Homer on American Idol
If Homer really was a judge on American Idol, I would actually watch the show!
Day Two In Scotland : Hopetoun House, gorillas, scones and French sausages
Friday 8th August 2008
It was 11.00am before I finally woke up from my slumber and when I opened my eyes, I wished I hadn’t woken up. The rain was still coming down. Monika was sitting on the edge of the bed playing her Nintendo DS as if nothing was wrong but I was lying there, one eye open looking at the rain hitting the window. Was this really August? OK, it’s Scotland and it always rains in Scotland but come on! Give me a break God! I checked my mobile phone and I saw that a friend in Germany had sent me a SMS message. It read: “it’s 30 degrees celsius over here! Really sweating! What’s the weather like over there?! Ha! Ha!”. I growl. That friend isn’t getting any Scottish shortbread when I go back.
‘Sir’ penguin given Norwegian knighthood
Nils Olav already has medals for good conduct and long service. He made honorary colonel-in-chief of the elite Norwegian King’s Guard in 2005. And on Friday he was knighted.
Not bad for a 90-centimeter (three foot) tall penguin.
Absolutely brilliant.
‘Sir’ penguin given Norwegian knighthood - CNN.com
Has Bigfoot been found in Georgia?
No, not Georgia in Russia, but Georgia in the United States of America. A policeman and a former corrections officer claim that they have found the carcass of Bigfoot as well as “several similar creatures that were still alive” (but they are not disclosing where that is for the moment).
Tom Nelson, chairman of the biology department at North Georgia College and State University in Dahlonega, said he’s “pretty skeptical” the world will feast its eyes on a new species Friday.
“That would certainly rock mammalogy,” joked Nelson, who specializes in the study of mammals. “I see a research grant in my future.”
So what do you think? Could this be Bigfoot? Or just one giant hoax?
Body proves Bigfoot no myth, hunters say - CNN.com
Arriving in Caledonia
Thursday 7th August 2008
Anyone that knows me well will know that I am not a morning person. My idea of getting up early involves getting up in time for lunch. So when the alarm went off for 5.00am, I thought I had died and gone to hell.
It felt doubly worse because I had only gone to bed four hours earlier after having packed my suitcase for the umpteenth time - finally managing to fit my grandad’s German brandy and curry ketchup into the case. This involved sitting on the suitcase and praying the zip wouldn’t burst! God help us if Customs and Excise ask us to open the case up!
Four hours sleep - a bad omen.
I then go back to sleep.
Monika also goes back to sleep.
MyBlogLog introduces “Just For You” Wordpress Widget
MyBlogLog is a favourite website of mine and they have just introduced a new Wordpress widget called “Just For You“.
The concept behind it is that when a MyBlogLog-registered visitor turns up at your blog, Just For You (assuming it is installed on your blog) will scan the visitor’s MBL tags and see what their interests are. The widget will then scan your blog archives, match the person’s MBL tags to your archives and bring back suggested stories from your archives for the person to read.
Quite an interesting idea - if you have space on your blog sidebar for another widget.
Just for You Personalizes Your WordPress Blog
Isaac Hayes R.I.P.
I can’t believe Chef is gone. Rest in peace man.
And a send-off wouldn’t be complete without the classic Chocolate Salty-Balls!
Back from Scotland!
I returned yesterday from a 5 day trip to Scotland. It was nice to get away from everyday life and routine but the weather in Scotland was absolutely atrocious - 90% of the time it was raining! Considering it’s August, it was absolutely disgraceful weather. But as I said, it was still nice to get away, to see the family, have a break and relax before burning out.
Starting tomorrow, I will be blogging in several parts about the trip - about the Tattoo at the castle, about our visit to Dean Haglund’s comedy show, about our grandparents 60th wedding anniversary, about our shopping trips where I bought 14 books (!), about our visit to Hopetoun House where we had tea and scones which left us with a whopping bill for 20 pounds ($37). We then went outside where we witnessed a vodka TV commercial being made where a man in a gorilla costume was running around chasing another man in his swimming trunks - maybe the actors were drinking too much of their own product?
Oh and my travel accounts wouldn’t be complete without the chaotic Lufthansa strikes, the delayed German Rail trains with their weird conductors and my cynical British insights and dry wit.
Stay tuned for part one sometime tomorrow.
Headline of the week
My God! It’s not only happening in airport restrooms! It’s happening in courtrooms too!
Via Associated Press
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