Claim: The North Magnetic Pole has shifted, and is midway between King's Cross and Euston Underground Stations. Facts required for proof: The North Magnetic Pole moves about in an elliptical path with a maximum radial distance of about 80km coinciding
2007-11-27 : Enlightenment
What is it about blokes that, once they hit about 40-45, makes them want to own a good sturdy torch (that's “flashlight”, for people of American extraction)? I remember as a 5 or 6 year old having a little square
2007-11-27 : These giant monkeys will devour us all!
Had a dream last night that the world had been somehow populated by giant apes and lizards (King Kong / Godzilla stylee), and that civilisation was generally freaking the f*ck out about it. The main trouble being that in these
2007-11-23 : 2008 Stache Roundup
On the topic of Movember (these guys are the originals, although I suppose this relates MOre to the Flaming Mo's over at the jazzed up bandwagon-stealing fundraiser), whilst not participating or instigating an effort on this side of the pond,
2007-11-18 : What other excuse are you waiting for?!
Recently I got a sponsorship email from a mate in Australia for Movember, and always one to help out a mate, I flicked about £20 in his direction. He emailed back and said “Wow?! 50 bucks?! That’s awesome man! Although
2007-11-13 : Flawed figure of speech
Kitchen sink There's some building going on over the road from work, and I was moderately amused at seeing what they'd thrown in the skip today. It wasn't until I'd spent about 20 minutes trying to think of a witty
2007-11-09 : What IS this magical thing that happens at 9am, anyway??
Ichronoclast It would be fair to say that I'm not one of the world's great “early risers”. Getting out of bed is a traumatic experience that occurs daily, and I don't seem to always cope with the idea so well.
2007-11-08 : Not as many otters as you may be led to believe
I'm lucky enough to have been around a bit of England, and gotten involved in a few different traditional and folky fixtures & endeavours. Often they're steeped in tradition, so much so that the origins are often obscured or even
2007-10-31 : It’s so small & shiny!
I've managed to avoid iPod envy thus far. I mean really, it's just a bloody mp3 player, isn't it? Having owned a 20 Gb Rio Karma since late 2004 the device – for me – is definitely a Nice To
2007-10-30 : Admittedly I thought they’d said “Middle Earth”
Paul, HC and I elected to broaden our intellectual horizons and attend a public debate at the Institute for Contemporary Art (previously a place I'd only ever been to see weirdass movies), entitled “Is Radio 4 Too Middle England ?“.