and the award for the Most Obvious Headline of the Day yesterday goes to..... the metro, for this truly awe-inspiring nugget of wisdom:

"global warming is fault of man"

coming soon: an article confirming that the pope is, in fact, catholic. (rather than the devil incarnate)

i'm in a spectacularly good mood today: life is sweet, the sun is (sporadically) shining, it's friday, it's b-movie this evening, i'm listening to some really lovely music at work while doing something i'm genuinely enjoying, i'm going snowboarding this weekend, i had the best climbing session last night (which included my first ever 5B route - ( Read more... )

hurrah for trying new things! this weekend was spent in wales in the fine company of willmate, nisaba and denalyia, during which we were introduced to the wonderful world of caving by willmate. i've always been totally daunted by the idea of caving - for some reason, the idea of going underground into a dark and dingy cramped little space scared the bejaysus out of me. it ( Read more... )

god, i'm busy - but this has just made me laugh as i grabbed five seconds and a cheap sandwich at my desk... marketing people really are stoopid!

ok, it may be cake time for me in a few days, but if anyone gives me this as a birthday cake i shall NOT be impressed.

(sort of reminds me of the goodricke snackbar mars bar/snickers toasties we used to scoff without thought of the consequences in the early to mid 90s - only about a million times worse...!)

hhhmmm. i've just had a lovely feast of very lovely veggie sushi, which was slightly contaminated in transit from the shop as it rolled into the enormous lump of wasabi so thoughtfully provided by the sushi man. i can't say i'm a wasabi fan - i love the tingly sensation it creates in your head, but oh my god, it tastes disgustingis wasabi another ( Read more... )

well, it was only a matter of time... you've got to admire these ambulance-chasing meedja types, they never give up in their quest for the Next Dead Famous Person (TM)!

maggie may

this morning, i watched a man spray about half a tin of anti-freeze on his windscreen to clear it. ok, i know it was a bit parky first thing, but good god could he not just have scraped the thin (it was practically non-existent!!) dusting of frost off the old fashioned way ( Read more... )

i was in a bar in warsaw last night which had "home-made lard" on its bar snack menu... boggle

last night's interesting piece of pointless trivia, which i'm sure at least minusbat will appreciate: the guns of hms belfast are trained on london gateway services (which to most of us will forever be scratchwood services)! this is by far my least favourite services (it's pointless! only on one side of the road!! dirty!!! full of oaps from shearings ( Read more... )