What is an ‘occasional table’ being when it isn’t actually, you know, being a table?
We have a right to know.
Compare and contrast
BBC: Pharmacists warn of a ‘surge’ in shortage of common medicines
Pharmacists say they are struggling to obtain many common medicines and paying “vastly increased” prices for them.
Coincidence? I don't think so.
What a M.E.S.!
Prophetic words
You sometimes forget what a close call it was.
Nanny states
BBC: US driver in ‘Bird Box blindfold’ crashes in Utah
Police in the US state of Utah have taken the unusual step of urging residents not to drive blindfolded after an online challenge inspired by a horror film led to a crash.
BBC: Don’t lie down on bombs, Dutch warned
The Dutch public have been warned it is “strictly ill-advised to lie down on a bomb”, after a man did just that for about three hours.
Carolyn is confused
A text conversation between Carolyn (grey) and Yours Truly (blue) yesterday and today:
Did you ever stop to wonder how people managed to communicate before the advent of modern technology?
2018 in a nutshell
So that was 2018. The year we lost Mark E Smith, Aretha Franklin, and June Whitfield. The year a mentally unstable narcissist somehow remained in the Whitehouse. The year the UK Government continued to act like a petulant child with the EU. The year in which Her Majesty’s official opposition carried on doing sod all to oppose them.
On the plus side, I took some more photos. So here’s my eighth annual video slideshow review of the year:
(Click the arrows bottom-right next to the word Vimeo to view the slideshow in full-screen mode.)
Consistent as ever, as in the previous seven years, this year’s slideshow contains 97 photos.
Once again, I composed the ambient pap backing track. It is called Dumb and Base:
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31 not out
“This is about my middle parts…”
You know, I've tried a lot of things: taxidermy, succulents, foraging, vintage boat restoration… You know, those things, they're just not toast.
–Andy Corbett
Bloody hypocrites!
BBC: Theresa May awaits confidence vote result - as Tory MPs cast ballots
Conservative MPs are voting on whether Theresa May should stay as their leader.
You’ll note it’s perfectly acceptable, and not at all undemocratic, for Tory MPs to be asked whether they still agree with their previous vote.
Say three ‘Hail Mary’s and a ‘How’s Your Father’
BBC: Two nuns admit embezzling cash for Vegas gambling trips
Two nuns who worked at a Catholic school in California have admitted embezzling about $500,000 (£396,000) and using it to gamble in Las Vegas. Sisters Mary Kreuper and Lana Chang took the money from St James’ Catholic School in the city of Torrance, near Los Angeles, to spend in casinos.
Let he who is without sin among you cast the first pair of dice.