The bit of my local pub that I normally sit in is no longer available to eat food in - it's a 'drinking only' area. This doesn't make any difference to me under normal circumstances (since I normally don't eat there anyway), it's just something I need to be aware of if I ever do think about going there for more than a beer ( Read more... )

Stuck to the bottom
Another frying pan dead
Stir-Fried Rice Noodles ...

Maybe I don't get the oil hot enough. Strange stuff ...

Anyhoo. I've noticed these days that when I jog, I get a dull ache in my lower right leg. Suspect it might be something akin to this, which is slightly annoying; unsure now how to proceed. Wikipedia may be many ( Read more... )

This news story amused meIn fact there are two things about it that need questioning ( Read more... )

back in my teenage years, there was a comedy sketch show on radio and tv called The Mary Whitehouse ExperienceOne of the sketches they regularly enacted was 'History Today', whereby two eminent History professors would start debating a topic of history, but very quickly disagreeing and descending into cheap insults ('see that piece of dog turd on ( Read more... )

When cuisine meets crowd control. Heh ( Read more... )

some people have far too much time on their hands ...

1) "Researchers tickled 22 young apes and three humans and acoustically analysed the laughing sounds that resulted.". Heh that's one heck of a research project! Though it does make me wonder how they went about advertising for the three humans. "Let us tickle you. It's for a serious scientific case study. Honestly!".

2) We are officially ( Read more... )

... though calling him a *star* may well be stretching it a bit.

you might well get the impression that i'm either not posting to LJ because I'd forgotten about it, or that I have plenty of stuff to say but the usual procrastination is getting in the way.

hmmm .... maybe, like a spy, i ought to invent an alternative life ...

On average, French women are the smallest in the EU.

Yep :)

nnnnnnnnnnooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!!

do we really seriously have nothing better to do in the world of entertainment?!