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I had to laugh... From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (1 hour old)

Rupert Murdoch is threatening to stop all his publications appearing in Google News. That will raise the quality of Google News. The bias in his rags does this Australian dinosaur no favours.… more

Strangeness on eBay From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (3 hours old)

I was about to list some of my old computer science books on eBay, but they wanted me to list them with free postage. I have asked for that in the Post Office before now, but they just laughed. Pre… more

A planet I visited today. From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (5 hours old)

I'm building up to an intellectually stimulating post, by playing a little Spore in between putting stuff on eBay. As you may be able to see, I just terraformed this place to T1 for its inhabitant… more

LIKE ME From kendrive ^Pro in I SAY (10 hours old)

A couple of days ago I posted here "Hold Fast To Dreams", which was written by Langston Hughes, the African-American poet who was best-known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance - the flowerin… more

I LOVE MY COMPUTER From kendrive ^Pro in GRUMPY OLD MAN (10 hours old)

I am grateful to Alan for sending me a series of cartoons about that modern day blessing (?) - the computer. Here is the first. … more

DIGITAL CAMERA PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2009 From kendrive ^Pro in KENDRIVE (10 hours old)

In the space of 20 weeks, the world’s biggest photo contest, Digital Camera magazine’s Photographer of the Year, received a massive 101,000 online entries from 126 countries. The overall £10,000 … more

THE ENCHANTED GARDEN From kendrive ^Pro in ART FOR ART'S SAKE (10 hours old)

Here is one of Waterhouse's last paintings. He had been suffering from cancer for some time, and in 1916 while he continued to work on The Enchanted Garden he was approaching the end of his journey… more

WHEN IT'S GONE, IT'S GONE From kendrive ^Pro in POEMS AND PROSE (11 hours old)

DEAD LOVE Dead love, by treason slain, lies stark, White as a dead stark-stricken dove: None that pass by him pause to mark Dead love. His heart, that strained and yearned and strove A… more

Happy 50th birthday Youssou N'Dour From loiswakeman in Meeja! (22 hours old)

A treat for world music fans that I caught in the wee small hours on the BBC World Service: an interview with the immensely charming and (I think) talented Youssou N'Dour. Sometimes, you hear someone … more

Bourges (Berlin) Wall From DirkBeauregard ^Pro in Berry Deep France (1 day old)

As festivities get underway in the German capital, we too in small town France are marking this historic anniversary in our own "particular" way. For weeks, German teachers in local secondary s… more

Going Nuclear From DirkBeauregard ^Pro in Berry Deep France (1 day old)

Nuclear power.Britain hasn't got enough of it, so the government are all set to "steamroller" throuh plans to build a whole set of new nuclear power stations. Yes, there wil be no public inquiry, but… more

COME TO ME IN MY DREAMS From kendrive ^Pro in I SAY (1 day old)

LONGING Come to me in my dreams, and then By day I shall be well again! For then the night will more than pay The hopeless longing of the day. Come, as thou cam’st a thousand times, A me… more

THEY HAVE COME FORWARD From kendrive ^Pro in GRUMPY OLD MAN (1 day old)

Two lucky winners came forward yesterday to claim their share of a massive £90 million jackpot in Friday night's Euromillions draw. The pair of ticketholders will receive more than £45.5milli… more

SOMEWHAT OF A RARITY? From kendrive ^Pro in KENDRIVE (1 day old)

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APOLLO AND DAPHNE From kendrive ^Pro in ART FOR ART'S SAKE (1 day old)

Yesterday Waterhouse presented us with a wood nymph and today he brings us another tree figure - Daphne. The interesting story behind the painting is from ancient Greek mythology. John Wil… more

NOW I GO ALONE From kendrive ^Pro in POEMS AND PROSE (1 day old)

PAST DAYS I. Dead and gone, the days we had together, Shadow-stricken all the lights that shone Round them, flown as flies the blown foam's feather, Dead and gone. Where we went, we … more

Beware of this one! From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (1 day old)

This scam looks quite realistic, and could potentially be VERY nasty indeed. The clickable link goes to somewhere in Russia, that will attempt to run a PHP program on your computer. Avoid!… more

What are we fighting for? From DirkBeauregard ^Pro in Berry Deep France (1 day old)

The Rememberance Day ceremonies – at the Cenotaph in London are always a poignant The moving renditon of Elgar’s « Concord », the solemn and solitary « last post », the march past of the vétérans, an… more

DON'T GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS From kendrive ^Pro in I SAY (2 days old)

HOLD FAST TO DREAMS For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow. Langston Hughes… more

IS IT YOU? From kendrive ^Pro in GRUMPY OLD MAN (2 days old)

FRANTIC SEARCH FOR TWO LUCKY BRITONS Two British lottery players are unaware they are sitting on a record-breaking £90 million ($149,500,000) fortune. They each won £45,570,835.50 ($74,7050,000)… more

MISSED THE BOAT? From kendrive ^Pro in KENDRIVE (2 days old)

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WOOD NYMPH From kendrive ^Pro in ART FOR ART'S SAKE (2 days old)

One traditional symbolic meaning of the female nude is a Nature spirit. One of these, the Hamadryad, represents a stand of oaks. The Hamadryad is noble, robust, and fertile, full of potential: She… more

TRAVELS IN ITALY From kendrive ^Pro in POEMS AND PROSE (2 days old)

Swinburne takes us to three Italian cities. THREE FACES I. VENTIMIGLIA The sky and sea glared hard and bright and blank: Down the one steep street, with slow steps firm and free, A t… more

Shell Fish Fest From DirkBeauregard ^Pro in Berry Deep France (2 days old)

And today in small town France it was our fifteenth annual Shell Fish Festival - even if we are about four hundred miles from the sea. The Rue d'Auron in downtown Bourges as closed off to traf… more

Weddings Divorce and Cliff Richard From DirkBeauregard ^Pro in Berry Deep France (2 days old)

At a loose end this weekend ? Looking for somewhere to take the family ? Hère are a few « fun » évents happeing in the Paris région. The 63rd Annual National Stamp Fair The Organic Food and … more

Marseilles Mega Mosque From DirkBeauregard ^Pro in Berry Deep France (2 days old)

They’ve got planning permission, all that remains is to find the 22 million Euros to finance the construction, and in just over two years, France’s largest Mosque will open for business in Marseilles.… more

How much does our President earn ? From DirkBeauregard ^Pro in Berry Deep France (3 days old)

The answer comes in a small article, tucked away on the back pages of this morning’s paper. Nicolas Sarkozy gets 19,508 Euros net per month. This doesn’t seem an extraordinary sum, and since the p… more

AY, THERE'S THE RUB From kendrive ^Pro in I SAY (3 days old)

I said yesterday that from today I would be posting a few poems about dreams and dreaming. However, today's post is not a poem and the comment on 'dream' is only passing and incidental. Having s… more

PERSISTENCE From kendrive ^Pro in GRUMPY OLD MAN (3 days old)

A South Korean woman is celebrating after passing the written exam for a driving licence - on her 950th attempt. After four years of trying, 68-year-old Cha Sa-soon finally managed to secur… more

LIVE AND LET LIVE From kendrive ^Pro in KENDRIVE (3 days old)

(The Times) … more