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Unfortunate juxtapositions, part 94
From the BBC News website:

Current Mood: amused

Pound wise, penny foolish

The Everythings a pound" shop in the Gateshead Metro Centre has a big sign in the window saying "No VAT increase." Well no, because that would make it the £1.02 shop...

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"Three more wanted for a game of Railway Rivals..."
My waiting list in Octopus's Garden appears to have got a bit stuck, so another issue has gone to the TAP mailing list to see if I can find a few more interested parties.

Snow Walks
My Google-fu is clearly slipping, as I can't know find the original source of the quote that _"England is the greatest country in the world; as it's the only country in the world where you can take your dog for a walk every day of the year."_ This axiom has been tested to destruction this morning, but both Oscar and I are pleased to report that it's still (just about) true.

The Secret Life of the Dog
Superb BBC Horizon documentary, now available here on iPlayer. (With apologies to non-UK readers.)

Dear Sky. Thank you for that white stuff you've been dumping on us recently. Unfortunately, it's now moved beyond cute and on to irritating. Please can you stop sending any more. I've spoken to the birds in the garden, and they are of the same mind as me on this. Oscar the Wonder Dog is unconvinced, but is prepared to defer to daddy's judgement on this. Thanking you for your consideration in this matter. Kthxbai.

Current Mood: snowy

Getting my inner transportation geek on.
It's all

danacea's fault, for tweeting a link to Underground History. Quite possibly the most addictive website since

nwhyte pointed me at Pathetic Motorways, and for much the same reason.

Traditional Christmas Post
Happy Holidays to one and all, and remember the words of that great American philosopher, Linus van Pelt:

'And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon them, and the glory of the Lord shone round about them: and they were sore afraid. And the angel said unto them, Fear not: for, behold, I bring you good tidings of great joy, which shall be to all people. For unto you is born this day in the city of David a Saviour, which is Christ the Lord. And this shall be a sign unto you; Ye shall find the babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger. And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying, Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men.' That's what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown.

Current Mood: seasonal

If Milo is a moon dog, Oscar is most assuredly a snow dog, as he proved on this morning's walk. Which is all the excuse I need to recycle ( this: )

News for the discerning shell-suited traveller
Coming soon - everybody's favourite airline to amend its booking charge to cover everything except Pre-Paid Mastercards issued in Matabeleland. Denominated in Chinese Yuan. With an issue date of the fifth Sunday in February.

Thanks on Thanksgiving
Thanks to the ever-wonderful Danie Ware, I now have Google Wave. Which also means I have a few Google Wave invites to spread the Google-lovin'. If anyone wants one, please e-mail me at ceemage "symbol" googlemail.com

Current Mood: geeky

Eastercon 2011 News
The buzz on teh interwebs is "rumours of an Eastercon bid for 2011 at Novacon." Well, given that the flyers are up on many walls, I would say that Illustrious is a bit more than just a rumour. Many of the names on the flyer are reassuringly familiar, including Chris O'Shea and both Dowds.

ETA: Website is http://www.illustrious.org.uk/

Novacon news
Busy at Novacon helping to sort out some of the webcasting (see http://tuckerverse.livejournal.com passim, as Private Eye would put it). Have also realised that I have yet to have lunch.

Novacon schedule
Details of our proposed webcasting schedule from Novacon this weekend are now here.

You couldn't make it up, pt. 95
China is auctioning off 5,000 spare condoms from the Olympics, reports the BBC. On each wrapper is the Olympic motto, "Faster, Higher, Stronger."

Current Mood: amused

Random Things You Never Knew You Never Knew Until Google
Drawing a smiley face on the check increases a waitress's tips by 18 percent but decreases a waiter's tips by 9 percent.

Current Mood: croggled

Paging Mr. Jarse
Oh dear. I gather from the comments by the presenters on the breakfast show on Spark FM 107 that the presenters on the evening show last night were caught out by the old "send in an e-mail/text with a rude name and see if they notice before reading it out" trick. And in their first week, too. Moe Szyslak would empathise.