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Month: August 2010

ISS

Photo of International Space Station.

Published 31-Aug-2010
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: international space station, photography, science, space

I'll Get the Ice-Creams

Excellent slapstick cartoon.

Published 31-Aug-2010
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: cartoons, videos

Oh no! Oh no! Oh no!

Hebden Bridge hosts town crier competition.

Published 29-Aug-2010
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: hebden bridge, yorkshire

Kitty litter

A damehood is surely in order for Miss Mary Bale (spinster, 45).

Published 25-Aug-2010
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: cats, heroes, videos

A good time was had by one and all

Jen and I are just back from a weekend in the Yorkshire Dales with Hitchin & Soo and their sprogs.

Published 22-Aug-2010
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: hitchin

Craparazzo

This week, I invented an entirely new genre of photography: craparazzi photography.

Published 21-Aug-2010
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: celebrities, photography

Movie star

In which I am mistaken for one.

Published 21-Aug-2010
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: conversations

Pinsent

A poem

Published 09-Aug-2010
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: poems, sport

Overheard in Yorkshire antique shop this afternoon

Man looking at Bruce Lee Enter the Dragon poster: I'd forgotten he were in Enter the Dragon.

Published 08-Aug-2010
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: overheard

To bee or not to bee

In which I struggle into and out off a bee-suit.

Published 08-Aug-2010
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: bees, carolyn, photography

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