The above diagram shows IT professionals on the left and normal people on the right. Bear with me and I shall explain- Before taking my computer to the shop for its ‘tune up’ I decided to set up the old machine with a WiFi connection to my router. Oh bugger! “Information technology”? Has to be [...]
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Oh dear. Better ring my brother and tell him he is in serious danger from that articulated lorry he is driving And there is some well-deserved ridicule in the comments Ha Ha! Now Lean is blaming carbon dioxide for acid damage to articulated lorries. It makes as much sense as all the rest of his [...]
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Real Madrid legend Alfredo di Stefano is about to marry a woman 50 years younger than he is. The Argentinian-born legend has been a widower since 2005 and says he is ‘in love’ and that although he is due to turn 87 in July, ‘has a young heart’. His bride-to-be Gina González, 36, is originally [...]
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Got a circular from The Fry Group this morning. Not sure why I am on their mailing list but, whatever….. There was a small item about the Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility which not only offers reduced penalties on unpaid liabilities, but also immunity from criminal prosecution Oh, that’s nice. A law which helps the big crooks [...]
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Probably seemed like a good idea at the time http://www.eitb.com/es/noticias/sociedad/detalle/1329584/guggenheim-bilbao–canta-desnudo-la-internacional-1-mayo/ http://www.thinkspain.com/news-spain/22718/naked-man-sings-labourers-anthem-in-the-guggenheim
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New York based painter Aja-Ann Apa-Soura has become very popular on the interweb with her Van Gogh style paintings of Grumpy Cats. This one is my favourite-
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Stoopid Tall, A 14-Foot-Tall Bicycle
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…meanwhile on Mars
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This thing you see at left is in the news again. It is called Northumberlandia and was designed by Charles Jencks and was opened to the public seven months ago. Located on Lord Ridley’s Blagdon Estate in Northumberland it is in the running to win the Excellence in Planning and Design award in the public [...]
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From the Daily Mail’s special correspondent in Andalucia Streets were deserted and the city was eerily quiet, as officials tried to keep citizens off the streets as a second crocodile was seen on the rampage in the area around Mijas in southern Spain. Law enforcement officials told residents to remain indoors, shutting down the entire [...]
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Hide your money in gold!!! That’s what lots of bloggers are saying, or even shouting. And lots of ‘financial advisors’ are telling us the same thing. But JD warns: Reminds me of an old saying ‘surely all of those people cannot possibly be right!’ Lo and behold- http://www.elmundo.es/elmundo/2013/01/09/economia/1357737271.html http://elpais.com/elpais/2013/04/11/inenglish/1365684242_179994.html El Mundo is sort of centre [...]
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let’s do it because anything’s better than an empty wall
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The ‘artist’ known as Ai Weiwei has an exhibition in Sevilla of his latest ‘artwork’ and, oh dear a little old lady took a dizzy turn and stumbled and broke one of the pots on display. Oh dear, what a shame. The newspaper does not say if the old lady in question was Cecilia Gimenez [...]
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Nigel Farage was last seen wearing a pair of bright yellow trousers wandering around South Shields trying to spread the ‘gospel according to UKIP’ ahead of the forthcoming by-election. Instead of losing votes by walking about South Shields (of all places!) looking like a clown in a children’s TV show perhaps he ought to get [...]
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Tomas Young’s letter to George Bush and Dick Cheney You may evade justice but in our eyes you are each guilty of egregious war crimes, of plunder and, finally, of murder, including the murder of thousands of young Americans—my fellow veterans—whose future you stole. Meanwhile, in Spain- This is pure genius! Political topical cufflinks http://www.elmundo.es/albumes/2013/04/02/merchandising_corrupcion/index.html [...]
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…and some more here
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The press in this country are looking the other way and not reporting on events in Cyprus. But John Ward at The Slog has been following events very closely and has a dedicated page called Global Looting because that is what is happening. However, the press in Spain have the story very prominently all over [...]
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From Chris Spivey-
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Some Guinness was spilled on the barroom floor when the pub was shut for the night. Out of his hole crept a wee brown mouse and stood in the pale moonlight. He lapped up the frothy brew from the floor, then back on his haunches he sat. And all night long you could hear him [...]
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The Stolen Child by W B Yeats, set to music firstly by Mike Scott and then by Loreena McKennit Where dips the rocky highland Of Sleuth Wood in the lake, There lies a leafy island Where flapping herons wake The drowsy water rats; There we’ve hid our faery vats, Full of berrys And of reddest [...]
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