From BBC news: Extreme elements bring down Fathers 4 Justice. Thought it was funny, yet so telling of US networks’ propensity to overdramatise events, that the alleged plot to kidnap Leo Blair made it to headline news last night. (Despite being a minor story on BBC news, and that the alleged plot was nothing more […]
Indian cricket lovers without cable were, according to the Beeb, left in the dark. Ha! Welcome to my world. I have yet to find a way to either listen to a live game on the radio or internet, nor catch highlights on any TV station. Apart from this morning, when I was treated to a […]
The arms of SukiyakiAre all I long for since I left Nagasaki* Sukiyaki for dinner on our new Iwatani butane stove (bought following that bloody power outage on NY’s eve… I’m still annoyed, is it obvious?) Further purchase of a sukiyaki pan made today (a semi-holiday for P and I), along with the necessary ingredients […]
Ate quite a lot this past week, but failed to take many photos. Was also working my way through the freezer, so didn’t feel enough pride to get the camera out. Have also had a particularly sociable life this weekend (as opposed to lying in bed or watching football), starting with a 21st birthday party […]
Yowser! Oh yeah, and I’m still not talking about England’s dismal run (or lack of…) in Pakistan…
From BBC news: Eviction threat in ‘respect’ plan. The OED should revise their definition of respect. The word now conjures up images of a smirking G.G. Galloway or feelings of uncontrollable rage against the PM and his spin machine. I respect the need to respect our fellow men, but I object to the use of […]
What?! Starbucks do a normal-size cappuccino?! (via) And all this time I’ve avoided the cappuccino in non-Italian coffee shops because they don’t ever follow the perfect thirds ratio of espresso:milk:froth. Right, time to put it to the test. We have a Starbucks within the hospital canteen; I’ll ask for a short cappuccino there first. And […]
From BBC news: Royal Mile cobbles to be lifted I seem to recall a whole year of road works in 2004 on the Royal Mile, ending only in time for the bloody Festival. And now they want to do it all again? F-ing money wasters! As for auto-bollards, there is one between my building and […]
On our last sojurn to Little Tokyo, we purchased a Japanese cookbook, with an emphasis on home cooking as opposed to those pretty and fancy dishes you get in fusion books. Since we’re kinda cack-handed, bog-standard Japanese fare sounded mighty fine to us. Since then, we’ve only used the book once, a lack of time […]
From the BBC: White noise. Yeah, they’d have to be deaf to put up with their own music. I don’t have much of a problem with my portable music levels, although I’ve had to stop listening on the bus due to the super-high background noise levels. A pair of those fancy schmancy ear plug/buds is […]
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