Out of our 'tree

I can smell Christmas coming can you? From janeygodley in Janey Godley’s Blog (5 hours old)

Yes, Christmas has a particular scent, its cinnamon and spices and supermarkets pump it out discreetly in case we forget what the spending season smells like. I hate being manipulated like that do… more

The morality police patrolling Brazil From rithompson in Painting The World Pink (7 hours old)

What kind of sad, screw up of a planet are we living on if a girl can be humiliated and expelled for wearing a mini skirt to University?! Can I first point out that by twenty, we really should ha… more

Avrilo Carrys on Crotcheting From avrilo in Menu of the Day and Chat (7 hours old)

The black mohair beanie hat I'm crotcheting (that word looks just wrong when I stare at it,) is developing expontentially. Which means that I've made it too small and am adjusting it by crotcheting ar… more

I had to laugh... From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (10 hours old)

Rupert Murdoch is threatening to stop all his publications appearing in Google News. That will raise the quality of Google News. The bias in his rags does this Australian dinosaur no favours.… more

Strangeness on eBay From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (12 hours old)

I was about to list some of my old computer science books on eBay, but they wanted me to list them with free postage. I have asked for that in the Post Office before now, but they just laughed. Pre… more

A planet I visited today. From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (13 hours old)

I'm building up to an intellectually stimulating post, by playing a little Spore in between putting stuff on eBay. As you may be able to see, I just terraformed this place to T1 for its inhabitant… more

Tis Tuesday From lyndlj in Just Me!! The Butterfly effect (14 hours old)

It is a sad thing when someone achieves their dream only to have to give it up because of the things that life has thrown at them in the past twelve months, my friend is having to do this and I am hel… more

LIKE ME From kendrive ^Pro in I SAY (19 hours old)

A couple of days ago I posted here "Hold Fast To Dreams", which was written by Langston Hughes, the African-American poet who was best-known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance - the flowerin… more

I LOVE MY COMPUTER From kendrive ^Pro in GRUMPY OLD MAN (19 hours old)

I am grateful to Alan for sending me a series of cartoons about that modern day blessing (?) - the computer. Here is the first. … more

DIGITAL CAMERA PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2009 From kendrive ^Pro in KENDRIVE (19 hours old)

In the space of 20 weeks, the world’s biggest photo contest, Digital Camera magazine’s Photographer of the Year, received a massive 101,000 online entries from 126 countries. The overall £10,000 … more

THE ENCHANTED GARDEN From kendrive ^Pro in ART FOR ART'S SAKE (19 hours old)

Here is one of Waterhouse's last paintings. He had been suffering from cancer for some time, and in 1916 while he continued to work on The Enchanted Garden he was approaching the end of his journey… more

WHEN IT'S GONE, IT'S GONE From kendrive ^Pro in POEMS AND PROSE (19 hours old)

DEAD LOVE Dead love, by treason slain, lies stark, White as a dead stark-stricken dove: None that pass by him pause to mark Dead love. His heart, that strained and yearned and strove A… more

NUEVA PAGINA From SharitoMar ^Pro in Solamente quiero escribir mi poesía. (21 hours old)

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So much for Objective Journalism From redleader in Red Leader: Enemy activity has been slight (1 day old)

My writing hero is Hunter S Thompson. Like many other people who scratch a living out of writing, I admired his total balls-out devotion to telling the truth. At least the truth that he saw. Not m… more

'Tis the season to be made redundant From redleader in Red Leader: Enemy activity has been slight (1 day old)

So this is Christmas. Well it self-evidently is not, but my generous employers can't help themselves and are falling over each other to be the first to dish out the P45s. Yes. It's the Annua… more

The Jinx From studentteacher83 in It Shouldn't Happen to a Teacher (1 day old)

A few weeks ago in the Maths office we were discussing numerous teachers who were off due to illness or stress or whatever reason. Our head of Department told us all how thankful he was that we all tu… more

Menu of the Day Goes Italian From avrilo in Menu of the Day and Chat (1 day old)

DINNER Pizza's X 2. Margharita and Pepperoni with added Capers, Olives and Artichoke Hearts Salad a la Moi Beligian Chocolate Ice Cream Yesterday I made a delicious stew with Braised Beef n fr… more

? From Znethru ^Pro in Ask or Answer. (1 day old)

Should you do what people tell you to do or should you do the opposite?… more

Do things happen instantly? From Znethru ^Pro in Aardvark Blog (1 day old)

I expect things to happen instantly, but what I've discovered is that the only thing that seems to happen instantly are auto-reply emails usually from email addresses that are no longer working. I've … more

Good Monday morning From lyndlj in Just Me!! The Butterfly effect (1 day old)

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COME TO ME IN MY DREAMS From kendrive ^Pro in I SAY (1 day old)

LONGING Come to me in my dreams, and then By day I shall be well again! For then the night will more than pay The hopeless longing of the day. Come, as thou cam’st a thousand times, A me… more

THEY HAVE COME FORWARD From kendrive ^Pro in GRUMPY OLD MAN (1 day old)

Two lucky winners came forward yesterday to claim their share of a massive £90 million jackpot in Friday night's Euromillions draw. The pair of ticketholders will receive more than £45.5milli… more

SOMEWHAT OF A RARITY? From kendrive ^Pro in KENDRIVE (1 day old)

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APOLLO AND DAPHNE From kendrive ^Pro in ART FOR ART'S SAKE (1 day old)

Yesterday Waterhouse presented us with a wood nymph and today he brings us another tree figure - Daphne. The interesting story behind the painting is from ancient Greek mythology. John Wil… more

NOW I GO ALONE From kendrive ^Pro in POEMS AND PROSE (1 day old)

PAST DAYS I. Dead and gone, the days we had together, Shadow-stricken all the lights that shone Round them, flown as flies the blown foam's feather, Dead and gone. Where we went, we … more

Robin Hood's Bay to Whitby and back. From lee954 in Minimalist poet, minimalist lifestyle (1 day old)

I had an enjoyable day walking yesterday; despite the weather being rather disappointing. We set off from Robin Hood's Bay and walked the five miles to Whitby taking a rather circuitous inland route, … more

If there's scary entities on your TV screen. Who you gonna call? From cj592 ^Pro in Television (2 days old)

Not the john and Edward vote line, thats for sure. It was film week and the x factor hopefuls are still trying to win our votes. And the moment of the night was, for me, the Jedward version of gho… more

Alcohol - a core lesson in the learning establishment that is growing up! From rithompson in Painting The World Pink (2 days old)

All this talk of a company organising drinking nights for undergrads is news to me - never heard of them while I was studying. But then at my uni the students didn't need help from outside influences,… more

Beware of this one! From The_Walrus ^Pro in The Walrus (2 days old)

This scam looks quite realistic, and could potentially be VERY nasty indeed. The clickable link goes to somewhere in Russia, that will attempt to run a PHP program on your computer. Avoid!… more

DON'T GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS From kendrive ^Pro in I SAY (2 days old)

HOLD FAST TO DREAMS For if dreams die Life is a broken-winged bird That cannot fly. Hold fast to dreams For when dreams go Life is a barren field Frozen with snow. Langston Hughes… more