Road To Nowhere

Something I Thought I'd Never Say ... From rubychoo in so far so so-so (1 hour old)

But that was lovely tofu ! Friday is chippy night, and we are spoiled round these parts in that the fish and chip shops are joined at the hip with Chinese takeaways. Firstborn starts getting dr… more

Grace In Small Things 2 of 52 From GilraenH ^Pro in Musings From The Chair (5 hours old)

1. Home-made mushroom and basil pesto. 2. Pootling about the map library and having a look at this amazing book. 3. Fleecy socks. 4. Slightly underdone garlic bread. 5. The 'new' crew of the S… more

Snakes and ladders From EllieGant in Bring me sunshine (5 hours old)

Friday the thirteenth wasn't a good day for me - blogging wise. I logged in, found only a handful of friends had posted, checked Recent Posts and out of a 100 posts counted 51 trying to flog things a… more

Fishy Friday From Usksider ^Pro in Usksider's Photo Blog (5 hours old)

There's definitely something very fishy going on today... Fresh Fish ...well it is Friday after all ;)… more

Inserting extra syllables - the key to talking "Essex" From Old-Nick ^Pro in Area 136 (6 hours old)

Yup. A linguistic phenomena from the dark lands of Essex/Dagenham is the insertion of an extra syllable in one syllable words. It drives me nuts! For example: Hair is pronounced "hayer" … more

Animal Magic Tricks? From technomist in Archipelago of Truth (7 hours old)

I have tended to look upon the shuttering of local shops with quite innocent eyes. I notice when a shop has its shutters down for more than a few days, and wonder if there is a family illness, or a ho… more

A practical answer From kendersrule ^Pro in Kender's Pouch (10 hours old)

Based on the evidence presented in the question: I would bleed to death. I am clearly a moron and if I met a wolf in the forest would probably show it my would and ask for help thinking it's Lassie.… more

I assume... From ajnspencer ^Pro in Welcome to AJ's... (10 hours old)

...Juzzzy will have seen this, lol Birthday card anger… more

Rumpy I From technomist in Armchair Revolutionaries (10 hours old)

I see we have a new Holy Roman Emperor. Apparently he is from Belgium. I have no idea whether he speaks French or Flemish, or more importantly, takes mayonaise or ketchup with his chips, but we are to… more

A practical question From kendersrule ^Pro in Kender's Pouch (11 hours old)

You visit a forest. You have no mobile, no radio, no walkie-talkie. No communicative device whatsoever. It starts to rain but you have no water-proofs, no tent, no umbrella. After shivering under … more

Redbridge Takes on Newham, (Waltham Forest does nothing yet) From technomist in Archipelago of Truth (12 hours old)

On a drizzly day like today we either have no planes overhead or hundreds, as they seem to fly over the clouds to where they are going or come down to the bottom of them to sneek a peak. As it happens… more

Crusty old Usky From Usksider ^Pro in Usksider's Photo Blog (15 hours old)

I have often been accused of being a tad 'crusty' and have to admit it's a fair cop... I can be somewhat stiff around the edges |-| I'm not as thick skinned as a decapod crustacean though... :)) … more

The Weather From kendersrule ^Pro in Kender's Pouch (15 hours old)

Perfect for staying in! … more

Same ol' view From frankofyle in FROG BLOG (16 hours old)

When I look out front in the mornings, it's the same ol' view. But every time it's different. Sometimes clear, sometimes cloudy. Sometimes bright, sometimes dreary. You'd think that after nearly five … more

Baby Clams Steamed in a Cataplana From Usksider ^Pro in Anti-Weight Watchers (16 hours old)

Since I mentioned it here, I thought I'd share a recipe for Clams Cataplana :yes: Baby Clams Steamed in a Cataplana with White Wine and Tomato Sauce: Almeijoas Na Cataplana Ingredients * … more

A timely release? From Usksider ^Pro in Usksider's Photo Blog (16 hours old)

Don't clam up Little Clams Let yourself go and let it all out :)) Now I know shellfish aren't to everyone's taste, but I love fresh seafood and these little clams (similar to cockles) are reall… more

Meep From technomist in Armchair Revolutionaries (23 hours old)

Here's a story from the States. Danvers High School in Massachusetts has banned students from saying the word "meep." Officials say students use the word, to disrupt school. http://www.salemne… more

Homework From I_Am_Xenon ^Pro in Xenon's World (23 hours old)

News item: a family in Calgary has negotiated a pact with their children's school that eliminates homework for the kids. With all the extracurricular activities the kids were in, and with other family… more

Top ten From frankofyle in FROG BLOG (1 day old)

The 45.5 million quid lottery win fantasy spend continues. This is because t'other half didn't get a proper look at the UK houses I deleted in an earlier posting. Reckons my existing choices are the r… more

Time to hit the sack... From Usksider ^Pro in Usksider's Photo Blog (1 day old)

G'night Blogland... :yawn: ...time old Usky toddled off for the night... :zz: ...see you all tomorrow. :wave:… more

Back to the shopping trip... From Usksider ^Pro in Usksider's Photo Blog (1 day old)

This almost seems like one of those movie sequel things now... but what the heck ;) Remember we went shopping yesterday? Well there were some really hot deals to be had in that market... :yes: H… more

Bloody Microsoft! From Usksider ^Pro in Usksider's Photo Blog (1 day old)

A couple of weeks ago Microsoft killed my laptop... I recovered said lappy by deleting everything on my hard disk and installing a Linux operating system. All was well with the world, except I missed … more

Celebrating! From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (1 day old)

I just found out that the notorious clone of Mrs Thatcher, the utterly revolting money-grubber Blair is no longer in contention for the post of European Council president. Perhaps now he will start wo… more

Down River From soyunperdedor ^Pro in There's no accounting for taste... (1 day old)

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Hitchcock I aint. From joebangles in It's Me. (1 day old)

Maybe I'm not the best film director in the land but I have a lot of fun with, http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/PhotoStory/default.mspx You can even add sound, so, sound on… more

William Morris Multicultural Day Care Centre From technomist in Archipelago of Truth (1 day old)

On the opposite corner from Millenium Food and Wine at the junction of Melville Road and Erskine Road there is a slightly shabby building which houses the William Morris Multicultural Day Care Centre.… more

You can't believe the Telegraph... From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (1 day old)

They have this fine picture of a lenticular cloud, here... Underneath, the text says... Sometimes likened to UFOs, lenticular clouds are usually created by gravity waves. No, they are not… more

I wanna be a millionaire, ( humour ) From joebangles in It's Me. (1 day old)

Another Irish Joke Mick, from Dublin , appeared on 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire' and towards the end of the program had already won 500,000 pounds. 'You've done very well so far,' said, Ch… more

Social phobias From ajnspencer ^Pro in Welcome to AJ's... (1 day old)

It's interesting how things work out sometimes. I've been thinking a lot about social phobias lately (not least mine) and then see THIS about school phobia on the BBC. Personally I'm pretty sure… more

Tele Catch Up From kendersrule ^Pro in Kender's Pouch (1 day old)

Top Gear (1 hour) Buzzcocks (1/2 hour) Russell Howard's Good News (1/2 hour) (Still jmiffed that they don't show the extra bits on iPlayer) Life (1 hour) Miranda (1/2 hour) Ahahaha! The CHAIR!!!… more