Shocked and saddened to hear this morning that the unique and seemingly irrepressible Steve Irwin has been killed off the coast of Queensland by a stingray barb through the heart: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/5311298.
Television
A collection of 11 posts
Funnyfox
http://www.funnyfox.org TV ads (almost) for web browsers? Haven't seen anything like this since the heady days of the Yahoooo commercials.Are we entering a second golden age of the web..?
Auld Reekie Once More
My turn to drive to Scotland, then. I didn't mind, although the traffic was heavy on the A1, the situation exacerbated by major roadworks. But for much of the way we were travelling reasonably quickly. Many drivers used the heavy
Rest Day
Day Four - Rest Day More rain. So we sat in Braemar Youth Hostel, and wrote postcards, read the newspapers, but most of all just watched TV. This Morning, The Labour Party Conference, Fifteen-To-One, Countdown... it was just like being
Auld Reekie
Up early for the customary bacon sandwiches that seem to precede all our Scottish jaunts these days. Then, after I throw some clothes in a bag, we're off. I think I'm unique amongst my friends in that I enjoy the
Hump Day
Wednesdays have a tendency to suck. Throughout my so-called formative years they were always my favourite day of the week, but now they're just boring, neither-here-nor-there type days. Hey ho. And I could go on about how dull work was,
South Yorkshire 90210
"You must enter a valid five-digit ZIP code to register with this website." Uh, even if I don't live in the US? Yep, apparently so. Hmm, a use at last for that Aaron Spelling show. I do wish
Technology Screws Up, Episode 578
Paula and the baby are fine. The consultant couldn't see any problems, and didn't even scan her. So a week of worrying was all for nothing, and a week of praying did the trick. Thank God. I love the concept