September 2010
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Sir Terry Pratchett smelts his own sword →
“Sir Terry Pratchett says he was so excited after being knighted by the Queen that he decided to make his own sword to equip himself for his new status.”
This being Terry Pratchett, however, he decided to mine the iron and smelt it himself, including pieces of meteorite iron…
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Skylon Spaceplane →
“A special space aircraft that can take off from an ordinary airport runway and even carry tourists from earth could become a commerical reality within a decade, British scientists believe.”
How have I only just come across this?? Isn’t it shiny!!
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“On Tuesday, a footbridge under construction near the Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium,...”
– Yep, roofs falling in are nothing to be concerned about… Anyone else laughing at the fact that it’s the roof of the weightlifting area that collapsed though?
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Top Gear do The Ashes →
I am looking forward to this massively. I don’t know a thing about the Aussie TG3, and they don’t have the awesomeness that is Sabine Schmitt, but it’s going to be funny, of course it is!
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Going the extra mile...
…is usually worth it. It was just last week that Shotgun and I made a one-word plan (the word in question being “pub”), which then turned into a mini driving adventure across the Cotswolds, as he decided that another trip to one of the two remaining pubs in town that we frequent just wasn’t going to cut it. Instead, he suggested a country pub up in the hills, that he had...
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“What’s the difference between America and a yoghurt? After 200 years a...”
– Ouch! Some things you just can’t help but laugh at though…
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-9-19) →
Guns N’ Roses (10)
The Libertines (5)
Dire Straits (2)
Snow Patrol (2)
Ryan Adams (2)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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The Norrington Table →
Ok, so I didn’t have the idyllic time there that I’d envisaged, but I do get to brag a bit that we topped the college league table, for the first time in our 400 year history, and did so with a record high score… Doing it in style, eh?
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My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2010-9-12) →
Guns N’ Roses (53)
blink-182 (20)
The Libertines (19)
Ellie Goulding (15)
Florence + the Machine (14)
Imported from Last.fm Tumblr by JoeLaz
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Stig is sacked. Shock Horror. →
Not really news anymore, but hey. Everyone who’s anyone knows it’s me really.
Personally I agree with the Top Gear people - it is pretty bad form on his part. Ok maybe there could be wage issues in there, but honestly, I can’t imagine that the BBC didn’t anticipate that, and so wouldn’t have just ignored the issue in the hope that it went away. Ah well. Looking...
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Well, is it cruel or kind Not to speak my mind,...
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