Friday, April 30, 2004
The software company that doesn't want to be taken seriously
The Biscuit, Cake, Chocolate and Confectionery Association - I'm a life member
Cake music
Citizen cake
Cake or death- be afraid.
My friend the chocolate cake - not what you think
Cake in 9 minutes - Too slow
For residents of planet Vega
Survival cake - anorak required
Designers - suhweetie
Appalling Crossroads actress with cake fetish - and orange hair
Delia's tins - like she needs the money
freshly squeezed for you by drD at 10:21 PM
Thursday, April 29, 2004
Of all the cakes in all the world the one which does it for me every time is the Chocolate Cake.
Whenever presented with a dessert menu a rapid scan will normally reveal at least one chocolate based delight. This can mean good or bad news. Over the years I've learnt to judge the quality of the establishment - and thus the likely O factor of it's Chocolate offering - from subtle cues that may be present:
Photographs of food on menu = very bad sign.
Laminated menu = leave now before it's too late - disappointment surely awaits.
Waitress called Doris = bad news - knowing the waitress's name is too much information.
Salad bar = OK if you are into stuff-till-you-chuck otherwise avoid.
Mention of fantasy element in menu description - eg 'Chocolate Heaven - velvety mousse on a base of hand baked caramel biscuits' = this sounds promising - maybe worth a go.
Fellow diners making orgiastic moans over dessert = very good sign or you may be unknowingly eating at a swingers club.
Black Forest Gateau = only if you are in the Black Forest.
Any mention or sighting of Sara Lee = run Forest run.
Swiss pastry chef on staff = Sell your body if you must - you have to have that Chocolate Torte - it may change your life.
Warm chocolate anything = phone me now I'm coming round.
Life is too short for bad chocolate cake. Good chocolate floods your senses with taste and sensation, melts in your mouth with a satisfying creaminess, affects your brain, promotes release of serotonin and endorphins into your blood stream making you feel wonderful, happy and even in love. Do not deny yourself the pleasure that is chocolate but if you must - send yours to me.
freshly squeezed for you by drD at 10:57 PM
Wednesday, April 28, 2004
 | 1. Nuts aplenty - north of the border. 2. Moo cows. 3. Smashing orangey bit. 4. He makes exceedingly good ones. 5. German squares. 6. West Manchester. 7. Mentalist northern baps. 8. Rosy lee - currants. 9. Stretched german. 10. Rhymes with poncy dog. | 11. Dark trees confection. 12. Midwinter Christian. 13. Tinkerbell. 14. Flat. 15. Grain, Stoke. 16. Layered queen. 17. Orange haired actress. 18. Matched. 19. Root vegetable. 20. Not long. |
Solve the cakey clues - max 2 each until Sunday - when leftovers may be devoured without restriction.
Points will be awarded [ and will be up to date later ]
Good luck cake lovers.
I'm famous!
I've been linked - I'm so happy I could quite easily 'press 1' and order even more gnomes. Thanks to Wrapstar.
freshly squeezed for you by drD at 1:55 PM
Tuesday, April 27, 2004
| Starting at no 5 it's the CHOC FRENCH FANCY | At no 4 it's the LEMON FRENCH FANCY | Coming in at no 3 it's the gorgeous CHERRY CAKE | At no 2 it's the juicy ECCLES CAKE | And at no 1 it's my all time favourite JAFFA CAKE |
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Your nominations please?
freshly squeezed for you by drD at 10:59 PM
Monday, April 26, 2004
 | ooh raspberry cheesecake you are the one for me how I love your luscious moistness and creamy goodness your crunchy bottom sets my tastebuds a tinglin you stick to the roof of my mouth in a wholly satisfactory manner oh yeahhhhhh |  |
freshly squeezed for you by drD at 8:22 PM
Sunday, April 25, 2004
Crackin day today gromit.
Nice sunshine, warm. Chilled out. I got to eat the most sublime pistachio ice cream on the planet - and there was a chocolate element too. Choice.
Quiz of the week! - answers
This is they:
| Stuart Goddard - Adam Ant Paul Hewson - Bono Harry Webb - Cliff Richard Elaine Bookbinder - Elkie Brooks Ray Burns - Captain Sensible David Cook - David Essex Arnold Dorsey - Englebert Humperdink William Broad - Billy Idol Reginald Dwight - Elton John Thomas Woodward - Tom Jones Clementina Campbell - Cleo Laine Mark McLoughlin - Marti Pellow Chris Miller - Rat Scabies | Sandra Goodrich - Sandie Shaw Mary O'Brien - Dusty Springfield Richard Starkey - Ringo Starr Gordon Sumner - Sting Marion Elliot - Poly Styrene Graham McPherson - Suggs Gaynor Hopkins - Bonnie Tyler William Perks - Bill Wyman Eithne Ní Bhraonáin - Enya Quentin Cook - Fatboy Slim Michael Dumble-Smith - Michael Crawford Niomi McLean-Daley - Ms Dynamite Georgios Panayiotou - George Michael |
Any offers on the non British born?
Goosey goosey
Beautiful and enchanting images over at Sensitive light - go now.
freshly squeezed for you by drD at 12:19 AM
Saturday, April 24, 2004
Sorry Darling you can't possibly say that in here.
Chocolate misprint.
Croak no more old chap - try a voice lift.
It's OK to publicly show photos of dying members of the British Royal Family in the US.
It's not OK to publicly show photos of dead members of the US armed forces in their coffins covered in US flags.
Australian PM bones up on Aboriginal matters.
Holy catflaps it's the caped crusaders - in Reading
Looks like their first job may be to rid the town of the devil woman.
Still some questions to answer in the quiz of the week!
freshly squeezed for you by drD at 11:45 PM
Friday, April 23, 2004
 | I don't want to have to carry an identity card. I don't want to be compelled to have my fingerprints, my iris print, my DNA, pictures of my arse or whatever other intrusive personal information stored on some sinister government database that in years to come will be used to control me and my descendants in ways as yet undreamt of. I don't want to live in a police state cowed by the unrelenting drip drip of fear peddled by old men about the 'threat' from 'Them'. I'm bored with the notion that there is always a 'Them' and that huge amounts of money and human effort have to be spent to neutralise 'Them'. I want to spend that money on preventing the 'Us's' from becoming 'Them's'. I don't want your little card in my pocket - an oppressive and constant reminder that my life is not my own - that I have to belong to a scared little tribe sneaking around in fear, 'free' under the illusion that if you're "not doing anything wrong you've got nothing to be afraid of". Sorry chaps I aint buying that. Please take your card and shove it. I definitely, 100% don't want it and what it represents. |
If you feel the same - why not take a moment to let your MP know? - you can send a fax quickly from here.
freshly squeezed for you by drD at 11:50 PM
Thursday, April 22, 2004
Celebrities
All of these are [ I think ] British born - [ bar 1 - 2 points if you say which ]. Famous in either the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, 90's & 00's - some for several decades. These are their 'real names' - do you know what they are better known as now?
Max 2 each until Sunday when you can come back for a clean sweep. Answers, Sunday night.
As ever, points to be awarded - last week's points added soon!
Good luck.
| 1. Stuart Goddard 2. Paul Hewson 3. Harry Webb 4. Elaine Bookbinder 5. Ray Burns 6. David Cook 7. Arnold Dorsey 8. William Broad 9. Reginald Dwight 10. Thomas Woodward 11. Clementina Campbell 12. Mark McLoughlin 13. Chris Miller | 14. Sandra Goodrich 15. Mary O'Brien 16. Richard Starkey 17. Gordon Sumner 18. Marion Elliot 19. Graham McPherson 20. Gaynor Hopkins 21. William Perks 22. Eithne Ní Bhraonáin 23. Quentin Cook 24. Michael Dumble-Smith 25. Niomi McLean-Daley 26. Georgios Panayiotou |
freshly squeezed for you by drD at 2:00 PM
Wednesday, April 21, 2004
If a friend of yours found a sticker with the phrase above attached to his willy during a mid-morning visit to the toilet he might be excused for:
a. Laughing out loud.
b. Wondering if it was a sign.
c. Resolving not to stick those bread bag sticky tape things to the edge of his kitchen worktop and then leaning against it whilst drinking tea first thing in the morning.
Goodness gracious
You have to hand it to the Indian government. Whilst we, their former colonial oppressors, are still farting around with bits of paper, pencils and tin boxes - they've just got on with it and held their first totally electronic national election.
Using a nicely engineered Indian built device, they've succeeded in modernising the electoral process in a straightforward and cost effective manner. Interestingly, it seems that indifference is also a factor in the east when it comes to turning out to vote.
 From: Gmail Team To: drD "You're one of the very first people to use Gmail. Your input will help determine how it evolves, so we encourage you to send your feedback, suggestions and questions to us. But mostly, we hope you'll enjoy experimenting with Google's approach to email." |
I am actively planning to.
Wahay - I've got 1000 MB of free storage - someone email me Titanic - quick.
freshly squeezed for you by drD at 9:25 PM
Tuesday, April 20, 2004
| + | - |
Me I'm a busy bee - but not too busy to notice TB has done a uey on the EU so now it's Y or N? for U and Me - oh how happy we will be when we all can be 1 of 25.
freshly squeezed for you by drD at 9:11 PM
Monday, April 19, 2004
| Pros | Cons |
Meanwhile here in Bignjuicyville the weather is just great.
freshly squeezed for you by drD at 10:54 PM
Sunday, April 18, 2004
Being sent to Coventry is not a nice state of affairs in the UK for it means that nobody is talking to you. Going to Coventry of your own accord on a rainy Sunday afternoon has much the same effect as I made my way through a practically deserted city centre with few souls in evidence with which to strike up a conversation.
On my way to the object of my pilgrimage I decided to pay a visit to the City Art Gallery and Museum.
'The Herbert' as it is known is a well kept secret. - [The junior art club is known as the Little Herberts] - So well kept that it's pretty difficult to find it - especially since they've built a big black cardboard wall around it and concealed the entrance in an obscure alcove - you'd almost think that they wanted to discourage visitors.
The museum and gallery is presently being redeveloped. Half the building is shrouded in scaffolding and a number of mysterious locked doors prevent you from going down intriguing corridors inside. Such is the joy of attempting to stay open when the builders are in. The result is an impoverished experience for visitors with very little of the collection on display presently. However the signs are that the revamped gallery will be good - [I say this based on the amount of scaffolding which is almost Tate Modern in density].
What was on display though provided a fascinating insight into how the gallery had evolved from it's opening in 1957.
'Pictures for the People' showcased some of the earliest acquisitions by the first director, John Hewitt, who established a 'British life and landscape' acquisitions policy during his tenure. Consequently much of the work acquired during this period reflects the everyday experience of Coventry residents. The unashamedly socialist agenda is fascinating. Subjects such as 'Girl at bus stop', 'Men drilling holes' along with numerous agricultural landscapes give an almost Soviet era feel to the display. There are some gems: one of L S Lowry's biggest ever canvasses - a view of Ebbw Vale, the aforementioned girl - an almost balletic bronze that elevates a mundane scene to high art - great detailing on the railings and my favourite, 'The Rockers' - can be seen here. Coventry was the home of 80's ska revival 2-Tone and this picture captures an earlier era when working class youth and energy grabbed the limelight.
The Herbert threw up some interesting insights into Coventry history for me. One of the most bombed cities ever has a vivid exhibit detailing everyday folks' experience of The Blitz - hard not to think about recent events. The rebuilding of the city was inspired by Le Corbusian ideals - interesting today to see the reality which is frankly a bit shabby. Coventry is rich in symbolism and the epicentre of this is the Cathedral - the main reason I did today's trip. This masterpiece deserves a post of it's own so that's for another day. Coventry though is a place I came back from feeling enlightened. Not bad for a grey Sunday afternoon in the rain. It was nice to have a chat too when I got home.
Those quiz answers
1. What is the name of the Dutch speaking population of the North?
A. Flemings.
2. What structures protect low lying land from coastal flooding?
A. Dikes.
3. Which two trans national organisations have their headquarters in Brussels?
A. EU & NATO.
4. What ia the population to the nearest million?
A. 10.
5. Kingdom or Republic?
A. Kingdom.
6. Flag: Black Yellow & Red or Blue & White?
A. Black Yellow & Red..
7. Famous Belgians - TRUE or FALSE?: The Singing Nun, Plastic Bertrand, Peter Paul Rubens, Georges Cuisenaire, Audrey Hepburn, Hergé, Liz Claiborne, Jean Claude van Damme.
A. All TRUE Source.
8. Belgian Beers - TRUE or FALSE?: La Trappe Blonde, Corsendonk Agnus, Witcap Stimulo, Delirium Blonde, Judas, Bush
FALSE - Holland, TRUE, TRUE, TRUE, TRUE, TRUE source.
9. How many countries surround Belgium?
A. 4.
10. Who is the Belgian Prime Minister? (For 2 points)
A. Guy Verhofstadt - cool website here.
Thanks again for a lightning fast response - points will be updated soon!
freshly squeezed for you by drD at 10:13 PM
Saturday, April 17, 2004
Simon owns nine hoovers.
Kiltworld looks set to revolutionise er .. the world of kilts.
I share the same birthday as Hergé wooo.
Some of our £1 coins are missing - about 300 million of them. *considers establishing sofa cleaning business*
Amazon has stealthily established it's own search engine.
Wills hunts pussy.
Mensry the elephant has been treated for depression following separation from her loved ones - aww.
She would probably benefit from a good hephalumphine chat a hug or even some sex...
We'll have no sex please in Canadian school plays though - especially that kind. OK to kill seals tho.
Spyware is big this year - no not Bond tuxedos - nasty computer stuff - mutant has the answer.
Linkage..
was bestowed this week by the Venerable Wrapstar - for which I'm still chuffed [ as are my stats ].
Linkage was also bestowed from here. A lively and interesting blog and a nice local angle on my Scotland with Style post.
Ta muchly to ye both.
freshly squeezed for you by drD at 7:01 PM
Friday, April 16, 2004
It's the Qviz of ze veek
I am asking ze qvestions -
you are giving ze answers
Thursday, April 15, 2004
Following on from Tintinmania I decided to make this weeks quiz about BELGIUM.
Here are the questions from the Brussels jury:
1. What is the name of the Dutch speaking population of the North?
2. What structures protect low lying land from coastal flooding?
3. Which two trans national organisations have their headquarters in Brussels?
4. What is the population to the nearest million?
5. Kingdom or Republic?
6. Flag: Black Yellow & Red or Blue & White?
7. Famous Belgians - TRUE or FALSE?: The Singing Nun, Plastic Bertrand, Peter Paul Rubens, Georges Cuisenaire, Audrey Hepburn, Hergé, Liz Claiborne, Jean Claude van Damme.
8. Belgian Beers - TRUE or FALSE?: La Trappe Blonde, Corsendonk Agnus, Witcap Stimulo, Delirium Blonde, Judas, Bush.
9. How many countries surround Belgium?
10. Who is the Belgian Prime Minister? (For 2 points)
Max of 2 answers each - until Sunday when you can return to sweep the remainders [ should there be any ].
Points mean prizes - there are some prizes overdue - I will update later - promise.
Answers Sunday night.
Good luck!
Tintin news just found
They made a coin!
I want one - badly.
Ze points are updated - two loyal readers have banked their first prizes - nominations from them please for recipients or an accumulation strategy. Well done all - the BnJ loyalty scheme is now into double figures.
freshly squeezed for you by drD at 1:27 PM
Wednesday, April 14, 2004
 | And so today to Greenwich and the National Maritime Museum to see The Adventures of Tintin at Sea. This delightful exhibition looks at the nautical connections in the Tintin stories - and there are many. I had a deprived childhood and didn't discover Tintin until I was in my twenties - strangely in connection with the purchase of a car. How I missed out on the graphic excellence of the work eh? It now has an almost universal appeal and has been translated into 60 languages including Latin and Tahitian. George Remi aka Hergé was born in Brussels in 1907 on 22nd May. In 1929 Tintin and Snowy first appeared in 'Le Petit Vingtième' - a childrens newspaper supplement. The paper was intended as a weekly report for children on current events. Tintin acted as reporter. 'Tintin in the land of the Soviets' was the first adventure. The children were treated to an expose of Bolshevism. Despite the unpromising subject matter Tintin became a soaring success and the print run for the supplement soon had to be increased. Strange those Belgian children. In the 54 years that followed, countless cartoon adventures, animations, stage shows and feature films cemented the position of Tintin as a cartoon icon and Hergé as the 'Father of the European comic strip'. |
Interesting Tintin facts:
Snowy has a liking for alcohol and frequently appeared under it's influence.
Hergé was a meticulous researcher who made extensive preparations for the Tintin adventures. 'The Shooting Star' for example, featured beautifully drawn frames showing the night sky with all the stars in the their correct positions for the time over Brussels.
'Hergé' was derived from the French pronunciation of Georges Remi's initials reversed.
Tintin's link with Greenwich is established in 'Red Rackham's Treasure' when confusion over location of the ship, Sirius, is resolved. Tintin spots that map co-ordinates were taken from the Paris Meridian and not the Greenwich Meridian.
Andy Warhol was a fan, he first met with Hergé in 1972 in New York and Warhol later painted four portraits of the great man.
The final Tintin adventure was being composed when Hergé died in 1983. 'Tintin and the Alph-Art' was published posthumously in 1986 - it was tantalisingly unfinished.
No further Tintin stories will be produced - this is to honour the wishes of Hergé.
All you could ever want to know on the excellent official website here.
freshly squeezed for you by drD at 12:28 PM
Monday, April 12, 2004
Coronation Street - chasing the pink audience with it's 'gay torment' storyline?
Todd Grimshaw is currently doing lots of anguished eye rolling as he struggles to resolve his sexuality. Engaged, with a baby on the way he's fallen for a workmate and in tonight's dual installment ends up in a full-on snog in Canal Street - Manchester's gay central. Although Todd is officially 'still in the closet' I think publicly kissing the object of your lust in the middle of one of the most famous gay districts in the country probably counts as coming out. No doubting that this storyline breaks new ground for Corrie. Long after most of the other soaps have 'done gay' they've chosen to handle this in a drawn out and somewhat excruciating fashion. Yes it's excellently written and great at last to see a soap invented by a gay man finally able tell it like it is.
Canada - home of the annual seal
It's "ecologically sound and economically justified" to club or shoot 300,000 seals off the coast of Newfoundland and Labrador. Encouraged by a resurgence of fur in the fashion industry the 'humane killers' are being allowed to kill 3 million seals over three years. The Canadian tourism commission - [ byline: 'Discover our true nature' ] - is apparently, keeping an eye open for an international backlash. It would, of course, be wholly inappropriate for me to encourage you to go to their website contact page and to send them a short message to tell them how abhorrent you find their 'economically beneficial activities' or threaten to cancel your Canadian holiday. So I won't do that - well not much...
Love me do
Interesting angle taken by JPII on fighting terrorism.
"May the culture of life and love render vain the logic of death".
I have to say, on this, I tend to agree. Far more cheerful than El Presidente, his inarticulate ramblings and his worrying tendency to unleash large bombs on people he doesn't like.
freshly squeezed for you by drD at 9:25 PM
Sunday, April 11, 2004
Those quiz answers
1. Easter day.
11th April
2. Headwear.
Easter Bonnet.
3. Gooey white and yellow filling.
Creme Egg.
4. Musical with Fred and Judy
Easter Parade, the musical starring Fred Astaire and Judy Garland
5. Woolly food.
Lamb - baaa : meat is murder :)
6. White flower
Lilly, symbol of resurrection .
7. Bun.
Hot cross. [ I prefer wholemeal ]
8. Council of Nicaea fixed which day?
Easter Sunday - previously Easter was celebrated on different days of the week. The Council happened in 325AD.
9. George's lawn used for what?
George running Benny Hill stylee, naked, chasing Tony Blair. Also Easter egg rolling by children.
10. Rapa Nui aka
Easter Island.
11. Pesach
The Jewish Passover, when the angel of death "passed over" the dwellings of the Israelites and spared their first-born. The festival of Easter may be partially derived from this.
12. Ovoid chocolate symbol.
Easter Egg.
13. Eostre was a mother goddess for which foul mouthed race?
The Saxons - more details here.
14. Orthodox Easter day 2006
23rd April.
15. Symbolic FertileLepus Leporida.
Easter Bunny.
16. The date of Easter is calculated from PFM - which stands for?
Pascal Full Moon - anarakoid explanation here
17. Joseph's tomb was used - where was he from?
Arimathea (Matthew 27:57)
18. 1 or 2 Mary's at the tomb?
Matthew and Mark and Luke say 2 John says 1. Excellent answer by LaP
19. Who did Mary think Jesus was when he appeared to her near the tomb?
The Gardener. [ This is a B*****m free zone ]
20. Start 1633 next 2010.
Oberammergau Passion Play [ Well sussed by Anna ].
There are masses of points to sort out + donations to arrange - I'm sure - by now + I still haven't finished yesterday's post and I've got tons of stuff to do here. I must stop having so much of a life eh? Anyway - all will be sorted in due course - thanks so much for a stupendous effort this week - impressive, if I may say so.
freshly squeezed for you by drD at 10:20 PM
1. Easter day.
11th April
2. Headwear.
Easter Bonnet.
3. Gooey white and yellow filling.
Creme Egg.
4. Musical with Fred and Judy
Easter Parade, the musical starring Fred Astaire and Judy Garland
5. Woolly food.
Lamb - baaa : meat is murder :)
6. White flower
Lilly, symbol of resurrection .
7. Bun.
Hot cross. [ I prefer wholemeal ]
8. Council of Nicaea fixed which day?
Easter Sunday - previously Easter was celebrated on different days of the week. The Council happened in 325AD.
9. George's lawn used for what?
George running Benny Hill stylee, naked, chasing Tony Blair. Also Easter egg rolling by children.
10. Rapa Nui aka
Easter Island.
11. Pesach
The Jewish Passover, when the angel of death "passed over" the dwellings of the Israelites and spared their first-born. The festival of Easter may be partially derived from this.
12. Ovoid chocolate symbol.
Easter Egg.
13. Eostre was a mother goddess for which foul mouthed race?
The Saxons - more details here.
14. Orthodox Easter day 2006
23rd April.
15. Symbolic Fertile
Easter Bunny.
16. The date of Easter is calculated from PFM - which stands for?
Pascal Full Moon - anarakoid explanation here
17. Joseph's tomb was used - where was he from?
Arimathea (Matthew 27:57)
18. 1 or 2 Mary's at the tomb?
Matthew and Mark and Luke say 2 John says 1. Excellent answer by LaP
19. Who did Mary think Jesus was when he appeared to her near the tomb?
The Gardener. [ This is a B*****m free zone ]
20. Start 1633 next 2010.
Oberammergau Passion Play [ Well sussed by Anna ].
There are masses of points to sort out + donations to arrange - I'm sure - by now + I still haven't finished yesterday's post and I've got tons of stuff to do here. I must stop having so much of a life eh? Anyway - all will be sorted in due course - thanks so much for a stupendous effort this week - impressive, if I may say so.
freshly squeezed for you by drD at 10:20 PM
Saturday, April 10, 2004
The Easter Quiz
Lurk ye not.
Questions 1 & 18 still unanswered...
Running of the sheep
freshly squeezed for you by drD at 10:16 AM
Friday, April 09, 2004
He who was the light of the world descends into the realm of darkness.
His body is swallowed up by the earth,
and with it all hope is swallowed up.
But his descent into the abode of death
is not for death but for life.
This is the nub of Christian belief - it's a tough one isn't it?
Spent today gardenising.
Removing the winter detritus, exposing the soil, letting the light get to the dark places.
Waking up the dozing snails - and chucking them into next door.
Removing a small tree which had grown uninvited during the winter in the middle of my lavender hedge - now more of a lavender splodge - still smells lovely though.
The hesitant robins were nowhere to be seen - I fear I may have scared them off.
The sun was constant and warm - there were ladybirds lurking in the lavender; their glossy crimson shells glinting beautifully against the grey green foliage.
I found a primrose in bloom that wasn't there last year.
I made a moss 'installation' from all the moss that had grown overwinter - it's green and lush and loverly. I love moss me.
There's a blackbird tweetling from a nearby telly arial. And it's a sweet hopeful song.
A good friday.
freshly squeezed for you by drD at 3:00 PM
Thursday, April 08, 2004
drD's guide for the essential knowledge of modern life |  |
| Train travel | |
| When travelling by train, the mental stimulation afforded by a mobile telephone and it's available features is sufficiently exciting to win against less publicly obtrusive distractions such as mental scrabble or eyelid percussion practice. We should be prepared to risk the opprobrium of fellow passengers to enjoy our clicky clicky fiddle fumbling and beepity beeping; "I'm on the train" Yes indeed and are we not glad to know it - every last one of us? |
I'd rather stick needles in my eyes.
freshly squeezed for you by drD at 11:14 AM
Wednesday, April 07, 2004
It's Easter time - so the quiz this week is all about that.
Twenty questions - max four each until Sunday when you can scoop remainders. Double points for questions 10 to 19 - they're trickier. Quadruple points for question 20 [ my idea of fiendish ].
1. Easter day.
2. Headwear.
3. Gooey white and yellow filling.
4. Musical with Fred and Judy.
5. Woolly food.
6. White flower.
7. Bun.
8. Council of Nicaea fixed which day?
9. George's lawn used for what?
10. Rapa Nui aka
11. Pesach
12. Ovoid chocolate symbol.
13. Eostre was a mother goddess for which foul mouthed race?
14. Orthodox Easter day 2006
15. Symbolic Fertile Lepus.
16. The date of Easter is calculated from PFM - which stands for?
17. Joseph's tomb was used - where was he from?
18. 1 or 2 Mary's at the tomb?
19. Who did Mary think Jesus was when he appeared to her near the tomb?
20. Start 1633 next 2010.
freshly squeezed for you by drD at 8:26 AM
Tuesday, April 06, 2004
Since they re-modelled it in 1999 - 2000, The National Portrait Gallery is a delightful and invigorating place to visit. [ ace website with ace museum attached ]
Today I missed by an hour Lucien Freud who just popped in to see his portrait of friend, David Hockney - which is on display in the UK for the first time. I didn't miss the exhibition of postcards from the collection of the artist Tom Phillips. So many faces gazing out at you from the past - telescoping time. Fascinating and recommended.
freshly squeezed for you by drD at 11:47 PM
Monday, April 05, 2004
Interesting BBC2 feature tonight about people nicking Tiffany windows from mausoleums in New York City and flogging them to Japanese museums. I'd never known that Tiffany had been so big in the mausoleum market or indeed that mausoleums had been so big in New York City. Like mini temples with ornate metal doors, some of the cemetries look truly spectacular. The Tiffany windows though were sublime. Having previously only seen Tiffany Art Glass vases - great UK collection here - I've now added a tour of New York City windows to my list of things to see when George decides that we are not all criminals and withdraws the totalitarian fingerprint requirement.
Linkfest
Here, here, here, and here.
If it's a sunny day I take my umbrella
Just in case the raindrops start to fall
You could say that I'm just a cautious fellow
I don't want to be caught in a sudden squall
That's my baby
She can be all four seasons in one day
Crap website with ace museum attached
rant: I've said it before and it's truer today than it was then. At the time of writing the Victoria and Albert Museum website has been offline for nearly three days. This is the national museum of Art and Design - they've got an international reputuation and are up there among the top museums in the world. They've got so many links with the creative community in this country they could probably get a fantastic website designed and hosted on bomb proof servers for nothing. I reckon even I could do better than their current pigsear. If nearly every two bit outfit can have a reliable website why can't the V&A?. In the end I had to resort to phoning them up and got put through to a very nice woman in Donegal - don't ask /endofrant
freshly squeezed for you by drD at 3:32 PM
Sunday, April 04, 2004
The Quiz - results.
Several new contestants made it this week. Belatedly, I've updated the points - thanks to all for an excellent response.
This week's quiz will have a special bonus section - the theme will be Easter.
freshly squeezed for you by drD at 5:00 PM
Saturday, April 03, 2004
Graham has got a new pad - it's a typepad - and very nice it is too - lots of groovy paintings around.
Britain is a special friend of the USA - yep so much so that they want to fingerprint us when we visit. Sorry, y'all won't be seeing me again.
 | Georgey has restored moral dignity to the Whitehouse - it says so on this here card. Why not buy the full set? |
It is possible to finance your personal vehicle needs through the power of your breasts alone - providing you have lots of hormones.
Purves & Purves are selling vibrators. [Note to non-Londoners: this is an upmarket 'lifestyle store' - Habitat with two noughts on the end]
Bignjuicy is currently number 1 listing on Google Ireland for 'UK Busty Housewives'.
Google Ireland is also available in Gaelic.
I've got unfeasibly large archive listings. [ Something will need to be done ]
I'm slightly less criminally undercommented [ I think ] - but still a way to go - all remedial suggestions gratefully received.
Pamplona has The Running of the Bulls; death defying spectacle with emotionally challenged bulls stampeding through narrow streets chasing intellectually challenged tourists with lots of hormones. Te Kuiti in New Zealand has The Running of the Sheep. 2000 woolly herbivores aimlessly flocking hither and thither chasing nobody in particular. I've been to New Zealand and the rumours are true - they've got a theme park called Sheepworld for goodness sake.freshly squeezed for you by drD at 3:00 PM
Friday, April 02, 2004
- is a bit listless today. Flitting from one twig t' next - starting plenty but finishing nowt. It was all I could do to haul my ass to the blogchamber and issue forth - words being extruded with mammoth effort and frankly - I can't be arsed today, or yesterday. It happens - I've been here before and I get worried when it's not working for me - will my reader desert me? Will my blog server grow mould through lack of clickies? Will I forget my password and be locked out of my souldump forever, peering into what once was from a bignjuicyville browsebunker. It could all end tomorrow couldn't it - this blog lark - strange carry on. Anyway, I appear to have finished something today.
Top Grade
So old red socks gets the job as Chairman of the BBC.
Despite my helpful suggestions it seems thatthe old boy network 'common sense' prevailed and they went for a man. Not a woman with large gazongas, not a shiny green poof [ his description - not mine ], not a mad madman and not a sexy vavavoom boy. Of all the chairpeople in all the world they had to go for the man who axed Doctor Who [ though he now says it's safe this time ], introduced Depression in the East End, provided consultancy for the Millennium Wok and was Chairman of the Lotto operator Grabalot. Furthermore he smokes big cigars and wears red braces. [Call Trinny and Tranny - emergency makeover needed].
Joany Bakewell - she of the well preservedness - who once memorably feasted her eyes on a pixellated penis primetime - reckons Mikey has got a big ego - though she pronounced it 'eggo' - maybe that's something else? - some swinging sixties term for unfeasibly large equipment? I dunno. Anyway Joany says he's got a big one of those and what's more he does smoke those massive cigars. Always a suspicious sign - oral pleasuring from large cylindrical objects. Churchill, Castro - two others who did the same and look what happened to them. Mel Gibson has got a specially built humidified storage room to keep his in - and look what he does in his spare time - dangerous tendencies cigar chompers - adventurers - chancers. There may be trouble ahead.
The Quiz
One question remains unanswered - you can do it, gwan, gwan, gwan.
freshly squeezed for you by drD at 7:10 PM
Top Grade
So old red socks gets the job as Chairman of the BBC.
Despite my helpful suggestions it seems that
Joany Bakewell - she of the well preservedness - who once memorably feasted her eyes on a pixellated penis primetime - reckons Mikey has got a big ego - though she pronounced it 'eggo' - maybe that's something else? - some swinging sixties term for unfeasibly large equipment? I dunno. Anyway Joany says he's got a big one of those and what's more he does smoke those massive cigars. Always a suspicious sign - oral pleasuring from large cylindrical objects. Churchill, Castro - two others who did the same and look what happened to them. Mel Gibson has got a specially built humidified storage room to keep his in - and look what he does in his spare time - dangerous tendencies cigar chompers - adventurers - chancers. There may be trouble ahead.
The Quiz
One question remains unanswered - you can do it, gwan, gwan, gwan.
freshly squeezed for you by drD at 7:10 PM
Thursday, April 01, 2004
