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A blast from the past
I found myself whistling the tune to 'Housewives Choice' this morning, so did a quick google and found this site which has a sound archive of such gems.
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The tribe returns
Last night I watched the start of this series. It arose from a low budget anthropology series sending some hardy sort to live with a tribe in Papua New Guinea. He asked them if they'd like to come and study
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The Secret
I've seen one or two reviews of 'the secret'. The gist of this best selling book is, apparently, that if you think good things, then good things will happen to you and conversely if bad things happen to you then they have been brought on you by your negative thoughts. ( Read more... ) -
An evening with the dead - part II
Where was I?
Oh yes, there I was, a man in the middle years of life, of an unstable disposition, having read most of the works of H.P. Lovecraft, in a haunted mediaeval undercroft in pitch blackness.( Read more... ) -
How cluttered is your mind?
Hmmm. Maybe I should give the heavier questionaires a miss
Your Mind is 82% Cluttered
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Liberal breast beating
There seems to be rather a lot of talk at the moment about Britain apologising for slavery. I suppose one can feel suitably morally enlightened by making apologies for some hideous crime that you have no responsibility for whatsoever. Of course, if one actually is actually engaged in something hideous, then the situation gets a bit more complex. ( Read more... ) -
Desperately seeking spurge
We drove for two and a half hours today to fill halcyonpoodle's little Mini with spurge at Beth Chattos. This grows well in warm dry conditions and is quite decorative, not to mention horrifically poisonous. Do not graze your goats in our garden.
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More computer toys
This must appeal to some of you types who work in bureaucracies - a tool to produce collaberative mindmaps over the net
Mindmeister -
Something for the frequent travellor
Those of your who have had your luggage misplaced like halcyonpoodle or queenortart might find this useful, as might anybody who is tired of lugging suitcases round airports, queueing to pick them up etc.
Onebag.com is run by a frequent flyer who describes how you can carry
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New Year Resolutions
I'm not going to list my resolutions here.- One reason is that I'm running a bit behind and so I'm unlikely to finish it before 2nd January
- Another is that I'm not sure that I wish to share my dreams and nightmares with my employer, the Daily Mail and Osama Bin Ladin
- Finally, though, is that in order to prepare a proper list you need a list ( Read more... )