This morning I saw an old lady on a bike, right in the traffic-crazed heart of the city. She was wearing a t-shirt that read:
FAST
FEARSOME
FEMALE
Something I read last night has stuck fast in my head, and I can’t stop thinking about it. I was reading about Michael “Predator” Carlton, founder of the Sydney Cave Clan, and renowned as a peoples’ computer activist, mad scientist, totally original philanthropist. Predator died of cancer at age 33. Nobody saw that coming. Among […]
Whether or not he is actually a “fascist“, Pope Benedict is certainly a bit of a fool. His use of the following quote from Emperor Manuel II Paleologus in a major public speech on Tuesday showed astoundingly poor judgement:
In the seventh conversation…the emperor touches on the theme of the holy war. Without descending to details, […]
My sister Clare has just sent me a link for what must be one of the most fantastic sites on the whole of the internet - a collection of inspirational images showing how Jesus is with you in all the activities of your life.
Follow this link, and bask in the glory of Jesus: With You […]
(ii) cover is provided against the following risks (’insured risks’), so far as that cover is generally available for the type of buildings on the property
–fire, lightning, explosion, earthquake, landslip, subsidence, heave, riot, civil commotion, aircraft, aerial devices, storm, flood, impact by vehicles and damage by malicious persons and vandals
… and other risks […]
In my local shop they sell a product called “Alphonso Mango Pulp”
Well, I would be be the first to admit that the man was a bit of a clown.
But - he did what he believed in, he didn’t hurt anybody, and as far as I know he spent a lot of his earnings on his wildlife park in Queensland.
And he died doing what he loved best […]
That means “stairs”. - I read that in a book somewhere.
But in the place I am working now, there are real, live Londoners, who have real London slang. Here is a brief selection of what I have gleaned so far:
“pony” - derived from “pony and trap”, i.e. crap.
“burgered” - broken, ruined… probably derived from buggered
“oily […]