The kids got married, Americans were quite embarrassing on tele, and Prince Phillip stayed alert (my bet failed) and as far as we know he didn’t hit on any of the bridesmaids. We went to the Glue Pot for a celebratory drink and found that the topic was off limits…fair enough, we are all sick [...]

Update on 13th August 2011 — Okay, fair enough…some of you have taken offense at the smarmy tone of this post. I’m sure you will all feel vindicated by this ‘proper’ press article: http://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/2011/08/13/edl-to-gather-in-telford_n_926111.html Telford is a shit hole.  There’s no two ways about it, and that’s a shame because for a new city it [...]

This sign has a science fiction-esque, bleak futuristic hellscape sound to it: Play Area 50.  Coming soon to a cinema near you.  I like two things about this photo, though…some kids have vandalised the age limit to 100 years old and there’s the neighbourhood watch sign that seems to evoke ‘Big Brother,’ from 1984.

In Britain, they bet on everything.  You can slap a fiver on the bar at a pub and bet on the colour of the scarf of the next person through the door and someone in there will walk away with a fist full of cash soon thereafter.  The betting parlours were running a line on [...]

Went to Northern Wales to run, as it were, in a marathon.  This didn’t go especially well and I’ll probably make some notes and post some fotos tonite.  There were also a number of pub visits (three during the marathon itself), to post and some touristy things.  In the meantime, here’s some photos lifted from [...]

There aren’t a lot of things I miss about the US…I think it boils down to food, for the most part.  There’s not much that compares to sloppy barbecue pork shoulder sandwiches slathered in hot sauce and eaten in 90 degree heat and 95% humidity while waving a cold beer around your head to fend [...]

Here’s an article wherein a couple receive suspended sentences for growing 83 marijuana plants because they are heavy users and the judge found it plausible that this was meant for personal use. Cannabis growers with £26k stash spared jail First consider that the plants were valued at £26000, total…that’s a little less than $500 US.  [...]

In addition to the Palm Paper hilarity, there were these other bits of signage that were spotted and that amused or otherwise informed me as the month progressed.  The one above, posted on a bus shelter by an anarchist group appears to be in response to a rise in overtly racist politics (as proffered by [...]

I succeeded with a project at work I had been toiling over all week and opted to take the afternoon off (I’ll never use all the holiday time I’m alloted anyway).  Friday seems a perfect time to hit some pubs and make some mileage on paths not yet taken, and I am not one to [...]

Elections are likely to go very badly for Labour and the Conservative Party this next cycle in the wake of the housing reimbursements scandals.  Third and lower than third parties are making moves to position themselves for their best gains ever when the new elections are called. The BNP (British National Party) has a new [...]