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Liquid

This last weekend, we went to Bowness-on-Windermere, a most pleasing place in the English Lake District.
There is a lake there - Lake Windermere - the largest lake in England. Full of water. Liquid.
The weather was very nice. A little cloudy, but dry. In the south part of England, it was pretty bad. Very rainy. Liquid.
Driving [...]

Mirador de Colón

Mirador de Colón.
I suppose only an English bloke could find amusement in this, which, through unfortunate mistranslation, would suggest a viewing platform to look at (up?), hmm, a person’s colon?
I’m sure wikipedia knows why everyone else in the world calls him Columbus, but I don’t.

Hmmm :(

My wife is away for the weekend (in Rome, visiting her sister). We’re rarely apart and the house feels big and empty. She’ll be back tomorrow though.
England lost against Wales in the Rugby.
I discovered this very sad place on the internet. Via here.
Phil saw his shadow and we’re getting six more weeks of winter.
There’s nothing [...]

Nearly summer!

It’s February 1st and therefore not cold, depressing winter anymore. Hurrah!
OK, so that’s not entirely accurate, but being Feb does give hope for a nice new year.
Unless you live in the southern hemisphere.

Seven things I approve of

Thanks for Dom for being tagged. A nod to Cataclismical too.
First of all, shouldn’t it be: seven things of which I approve?
1. Wife.
Wife is lovely. I wholeheartedly approve of wife.
2. A good staff restaurant with tax free payment scheme.
Sunday roasts every day, if you want. Top curry on Fridays. Huge artery-clogging fry-ups each morning.
Not so [...]

Frog

Today, I needed to know how you say “frog” in a number of languages (for work - don’t ask).
So finding http://michelesworld.net/dmm2/frog/sayfrog.htm was really useful