Author Archives: jb

If it keeps up like this, I’m selling the bloody bike

Posted on 3 July, 2012 by jb

Not enough that someone politely asks me to “piss off with your bloody bike” as I’m negotiating a shared bikeway-pedestrian precinct at walking pace. And if a sedate-looking lady recommends me to “keep your distance. Arsehole”  as I’m on the … Continue reading →

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Tunes for a Tuesday – 3 July 2012

Posted on 3 July, 2012 by jb

Politik (Live) – Coldplay  – Live 2003 [Listen] Help! – The Beatles – Help! [Listen] Bodhran – Young Dubliners – Red [Listen] Evening Weather – Made in Japan – BIRP! April 2012 [Listen] Slowly But Surely – Elvis Presley – … Continue reading →

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Oh, ye Sinners, repent…

Posted on 2 July, 2012 by jb

Comment on an LA Times story, reporting the Colorado wildfires People, around our Great Nation who have suffered through these terrible disasters, I am sorry for your loss and pain. I feel that it would not be right if I … Continue reading →

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Pie charts

Posted on 29 June, 2012 by jb
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If New Zealand helped save Joe Walsh…..

Posted on 29 June, 2012 by jb

…I’m pretty pretty pleased to be a New Zealander. Joe said “This is a special place, and it is very special to me. It was here on a visit many years ago, up on the hills, that I had a … Continue reading →

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And this being Joe Walsh week….

Posted on 28 June, 2012 by jb
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This good…

Posted on 27 June, 2012 by jb
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“If you just act like you know what you’re doing, everybody thinks that you do”

Posted on 27 June, 2012 by jb

I’m not saying that I’m something special But you might know my name to some degree Sometimes I can’t believe that I’m still standing And it feels pretty good to be me I get to live out here in California … Continue reading →

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But wouldn’t “half spelt” be….

Posted on 26 June, 2012 by jb

…”fltbrds”. Or something similar?

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Mitt Romney was asked whether the US economy is recovering.

Posted on 26 June, 2012 by jb

“Well of course it’s getting better. The economy always gets better after the recession. There’s always a recovery. There’s never been a time anywhere in the world where an economy has never recovered” Er, Roman Empire?

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