From Cityfile New York. Must go and have a look for a few from this side of the pond. I bet there are some gems there too.
Self Geograph
I have managed to Geograph quite a few people and this is a triumph. In this one you can just see me reflected in the ball.
In a boat and not rowing
Benefit claimants, including single mothers, will have to “play their part” in the economy or face losing some state payments, the government says. Under plans to be unveiled on Wednesday, people will be asked to do some form of work or prepare themselves for finding a job in future. Work and Pensions Secretary James Purnell […]
My Squat
Any idea how many posts I have to make before this stops being Jax’s blog and becomes my blog? Edit: I am reckoning that if I can just keep on posting until her last post is off the RSS feed, then its mine, all mine.
Basic Skills
A GLOUCESTER careworker thought all her Christmases had come at once when her bank said it had extended her overdraft facility to £84million. … ‘They have obviously made a mistake ‘ if they were right I could be one of the richest people in the country. This Be Gloucestershire Oh dear. I have huge debts […]
Interactive Smalls
Big and Small have both been playing on Buildabearville (the online marketing and promotion channel for those tacky make your own cuddly toy shops). Today, (after just one failed attempt), they have managed to get their characters to communicate. This is, apparently, immensely exciting. 😐 Next stop MPRPGs. 🙁
Something about Geograph
A lot of you know that I am a map nut and am very into the Geograph site. (FWIW, it is fascinating, brilliant, a contribution to the historical record of the British Isles for posterity, and sometimes, as in the photo by Keith Evans above, very amusing). I have been meaning to blog that this […]
And now, over to Bradford
Just had a lovely weekend visit from Marcus and Michelle. We visited Jorvik on Saturday. Which I thought was very disappointing. I have heard so much about it, but I am afraid I thought it was little more than a poor fairground ride coupled with a mediocre museum and a high price. However, the children […]
So tell me
Bearing in mind the number of DVDs, CDs, Audiobooks, Sonic Screwdrivers and other branded tat, the overseas TV shows and so on and on which the BBC flog. How come we still have to pay a licence fee?
Gunpowder, treason and plot
From Sign Language at The Telegraph