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Citizenship and the EU 27 Jul 2011 | 02:58 pm
You know, I often find myself wondering about this. I've said before that as soon as I'm eligible I will apply for Canadian Citizenship, and this remains my intent. The question being; do I wish to re...
Censored 14 May 2011 | 04:47 am
Blogger censors blogs. 3 Comments and an update missing from the last post. Sod you lot, I'm off to Wordpress. Update: So it was cock up rather than censorship. I stand corrected. I'm still off to W...
Romequake! (Not) 12 May 2011 | 06:28 am
Just took this screengrab of the area surrounding Rome following the scare story that the current alignment of planets (Meaningless apart from it being nice to see a tidy solar system) might cause a l...
Hi ho 12 May 2011 | 04:48 am
There are some days when the world has a definite "Oh, FFS!" air about it. Thoughts don't gel, arrangements are difficult, research leads to too many dead ends. Today is one such day, hence the old Bo...
When is a volunteer not..... 11 May 2011 | 02:35 pm
What is a Volunteer'? I'd always thought it was someone who gives up some of their time to good causes instead of vegetating in front of the idiot box. Voluntary work is what I do on average for eight...
The evil of PAF C23 9 May 2011 | 01:58 am
Back in the bad old days of slavery in the United States, there was a thing called the 'Underground railroad' which spirited escaped slaves over the border into the anti-slavery (Abolished in 1834) Br...
For weekends, everywhere 7 May 2011 | 11:24 am
One from the very, very, early days of a mis-spent youth. Full volume. From one of the classic albums of all time.
Every screen grab tells a story 7 May 2011 | 10:11 am
Over 2 to one against. 'Nuff said.
UK Referendum results 6 May 2011 | 04:25 pm
Official UK referendum results will be found on this web page, here. The results should start coming up at 4pm UK time, that's 8am Pacific Standard time. So I shall have a leisurely breakfast and watc...
Canadian Census 2011 6 May 2011 | 06:59 am
Have just completed my first ever online census for Canada. Not all that onerous, and about as basic as it gets. Essentially it boiled down to these questions; Who are you? How many live there perma...
