ireland must be one of the best countries for cycling in the world. when the weather is like this, the tiny empty roads and not-too-big hills make for pure pedalling pleasure.

My bike at head of Dunmanus Bay near Durrus
ireland must be one of the best countries for cycling in the world. when the weather is like this, the tiny empty roads and not-too-big hills make for pure pedalling pleasure.

My bike at head of Dunmanus Bay near Durrus
Having spent the weekend working at the college I was frustrated to have missed such a warm gardening weekend…
However I managed to get home before the sun went down and although the family were out, Ruth had left some dinner for me. I sat in the evening sun enjoying an omelette, roll and pasta salad. In the salad were caulifower florets – from the wonderful Winter Roscoff cauliflower variety. These plants sat there all winter and at one point looked like the frost had got them… but all of a sudden last week the wonderful flowers emerged! Highly recommended.

Winter Roscoff cauliflower
Good effort to send Tony where he belongs!
Sesame St is 40!
(thanks to laura for the link)
Apparently this is only going to be up for a few days – so make time now to watch the fantastic SFA…
looking forward to seeing them at the Sea Sessions festival.
I walked through a university the other day. You can see the science students a milwe away. Their hair goes in eight different directions at once and their anoraks are stapled together to keep out the cold, They have the scocial skills of koala bear on a methodone programme. Let’s face it, they are sad, attention seeking little f*cks who love to destroy other people’s good times.
obama has ordered the first air strikes in afghanistan. reports say 18 people killed – mostly civilians. the strikes were carried out by predator drones (pictured):

These unmanned aircraft are remote controlled by men sitting far away:
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whilst i’m sure that the new US administration will be an improvement over the previous one – i still wouldn’t want to mess with this kind of air supremacy! and lets not forget that afghanistan did nothing to warrant being invaded apart from having the misfortune of being the place where the US thinks Osama bin Laden is…
i never thought i’d use that as a post title! but thanks to rob i just had to link to jeremy clarkson’s review of the vuaxhall vectra… some fantastic quotes include:
Not that long ago every girl on the Emerald Isle had a face the colour of straw and orange hair. Now it’s the other way around.
and
I’m told that in simple terms money will cease to function as a meaningful commodity
I couldn’t agree more!
placebo effect
ben goldacre on the placebo effect