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Summer holidays

Well the summer holidays will in part be a re-visitation of the lovely surrounds of the A-frame in Drumbeg. Excellent! I may need to buy a watch to celebrate and another to take with me…

Gott mit uns

“Gott mit uns,” literally “God is with us,” can be found on every belt buckle of the German army from WW2. Clearly, if there were a god (which one?) he was not on the side of the Germans, given their catastrophic and entirely justified defeat. Yet believers and armies, continue to place unfounded confidence in [...]

Make your mind up

Some twat of a Liberal Democrat had the temerity to post the first election flier through my letter box. The tag line was “Direct and Honest.” As honest as the LibDems, saying “No tuition fees?” A promise, abandoned at the first sniff of the diesel exhaust fumes from a ministerial Jaguar.

This nonentity is called [...]

Faaathhhheeeerrr!

Causing much hilarity on the fourth floor….

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And of course, bitch slapping a priest!

Economic parasites

“We’re all in it together….”

Shotgun

Buddy and Stacy from 1965 with “Shotgun” and a certain Mr. Jimi Hendrix on guitar in the back up band.

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Edinburgh International Science Festival

I’ve just found out that the Edinburgh International Science Festival, is running until April 15th.

Amongst many fascinating subjects, there is of course a talk which reflects my particular interest – time. Broadcaster Adam Hart-Davis is lecturing on The Story of Time this Monday coming.

From the blurb:

You can’t see it, hear it, [...]