What came first? Chicken or Egg - solved

Apparently, the mystery of chicken and egg is now solved:
When Britain was in warmer climates, it was actually the
Lions that first laid eggs.  Through testosterone fuelled in-
fighting, the DNA changed and the egg-laying lion, in fact,
produced the first chickens.

Scientists have now been able to recreate this experiment
by a special breeding programme, using 10,000 year old
DNA and found astonishing results.

The pictures here are the first to be released to the public.
A triumph for British genetic engineering:

A poem on the division of people in the UK

The Elite flies fast in helicopters
across the busy city of London;
in the streets below, the peasants are
labouring, earning pittance for their rents:
The landlord will be calling soon
to collect the arrears.

At the dinner table, full of food and riches,
laden with delicatessen and fine wines
at the property developers’ homes.
But for others it is the past sell-by date isle
in the local supermarket, trying to save
the few pennies.

The politicians appease the masses with
populist policies and assure us all
that we caused the debt and owe.
But it is the rich that benefit, where
the poor have to pay up:
Victoriana has returned!

Dry heat in the South East

"The Green Belt is safe under the Tories", the Daily Telegraph states (2015):
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/general-election-2015/11528903/Green-Belt-is-safe-under-us-until-2020-Conservative-manifesto-will-say.html

YET:  Green belt is being lost (only a 'small amount' - ha!) in 2015:
http://www.getsurrey.co.uk/news/surrey-news/only-small-percentage-woking-green-9423707

The BBC wrote in 2011 that the government was failing to use "brownfield sites" (disused previously built on land): http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-14916238

In 2013, the Daily Telegraph warns that "Green Belt housing doubles": http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/earth/greenpolitics/planning/10264644/Green-belt-housing-doubles-in-a-year.html

And the CPRE reports in Mach 2015 that 'Houses planned for Green belt are highest since Government planning flagship" (essentially a "Free for all").
http://www.cpre.org.uk/magazine/features/itemlist/tag/Green%20Belts

The Tory regime wants progress at all costs. They do not care about global warming, they do not care about promises made in their manifesto.  Their underlying principle is "survival of the fittest" and "riches to the few" to the detriment of anybody who is not a "striver".  A truly reactionist regime is operating "for the (few) people claiming it has a mandate". Well, it would appear that the English electorate indeed believes in self-flagellation. Well, the Tories don't give a damn whether they turn a "green and pleasant" land into a dry, dusty and build up industrial jungle with drones regulating the population, as long as they make industrial progress.  If you dare to be a "shirker" you shall be terminated...

I have been brought up to be democratic and obey democratic principles, and to fight irresponsible and undemocratic regimes, particularly, where European Human Rights and the Enviroment is at stake: STOP the TORIES!  Oppose EVERY single PLANNING APPLICATION with your local council if it is made by commercial companies and property developers.
Sign all petitions that urge the government to respect the United Kingdom, its Courts and its Civil Servants. Refuse to buy a house (for that it is a con, a "mortgage" is "dead money" - you'll be forced to work just to pay the mortgage). If EVERYBODY applies to rent and refuses a mortgage, the regime's flagship "industry" is dead:  houses are not for the buyer but is a source of revenue for the rich.  It is a phallasy!  Refuse to buy GM modified food.
Put in Freedom of Information Requests to Cabinet Office demanding to know where all the public records are (a great deal of data since 2010 is now "archived" in the National Archives). Do something!

R.I.P. Royal Mail

The vile regime sold off the over 500 year old
institution: R.I.P.  Royal Mail

Cameron and his reactionist regime = poodle...

Cameron and his Tory regime are now the laughing stock 
and poodles in Europe.  The Poles rejected his isolationist
comments (removing benefits for Europeans). The Germans,
bearing in mind that the UK was a "victorious nation" after
WWII, rule things now.  Chancellor Merkel was (despite BBC
news that "all was well" with Cameron's remarks) - when
listening to her remarks in undubbed German - actually quite
opposed to his gimmick.

The Tories are POISON! They want out of Europe not for
the problems with immigration (= cheap labour for Tory
expansionism), but because Europe curbs the Tory excesses
in Finance and Environment.  Only Europe's environmental
restrictions to pollution curb Tory edicts for industrial and 
commercial development OVER AND ABOVE anything else!

UK residents have been self-flagellating and self-punitive: How
else would a sane person vote the very regime back into power
that just takes, and takes, and takes! This is akin to medieval
kings and queens who would tax your last chicken, who would
impose ever more punishments to drive forward their will to
expand their realms.

The Tories are POISON!  Use all your remaining democratic
rights (whilst they are still there) to oppose this regime.

UK 7th most unequal country in world...

The UK is the seventh most unequal country in the world,
'The Independent' reports.  This is as per 'OECD'.

This is a direct outcome of the reactionist "laissez-faire"
"free market" politics of the Tories.

And under this new regime without balancing influences
of a coalition partner, it will get WORSE!

The biggest issue will be that the vast amount of poorer
people in Britain will eventually rise up against the super
rich. That is why the government wants to curb the free-
dom to speak freely (in public or online). They know the
monster they created.  Personally, I have no power to
fight, so I have to stick to a blog to speak out.

Mr Cameron: tackle free business, inequality and poverty!
Get out of your cocooned and 'incestuous' financial circles
and LOOK at ordinary people.  Go to "poor" estates un-
announced and SEE the real monster you created. People
are desparate. They don't care about fancy banquets with
the Lord Mayor of London. They care about not having
decent food, or decent shoes. Maybe the Queen can
teach you some dignity and compassion. Until you do open
your eyes to the real plight, hopefully her corgis will pee on
your legs good and proper.

A dark day for the United Kingdom...

A dark day for the UK.
A dark day for the NHS.
A dark day for the Police.
A dark day for Public Servants.
A dark day for the Environment.
A dark day for democratic process.
37% of the vote = absolute majority.
The Toffs will make ordinary people suffer:
Russell Brand says: "We are going to get screwed" 
Oh how the former Empire has fallen into insignificance:
For that England will end up in splendid isolation:
A little country outside any Union.

Similarities between Speeches of Cameron and Mr H

Can you spot the similarities? And their politics aren't that far apart either

Your vote does NOT (necessarily) count!!

Have a look at this "Voter Power" site and see why
your vote may not really count at all!

Basement extensions

Have a look at this BBC documentary about basement extensions:
It is on the iPlayer for the moment: HERE


It becomes clear that "offshore companies" and "subcontractors"
as well as super-rich owners (both from abroad and UK) are
responsible.  Where extensions go wrong, resulting in damage
to any neighbouring properties, litigation may be difficult.

WHY ARE THERE NO LAWS AGAINST THEM?

Ask the TORY government... The Building Laws and Deregulation
Bill passed ensure countless MORE EXTENSIONS

Are we all emprisoned?

Watch below on the BBC and question yourself:

"Are we all imprisoned" - in a life of endless mortgage
repayments, the stock market / shares myth and the
fairy tale of "recovery" (it only suits a few):
Available on the BBC till 29 April

Stamps have risen by 168% under the Tories

In 2010, on the Tories coming to power, Royal Mail was a venerable institution that lasted since 1516!
Barely a year on, the right-wing government sold Royal Mail off under the "Postal Services Act 2011" effectively killing a service that worked for the people.

In 2010, a first class stamp was 41 pence;
In 2015, a first class stamp costs 63 pence.

The second class stamp was 32 pence in 2015;
The second class stamp is 54 pence in 2015.

The increases are 153% and 168% for first and second class respectively.

This is what the Tories do for the people.

Moon and Jupiter

Hopefully you like my picture of
Earth's moon and Jupiter with four of its moons.
Click on it to get it in larger

WARNING: The Conservative Party and Large Businesses

A clear indicator of how powerful businesses in the UK have become is seen in this letter, published in the Telegraph today.

It is becoming ever more clear that the Conservative party is a slave to rich businesses and will do whatever it takes to gain complete control in the next Parliament.  THEY WILL NOT CARE ABOUT ordinary people but to keep their paymasters happy!!

DO NOT VOTE CONSERVATIVE if you want the NHS that is free at point of entry;
DO NOT VOTE CONSERVATIVE if you want low social and private rents kept low;
DO NOT VOTE CONSERVATIVE if you want equality of opportunity for all;
DO NOT VOTE CONSERVATIVE if you want European justice and Human Rights;
DO NOT VOTE CONSERVATIVE if you want to live in a peaceful, green & pleasant land.
DO NOT VOTE CONSERVATIVE if you have a small business (check the statistics! - small businesses are not supported - The Tories want a coporatist state - the "Free Market"
economy will not help small struggling businesses but only the large ones

The signatories are (many from household names of very big corporations INCLUDING politicians, showing how badly official politics is now run by big business!!!!):

Rooney Anand, Surinder Arora, John Ayton MBE, Alex Baldock, Richard Baker, Lord Bamford, Duncan Bannatyne OBE, Robert Bcnsoussan, Lord Bilimoria CBE, Charlie Bradshaw, Baroness Brady CBE, Graham Chipchase, Zameer Choudrey, Neil Clifford, Steven Cohen, Glenn Cooper, Andrew Coppel CBE, Gerald Corbett, Peter Cullum CBE, Ron Dennis CBE, Julietta Dexter, Annoushka Ducas MBE, Bob Dudley, Sir Charles Dunstone, John Elliott, Mark Esiri, Ralph Findlay, Richard Glynn, Ben Gordon, Julian Granville, Peter Grauer, Philip Green CBB, Michael Gutman OBE, Wendy Hallet MBE, Jenny Halpern Prince, Andy Harrison, Aidan Heavey, Oliver Hemsley, Joe Henderson, Vernon Hill, Anya Hindmarch CBE, Brent Hoberman CBE, Cassie Hutchings, Sir George lacobescu CBE, Alan Jackson, Peter Jackson, Nick Jenkins, Luke Johnson, Neil Johnson OBE, Richard Joseph, Ray Kelvin CBE, Nadir Lalani, Ben Latham Jones, Nick Leslau, Rhydian Lewis, Jantes Lipscombe, Derek Lovelock, Sir Cameron Mackintosh, Ron Mackintosh, Edward Menors, Tom Molnar, John Morgan, Matt Moulding, Stephen Murphy, Jonathan Neatne, John Neill, Nick Newbury, Jonathan Newhouse, Richard Nichols, Mike Norris, Tint Oliver, Sir Dick Olver, Alan Parker CBE, Tony Pidgley CBE, Thembalath Ramachandran, Nick Robertson OBE, Richard Rose, Lord Rose, Chrissie Rucker MBE, Sir Nigel Rudd, Rakesh Sharrna, Baroness Shields OBE, Jasminder Singh OBE, Rob Templeman, Tidjane Thiam, Sarah Thomson, Sinton Townsend, Michael Turner, Steve Varley, Moni Varma, Matthew Vaughn, Ollie Vigors, Malcolm Walker CBE, Robert Walker, Paul Walsh, James Watts CBE, George Weston, Mike Wheeler, Nick Wheeler, The Hon. Charles Wigoder, Paul Wilkinson, Will Wyatt, Sir Hossein Yassaie

Politics: "How centre of politics are you"?>

I have just filled in the BBC's own survey.

My results were that I am now VERY left of centre, whereas "10 years ago" I was actually "centre".

That means, the nasty party has shifted politics so far right wing that it should be compared to the NSDAP. Even the German "sister party" of the Conservatives, the CDU, aspires to a social market economy and to equality for all; it appears, that it is more of a "sister party" to Labour (if at all): English conservatism is hitting new lows; perhaps the Scots and Gordon Brown can help to save England from descending into self-centred "Kleinstaatlerei".

Let's put some hope about...

There is always hope: Enjoy some of the flowers that I enjoyed
from (and given to me by) my lovely man:

a gerberer flower

rose

tulip

And enjoy the colour they bring, and the joy!

What have the Tories done since 2010?

-They almost destroyed the United Kingdom (Scotland vote saved by Gordon Brown)
-They ensure that the National Trust has to sell off land to developers
-They sold Eurostar in their dying days in power
-They sold the East Coast Inter City to a private consortium, despite of the government run enterprise yielding millions of pounds in profit
-They forced fracking onto England
-They force the electorate into 'slavery' (work till you drop dead and have a mortgage)
-They paint the European Union with Human Rights and Social Markets as a daemon (when in fact, it is the Bullingdon Club members such as Boris, Osborne etc that are the daemons)
-They forced the "Deregulation Bill", a true MONSTER that will destroy communities!

If I could wish for something then it will be that they will do well in political exile.  It is the English electorate of Tory voters that need to wake up to the menace of the VERY right-wing Tories. NOTE:  not even the German "sister party", the Christian Democrats are as perverse as this bunch:  they even voted in a ban on hefty rent increases to protect ordinary renters; whereas the Toffs only want "strivers" (not "shirkers");  constant striving WILL burn you out! DARE to be a shirker!  It is much less painful.

Strive though to get this bunch of Neo-Nazis out at the next General Election, please!

Summer in London

As you can see, I am not too fond of summers in London:

As they are not green but hot and unpleasant, with Diesel
vehicles polluting the air, and the heavy traffic (increased
since Boris came to power due to halving of the
congestion charge zone) emitting pollutants
and more heat (as those 4x4's are all
air-conditioned). Thank you Boris
for making London miserable.

EU legistlation makes property development greener... read on...

For all those property developers and the Government:
The EU Habitats Directive  ensures that compensation
for the loss of wildlife habitat through development.

Apart from the Human Rights Legislation that protects
innocent citizens, this is another piece of supranational
law that this ConDem Government may like to escape
from by repealing working together with the EU.

By the way, thank you Angela Merkel for really helping
to expose the dirty world of spying on innocent citizens.

British Drivers: Don't text and drive!

Countless times, cycling along, I see drivers in London texting or looking at their GPS systems rather than concentrating on the road.
Those texting endanger others (never mind yourself). It is selfish. Mobile phone companies in Britain note the AT&T campaign :
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dht-Vy25jPs

Boris does it again...

Boris, the London Conservative, has done it again:
His new bubble buses don't work as promised,
since the doors stay shut:
This BBC report shows Route 38
and he approves demolishing an iconic site,
the Earl's Court Exhibition Centre :
Demolition of Earls Court approved

This mayor is a night-mare.
This mayor must not get a third term!
Remember his gaffes! Remember his antics
on the Andrew Marr show, when he revealed
his REAL face:
Andrew Marr Show, interview by Eddie Mair

and his embarrassing gaffes keep on coming as this
sexist remark about women in Malaysia.

NB

summer in london?....

Well, summer is approaching.
More people will be out on the streets.
More cars will pollute the environment.
More noise will be emitted.

Not nice.

A better way:
two months paid holiday in July + August
on a quiet beach with my boyfriend.
being with him.

Nice.

A cautious welcome to springtime.

After a lengthy cold spell of weather, caused by global warming (ice in the Arctic is melting so fast that it pushed the jetstream far further south, allowing cold air to rush in from the North and East), we seem to have finished with the frosty nights.  I like the cold but many don't.  So to cheer you all up, find some pictures to delight:

Naked Man in Whitehall shows us humanity

A pic I found - how could he have been dangerous? - It is pure humanist art!

I was actually witnessing it as it happened: On approaching from Trafalgar Square, we initially walked freely. We stood close to the statue and the man who then started to take off his last remaining item of clothing (black underpants) the Police started to FORCE the spectators back, although the naked man was evidently unarmed and harmless. The Police were barking out orders to move on and that we had no business here. Mounted Police were also "driving" the spectators back. Very nasty experience, when we were watching a defenceless, naked man. The cordon was driven further and further back, to all of Whitehall. All the naked man did was, to actually make us laugh in appreciation and show that there is life in Cameron's corporate lands: Government cuts are destroying all "lifeblood", and to see this was reminder for both "humanity" (the climber) and seeing that we live in a State of fear and private capital corporatism. Thank you for a day with a difference.

And look at the law! Awful!

cycling in London compared to Berlin

Cycling in London is dangerous, as there are not many cycle lanes throughout the capital that are safe to use:
Cycle paths either appear suddenly and end as sudden as they appear, or they are next to parking bays for cars, leaving cyclists exposed to opening car doors across the cycle paths, or cyclists have to content with motorbikes, taxies and buses in bus lanes where -at junctions- there is a sudden left turn for cars / vans, and they veer off into the (previously safe-ish) bus/cycle lane to turn. I have seen cycle paths outside London that end to cross a busy, multi lane 'A' road with no traffic signals to protect the cyclist.  As a cyclist myself, I find it criminal that people like Cameron and Johnson harp on about the need to create and promote growth/business at all cost, detrimental to both environment and social responsibility, rather than looking at real people and cycling is one of them.

Power-assisted steering, the use of mobile phones whilst driving and sat navs have created new careless drivers.

In more aware countries, like the Netherlands and Germany, cycling is promoted, encouraged and nurtured.  Hopefully with news like the BBC  attitudes will change in London (the UK?)

I met a man!

Met a wonderful man! He is a good spirit who lightens up my

life.  He makes me laugh, and is really satisfying. Unsure as

to where it all comes from, as it was a complete surprise out

of nowhere.

It is nice to see that in this grey corporatist autocracy, there is

still some colour and sparkle left.  Thank you for all you give.

The Post Office Tower with no dishes gleaming

A streetview of the GPO Tower:

 

survived xmas!

There:

a little wild salmon with a bubbly

is that suitable for the time of the

year? Simple and enjoyable.

Hope all your christmas-ses

were full of bubbles and

your fish was wild.

Happy 2012!

Month X - Day XII - twothousandandeleven.

Thought, a photo taken directly into the light of our star would be good despite the lack of UV activity (colder winters). so here you go:

NO ! to NHS changes made by millionaires

Fed up with Con-Dem pro millionaire shutting down of NHS in England.  The Libs should be ashamed of betraying their voters and must rebel against this change.

I am fed up with some right-wing reactionist politicians (yes, reactionist, as this is a reversion back to Victorian days, when only the rich could afford good health care and doctors).  Cameron claims he'd "give people CHOICE":  Yes, the choice to receive inferior treatment if they cannot pay for it.

And where is the "United" in this Kingdom, if Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales have a well structured NHS, when Cameron decide to take England into the dark ages?  I hope that

quite a few take Cameron before the European Court of Human Rights for denying ordinary people their livelihoods.

It can only be hoped that the coalition founders and new elections follow suit.

Goodbye Amy Winehouse - missing your voice

Thank you for some stunning tracks and giving your voice to us.
Shame they would not leave you alone.

You will be remembered for the good things you
gave (and no-one has the right to judge what you do in your private life). It was great to see you shopping in Camden Market and the Hawley Arms is not the same without you and especially not after the rebuild. Hope you are in a better place now.
Hope you like the flower I cut off for you and left by your house.
(the picture is from the German News site "Tagesschau" who wrote a befitting orbituary and I liked it.)

economy based on banks and homeowenership will fail

An economy, based on deregulation (i.e. "free market economy"), lending for profit (banks) and home-ownership (mortgages) will fail in the long run, with the high level of debt preventing any reasonable movement.
This government penalises the elderly, the ordinary worker and anyone in the public sector, for that it refuses to ease inflation, refuses to regulate (i.e. state-control banks and certain industry) and encourages that silly system of indebting oneself to the hilt to buy an overpriced house.
Madness!
Look at Germany: Exports at an all time high, even that close to a world wide recession. Why? They have a huge property rental market, with home ownership the exception. There are no greedy property developers ("buy-to let" stinks and should be illegal), and the state interferes carefully in industry (so profits are still there but equally, social responsibility is shown.

What has Britain got? Millionaires running the country, and the list of billionaires has recovered! whoopee-doo!

Now selling: Ice Cream from free-range women.

As per various news articles, one HERE,
you can now buy ice-cream made from
breast milk. The lactating women are
kept in pens, and are allowed to roam
freely.
Organic certification is pending but if
the feed was mainly from fast food shops,
then the ice cream may only be sold as
"seconds". Free range women from the
countryside, however, qualify as "organic"
provided they have no chains to hold them
in pens (e.g. kitchens) and they are not
allowed on the road (e.g. driving).

What the Government has achieved in less than 1 year:

WARNING: This will seriously damage your health !!
Who is afffected: Police, NHS, Armed Forces, Courts, and the entire
population, including children , the elderly and the disabled (NOT
applicable to: hedgefunds and Mr Cameron/his millionaires in Cabinet):
All these are BBC news, and not some "alternative" findings:

- Army moral hit
- Hedgefunds donate 50% of donations
- Funding threatens Court independence
- Scottish Teachers asked to give up leave
- NI Economic think-tank to close
- 3 London Council cuts
- Manchester City Council Cuts
- Devon scraps mentoring for young people
- Bristol job cuts
- Closure of Schools in Shropshire
- Lloyds Bank cuts jobs in Newport
- Stationery firm in Powys: redundancies

save homeless - oppose localism bill...

Oppose the Localism Bill - write to your MP

The Localism Bill - which is being debated for the first time on Monday - contains proposals to weaken tenancy rights for homeless people in need of accommodation.

Crisis is campaigning against these measures, so that homeless and vulnerable people can have greater security.

To ask your MP to raise this issue in the debate on Monday and to vote against the bill, please fill in the form below and send a letter to them.

WRITE A LETTER TO YOUR MP (REDIRECTS TO CRISIS CAMPAIGN)

some silly nice news...

... went to get some glue in a painter's and
decorator's shop today and - you'd never,
ever guessed:

left with glue (ok, fair enough, and, ... wait
for it.......
...............
...............
... yes! an umbrella for £4 !!

Whoopie-dooh!

Happy New Year ?

Mmh! That's debatable, with all this nonsense of
"power to the people" programme by the Government:
All it will do, is bring bickering and discord to the
local communities. And you will be able to cycle
into Highgate Woods but you will be fined for using
a bicycle in other government-sponsored, car friendly
areas.
"Local GP's will decide on budgets". Oh dear! what if
they run out, so all the patients drop dead:
I think, this is the aim of this inconsiderate No10 head:
"Work, and get taxed till you drop dead (the state cashes
in all the way"
"Tarmac over all green areas to provide more properties
for bankers and greedy property developers"
The sooner we have new elections to get rid of this lot,
the better.

interest rates low??? bol - l -ocks!

We do not need to make the rich richer!
We need more social housing!
We need fewer cars,
We need more trains and railways.
We don't need "Academies" sponsored by private consortia!
We need proper centralised, FREE, education for all,
so the new generation can vote freely and with their own
minds, rather than a corporatist one.
We need good, healthy food for all.
We need a free centralised NHS for all.
We need to support the nurses, the Army, the poor,
the disadvantaged.

Bravo! Royal mail also privatised...

... a few months in, and - after having sold the family silver -
Royal Mail is also a gonner! Ah well, maybe, they could sell
London, or Scotland, no, wait, Cornwall should appeal to the
American market (Duchy of Cornwall - Royal connection etc)?

We'll see a Royal Mail letter delivered "Courtesy of American
Express" and if you receive 10 letters a day, you can have an
additional letter at no extra cost. Receive 1 letter a week, and
there will be a small, non-refundable charge for delivery. Just
imagine, "here is your mail, madam, sponsored by Microsoft!"

a short visit to Germany (from my tourist bureau)....

football: Germany was just the better team on the day.
Right, enough said; I don't do footie; Much better than
that are the tasty delights of the Republic; samples of
which you can see below:















If you find ice cream too cold, we can offer something
slightly hotter for you:













You, too can visit Germany and sample these delights!
(Oh, and don't forget our big sausages!)

signed: Your tourist bureau.

pancake day

I gave it a go:

blue moon, eclipses and the end of the noughties

Firstly, the noughties
are finished - in with
the "tens"! Did you go
out with a bang?
We sincerely hope so,
as this is the only way
to culminate
in the end of a decade.
We also came
to have a blue moon
NYE, so I used blue
here. Did you know that
a blue moon occurs
when there is a full
moon twice in a
calendar month.

But the moon was not blue either
though it was very much eclipsed (well very much partially). And this
morning, it set opposite as to where the sun rose. So, is this an omen
or what? "Blue" moon, eclipse, full moon and the end of a decade...

Therefore, just for the record, I took a few snaps of last nights'
event, amongst all the banging and exciting exultations:

jollities and wintry seasons

happy days to all of you:

Clingfilm

About 10 years ago, I went to sainsbury's (yes, they still had the apostrophe by the "s") and bought an unconspicuous roll of clingfilm. There was me thinking that 60 metres of P.V.C cling film was a good idea (see picture). But when ever, I put my sausages in the fridge, I find it so sticky! I think an end must be put to sticky clingfilm in Britain!










Traffic news just in:
A broken down lorry is blocking the A 29247, as it has burst
out in tears. Huge tailbacks also on the M89A due to a lost
cat's eye in the hard shoulder. Sourpuss' owner is still trying
to retrieve the eye, as her beloved feline cannot see.
Finally, the A9873 is very heavy, it's weighing 5 tons and is
required to be shut to all traffic until undertaking a diet.

chrome looks great!

I just had a look at Chrome OS
It looks great and should easily more than compete with Windows.
Not sure how to download it yet. But I have seen the BBC news
article with a video of how it might look.
And, of course, the "official blog" .
The really official site here (that is the chromium site).
Cheers.

Dame Shirley - Electric Prom

I listened to her live on Radio 2 with Paul O'Grady's commentary
on 23 Oct 09; watched it since twice (!) on BBC iPlayer;
the youtube link here; My thoughts:
"Thank you for a delightful and fantastic show - that's definitely
one of the highlights of the year. The voice still projects itself
unbelievably; I'd dare to say it's better than 30 years ago.
THANK YOU SHIRLEY (keep it going)!"

Bisazza and Nobuyoshi Araki

Well, we found something new to complain about:
A Geisha, photographed by renowned Japanese artist
Nobuyoshi Araki
has offended. Dearie dearie me. See the advert in context here:

At last - something nice!

Great stuff from the creator of the Angel of the North in London:
Anthony Gormley commissioned the temporary one hour displays
on the 4th plinth at Trafalgar Square. By accident, I was there.
A few pix HERE.
Also some street art in progress:

The end for London..

... Boris is end for a 21st century
London: his transport policy (favouring
only cars!) stinks, so do the exhaust
fumes. Now he's even "bought the
Met for his political agenda.

house prices, banks and selfishness

'Ere we go again:
house prices are increasing again
and so is the "buy-to-let" con.
There was a golden opportunity
to get rid of the "get rich quick"
society with self-obsessive, self-
centred attitudes.
Apart from the honourable few
who help the less fortunate with
their wealth, this monster will
create a society, where the less
wealthy will eat a poor diet, get
poor education and end up as a
dumbed down and unhealthy
90% of the population, thus un-
able to vote with prudence and
too uneducated to challenge the
system, and the few superrich
cream off like leeches. Sad state
of affairs.

European Elections...

Well, well, well: what can I say?
"WAKE UP UK! - The empire is long
gone; Europe is your only future!"

quoted from the ramblings of the Great po-of. [ca.2009]

look at what I saw yesterday...

All taken on 04 April 2009 for everyone's delight

google street view

I love the street view; I checked my street where I live
and sadly, I am not on the camera. Shame really, as I
am surely on all those unwanted "security" cameras,
so why winge about being on a fun camera (streetview).
All those harping on about "privacy" have you actually
checked all those intrusive cameras in the cities and
streets? Is it not bothering you that the authorites spy
on each and every of us, whilst a harmless google car
is being ripped to shreds? At least, google does not use
STASI techniques in spying.
so enjoy google. At least it's fun.

vernal equinox and heavenly bodies:

Greetings to you out there!
With BST fast approaching (sounds like BSC -
I'd certainly give sour milk with these pointless
changing of the clocks - TAKE NOTE:
time is a concept to fit human grasp of an ever expanding universe that collapses into itself into the our feeble brains)
In any case: I managed to take two interesting
shots recently. One of the full moon through my
window, and the other. more by accident, must
have been Venus sporting a crescent! Well done,
old girl!

snow in London

thank you, Earth! You are a beauty :-)
the white stuff is surely fun; keep it
coming. Managed to get a nice shot of a
supersprinter ploughing through the elements.













makes you laugh though: they forecast the
event, everyone knew it would be happening:
yet "the surprise" made almost all of the
London Underground and trains suspended or
cancelled. The good old UK. :-)
A little anec-dote from Waterloo this morning:
I arrived and saw loadsa trains but no departure
boards. The station-master (well a portly bloke
with a beard and a badge) stated "stay on the
concourse and wait for announcements, mate,
I don't know what is running, if anything at all"
Spotting a lit train with people on and a green
signal, I thought "well, I hop on, see where it
goes to". And guess what, it got me to work,
just like magick trickery! :-)

My well-wishes to Steve Jobs...

...keep it up! You have given us wonderful
things, and made Apple what it is today :
hope you keep inventing for many years
to come: Get well soon!!!!

May the two thousand and ninth year (is it?) ...

...bring:
fun
frollicks
jollities
goodies
and...
...enjoyment to
the deserving

A short poem to Mr Russell Brand

Russell, oh Russell
you flew in from Brussell...
(...or was it overseas?)
You gave us fun and stood on stage:
in sexy pants - black ... all the rage!
Leaving little hidden - you little minx!
talking fun and other things.
Thank you for a lovely show...
this is all, now I must go.

NB: Hope Santa hasn't molten on your window sill and your
cat smokes a reputable brand of ciggies ;-)
NB II: Thanks for signing my travelcard - your a star!
happy X-rated X-tra special X-mas!

is your cucumber bent..?

...no problem!
got a funny looking carrot?
Dodgy apples in your basket?
Look no further:
EU ruling changes all:
Whoopie-do!
So, you, too, can nibble on
a small banana.

Miriam Makeba

Sadly, Miriam Makeba died on stage in Italy.

A fervent anti-apartheid and anti-racism champion,
she was funnily enough only mentioned in the
German news:
Tagesschau
My regards and sympathy.
Let her be remembered: the "click song"

Interest rates and retards...

what a stupidity! - interest rates cuts are only for
the irresponsible rich fat cats and property developers!
Don't worry, in your next life, you probably come back
as very low lifeforms to match your greed now. But then,
I like to think positive: It's free credit for all! Yippee!

And then there is London's Mayor! Johnson interference
in Transport for London's great plans: He derails the
cross river tram (is "plonker" the right word?). The sooner
this (unspeakable) gets de-elected the better for London.
Maybe they need to increase his medication (He must be
on something!?)

May we all live in hope - At least in America they got rid
of a retard (originally attributed to R. Brand, USA 2008) so there
is hope for London.

spider spider, spin your web!

spider, spider, spin your web:
make it big and strong;
catch the insects, catch them all!
so they don't bite 'n do me wrong!

bumble bee, bumble bee,
bumbeling along:
catching nectar all so sweet;
there's finishing my song!

The British Summer: in London

THREE days of heat
turn a city of concrete
into a stifling and sizzling
furnace; with people complaining
about the never ending heat!

FOUR days of rain follow
and their comments so hollow:
argue that it does "nothing but rain";
oh dear: What a forgetful brain!

NOW the nights are drawing in
and the shouts do begin:
"double summertime now:
we will never bow
to the constraints of universe!"
"What phallacy", I say: "just live
and enjoy what we are given!"

another poem (tubelines or metronet?)

Rattle, rattle, there she goes:
with hundred-twenty people.
The tracks are old, the tiredness shows
not just on trains but in people's faces;
as if in Ascot on the races -
or competing in some sport:
round and round and shove and push:
everyone's seems in a rush!
Undeterred, the doors will open, shut again at haste:
no, I can say, this is not to everybody's taste.
Rattle, rattle, there she goes,
deeper in the tunnel.
Can you see the end of it?
or are you stuck? - inmidst of people shoving
Are you ready for the exit...?