t it? Read more at http://www.maireadbyrne.blogspot.com/