A toast

Uncle Fred
Great uncle Fred

One-hundred and three! Wish he had been a blood-relative!

A face for radio

I was minding my own business, taking a lunchtime stroll around the Albert Dock in Liverpool on Friday, when a car screeched to a halt beside me and a young woman leapt out:

"Are you the Real Radio Renegade?" she gasped, excitedly.
"I beg your pardon."
"Are you the Real Radio Renegade?"
"Do you know, I think that might just be the oddest question anyone has ever asked me."
"But are you the Real Radio Renegade?"
"Erm… No."

The young woman leapt back into her car and tore off.

Five minutes later, as I was passing the Liverpool Tate Gallery, another young woman hurried up to me:

"Are you the Real Radio Renegade?" she asked.
"Do you know, you're not the first person to ask me that," I said.

It's an easy enough mistake to make, I suppose. After all, I do look rather renegade-ish.

Just as I was leaving the Albert Dock a few minutes later, yet another young woman approached me. This one seemed a bit more shy.

"Before you ask," I said, "no, I'm not."

It turns out this chap on the left is the one they were after:

Renegade
The real Real Radio Renegade (L).

Ginger! How very dare you!

Bill the sausage artist

Honestly, you've known a chap for years, you think you know what he stands for, and then you find out something about him which calls into question your faith in humanity.

My mate Bill is a straight-up, regular bloke: he enjoys a beer, has an awesome music collection, and likes to watch sport. An all-round, down-to-earth chap.

Yesterday evening, however, at a barbecue in his garden, Bill revealed himself to be a closet sausage artist:

Bill's sausage art
Bill's sausage art: A Congregation of Hoodies (2009)
(sausage grease and charcoal on paper plate)

What else aren't you telling us, Bill?

Wind farms versus goat farms

BBC: Wind farm 'kills Taiwanese goats'

A large number of goats in Taiwan may have died of exhaustion because of noise from a wind farm.

A farmer on an outlying island told the BBC he had lost more than 400 animals after eight giant wind turbines were installed close to his grazing land.

The Ministry of Agriculture says it suspects that noise may have caused the goats' demise through lack of sleep.

The power company, Taipower, has offered to pay for part of the costs of building a new farmhouse elsewhere.

Meanwhile, in other news, the total number of Taiwanese goats killed by nuclear powerstations remains at zero.

Darwinius

I try not to refer to my slightly more serious Charles Darwin website too often on this site, but my regular Gruts reader might be amused by this.

Suit yourself.

Bert and Ernie on a Boat

Sesame Street™ has been brought to you today by the letters N, S, F and W:

(Can't believe I've put two sweary videos up just before my dad gets his first computer tomorrow.)

Wolf in Good Shepherd's clothing

Was Jesus a werewolf?

This image was spotted on a collection enveloped from a local Roman Catholic church last weekend. It appears to depict a werewolf holding a lamb.

Can't help feeling that, if an atheist had drawn this picture, there would be a bit of an outcry.