Close to home
Yesterday was Ripley Bonfire Night – one of the year’s biggest events in our neighbouring village where Dane goes to school. The entertainment starts with… Læs mere »Close to home
WordPress agony
So first I spent many, many days trying to update my “old” WP blog, which runs on a very old version of WordPress, not allowing… Læs mere »WordPress agony
On popular demand… Pizza for dummies
Why buy horrible pizzas at Pizza Hut? Make them yourself, it’s easy and VERY satisfactory. I swear your family will love it: To my horror… Læs mere »On popular demand… Pizza for dummies
Copyright and airport security
What do they have in common? On the surface of it, nothing. But I see two things. One – they’re both sign o’ the times.… Læs mere »Copyright and airport security
Wikipedia is cool
Lately I’ve been writing essays for a course I’m taking at Uni called “Source Reliability”. Readers of this blog will know that I’m rather keen… Læs mere »Wikipedia is cool
Blog rounds
Before I start my round I want to complain! About you! I can see from my statistics that I have a steadily (okay, ever so… Læs mere »Blog rounds
Literature Nobel Laureates
Below are all the laureates since the year of my birth. I think I’ve read less than half of them, and some of them –… Læs mere »Literature Nobel Laureates
Just on the news: Literary Nobel prize
Wauw, for the first time in years I’ve not only heard about the winner of the Nobel prize in literature before, I’ve actually read him… Læs mere »Just on the news: Literary Nobel prize
It would be funny, if…
The Times yesterday (paper, not online) had a run-down of some of the Sarah Palin videos on the web. There’s the Saturday Night Live version… Læs mere »It would be funny, if…
Millions of dead fish
When we were on our tour of the US last year, one of our favourite states was Louisiana. We found the swamps beautiful and enchanting… Læs mere »Millions of dead fish
Ministry of Food
Last night, before I settled down to watch the vice-presidential debate, I watched the first of a new series of programmes with Jamie Oliver. I… Læs mere »Ministry of Food
Are we saved by the bell?
Oh my, a lot of water under the bridge since my last post. It’s certainly a fast-moving world we live in! Reading it now I… Læs mere »Are we saved by the bell?
The bailout
Here’s the latest news on the development from Forbes. Both congress and senate seem to be dragging their feet. And I think that’s a good… Læs mere »The bailout
24 hours
Sarah Palin is meeting how many? foreign leaders in 24 hours? I forget. And I suspect she will too. Very quickly. How is it possible… Læs mere »24 hours
American television
I’m often a bit behind in reading The Sunday Times. It is not always that you can devote an entire Sunday to the devouring of… Læs mere »American television
There’s still hope!
Here’s a very happy story from the real world: When we were on our holiday on the south coast we spent a day in Portsmouth… Læs mere »There’s still hope!
Music
When I was a child and a teenager I was seriously teased at school. It was a pain to go there and I can still… Læs mere »Music
School buses
On our trip through America we often marvelled over the school bus system. Wherever we were, we saw school buses everywhere and we noticed how… Læs mere »School buses
