The country is all aflutter. Royals in the territory, and all that. Newspapers, TV, people on the street (not all of them, but one or two); ready to trade any semblance of sanity for a chance to see, to glimpse. Enough to drive the rest of us to distraction.
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The first barbecue of the season. A baptism of fire. Tonight I limited the sacrifice to the deities (by leaving my bottles of cheap sauce in the refrigerator). After all, as I’ve always explained to the family, the meat isn’t burned… it’s the sauce.
posted in food | Comments Off on Baptism of fire | 259 words
Note to self: stop dreaming. You can’t afford to buy a new camera, even if it does rate as significantly better than what you have, according to Snapsort.com (my new favourite site for photo geekiness). There.
posted in humour, media | Comments Off on Grain silo cinema | 263 words
Too bad that I hadn’t skipped over the choice, when it was offered on Netflix. But the elements were there: a train, Danny Glover and Leelee Sobieski. Mainly the train.
posted in technology | Comments Off on Strange movies and new camera chatter | 290 words
Due to my pragmatic view of things, I’m not going to miss any sleep over the near approach of an asteroid tomorrow afternoon. Little matter that it’s the size of a city bus, and scheduled to pass withing 8 kilo-miles (pardon the attempted mix of units). Let’s face it; if it hits it doesn’t matter, and if it doesn’t, it doesn’t matter.
posted in environment, science | Comments Off on Flip-flop fields and near misses | 254 words
A tip of my (virtual) hat to the current Parliament. They stayed up through another night and day, debating in that odd “dialogue of the men without ears” that is used in the constitutional monarchy. That is, each side repeats its mantra, and the other pays no attention. Finally, at supper time today, a vote was held.
posted in ham radio, politics | Comments Off on The continuing saga of MP vs MP | 263 words
Entertainment, political style. While the House sits through a national holiday, in order to allow a debate on proposed legislation to end the lockout at the post office. Let’s examine the collected oddities.
posted in economy, music | Comments Off on Life with a cracked menu screen and scratched spectacles | 267 words
And now we wait. Will the new face of law and order prevail, or will the traditional face of the holiday persist? A heady show, to watch from a distance.
posted in politics | Comments Off on Crowd control by tap control | 268 words
A change in routine, today. Instead of the ordinary bus ride to the office, I was squeezed into a seat on a Beech King 100 and flown 980 km NNE, followed by a 980 km return along the same track. In between, other stuff.
posted in travel | Comments Off on Taking to the air | 298 words
While perusing the Creuset catalog, I had wondered about the purpose of some of the items on offer. This evening, during a rare moment of community, I learned part of the answer.
posted in food | Comments Off on The mystery pot | 264 words
