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2016 in a nutshell

My sixth annual video slideshow of the year.

Published 01-Jan-2017
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: ambient pap, slideshows, videos, yearly nutshells

29 not out

I made my 29th consecutive Christmas Eve ascent of Moel Famau earlier today.

Published 24-Dec-2016
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: carolyn, carolyn's children, christmas, moel famau

J.A.G.

My old headmaster has died.

Published 23-Dec-2016
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: education, religion, reminiscences, rugby

The colour of bullshit

Theresa May wants a red, white and blue Brexit.

Published 06-Dec-2016
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: brexit, bullshit, europe, politics, videos

Spectacular solution

My genius temporary solution to broken reading spectacles.

Published 06-Dec-2016
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: glasses

Film review: Jack Reacher (2012)

Tom Cruise has never won an Oscar. Not once. Not for Eyes Wide Shut. Not for Knight and Day. Not even for Mission: Impossible 2. He has come tantalisingly close a few times. Like when he played opposite Oscar-scooping Dustin Hoffman in Rain Man. And when his first ex-wife, Nicole Kidman, won an Academy Award… Continue reading Film review: Jack Reacher (2012)

Published 29-Nov-2016
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: films, movies, reviews

Theoretical frivolousness

In which I am bamboozled (once again) by the LRB.

Published 13-Nov-2016
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: literature, lrb

Making America grate again

Those crazy Yanks think they can out-stupid us.

Published 09-Nov-2016
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: america, arseholes, brexit, europe, politics, stupidity

Judge not, lest ye be smirched

Why we should issue our judges with a copy of the Daily Heil and a rubber stamp

Published 06-Nov-2016
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: brexit, daily mail, nazis, newspapers, politics

Carolyn shows me her clam

Who doesn't love a bivalve?

Published 27-Oct-2016
Filed under: Nonsense Tags: carolyn

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