The photo above was shamelessly stolen from Cherie and is the snow, as of last evening. We had some here too and another dump [of snow] today – a big one but sadly, it turned to rain and disappeared. If we go too far down the philosophical path, we’re in danger of getting all existential [...]
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Sadly, I couldn’t track down Alfred Brendel, the Emperor Piano Concerto but I did find his rendition of the Pastoral Sonata [2nd movement]. For Witterings from Witney: … and of course the Emperor itself:
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There’s a moment in Casino Royale when Mathis says to Bond and Vesper: “I’m afraid that if you get into trouble here, the cavalry won’t be coming over the nearest hill.” I hope it never comes back on me one day but the Chandlers’ kidnapping near Somalian waters is in that category. Much as I [...]
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Well, that’s amazing. Cherry Pie, she of the super stately homes and professional photography, has left 500 comments at this humble blog and for that I am deeply in her debt, as I am for all constructive commenters. To that end and to mark the occasion, I’ve revamped all the badges and so Lord T, [...]
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Something at the Globe and Mail caught the eye: Now, a study from Pennsylvania State University, to be published next week in Psychological Science, is shedding new light on why genders are jealous about different scenarios, beyond the evolutionary hypothesis. The article was about the Edwards breakup after so many years: Women view emotional infidelity [...]
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Some songs are a happy combination of a powerful voice and intense guitar work [e.g. at 2:04]. I’ve heard most versions and Fogerty’s would have to take the prize:
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As Ian Parker-Joseph pointed out yesterday: This is what has already come out DURING the morning session of the Chilcott enquiry gentle chat with Blair. NHS Waiting times Britain downgraded by Credit Agency Standard & Poor Witterings reports: The European Commission will this year pay €6.7 million in subsidies to 58 think-tanks and NGOs which [...]
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The Beeb is neither the Telegraph nor the Guardian in the political slant of the readers. It’s certainly a left wing news source – witness the gnashing and wailing over Arafat’s and curt treatment of Sharon’s respective deaths – but its readership is varied and worldwide. Therefore I’d go there first for a range of [...]
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Lady Gaga would be the last artist on earth I’d be interested in as a singer but as a business phenomenon, she’s considerably more interesting. Certainly the Wall Street Journal thinks so. As one of the few on the planet not to have heard her before this evening, what are the first impressions? Well, she [...]
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And this is Clinton the diplomat? U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton on Friday challenged Russia to cooperate with the Obama administration and with NATO to ensure European security against new threats such as terrorism, cyber attacks or natural disasters. Citing a wide array of differences between Washington and Moscow, Clinton called for Russia’s [...]
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Sorry, I’m a little out of sorts today. I’ll get back A.S.A.P.
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Turn three equilateral triangles into four by moving three matches only [no overlapping]. Solution
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Hell hath no fury like a virtuous woman’s rubies: Click the pic or click to watch today’s Jams Presents.
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‘We were sent here to serve our citizens‘ Oh pur-lease! You were selected because you’d been groomed by Them in whatever configuration you’d like to name them – the CFR, TLC, NAAC, whatever – they’re the global socialists, the Rumsfeld Gorites and that is no party mix because there are no parties in these people’s [...]
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This post is more in the nature of a request for information. While it would seem silly to ask PC users rather than Mac users for their opinions, technology is so varied these days that most PC users have other devices such as iPod and iPhone. Your humble blogger can write html to produce a [...]
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By moving one matchstick only and not using it to go diagonally across the equals sign, make this equation correct. One solution: XV + V = XX If you know it – sssssssh!
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Karl is in fine form today: It was securitized debt that was rife with fraud that led to the blowup. But what’s not being said – still – is that without this fraud-laced securitization party there would have been no bubble either! DeMint asserts that Ben Bernanke and the FOMC was involved in the bailout [...]
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Angus Dei summed up the anguish of the people of this land when he wrote: I was thinking about dear old Blighty, and how it has changed, and how the politicians have changed it for us without our consent. The obvious topic I suppose is the EU, we are a member, like it or not, [...]
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It may or may not have reached you but the Witanagemot Club, for some strange reason, now wants to call itself The English Free Press. Well, fine, if that’s what our lads and lasses want. Our main thrust, as you’d imagine, is to resolve the West Lothian question and the Barnett Formula so that the [...]
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Angus has been digging: Labour has made 4,289 activities illegal since the 1997 election, at a rate of about one a day – twice the speed with which the previous Conservative government created crimes. Gordon Brown was the worst offender, with his government inventing 33 new crimes a month. Tony Blair’s administration made 27 new [...]
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With a possible announcement tomorrow from Broon that we are out of the recession [don't believe a word of it] and a possible election date of February 25th [constituting a snap election], whom should one vote for? This is Higham’s guide to the parties: Conservatives: Resting up at this election [having been gagged by the [...]
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Jessica reports that Kevin Rudd, Australian Prime Minister, phoned her but more interesting was her comment on Abby Sunderland: Congratulations times a million to Abby Sunderland for departing on her voyage last Saturday, I know what a challenge it is, just to get to the start line. Despite the fact that there seems to be [...]
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We are moving into a series of days of celebration and otherwise, beginning on January 25th and ending on March 8th. Many of my friends and colleagues have/had birthdays within this time frame. January 25th: Burns Day, when people write poems to the haggis. January 26th: Australia Day, which signals the end of the summer [...]
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Are they parallel?
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