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Grace In Small Things 2 of 52 From GilraenH ^Pro in Musings From The Chair (3 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

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

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

Annoying Amazon From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (1 day old)

I find them really useful when I'm selling special Lego sets like Cybermaster. So I was cross today when I had an email from them saying some nonsense about how they were having some sort of Christ… more

It's silly of me, but... From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (3 days old)

I just can't seem to stop myself commenting on those idiotic, automatically posted Spam blogs. Update: I had an example link here, but Rampage has heroically deleted the blog. Hurrah!… more

Cobblers... From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (5 days old)

"Project Camelot" is probably the biggest load of silly nonsense I have read in absolutely ages. It's such nonsense I can't be bothered to cut and paste a link. If you have time to waste, find it for … more

Mushroom and Basil Pesto From GilraenH ^Pro in BCUK Recipes (5 days old)

Not teaching you how to suck eggs or anything, but I have never made my own pesto sauce before yesterday, so thought I'd give it a try. It went very well indeed... Ingredients: Small pack of butt… more

Grace in Small Things 1 of 52 From GilraenH ^Pro in Musings From The Chair (7 days old)

A meme of sorts if you will, but an ongoing continual one. I would love to try it every day as Schmutzie suggests, but I may try that next year. So what is Grace in Small Things? What?Schmutzie crea… more

Girl Trouble From Edinburghbound in The long road ahead (7 days old)

Girls... I can't understand them! Someone will say I'm not supposed to - but fun relationships are not supposed to involve worry and the feeling that something is not right in your mind. I recen… more

VIGILANCE WEEK From nithyajeejo in Bold Buddies (9 days old)

This week We r observing as Vigilance Awareness Week, with an aim of making the Indian’s aware of the social evils prevalent in the society. As a humanities student i am happy to be a part of this awa… more

Bloglists From GilraenH ^Pro in Help (9 days old)

Is there any way to make more than 10 of your bloglist list entries appear on your blog? There doesn't seem to be an option to extend it from the design wizard widget settings. … more

I had to laugh... From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (10 days 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

Fish Tank review From IanPeterHall in Ian @ the movies (10 days old)

Life’s a bitch, and then you die Andrea Arnold’s Fish Tank takes a voyeuristic glimpse into the life of unhappy ASBO teen, Mia. The film discreetly exposes and dissects the largely overlooked and… more

Strangeness on eBay From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (10 days 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

The "Cowell Plot" thickens... From mattk in Utter tosh from the pen of Matt K (10 days old)

Now, I should point out that I found this on the Metro website so I can't vouch for it's accuracy. Quite possibly it has no accuracy whatsoever. Interesting if it's true though... http://www.metro.… more

A planet I visited today. From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (10 days 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

"I never allow myself to look tired..." From mattk in Utter tosh from the pen of Matt K (10 days old)

That skin cream advert with Matthew McConnagay in it is a hoot. It's clearly been done in the time-honoured tradition of shaving adverts dating back to the Seventies. "Grr! Manly! Yes it is! Honest! B… more

Mustard and Marjoram Salad Dressing From GilraenH ^Pro in BCUK Recipes (11 days old)

As some of you may know I can't stand vinegar, so have a problem with most salad dressings, although this one is lovely and I got to break the seal my my new latest herb: marjoram. Shake up all the … more

X Factor is getting crappier every week From mattk in Utter tosh from the pen of Matt K (11 days old)

You could argue that it serves me right for watching it but hey, I like trash tv sometimes and X Factor is surely the best in that category. I love the pompousness of it, and the fact that those invol… more

Marathon dreams From Edinburghbound in The long road ahead (11 days old)

So this was the reason for writing the blog - the journey to Edinburgh and yesterday that journey began quietly and with relatively little fuss at the Lancaster Half Marathon. Before the race Bu… more

Beware of this one! From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (12 days 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

Naptime was successful!! From mattk in Utter tosh from the pen of Matt K (12 days old)

Thanks for your comments - and yes, I did manage to have a nap, for like 45 minutes! Tremendous! I had to go and wake Logan up for his tea, he was spark out. (Yes, he is napping as I type this!!… more

Lamb Dopiaza From GilraenH ^Pro in BCUK Recipes (12 days old)

Ingredients: One large Spanish onion1 large green pepper 300g Fresh lamb, cubed For the dopiaza sauce: 1 small onion, finely chopped2 cloves of garlic, crushed1 teaspoon ginger powder or a 1 inch p… more

My first stab at a Christmas Menu for 7 From GilraenH ^Pro in BCUK Recipes (13 days old)

Updated... Any suggestions welcome, it is a work in progress - needless to say I will blog all the recipes...I'm particularly looking forward to making the Tiramasu... L'Apperitif Hot Spiced A… more

Spicy Sweetcorn and Chorizo Soup From GilraenH ^Pro in BCUK Recipes (13 days old)

Ingredients: 1/2 tablespoon of olive oilHalf a large Spanish Onion, chopped1 garlic clove, crushed1 small time (165g or so) of sweetcorn1/4 pint of chicken stck100ml of milkHalf a red chilli, finely … more

More dadness From mattk in Utter tosh from the pen of Matt K (14 days old)

OK, so I've started working part-time this week so I can spend more time looking after Logan. It's brilliant, and I love it, but where the hell does this kid get all that energy from?? He's only 11 mo… more

I'm keeping this simple for Alan. From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (14 days old)

I'm going to keep it simple because Alan Johnson has problems understanding science, evidence, truth, and above all he seems to have enormous difficulty understanding classifications. Or perhaps he is… more

Die Hard: The Greatest Christmas Film Of All Time From Edinburghbound in The long road ahead (15 days old)

If you ask someone in the street what their favourite Christmas film is; they will no doubt reply with 'The Grinch', 'Miracle on 34th Street'... The stereotypes I love the movie Die Hard - And wh… more

The fuss about tags. From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (15 days old)

I'm a bit baffled, I must confess, at the fury that has broken out here. On occasion, I have pointed out to people that they have forgotten to separate their tags with commas, resulting in a huge tag … more

Strippers! From Edinburghbound in The long road ahead (16 days old)

I love strippers; well what guy doesn't and let me tell you why... Confidence Strippers ooze sex appeal because of their confidence - it's that eat you alive and make the boys kiss your feet swag… more