This morning, walking to work, I saw a pigeon wandering in and out the door of the local Bakers Delight. It was affecting nonchalance, but the young bloke behind the counter was watching it with an untrusting glare. Pigeons: the natural predators of bread. Or at least the crumbs.
It’s January, so it must be time to check who’s predicted the world is going to end this year. Let’s see… Ah yes, it’s Mr Harold Camping, who assures that the Rapture will take place on 11 May 2011. He ought to know, as he’s an old hand at this game, having previously predicted it [...]
White hair. Gives stuff away for free all over the world. Tries not to be in Scandinavia in December. Yes, Julian Assange is Santa Claus. That is all.
Today’s post has two shameless, self-serving objectives. The first is to raise awareness of Melbourne Cupcake Day, an alternative first-Tuesday-in-November event for those who prefer sweet treats over losing money and throwing up. It deserves to be a phenomenon – the bake-off that stops a nation (better slogans are welcome). Secondly, I want to put [...]
Not related to gastroenteritis… …although you may change your mind after reading this. You see, last weekend, I attended one of those increasingly popular surprise housewarming parties. My contribution to the festivities? Lolly cake. Every nation has its proud culinary traditions. But then there are those tastes that are acquired through the sort of forgiving [...]
Apparently, a good thing to do with blogs is rant about things that annoy you. And I’m all in favour of doing good things with blogs… By the way, today’s theme is – vaguely – science. The other night NASA smashed a space probe into the Moon. Liking both astronomy and large explosions, I naturally [...]
Or at least so claimed the graffiti I saw on the way to work this morning. But is that really true? My first guess would be “of course not!” But I’m having trouble thinking of txtspk that rhymes better than “C U L8TR L E G8TR”. Can anyone suggest a better one? A mobile limerick, [...]
Just to follow up on Thursday’s post about voodoo science, and the seven signs thereof, the big one is that “the discoverer says that a powerful establishment is trying to suppress his or her work”. On that theme, what do you think are the chances that the 9/11 Truth people will accept the results of [...]
Just a quick one today, to let you know that Slapping Christie has been accepted into yet another competition, the Festival Internacional de Cine de Marbella. Otherwise known as the Marbella International Film Festival. And after a bit of fretting about translating puns for the Spanish subtitles, it’s on its way to be screened sometime [...]
For posterity’s sake, and because I’m sure no one believes me (see previous post), here is the photographic evidence: Yes, back when the year 2000 was the scary, scary future – i.e. before it became the innocent, carefree pre-9/11 – the good folks at the Shepparton Processing Company helped us in our disaster planning. If [...]
