My thanks to Ros Taylor of The Wrap Roundup for this funny wee piece in the Spectator (registration required): The great lettuce conspiracy. It’s made my day… We’ve stopped buying as much bagged salad as we used to in our supermarket-shopping days. But every now and again, we succumb when we’re tired and hungry, and […]
In today’s Guardian, Leo Hickman objects to the conclusions drawn by the Environmental Agency comparing the environmental impacts of disposable and washable nappies. An excerpt from his article that picks the gobstopper-sized holes in the report: Why are its findings based on an assumption that washable aficionados use 47 nappies, whereas we had easily got […]
Open salmon pie Originally uploaded by framboise. Had a craving for pie on Tuesday, preferably a savoury one. We’re not very big on pies. The best pies are ones made by someone else and served hot on a plate without the effort of rolling out a pastry that might not work. So in true convenience-culture […]
Magrathea Gimp-ed and uploaded by framboise. In which Arthur Dent joins the mile high club, Ford Prefect gets a well-deserved kip, Rob McKenna has his 15 minutes of fame, and our heroes meet Wonko the Sane outside the Asylum to ping a bowl that does not possess a bathroom manufacturer’s stamp. For a proper synopsis […]
In today’s Guardian Comment, George Monbiot discusses the impact that Tesco’s massive growth has on our lives. [Rant on] The point he raises about farmers having to jump when Mr Supermarket Man tells them to was the key determinant in our switching to local shops that stock local produce. We still make a weekly trip […]
From a letter to the Guardian (emphasis mine): Abolish the debt burden Today is World Debt Day. As on every day, poor countries will pay $100m to the rich world in debt payments. And preventable poverty will kill 30,000 children. This injustice must be stopped. Seven years ago today, 70,000 people formed a human chain […]
This weblog doesn’t get many hits, being new and not terribly topical. But I got myself a sitemeter anyway, just because I could. So far, most of my 2 or 3 am posts are followed by those who click on Blogger’s “Next blog” button. Recently, quite a few referrals have been through Technorati searches for […]
Celery and cashew soup Originally uploaded by framboise. No prizes for guessing where this recipe comes from. It’s been a soup-tastic week. We had celeriac soup on Thursday out of a thermos flask on Yellowcraigs beach. And last night, P cooked us some onion soup, recipe courtesy of Nigel Slater on the OFM calender. It’s […]
Graffiti on Rocheid Path I Originally uploaded by framboise. Another nice day, wasted by following the final day of the Premiership on BBCi. and we didn’t even get the results we wanted. What a bummer. The day was at least salvaged by an evening walk and the discovery of some rather good graffiti along the […]
Too shocked to talk about it. Four times. And despite the efforts of waste-of-space-Freedman and Andy Johnson… Who’d have thought WBA would win their final game? Sympathies to Norwich too; what a way to go. And as for Dundee Utd, P ain’t happy. Relegation looms after countless seasons of near-misses. It’s total silence in the […]
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