Guardian: Boris Johnson ‘agrees to buy’ £4m nine-bed Georgian manor house (with moat)Boris Johnson is understood to have agreed to buy a nine-bedroom Grade II-listed Georgian manor house in Oxfordshire valued at £4m.
Nonsense
Lineages
Phys.org: A fossil fruit from California shows ancestors of coffee and potatoes survived cataclysm that killed the dinosaurs Erm… I have news for you: it’s not just coffee and spuds—my own ancestors and, indeed, the ancestors of every organism alive today also survived the cataclysm that killed the [non-avian] dinosaurs.
Robot butlers
I was complaining to Jen the other day that, when I was a boy, everyone said that, by this time, we’d all have robot butlers and flying cars. But, on reflection, the biggest technological improvements I’ve seen during my life are: Jen reckoned, if they hadn’t frittered away quite so much time on batteries and… Continue reading Robot butlers
Amateur scholar
A fascinating idea, which I hope bears scrutiny—although I expect it will receive a lot. But my immediate reaction was to question why on earth the BBC felt the need to describe this gentleman as a ‘Londoner’. What has that got to do with anything? So, here are some alternative headlines for you: Personally, I’d… Continue reading Amateur scholar
2022 in a nutshell
My twelfth annual video slide-show of the year.
Bloody hell! Now Putin’s invaded the TARDIS!
BBC: Putin watches first Russian nuclear drill since invasion of Ukraine
JOHNSON PULLS OUT!
(There’s a first time for everything.)
Ambient track
Jen and I were watching the film Collateral last night when I realised the tune playing in the background was the same tune that plays in the background during the car chase through Paris in The Bourne Identity. Out of curiosity, I asked the Shazam feature on my iPhone to identify the tune. But before… Continue reading Ambient track
Truss: a turkey
It has finally come to this… Over the last few years, I’ve begun to lose track of who the Prime Minister is. I can remember they’re a useless, cronyist populist, but that’s not exactly helping. “Is it still that liar,” I wonder to myself, “or is it that other liar?” “Is it that over-privileged Old… Continue reading Truss: a turkey
Moonage outrage
…Two hours and ten minutes of footage, and NOT ONCE does Bowie sing The Laughing Gnome!