09, 12, 15, 24, 38, 48
Not a single one of them came up. Life’s a bitch.
October 3, 2010
September 26, 2010
vine withered tomatoes – autumnal sadness
vine withered tomatoes bring autumnal melancholy to the back garden
August 7, 2010
August 3, 2010
The British summer holiday weather
Today
Weather:
Early rain / drizzle then dry for a time but further rain / showers later. Hill fog, especially early & again later
Wind:
SW veering W or NW, 10 to 18
Visibility:
Good, occasionally moderate. Very poor in hill fog.
Comments:
Slight risk of higher rainfall totals tonight.
Wednesday 4th August
Weather:
Scattered showers. Hill fog patches.
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August 2, 2010
Richard Dawkins and the Cancer of Creationism
A Christian’s critic’s critic writes:
For the most part, Richard Dawkin’s “The Greatest Show on Earth” is a beautifully written and well argued piece of work. In it he puts forward many convincing data and explanations which demonstrate categorically that the world is about 4.6 billion years old and that all species on earth can trace their origins back to the dawn of life itself. That is, the creationist view of the earth having existed for less than 10,000 years is dogma of the worst kind; deliberate ignorance and denial of fact to satisfy one’s own, in this case, religious agenda.
Admittedly, Dawkin’s well-documented arrogance surfaces regularly; here, for example, in the form of intellectual snobbery:
“…….reminds me of Peter Medawar’s wickedly astute observation that ‘the spread of secondary and latterly of tertiary (more…)
July 11, 2010
July 6, 2010
THE CONTRACT
2010 Royal Air Force Waddington International Air Show
Commercial Participant – Conditions of Entry
The Ministry of Defence cannot accept any responsibility in respect of personal injury, loss or damage to vehicles of property including motor vehicles in the car parks except to the extent that such injury, loss or damage is proved to be caused by M.O.D. negligence.
RAF Waddington reserves the right to carry out such vehicle and personal security checks as it deems necessary, and (more…)
June 5, 2010
May 14, 2010
Dave Cameron’s familiar cabinet
David (Dave) Cameron
Nick Clegg
William (Bill) Hague
George (George) Osborne
Vince (Vinny) Cable
Liam (Foxy) Fox
Andrew (Andy) Lansley
Chris Huhne
Ken (Kenny) Clarke
Theresa (Tree) May
Michael (Mike) Gove
David (Dave) Laws
Danny (Boy) Alexander
Eric (Ricky) Pickles
Jeremy (Jezzer) Hunt
Iain (Ee) Duncan Smith
Baroness (Baz) Warsi
May 1, 2010
Rainfall measurement techniques #1
- hold spectacles horizontally at arm’s length, front of lenses pointing upwards
- remember where the door is (this bit is to a large extent dependent on your prescription strength)
- open door and quickly thrust arm out as far as you can reach – note no upward sweeping movements of arm
- have independent timekeeper count to five seconds – recommend the one thousand and one, one thousand and two etc method
- outstretched arm must be free of all interference – ensure no collateral precipitation occurs from guttering, pub sign above door etc. artificial drips play havoc with the measurements and lessen the accuracy of results. if (more…)
