Sometimes people just ask for it. Sendit.com proudly sent out an email to their users with the subject “Doctor Who - cheaper than Play”. On following the link, I saw they were stocking the Dr Who vid City of Death for ?11.99, and the Christopher Eccleston box set for ?42.99. Play.com did the obvious thing [...]
Today I received my latest piece of coffee paraphenalia, in the form of the ?240 La Pavvia teaspoon. In recent years, the price of high-end teaspoons has dropped enough to transform them from purely the domain of the caf? to an essential item for any home enthusiast. The La Pavvia had an impressive weight to [...]
My eDetective skills (combined with noticing the CD while in Woolworths) directed me to Piano Memories, which myself and M. Stanyer experienced while in an italian eatery a couple of weeks ago. The CD features solo piano versions of top hits, such as Leaving on a Jet Plane and Always On My Mind, though the [...]
Good Sci-Fi, worth a watch. Helps if you’ve seen firefly already, as then you’ve been innoculated to the fact that they’re space confederacy space cowboys with space six shooters and space bows, and that they have a spaceship that looks like Tex Hex’s bike from Bravestarr.
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“A nice sunny day full of promise and wonder, my boy. That is the gift of each dawn during a fine African summer such as this” explained Fullman, calling from 1.6 meters above his own feet. “Where is my cup of tea?”
“Given that we are in England, and it’s autumn, I think there are some [...]
The edges of the house are darker than the surrounding gloom, drawing in the little light that picks out sharp things and crumblings and cracks. Where there’s grass on the lawn it is dry and brittle, and crunches with every step. Chitinous bodies of dead ants appear clustered around the edges of the crazy paving [...]
I was at Brands Hatch yesterday for the final round of the British Super Bikes. Apart from the many ladies helping advise you on power tools, there was some rather good racing. On looking through my photographs though, I noticed an excellent example for future Rocket Racing League photographers to follow.
Most of the time the poundshop is filled with tatty knock offs imported cheaply from Turkmenistan, but everyone once in a while you find a gem. This is not one of those times.