Just a thought. The “Where’s my stuff?” page that Amazon has should have a new category (in bold). Not dispatched yet Dispatching soon Recently dispatched Some kid nicked it Someday, someone will design an improbability drive or a Hex that will be able to do that. 😉
Nicked Originally uploaded by framboise. Returned home this afternoon to find an Amazon package I’ve been waiting for lying at the bottom of my stairwell, slightly hidden in the dark corner behind the main door. It was empty. Some unscrupulous person had stolen 2 DVDs and 3CDs, but left the package behind so I would […]
Some old news I’ve only just noticed. Police in Malaysia have proposed fingerprinting babies at birth. And the UK is worried about mere ID cards… I remember my prints being taken when I was 11. Even then I worried that someone could track my every trivial movement, dusting library books for prints and naming/shaming me […]
New post (continued from here) so that it’s dated accurately. 0007h: Pleasant conversation between Paxman and Blunkett. Neither are favourites of mine, so good show all round. And Ken Clark was amusing before. As always. Possibly one of the few Tories I can listen to without gagging. 0010h: The increased turn-out in Erewash has just […]
Very sad this… We’re playing bingo, using bingo cards from the Times. We have strict rules: it must be on BBC2’s coverage (David Dimbleby and friends on BBC2 Scotland, as BBC1 has been dedicated to Scottish news). No channel hopping to BBC1 or ITV purely to get words. 22-something: Plus point of GE2005… Kirsty Wark […]
Chickpea salad Originally uploaded by framboise. Soaked some chickpeas last night, and set them on the boil while we went out to vote this evening. Decided to have a chickpea salad from, yet again, New Covent Garden Soup Company’s Soup & Beyond cookbook. (OK, I’m going to have to abbreviate them to NCGSC or future […]
The FA says the top four in the Premiership will go through, as they should, given that those are the current rules. Yet UEFA’s president had this to say at the weekend. Everton is 3 points ahead and has one game in hand. Remaining Everton Premiership fixtures: 07 May 2005, Everton v Newcastle 11 May […]
Another Taiwanese opposition leader visits China. Just wait for those fisticuffs to start in Parliament. Taiwan: one of the few places where it’s perfectly to give your political opponent a black(bean) eye.
I’m done with sitting on the fence. I’ve read Polly Toynbee’s appeal that left-thinkers should hold their noses and vote Labour, and Francis Beckett’s rebuttal. And from non-Guardian sources: blood & treasure, ellis sharp, harry’s place, guido fawkes, and chicken yoghurt. Many other pro or anti-Labour sources out there, but there’s a limit to how […]
Yet another election-related quiz: Vote by Issue. It’s not the most comprehensive quiz, with one statement from each party to summarise it’s best point about 10 of the hottest topics. It reflects most of my results from previous tests, with agreement with the Lib Dems on 8 issues, and Labour on 2. The only issue […]
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