Does anyone know what it is that makes a good pint of Guinness? I guess it isn’t difficult to assess a bad pint, but what categorically puts a good one over a mediocre or even average one? The question’s prompted
In this office we obey the laws of thermodynamics!
Office airconditioner’s knackered. Ordinarily I’m not one to be worried about such things (unlike some of my co-workers, who regard 16 degrees as “a heatwave”), however it’s presently got 2 particularly useless options. You can either get it to dispense
Things to do on a rainy day
OK so one of the joys of living in Camden (and indeed in London) is that there’s plenty of tramps about, and occasionally they’ll leave bits & pieces about the place. Found this lot out on our doorstep this morning.
Top Ten Tuesday: Films
Following on from the book list @Mooley made me make the other day, I thought I’d step out into further territory of subjectivity and cliche, and make the obligatory list of my 10 favourite films. So here we go. It’s
Nine hundred bottles of beer on the wall, nine hundred bottles of beer…
I’m sure the plodding count of my Facebook collection is completely riveting reading for all concerned, but it seems a shame to have celebrated reaching 800, to then let 900 paddle past without mention. So firstly, congrats to Sam Brooke,
Trouser-related crankiness
Ordinarily I wouldn’t bitch about fashion availability, but this concerns the potential purchase of a pair of Awesome Trousers. My life’s goal is the acquisition of Awesome Trousers. I can’t seem to back this claim up with readily available photographs,
A Noble sentiment
Just read in an interview with Ross Noble the following statement about my home town, Adelaide: Whereas other cities have spread themselves over several streets, Adelaide has not felt the need to do that. They’ve just gone, “Yeah, one street
Letterbocks: the last bastion of incredulous obtuseness
I’ve hinted in prior blogs about being an avid reader (and subscriber) of the great British magazine, Viz. One of the things that appeals most to me is the outright stupidity inherent in a lot of the material in it.
The joy of maths and Belgium
My mathematics career (if you could even loosely call it that) was never likely to be stellar, I’m afraid. I muddled along OK for a while, taking in probability & basic calculus** pretty well, as well as imaginary numbers &
Linguistics
For some reason I was recently alerted to a new word for my vocabulary. Ordinarily this is an opportunity to be relished, and customarily this initiates an intesne but short-lived campaign for me to try to work my newfound linguistic