Monthly Archives: June 2012

“The Cat in the Hat” on aging

Posted on 19 June, 2012 by jb

HT Virginia Jones (who was too chicken to publish in on her (for genteel folks only…) website

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And this was just the starter…

Posted on 19 June, 2012 by jb

Dinner @ Gloria and Rainer

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Skillsets

Posted on 17 June, 2012 by jb

HT Getty Images The Independent, a serious broadsheet newspaper that’s my preferred reading when I’m in the UK, reported on the England:Sweden EM 2012 match thus: Carroll swivelled on to the ball to exact extraordinary power on the header and … Continue reading →

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Hope it’s not catching…

Posted on 17 June, 2012 by jb

My Mate The Professor is celebrated for his absent-minded Professorness, but I swear he’s improving with age. We’re away for the weekend with the dragons wimmin and it’s his turn to head off to the bakery in the next village … Continue reading →

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Wise words indeed..

Posted on 15 June, 2012 by jb

Henry Rollins (if you didn’t know already and you probably don’t..) is an American spoken word artist, writer, journalist, publisher, actor, comedian, radio DJ, activist and former singer-songwriter (with Black Flag)

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And the winner is….

Posted on 14 June, 2012 by jb

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=qI3JnR09cU4 …the bird getting whacked by the pendulum …no…the gardener with the watering can….no… the Dr Seuss “Cat-in-the-hat” inanimate object …no…the bird disappearing into the bear trap…no… Bugger, I’ll have to watch it again.

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St George and the dragons

Posted on 13 June, 2012 by jb

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A day …er… 22 minutes in Istanbul

Posted on 12 June, 2012 by jb

This is a true story. My young friend Lena (of the Bosporus)  was finishing her time as an exchange student in Istanbul and discovered – shock!horror! – that all the clothes/books/shoes/stuff she’d magically acquired was neither going to fit in … Continue reading →

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It must be spring….

Posted on 12 June, 2012 by jb

A few years back, I wrote one of those posts that satisfies my puerile id. Something about a man charged with bestiality with horses and donkeys not having a …errr….stable address….. It went unnoticed for all this time until last … Continue reading →

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Tunes for a Tuesday – 12 June 2012

Posted on 12 June, 2012 by jb

Det har jeg lært (så det er sandt) – Tempomatador – Gift [Listen] Flow Coma (Afx Remix) – 808 State – As Heard on Radio Soulwax Pt. 1 [Listen] Forever Man – Eric Clapton – The Best Of Eric Clapton … Continue reading →

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