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Thursday, 13 December 2012

christmas is cancelled

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After giving it some thought, Christmas was shite when l was a kid, and l'm not ecstatic about this years celebrations either.  There...
Wednesday, 12 December 2012

the lone italian fan

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This is a classic!  Arrigo Brovedani is a fan of the Italian club Udinese, and at their away Serie A game against Sampdoria, he was the ...

tower bridge opens for a large yellow duck

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I wish l had seen this!  A large (50 foot) yellow duck heading up the Thames in London.  Something to do with crap about people ha...

homeland - series 2

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I started off enjoying Homeland , albeit with a few plot reservations, as some of it seemed implausible.   I then managed to...
Tuesday, 11 December 2012

books l read in egypt (#7) micromegas - voltaire

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More top tales from the satirical Frenchman.  One of Voltaire's shorter tales, but once again, involving travel.  This time, it...

books l read in egypt (#6) the secret history of rock - roni sarig

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This was sometimes boring, and there were parts that could be skipped, but it achieved its aim in making me want to re-listen to some of...

books l read in egypt (#5) zadig (or, the book of fate) - voltaire

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Rather like the other major work of Voltaire's , ( Candide ), Zadig ends up (through unusual circumstances) on a forced and eventful...

books l read in egypt (#4) danny baker - going to sea in a sieve

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Danny Baker can be full of crap, and an annoying opinionated arse to boot, but he is also intelligent, witty, and has certainly got som...

books l read in egypt (#3) hideous kinky - esther freud

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Hideous Kinky was one of the many books that l had stashed on my kindle for free, and as l fancied a change, l dived in.  An semi autob...

books l read in egypt (#2) the devil rides out - paul o'grady

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The second of Paul O'Grady 's autobiographies, The Devil Rides Out tells of his troubles just generally surviving, trying to mak...

books l read in egypt (#1) we - yevgeny zamyatin

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Well, l finally got around to finishing this while away in Egypt  ( Sharm el-Sheikh ), as l had been starting and stopping it for some t...

american bomber pilots decorated jackets

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There's a a great article in Collectors Weekly (I'm a sad old git) about the way American World War Two  (and la...

film of claude monet painting

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This is something that l did not expect to see.  It's an old film from 1915 showing the artist Caude Monet at work. Two cultures...

jesus use me - the faith tones

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Deart God - Noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!!!!!! 'Jesus Use Me' by The Faith Tones.  A record l will no...

cauliflower explosions

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These photographs are of famous explosions, recreated using cauliflower (of course they are, what could be more natural?). By the ...

old juke joints

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In those not so far away days of segregation in the United States , you would often have to go down to the 'other side o...

anti usa poster (l think)

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I don't know where this poster is from, nor what the message is, but it looks to be anti American , so l assume it's about the U...

iya traore juggling a football

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I thought l could juggle a football, but this is pretty impressive, and while on a plinth as well.  The man doing it is called  Iya T...
Monday, 10 December 2012

a charlie brown and bad brains christmas

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From Tad Was Here on Vimeo . This fits together superbly and works so well.  Good work my son! toodle pip

clockwork orange babies

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If only this Clockwork Orange Babies series were real, it would be great.  Unfortunately they are a spoof concept by Butcher B...

steve harris has his house for sale

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Steve Harris from Iron Maiden has put his Harlow house on the market, for a cool £6.7 million.  It has seven bedrooms and ...

sir patrick moore has died

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I have arrived back from Egypt in one piece, and Sir Patrick Moore has just died, not that l think the two are in any way related.   O...
Wednesday, 28 November 2012

that's it - l'm off to egypt

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This is where l will be in a few hours - Newcastle Airport, as l am on a work trip to Egypt.  It's a hard job, but somebody's go...
Tuesday, 27 November 2012

there's something about mary (1998) - the farrelly brothers

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There's Something About Mary is one of those outrageously rare things.  An American film that is actually funn...
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