OSAMA IS DEAD!!!! YAY FOR HAPPY FUN TIME! no seriously folks, we are celebrating over here. It's a great day in america. WOOT!
The big day's finally here: the bride was radiant, didn't fall over on her walk up the aisle, and even old Phil didn't show himself up. A good one, all told. Too many people fell head over heels for the pageantry of the occasion, too many people have too much time on their hands and really should get a life, but I'm glad the day went off without anything too terrible happening. A 'suspicious' vehicle was parked outside Miss Middleton's hotel just before she set off to Westminster Abbey, but it ...
I have a childhood memory about our neighbor, a taxi driver, telling me that sometimes you can be "too tired to sleep". Back then, I was usually forced to go to bed well before I felt any need to close my eyes, so I found his words really hard to comprehend. In this day and age, it is not uncommon at all for me to be "too tired to sleep". That is why yesterday, when I should have headed home to sleep, I decided to find one or two comics at a public library instead. ...
With the recent Disaster in Japan, and the even more recent utter devastation to several towns in the plains states, i thought i'd shed some light on my views. this turned out to be a rant i was going to put in hina's blog, but thought that not the place. every year, tornadoes occur, natural phenomenon, nothing new. could there be a reason why the plains are flat? and barren? and weren't forested before humans settled? I speak of The fact that if you build a town in ...
Union flags strung out across important streets, cheaper versions plastered everywhere else. The usual kerfuffle about hanging a flag upside down. Loads of tea towels... It may surprise some of you to learn that, despite my rigid upper lip and staunch Britishness, that I don't much care for the upcoming nuptials of our next-next-in-line to the throne. The reason is this: people generally go overboard. No-one talks about anything else. Also, I have a hard time getting excited ...