Let’s give ourselves a collective pat on the back
So, Time Magazine has named ‘You’, or is that ‘Us’, as person of the year. Is there a cash prize?
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Little shites
Damien Whitworth (who he?), writing in the Times Online, eloquently describes a situation I have often found myself in, namely looking at other people’s kids doing stuff I’d bawl mine out for doing, and desperately wanting to say say something but wondering how. In his words: I made a real Read more …
Google launches Blog Search
I’ve just discovered that Google has launched its own blog search. Not quite sure how they determine what a blog is to get their data, but I gave up worrying when I rather vainly checked and found that catchingtherain was indexed. For a sample search i also had a look Read more …
Does the punishment fit the crime?
I was amused (first time it’s happened in ten days, hence no posts lately!) to read this story about an undeniably very odd chap who likes to check out people’s physique it would seem. As a result, he has been convicted of harrassment and as part of his punsihment he Read more …
Lookout knockhead, this is Chinglish
As a collector of silly signs the BBC piece Beijing stamps out poor English struck a chord and gave me much amusement. The Chinglish photo pool on Flickr is a real ‘must see’. And if you wondered where the tile of this post came from, see this one.
Global warming – now it’s getting serious
Sea levels are rising to alarming levels, species are threatened with extinction, but if you read the latest news stories it’s getting even worse: we will now have to mow our lawns all year round deadly moths are invading the UK (OK, maybe not) there’s a deadly witch doctor’s plant Read more …