Powdered wombat guts and other sources of feelings of wellbeing
Posted in Misc on Aug 5th, 2009
Maureen Dowd on Kim Jong-Il
That guy should go hang himself from a bonsai tree
in the New York Times. Billy Wilder coined it, as she tells it.
I was as moved as any American watching the reuinification of the journalists with their families, who could not be. Watching it I was reminded of something… which I just [...]
Posted in Misc on Mar 30th, 2009
newsarse.com
Posted in Misc on Dec 30th, 2008
We returned to London on Saturday after a few days en famille in Provence which, it seemed to me, was colder by far than balmy old London. The in-laws also put up with a truly insupportable Internet connection that cost more and delivered a tiny fraction of what is readily available in London. Still, one [...]
Posted in Misc on Mar 6th, 2008
Catherine Sanderson, also known as the blogger Petite Anglaise, has been in the news lately now that her book has been published (here & here, e.g., and a nice slideshow with podcast commentary here about her part of Paris).
I’ve been a reader for a year but lately I considered removing the link on this blog, [...]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jul 26th, 2007
How new technology has changed what’s on TV. The digital video recorder and my new interest in history programs with computer graphics. Helen of Troy gets a passing mention. Could she possibly have held a candle to Bettany Hughes?
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