Michael Portillo – writing in The Sunday Times. Also, on a lighter note, My Week: David Cameron (written by Hugo Rifkind) made me laugh.
General
Rubbish Christmas Awards
After days of deliberation in closed convocation, white smoke is pouring from the Making It Up chimney, the Awards Committees have taken their final bribes, and I have the honour of announcing the winning entries. First though, Honourable mentions: t-bird submitted her other half Duke’s Duff Beer bubble bath and buzzing maze thing. Whilst clearly […]
Ginger Bumping Milk
Manglish Menu Top Ten Astronomy Pictures 2006 (I had already been shown the amazing Saturn pic by Jonathan at the weekend) Darwin Awards 2006 are announced …Four feet found protruding from a helium advertising balloon… Some days I love the Internet.
How would four of the greatest war leaders in history have handled Iraq?
Interestingly different approaches. Genghis Khan: Law and order Caesar: Diplomacy and power Lincoln: Focus on the real foe Washington: The crying game
Happy New Year
Well the title says it! Have a good one.
Boys or Girls
Spotted on a site run by boys, (isohunt.com). Sadly, I think this speaks for itself, but it could just mean that boys are sloppy and careless.
Oops – Part The Second
Jax may have missed “Christmas 3 – Revenge Of The Grandparents” but there were pictures, so that should console her. My favourite part was where Small started to disappear into his sack as the level dropped and his excitement increased. Avid readers may recall that last year Jax and I were given a hamper by […]
Elfamorphosis
Just a reminder that as you unwrap that awful present it could be your chance to win, win, win! The terrific Making It Up prize competition is under way! Just think, in a few days the wonderful first prize of a tomato ketchup bottle shaped like a tomato could be winging its way to you. […]
Small boy heaven
Belatedly from Sunday (Christmas mk 1 at Jax’s sister’s house in Wales) Not only did I get a red nose which flashes…. … I got a guitar… and a light sabre too…
Political Correctness?
BBC condemns Clarkson ‘gay’ jibe Sorry but I think this is ridiculous. Complaining about Jeremy Clarkson’s derogatory use of a term for homosexual people is ludricous, or even ludicrous. It is not Jeremy Clarkson’s remarks that are offensive, it is Jeremy Clarkson. All of him and everything about him. I know a lot of people […]