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I saw this sign in a shop today and thought 'yeah, that's today's Blog entry for sure'.

A street painting by 3D artist Kurt Wenner, at Waterloo Station in London.

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Top 10 Best 'Bush-isms'

10) "Families is where our nation finds hope, where wings take dream." —LaCrosse, Wis., Oct. 18, 2000

9) "I know how hard it is for you to put food on your family." —Greater Nashua, N.H., Jan. 27, 2000

8) "I hear there's rumors on the Internets that we're going to have a draft." —second presidential debate, St. Louis, Mo., Oct. 8, 2004

7) "I know the human being and fish can coexist peacefully." —Saginaw, Mich., Sept. 29, 2000

6) "You work three jobs? … Uniquely American, isn't it? I mean, that is fantastic that you're doing that." —to a divorced mother of three, Omaha, Nebraska, Feb. 4, 2005

5) "Too many good docs are getting out of the business. Too many OB-GYNs aren't able to practice their love with women all across this country." —Poplar Bluff, Mo., Sept. 6, 2004

4) "They misunderestimated me." —Bentonville, Ark., Nov. 6, 2000

3) "Rarely is the questioned asked: Is our children learning?" —Florence, S.C., Jan. 11, 2000

2) "Our enemies are innovative and resourceful, and so are we. They never stop thinking about new ways to harm our country and our people, and neither do we." —Washington, D.C., Aug. 5, 2004

1) "There's an old saying in Tennessee — I know it's in Texas, probably in Tennessee — that says, fool me once, shame on — shame on you. Fool me — you can't get fooled again." —Nashville, Tenn., Sept. 17, 2002


(Reproduced for laffs from about.com, originally compiled by Daniel Kurtzman)

The 'Other' Rocket List

Following on from my top 10 people I'd like to see blasted into the Sun on a rocket, I thought it only fitting to do the reverse; list 10 people I'd make sure were saved from an extinction-level event.

Of course, I'm not citing these people as the only 10 - you'd obviously need a whole ton more to viably sustain the race, and breed elsewhere - but if I had to pick 10, this is who they'd be.

Naturally, my family and friends are already on the first rocket off this doomed rock :)

Apart from them, in no particular order, it'd be :

1) Barack Obama
2) Faustino Asprilla
3) Will Smith
4) Denzel Washington
5) Patrick Stewart
6) Sir Ian McKellan
7) Carole Vorderman
8) Arnold Schwarzenegger
9) Isla Fisher
10) Chow Yun Fat

Siegfried's Brother, Vidal : A War Marriage

Do you remember, dear, the day we met?
We cleansed and styled, shampooed the parapet
Until the barbed wire looked like it had just
hobbled out of a Salon.

We hugged each other as the shells fell hard
Upon the roof above our working place,
Scattered the hirsute off-cuts in the yard-
They called it 'No Man's Land' but it was ours,
We barbered on through bayonets and bombs.

Above it all were we, we loved, we worked,
Trench marriages, unheard of 'til that day
were pioneered by us, the stalwart doves;
Even the Allies dying on our driveway
(The little pre-trench to our littler shop)
seemed bid us laugh at War, and pave the way
for freedom's healthy roots- like each trimmed head
cried 'Armistice!' unto the mud caked pawns.

Corpse customers were rolled in, and sat down
And we'd engage the sacred, pointless banter;
'Been on your holidays?' we'd question them.
"Yes' they'd burble back, through bloodied lips,
'We'd booked four years in Provence to 'wind down'...
'Such fun!' the Old Squire said, but Hun came too."

And we would smile our peevish, practised smile,
Praise the Lord, then charge in with the comb.
"Four years? Too bad... something for the weekend?"

The Wongabong Fly

The Wongabong Fly
was not like you or me.
He had twelve pairs of wings
but no head you could see.
He flew in figure nines
(He found the 'eights' a bore)
Revered grand-daddy
of ones we ignore.

A legendary insect
who taught mosquitoes and gnats
How to miss the flailing corks
on Anti-Fly hats.

9.9

Humpty Dumpty sat on the wall
Humpty Dumpty, sick of it all.
His death leap was marvellous! All the King's Men
kept asking him 'Hey, will you do that again?'

Back To The Drawing Board

My temporary placement with my employer came to an end today.

It was a good experience, I met some really nice people, and it came along at just the right time to help me out financially. I regret that it wasn't possible to stay on a little longer, but am looking forward to spending some more quality time with Sharon and Josie, and will keep looking for something permanent that I can get my teeth into.

If anyone from there happens to be reading this, thanks for making me feel so welcome, and I wish you all the best for the future.

Rocket List

My wife and I were having one of those weird discussions we have sometimes, that flair up from nowhere and engross us for at least 8 minutes, and she posted the outcome on her blog (see my links at the top right to visit it). The subject was 'if you could blast a rocket into the sun, with any 10 people on it, who would you send?'

Here's my list. No offence intended to those I select for arbitrary execution, of course. Feel free to include me on YOUR rocket.

(No order)

1. Gok Wan
2. Eamonn Holmes
3. James Nesbitt
4. Cristiano Ronaldo
5. Paris Hilton
6. Ant & Dec (I count this as one choice, they can share a seat for the duration of the flight)
7. Gillian McKeef/McKeith/that sour faced righteous bint on the telly
8. Victoria Beckham
9. TV Doctor Raj Persaud ... 'Hmm.. there is SOME evidence of that...' (STFU!!!!!!!)
10. George W Bush


.....Maybe I could send a whole fleet of rockets? My shit list is massive.