Friends lists From QueeneMab in Respectful Blogging (2 hours old)

I don't mean to be rude, but if I do not accept an invitation it is probably because I have no idea who you are. In blog terms this means that I have never had an exchange of opinions on here, we hav… more

Lights, camera, action. From LandersUK in Best viewed at www.iamlanders.com (3 hours old)

There was a time, back in the day, when... read more!… more

Blasphemy From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (3 hours old)

I see that a group of 56 Islamic countries want the international community to implement laws making blasphemy a crime. This won't do. While I can respect people having belief they must not be allo… more

RIght From QueeneMab in QueeneMab (4 hours old)

Off to pick up my Indian takeaway. Chicken vindaloo for me of course. Have a great evening. X … more

Pudsey Police From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (4 hours old)

They were round this morning going from desk to desk with their little bucket. Look I have nothing against charity but it pisses me off when people are coerced into it by exerting peer pressure at… more

Inserting extra syllables - the key to talking "Essex" From Old-Nick ^Pro in Area 136 (6 hours old)

Yup. A linguistic phenomena from the dark lands of Essex/Dagenham is the insertion of an extra syllable in one syllable words. It drives me nuts! For example: Hair is pronounced "hayer" … more

Animal Magic Tricks? From technomist in Archipelago of Truth (7 hours old)

I have tended to look upon the shuttering of local shops with quite innocent eyes. I notice when a shop has its shutters down for more than a few days, and wonder if there is a family illness, or a ho… more

I assume... From ajnspencer ^Pro in Welcome to AJ's... (10 hours old)

...Juzzzy will have seen this, lol Birthday card anger… more

Telly Belly From Emsbabee ^Pro in Careless in the community (10 hours old)

It's back, and if you can be bothered, it's right over here.… more

Rumpy I From technomist in Armchair Revolutionaries (10 hours old)

I see we have a new Holy Roman Emperor. Apparently he is from Belgium. I have no idea whether he speaks French or Flemish, or more importantly, takes mayonaise or ketchup with his chips, but we are to… more

Redbridge Takes on Newham, (Waltham Forest does nothing yet) From technomist in Archipelago of Truth (12 hours old)

On a drizzly day like today we either have no planes overhead or hundreds, as they seem to fly over the clouds to where they are going or come down to the bottom of them to sneek a peak. As it happens… more

They all look the Same To Me From SeasideMan ^Pro in Seaside Man (15 hours old)

Is this a Greenfinch? I think it is. Really good birdwatchers amaze me. When I was out on Borth Bog with my camera a few months ago I met a serious twitcher who asked me "Have you seen anything in… more

spellwrought From ohlala007 in ~*Revue_Blanche*~ (22 hours old)

According to the mark on the bottom of this small hand-made casket of wood, the casket was made on 30 November 1959, so this year this thing is 50 years old. My father bought this casket as one of… more

timebound From ohlala007 in ~*Revue_Blanche*~ (22 hours old)

NOVEMBER 21 NOVEMBER 27 Birthday of Antinous in 111 NOVEMBER 30 Death Day of Oscar Wilde in 1900 previous November: http://ohlala007.blog.co.uk/2008/11/20/most-wonderful-time-of-a-ye… more

Meep From technomist in Armchair Revolutionaries (23 hours old)

Here's a story from the States. Danvers High School in Massachusetts has banned students from saying the word "meep." Officials say students use the word, to disrupt school. http://www.salemne… more

Karzai SWORN in From MichaelStMark ^Pro in CHEEKY STOAT (1 day old)

President Hamid Karzai SWORN in for a further term. " Bast*d Bob Ainsworth MP gimp-masked and encased in a latex bondage bag in a dominatrix brothel dungeon ... being bounced on by two gasmasked … more

So where is the season of goodwill? From QueeneMab in QueeneMab (1 day old)

I read today that there is likely to be a tube strike between Christmas and New Year. http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/standard/article-23767130-tube-strikes-for-christmas-as-peace-talks-break-down.do … more

I'm a Celebrity Get me in Here From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (1 day old)

where the expenses will be brill. Call me Dave's latest idea is to put Carol Vorderman in the Lords so that she could be Minister of education in a Tory cabinet. Is he having a laugh, at this ra… more

Further Fallacy From mjohnson in Mg Fg Tg (1 day old)

Example argument: all the people that I have seen selling pirate DVDs in pubs are Chinese, all pirate DVD vendors are Chinese. Problem: you can’t possibly have been offered a badly cropped, squa… more

William Morris Multicultural Day Care Centre From technomist in Archipelago of Truth (1 day old)

On the opposite corner from Millenium Food and Wine at the junction of Melville Road and Erskine Road there is a slightly shabby building which houses the William Morris Multicultural Day Care Centre.… more

Social phobias From ajnspencer ^Pro in Welcome to AJ's... (1 day old)

It's interesting how things work out sometimes. I've been thinking a lot about social phobias lately (not least mine) and then see THIS about school phobia on the BBC. Personally I'm pretty sure… more

Transformers - Robots on the Dole? From ajnspencer ^Pro in Welcome to AJ's... (1 day old)

This is a quite specific job posting I've just seen: Maybe they hope there's a Transformer looking for work between movies... although I have a feeling a 20 foot high death dealing robot probab… more

Ex-Soldier "faces jail for handing in gun" From SeasideMan ^Pro in Armchair Revolutionaries (1 day old)

If this story is correct, something is wildly wrong. http://www.thisissurreytoday.co.uk/news/Ex-soldier-faces-jail-handing-gun/article-1509082-detail/article.html "Paul Clarke, 27, was found gu… more

CD Kar Electrics From technomist in Archipelago of Truth (1 day old)

CD Kar Electrics is one of those small car-related businesses whose presence in otherwise mainly residential streets really only seems to make sense when you see that they are living in one of those t… more

Rodentic getaway From rowtheboat in Sink or Swim (1 day old)

The French are mad. Not angry (I think that's reserved for the Irish today). But really quite insane. And if you think I'm being unfair, you've obviously never heard of the Villa Hamster. So… more

GUILTY PLEASURES From eggbod in wordworld (1 day old)

Things perhaps that we shouldn't naturally admit to, or even enjoy, but age mellows or indeed whithers the brain cells: In no particular order: 1. Listening to Terry Wogan on Radio 2. Years ag… more

Mae hi'n Stormus yn Borth From SeasideMan ^Pro in Seaside Man (1 day old)

Sorry about the rubbish picture, but I snatched it quickly through the balcony door taking my life in my hands as I did so. You should have seen Molly our cat move when the wind and rain raged in!… more

Language lesson cancelled. From Old-Nick ^Pro in Area 136 (2 days old)

I was going to give you a quick and pointless lesson on how to speak "Essex" but I have decided to not bother as I am vair tired. So am going to bed. In my bed, from where I am typing this. M… more

I thought it was all over From QueeneMab in QueeneMab (2 days old)

But it isn't. There are 7 nice dark red roses on the bush near the steps into the garden from the street. Amazing how resiliant nature is really considering how very wintry the weather has turned al… more

Swordfish From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (2 days old)

Will I ever stay awake beyond the bit where Halle Berry is wearing those little orange pants?… more