Monthly Archives: January 2007

Parma ham, ham, ham, ham, ham

I’ve started getting a lot of spam on this blog. All of it from Italy. What would Jamie Oliver would think?

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Tank Park Salute

Today on BBC 6 Music, Gideon Coe was getting listeners to vote for ‘great lost tear-jerkers’. Three tracks to choose from, including ‘Ship-building’ by Robert Wyatt and ‘Tank Park Salute’. I hadn’t heard ‘Tank Park Salute’ for years, all my … Continue reading

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When they were up, they were up

I know this is a bit unfair, as I think Apple shares did shoot up one day, and down the next. But this BBC New web page looked a bit silly when the two headlines appeared so close to each … Continue reading

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Big Brother – the truth

I’ll tell you the real reason Big Brother is such Big News. People just like saying “Shilpa Shetty”. I just said it to myself just now. Mmmm. Feels good.

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Faintly queasy

Our new ironing board cover needs ironing. The vacuum cleaner could do with a quick hoover, also.

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