Michael S

Both are top-tier actors.

From Wikipedia, re Earl Mountbatten…

Norman Nield, Mountbatten's driver from 1942 to 1943, told the tabloid New Zealand Truth that he had transported young boys aged eight to twelve who had been procured for Mountbatten to his official residence, and that he had been paid to keep quiet.

…yet.

Worm bins are the greatest! I’ve been using them for years and they produce what is basically rocket fuel for gardens. I’m harvesting 2kg per week of fruit and veg from a small suburban yard using worm castings as fertiliser.

Ha ha. Mine too.

YouTube video by Pat Metheny - Topic Are You Going with Me?

Go on a journey without leaving your chair.
youtu.be/3LW6L7e9deQ?...

Thank you for your marvellous River Book. One of my top reads for 2025.

Yep, we’re totally screwed.

Now *that* is bluesky!

The inevitable effect of surviving on a musician’s income.

Guessing that the thinking was if they couldn’t get to the gig, they might buy the album, which does get a plug in the poster.

Very good indeed.

On a separate (nerdy) note, has there ever been a new character intro to a popular show that worked as well as when they introduced Hymie?

Usually it’s the beginning of the end when that happens, but the Hymie idea worked perfectly.

I sold my vacuum cleaner on Gumtree.

It was just collecting dust.

And now he only eats guitars…

Always a delight to read both Jay’s and Grace’s work.

Which is another way of saying ‘our policy is to place what little remains of govt services, which you pay nothing or little for, into the hand of private companies who will charge you whatever they want because, yay, less regulation’.

For a brief moment there I thought that was Alan Rickman!

Damn you. Now I’m floating up here near the ceiling and can’t get down!

I can just imagine everyone at Anthropic freaking out when they see a Big Mouth Billy Bass singing on the wall and think it’s a new type of sentient being - not a fish, not a fishing trophy, but a whole new kind of life!

Brilliant!

Trade Secret Trade Secret Feature Documentary Film about the International commercial trade in polar bears and the forces sustaining the trade. Directed by Abraham Joffe.

Hi WWF.

While I have your attention, can you please post the reason why you oppose a ban on the trophy hunting of polar bears?

Yes dear reader, it is true.

www.tradesecretfilm.com

Shared with us from Sydney happening now. He had his hands up.

Strong ‘Threat Level Midnight’ vibes there.

Yep, that’s the first thing i thought of. It’s a fabulous shot - the light, colour, framing, all beautiful.

Just hand over the $$ everyone. Big things just over the horizon.

When this inevitably turns out to be bullshit, there’ll be a new bid idea coming, and it it will need is a big investment from the gullible.

YouTube video by BBC The New Mactini - BBC

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Well spoken.

I was listening to Farnham’s “Two Strong Hearts” earlier. Didn’t realise that it contains a wicked hate speech phrase, repeated over and over.
The sooner Farnsie is locked up, the safer we’ll all be.

And when will the fossil fuel powered vehicles, that are also designed to exceed legal speed limits, and regularly cause death and injury, be seized and crushed?

I feel your pain. I'm currently obsessed with getting one of these hollowbody PRS guitars. But this is definitely a want, not a need.