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Power to the people

It seems that after many long years my brother has decided to write a comment on this blog. His first was a rant, a fine Watson tradition, and about a bunch of bastards, his electricity suppliers. Considering he asked so nicely, I’ll quote him in full:

Can I have a rant about Eon please..

What [...]

Darkstar’s favourite word

usufruct:

PRONUNCIATION:(YOO-zuh-fruhkt, -suh-) MEANING:The right to use and enjoy another’s property without destroying it. ETYMOLOGY: From Latin ususfructus, from usus et fructus (use and enjoyment).

A word and concept for which, he erroneously believes, I have little respect.

Nigella’s Hot & Sour Soup

For some reason, I felt very cold today and so I made this tasty looking soup from Nigella Lawson’s iPhone app. The app creates a handy shopping list for you when trolling round the supermarket. Very nifty indeed, if only it could actually cook the meal for you too. Needless to say I omitted the [...]

Rhueart – Perception Exhibition

Just in case anyone is passing by the internet and would like to visit an excellent exhibition of art from the Highlands, Rhueart Artists are coming to Edinburgh’s Dovecot Studios 6th April-16th April 2011. The exhibition is entitled Perception and features work by Mary Bourne, Helen Denerley, James Hawkins, Tobias Hodson, Mhairi Killin, James Lumsden.

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Omega Dynamic

This is rapidly becoming a watch blog, but there’s nothing wrong with that I suppose.

My watchophilia has become common knowledge at work, and one of my esteemed colleagues asked me if I could do anything about some scratches he had managed to add to the acrylic crystal of his 1960s vintage Omega Dynamic. The [...]

The next watch…. probably

Well now that the floodgates have been opened for this year, what with the purchase of my Seiko Kinetic SKA371P – at a very reasonable price (he rationalised deeply) – I’ve been eyeing up a few pieces which may feature as the next addiction to the collection. That was a deliberate malapropism, just in case [...]

New theme

After many years of having my blog run under the Limauorange theme, I thought it was about time to renew the site with a new theme. After having considered a few I eventually picked the one you’re looking at now, the peacefully named Zen-Garden. It takes account of WordPress 3 features including:

Customizable background image [...]

Happy Birthday Rolex

My Rolex Submariner is 3 today!

Still ticking (all the boxes)