tame rabbit in the wild
There are a couple of these loose in the local gardens and on the road. It seems very encouraging that somewhere is civilised enough for the traffic to give way to bunnies
Their wild …
guitar lessons by jack chords-01-basics part1
from the producer: GuitarOrdinaire.com is a free guitar instructional website that offers videos for beginner to intermediate guitarists. I wanted to share my knowledge to help people get a jump start on the basics and …
PJ is nearly fully grown!
The owners all insist he is a s o d, so i guess he msut be! An impressive horse nevertheless. It’s a treat to get blue sky and the Atlantic in the background. Let’s hope …
A song they rit fer paddy!
Now har be a song wot is good. Rit fer me it ar. Eye likes tha ladies init!
Song for paddy’s travels!
Paddy’s visit
Let us be lovers we’ll marry our fortunes together.I’ve got some real estate here in my bag.So we bought a pack of cigarettes and Mrs. Wagner piesAnd we walked off to look for AmericaKathy, …
one trillion dollars of desperation
As the US announces a combined treasury/private sector plan to buy 1,000,000,000,000 dollars of bad debts, one feels tempted to ask.
Have the finance and political spheres ever heard of science or objective fact? Surely …
dogs searching by sunlight
Megan the border collie pretends she’s lost her ball until Trouble (with a capital T) attempts to steal/borrow it.
Megan and Sally the collie dogs
Megan and Sally the collies
The dogs’ stand-off
Sally (nearest the camera) eyeballs Megan waiting for any reason/excuse to charge
The dogs’ high speed chase
The chase begins …
broken trees
Trees damaged by last winter’s blast. Their roots are in the permanently wet ground at the bottom of the valley in Stowe Woods. Mostly birch trees if memory serves …
lost on the blog/forum move!
Playing For Change: Song Around the World “Stand By Me”
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From the award-winning documentary, “Playing For Change: Peace Through Music”, comes the first of many “songs around the world” being released independently. Featured is a cover …
the world will end in 2030
Following Lucy’s post concerning China, and the ability of economic forecasters to know better than she does whether she’s going to buy her chinese laptop:
The BBC news today reports that a global crisis will strike …
music for spring cleaning
or maybe decorating (one room a day!!!)
The composer says:
Another video where I play all the instruments.
This song I call “One room a Day”
House-fans might recognize this phrase.
Sorry about the noise, I recorded it …
recession longer and deeper
The World Bank has changed its forecast on the woes of China in the present economic messup (downturn, recession, depression, whatever)!!! It now says China’s economic growth will only be 6.5% instead of 7.5%!!!
As I …
read this and weep
According to research at the University of Virginia our mental powers start to decline at the age of 27. This means that at the age of 27, when you knew nothing, were vaguely wondering about …
social networks as email 2
Quote:
“We are all in the process of creating e-mail 2.0,” David Sacks, founder of business social network Yammer said.
there is a full report on BBC News: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7942304.stm
environment and Maldives
The president of the Maldives, Mohamed Nasheed,said on BBC radio today that he understood better than most the risks of climate change and ignoring the dangers. The Maldives aim to be carbon neutral within a …
nude olympics swimmers?!
also paddy, apparently.
Beeb news reports that swim suits are likely to be banned : http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympic_games/7944084.stm
but only in the olympics …
Chinese economic forecast and plans
The Chinese Premier, Wen Jiabao, has stated at the annual parliamentary session that 2010 is expected to be China’s toughest year this century, but they have plenty ‘ammunition’ in hand to stimulate their economy further, …
Bach well-tempered clavier
Bach: Das Wohltemperierte Klavier Teil 1, BWV 846 / Ton Koopman
The Well-Tempered Clavier (Das Wohltemperirte Clavier in the original old German spelling, BWV 846 893, is a collection of solo keyboard music composed by …
C A Journal March 11 2009
C A JournalMarch 11 2009Bringing you news tidbits from around the worldDolly Llama reporting
The Vatican announced that men who go to hell-likely for sins of lust-will have their souls pelted with fire and brimstone, while …