Gardening
Prepping Under Pressure
I know many of us have started storing dried goods, candles, batteries, wood etc. We started keeping a cupboard full of non perishables many years ago after the 1987 Storm. We lived in the back [more…]
Blog
America
A Puffin’s Guide to The Midterms
What are the midterms? The midterms are elections contested halfway between US presidential elections. With the last presidential election (the Steal) being on the first Tuesday of November 2020 and the next presidential election being [more…]
America
Report from the DPRK: Election Dis Integrity
Efforts to ensure “democracy” in recent years have focused on expanding not voting rights, already well-established, but voting convenience and capacity. The methods chosen empower opportunities for election irregularities or outright fraud. These new rules [more…]
Mathematics
Calculators and Reverse Polish Notation
At the end of September, Doc Mike Finnley posted an interesting article about early pocket calculators that caught my eye (I avoided reading any comments). I enjoyed his construction notes, given many of these older [more…]
Conservatives
The Missing Factor in Britain’s Economic Recovery Plan
Despite much anticipation the economic recovery plan proposed by Britain’s Tory Party after the departure of former prime minister, Boris Johnson, is missing one key ingredient that will ensure its failure–spending cuts. The new “temporary [more…]
Fiction
Samyaza Chapter 30 – Near Buerat Libya, February 2011
Action to isolate the Qadhafi regime Mr Speaker, let me turn to the pressure we are now putting on the Qadhafi regime. We should be clear. For the future of Libya and its people, Colonel [more…]
Animals
Larry’s Diary, Week One Hundred and Sixty-Six
Monday Good morning merry readers. Well, at least it is dry now after a horribly wet day yesterday. Well, it looks like Rich Richie is going to be living here as Bozzie has announced he [more…]
20th Century
Postcard From Innsbruck
Zurück in den Tag Am I allowed to say that back in the day I loved Austria? Yes, it was too expensive, yes it was full of unrepentant Nazis, and yes the whole place was [more…]
Hobbies
Crossword No. 241
First correct entry out of ‘the hat’ wins a book of your choice (subject to T&Cs) & a mug! Email entries to me by 6.00 pm Friday, subject ‘Crossword’. Contact here on email Winner of [more…]