Distribution of forces

A BBC News article recently talked about how long it would take the British armed forces to gear up for another war, all doom and gloom that we're out of bullets and Mars bars.  What caught me was the distribution of forces: Armed forces total206,930 Iraq45,000

Garden update

The Alyssum plants died, and the cat ate my basil.  Happily I have some reserve Alyssum plants, and some purple and white snapdragons, which will form flower bed #2, leaving flower bed #1 with just pink Alyssum and blue Forget-Me-Not seeds. Some of the seeds are coming up,

Weeds 0, Home 3

I'm taking back my garden.  Three massive dandelions just got evicted, and I have an embryonic flower bed with some little plants and two different types of  seed in.  The rest of the seeds are in pots inside, they are the reserves in case the outside lot don&

It's a good thing I'm not God

I run a website for Christians with clinical depression.  Anyone who's has firsthand experience of depression knows it's not related to what someone experiences when they say "Oh I'm so depressed" anymore than an ice cube is related to Siberia.  I get

Let's Motor

(US Translation: bonnet = hood, boot = trunk, exhaust = tailpipe) We've been idly looking for the Mini dealer for about a year now, ever since we saw the web site.  On Saturday we got there and test drove a Mini Cooper S.  First, the dull technical stuff: 1.6 litre

Press 87 to accidentally disconnect yourself

Every thirty seconds I get another "All agents are still busy.  Please remain on the line.  Your call is very important to us."  I timed it.  It's not like there's a lot else I could do with the phone glued to my ear, trying

Inbox plaque

Someone forwarded me an email today, one of those "If you send this to 10 more people, other than the 5 that you already have to send to, something major that you've been wanting will happen.  However, if you don't send this to 5 people

Cat alarm

Thank you for purchasing a Feline alarm unit, the natural way to wake up.  You will enjoy years of service from your unit.  Please note that feline alarms are designed to be used in the home, they are not recommended for use on trains, buses or airplanes. Contents: One (1)

Caffeine dreams

I realise that having a domain name caffeinatedbliss.com is incompatible with  saying I've given up caffeine, but there you go, I have.  For Lent initially, but surprise, surprise, I'm suddenly sleeping a whole lot better, so the caffeine won't be coming back.  (Caffeine

Speech in full

The text of the Lieutenant- Colonel Tim Collins speech is also at the Times Online site.  Seems like a great number of people are searching for it and landing here. So here it is, as much as I can piece it together from the Times and the Telegraph.  Lieutenant Colonel