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Election Poster...
It's been an interesting day at work: non-stop coverage of Greece, images of street battles, the 'Tannoy' cutting in at intervals with major market news - Portugal, new reports from the Ratings Agencies; Italy, questions over fraudulent economic data; Greece, questions over the release of bail-out funds; failed gilt auctions and impending funding ( Read more... ) -
Another day, another dollar...
I found myself working late this evening - not really late, but past 8PM - caught up in a piece of programming which was frustrating, difficult, and despite or because of that, perversely enjoyable.
Ever found yourself with a project like that? I love the sense of learning, of advancing your own abilities by stretching what you can do. Mind you, ( Read more... ) -
Flying ash: a lesson in ignorance
I think I should revise my opinion that the authorities over-reacted with the blanket ban: I suspect that much of Europe's airspace is safe for aviation, but there are absolutely no hard numbers on where, or how high, or how much as is safe. All we've got - and all that NATS have got - are anecdotes about aircraft flying into dense clouds of ash, ( Read more... ) -
Nom (or lack of it) de Plume
Well, the trip to Ireland for my father's 80th birthday party was a bust; no flights and an abortive attempt to get to Holyhead overland and take the ferry only served to reinforce my dislike for the town of Crewe ( Read more... ) -
The Bad Idea Bears
Have you ever had a really, really bad idea that somehow appealed to all that's worst in you, and kept on tickling your imagination in the watches of the night?
I mean, really bad. Worse than Aliens vs. Pooh Bear. I mean: actually evil ( Read more... ) -
London Transport Overcrowding: latest measures
Recorded announcement at Stratford station today:"To assist staff in the safe and punctual departure of your train, customers are asked to close all windows and doors behind you"
Given the way that my fellow-passengers obstruct the exits, it is entirely understandable that many are forced to disembark by clambering out of the windows ( Read more... ) -
A Footnote to History
RIP Michael Foot: archetypal Wadhamite - academic and rhetorical brilliance, dedication and an appetite for work, and a social conscience that led him to the Left; politically-ineffective and blinded by a purity of principles that led him to dangerous folly ( Read more... ) -
Shock news! Romance Pronounced Dead By Poet!
The Valentines Limerick Roundup ( Read more... ) -
Slinging V-Day 'round the Bidet
Today was cancelled due to illness (thankfully not my own)... But the Valentine Limericks shall continue:
A warning to Valentine Daters
Stay home and eat nothing but 'taters
You'll dine out, dismayed
By a whined serenade
From fawning Italian waiters
I may have accidentally dropped a Limerick elsewhere...