Loonies

One drawback of running a Charles Darwin website is that you occasionally get pestered by religious loonies. Such a problem did it become at one stage that I went so far as to publish a polite note on the site, explaining why I won't be wasting any more of my time crossing swords with them… Continue reading Loonies

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Simply (D)Red(ful)

I've just been watching Parky. Correct me if I'm wrong, but: Mick Hucknall = Talentless, ruby-toothed ginner. His name also happens to be an anagram of lick lank chum, but let's not go there.

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Oversight

BBC: Pub industry faces blurred futureDwindling visits to village locals coupled with a slowing of the High Street pub boom are taking their toll on the pub industry. "Use them or lose them," says the Campaign for Real Ale as it launches National Pubs Week… Top attractions at a pub: The people Quality Food Friendly… Continue reading Oversight

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BBC redesigns its news site

They've just ruined one of the best sites on the Internet. Never mind the content, feel the width. Disaster.

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The Subjunctive

Challenge posed in an email from Stense: …I spent yesterday musing about why I thought 'If I were you' was more grammatically correct than 'If I was you' - answers on a postcard please! An excellent challenge! So I sent her a post card (printed in very small letters), which went as follows: Stense, You… Continue reading The Subjunctive

Ape-shit

BBC (01-Jan-03): Ape 'learns to talk'

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Near-Death Experience

I was carrying out some diagnostic work with an electrical meter yesterday, trying to work out why the light over my bed still wasn't working after I had re-connected a loose wire. I wasn't quite careful enough with my probe, and the room lit up for a brief instant. As near-death experiences go, I'd give… Continue reading Near-Death Experience

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Premonition

I had a strange, whisky-induced dream last night: I was in a cow shed with a farmer friend of mine, and drank water from a rusty old ladel, realising it would give me a sore throat. When I woke up, I had a humdinger of a sore throat. Less sceptical people than myself would say… Continue reading Premonition

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