Edward Hopper

I was in the local shopping centre at lunchtime and they have a big stand up selling calendars. For the past couple of years I’ve had an Old New York calendar, with old black and white photos of the City. I saw the Edward Hopper calendar too, and now I’m torn as to which I [...]

Childhood Memories: The Serompie

I grew up around some pretty imaginative people. For several years my parents helped run a beach mission in St Andrews, and I was one of the kids who got to run around and play with all of the enthusiastic young people running it. I do vividly remember my first Serompie though. I would be [...]

A blistering expose of . . . Squirt-On Cheese

I don’t think that issues like this get enough coverage and I, for one, am glad to see this in depth article from Wired magazine on What’s inside Squirt-on Cheese.

Awfy Nice People

My sister works in a hospital and was really keent o get a pair of Crocs Shoes before going off on holiday on Saturday. I tried a few places online but all were sold out of the size, colour and style she wanted. I eventually ordered from (bizzarre name) Fat Shoes Day. They emailed me [...]

Film Review: The Flying Scotsman

Things can be a bit random at my office sometimes. I was sitting at my desk about quarter to five when one of my bosses came in. the film festival is on in Edinburgh at the moment and i was asked to go to one of the local cinemas and meet our in-house photographer with [...]

The first record I ever bought

Yes, they used to produce music on these big black disc things:

. . .My embarrassing first ever record.

What would God say to you?

After hearing that President Bush may have started the war in Iraq because God told him to, I got to thinking about what God would say if he had the chance.

There will be people who say they hear the voice of God on a daily basis, but I’m not one of them. As a [...]

Google are going to love this

Alan, a friend from work, has just made this site – it looks amazing. You should check out black tax statistic

Revolting comments on Fox "News"

I’ve had it in mind to post something over the past few days. I work in Edinburgh, where there have been lots of protests, even a few small riots because of the G8 meeting taking place nearby. Then yesterday there were the attacks on London. At that point all of my little annoyances about the [...]

New Glasses

I got some lovely new glasses from Butterworths Lenses.