“A science teacher beat a pupil around the head with a dumbbell while shouting “die, die, die”, a court heard” – more…
Is it just me, but when I read the line
“No-one can say for one moment what happened to this boy was deserved or justified”
… er, sorry? This teacher was reportedly “extraordinary“, so what drove [...]
Filed under: Science, Uncategorized on April 26th, 2010 | Comments Off
“Lib Dem frontbencher Jenny Tonge sacked over call for Israeli soldier inquiry” – there’s something fishy here. For entertainment, just have a quick read of the article and see if you can infer how Jenny Tonge’s words can be interpreted as “wrong, distasteful and provocative”.
Nick Clegg has, just a year ago, called for an embargo [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on April 16th, 2010 | Comments Off
“The blade of the rear propeller cleaved Mr Morse’s head from top to bottom. Mercifully death was instantaneous.” (BBC)
DARWIN AWARD TIME!!
What can I say, this upsets me deeply … the “instantaneous” part, that is. I guess to the list of typical huntsman attributes – arrogance, self-righteousness, revelling in terrorising small furry critters simply for [...]
Filed under: Humour, Uncategorized on March 2nd, 2010 | Comments Off
“My daughters were just sitting quietly talking in their bedroom at home,” Dr Izeldeen Abuelaish told me on the phone between sobs.
“I had just left the room, carrying my youngest son on my shoulders. Then a shell came through the wall.
“I rushed back to find their dead bodies – or rather parts of their bodies [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on January 26th, 2009 | Comments Off
How amazing is language, that most wonderous achievement of the upright-walking ape. Of all the utterances the ludicrous man-ape has made recently, two of them illustrate just how clever it has become at linguistic manipulation.
First we hear that the Israeli government is keen to investigate any allegation of war crimes in Gaza. Come again? Did [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on January 26th, 2009 | Comments Off
In a moment of inspiration having been fortunate enough to hear the wonderful voice of Clare Cairns in ‘The Merlin’ (Morningside, Edinburgh) last Friday, I hot-footed it down to the guitar shop today.
There I perused the many thousand-pound guitars strung like jewels across the walls, heard wonders played on electric strings by those who [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on August 19th, 2007 | Comments Off
In response to Al Jazeerah’s request for comments on Lebanon: One Year On, I posted the following response:
“The intentional targeting of civilians and destruction of civilian infrastructure by Israeli forces absolutely and clearly violates articles 48 and 51 of the 1949 Geneva Convention. When has cold-hearted, merciless bombing of any population (UK Blitz, Dresden, Toyko, [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on July 28th, 2007 | Comments Off
Ok, so it was August 2006, it took me some time but I’ve finally uploaded my favourite video clip onto Youtube.
This is Pachamerica playing Ananau.
Not bad for a hand-held Canon Powershot digital camera, methinks!
Filed under: Uncategorized on June 28th, 2007 | Comments Off
Isn’t this just the loveliest thing you’ve seen today? This is Roger, a baby gibbon from the Highland Farm Gibbon Sanctuary in Thailand. Alas no, I haven’t been there and this photo is taken from their website.
Gibbons are wonderful, intelligent, playful creatures. I first encountered one (her name was Bruni) in the Monkeyland wildlife [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized on June 24th, 2007 | Comments Off
