Disentangled

Definitely This Time From NotBob ^Pro in Confusion Reigns Supreme (3 hours old)

I'm shutting down, unless something major happens in my life. I will, of course, try to keep up with everyone else, so that I'm not too far out of the loop on my return so don't be surprised if I p… more

The way things panned out today From Znethru ^Pro in Aardvark Blog (6 hours old)

Today had a kind of intense vibe to it. I wonder if the atmospheric pressure just seems to go up on days like this. Can't really think of anything mindblowing that happened today although I did go … more

Touched by History From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (7 hours old)

A designer popped in to see me today. He's working on a project about Morcambe and Wise and had one of Eric Morcambe's BBC diaries. He let me handle it, what a thrill and an honour. … more

Shipscook is a Prize Winner From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (7 hours old)

Howzabout that then - my travel guide to the Paris of Ernest Hemingway has been selected as one of the top Simonseeks travel guides for October and netted me a cool £200 in cash. Read it here if yo… more

Quick Quiz XXIX - The Results From NotBob ^Pro in The Official Quick Quiz (8 hours old)

This week we managed to complete the quiz in 26mins 49secs, thanks to a lucky guess by MASSappeal! In third place we have boredrich with 2½ points. Second place with 3 points is the jackf… more

Quick Quiz XXIX From NotBob ^Pro in The Official Quick Quiz (9 hours old)

1960s Motown 1Motown's first signing, The Matadors, found success after changing their name to what?Smokey Robinson and the Miracles 2What was the name of the label's headquarters and recording stud… more

A film of ‘mists and mellow fruitlessness’ From 10loves10 in GIRL IN A SUICIDAL LANDSCAPE (18 hours old)

I hardly ever frequent mainstream cinema, primarily because I don’t like new releases especially ones that set out to chronicle the life of someone I respect and admire. Thus going to see ‘Bright Star… more

Lest We Forget From NotBob ^Pro in Confusion Reigns Supreme (19 hours old)

LEST WE FORGETIn mind of all servicemen and women past and present, and their families and friends.Bless you all for your efforts for this country and this society. You will not be f… more

Travelodges From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (1 day old)

I know they are cheapish but do they really have to be so scuddy. In the one I stayed in last week the fixtures and fittings were all so wonky that when I woke up I thought I was in a German Expressio… more

Leonard Cohen From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (1 day old)

£90 quid for a ticket plus £4.50 booking fee. Sod that if I want to listen to something depressing I can go to work and be paid to do it. … more

Train Announcements From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (1 day old)

These are genuine announcements made over the train tannoy on our very long journey up to Edinburgh the other week "There will be some sort of service provided" "There is only one piece of bacon… more

Edinburgh Fire Magic and Vodka From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (1 day old)

Well as regular readers know we have been up and down to Edinburgh for the last few weekends only I have been too lazy to post anything thanks to that bloody virus I had the other week. So trip one… more

True Blood From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (1 day old)

C'mon its a bit rubbish isn't it? and aren't you just bored to the pointy back teeth with those sensitive misunderstood vampire types. Bring back proper evil blood sucking vampires like this o… more

I had to laugh... From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (1 day old)

Rupert Murdoch is threatening to stop all his publications appearing in Google News. That will raise the quality of Google News. The bias in his rags does this Australian dinosaur no favours.… more

Strangeness on eBay From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (1 day old)

I was about to list some of my old computer science books on eBay, but they wanted me to list them with free postage. I have asked for that in the Post Office before now, but they just laughed. Pre… more

A planet I visited today. From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (1 day old)

I'm building up to an intellectually stimulating post, by playing a little Spore in between putting stuff on eBay. As you may be able to see, I just terraformed this place to T1 for its inhabitant… more

Waiting for the Man From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (1 day old)

I'm at home waiting for an electrician. He will be here between 8 and 1pm they say. Whats the betting it will be when I am in the khazi (for Americans that is a polite form of toilet he he). Any… more

Everybodies doing it From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (2 days old)

I'm knackered so rather than expend too much creative energy writing about the weekend I thought I'd give this a go 1. Is there anyone of your friends that you would ever consider having sex with? … more

Funeral March Of A Marionette From NotBob ^Pro in The Ferret (2 days old)

Charles-François Gounod (17 June 1818 – 18 October 1893) was a French composer, best known for his Ave Maria as well as his operas Faust and Roméo et Juliette. Biography Gounod was born in P… more

? From Znethru ^Pro in Ask or Answer. (2 days old)

Should you do what people tell you to do or should you do the opposite?… more

Do things happen instantly? From Znethru ^Pro in Aardvark Blog (2 days old)

I expect things to happen instantly, but what I've discovered is that the only thing that seems to happen instantly are auto-reply emails usually from email addresses that are no longer working. I've … more

Responsible Drinking From NotBob ^Pro in The Cocktail Suite (3 days old)

I know I said I was going into hiding for a while but FunnyVideosUK just sent me this video. ;D… more

Beware of this one! From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (3 days old)

This scam looks quite realistic, and could potentially be VERY nasty indeed. The clickable link goes to somewhere in Russia, that will attempt to run a PHP program on your computer. Avoid!… more

Lounge Lizard From prydwen in Wulfweard the White (3 days old)

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The first acorn of common sense From prydwen in Wulfweard the White (3 days old)

UK councils please take note. FRANKFORT, Ky. A spokeswoman for Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear says he's calling the tree on the Capitol's front lawn a "Christmas" tree this holiday season. A… more

Closing Down From NotBob ^Pro in Confusion Reigns Supreme (4 days old)

I'm going to shut up shop for a while for personal and technical reasons. The technical reason is to repair the damage that occurred even before the tagging debacle. The personal reason is just th… more

Groan of the night From prydwen in Grin and bear it (4 days old)

A man died today after becoming trapped under a large wicker basket containing a smoked ham, a jar of pickled onions, some cheddar, water biscuits and a bottle of champagne. Police said that their … more

Who needs therepy? From prydwen in Wulfweard the White (4 days old)

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Louis Walsh From prydwen in Wulfweard the White (4 days old)

When will this man get a reality check, smell the coffee and realise that he is either tone death, or the biggest bullshitter in the world.... Louis the louse should bow out of this competition at … more

Please Please Please From prydwen in Wulfweard the White (4 days old)

Will someone out there please put John and Edward out of their misery (and mine)....… more