Pork

Reading time: < 1 min Oops forgot to ask…. As I’m working at home, I have the pleasure of cooking dinner for tonight, but I need your help (could you come round and do the dishes afterwards? kidding!). We have some very nice pork fillets in the fridge and I need a good recipe for them. They will be served…

Want a cola?

Reading time: < 1 min Genericized trademarks (via the ever excellent Things Magazine) – Just goes to show how language evolves. Still a bit bleuch. Working at home though so can kick back on the sofa (thanks to my wireless connection) and at least be comfortable (I did toy with lying in bed with my laptop but that might be…

Wait over

Reading time: < 1 min I’ve been on a New Year health kick (like a few other people), which for me means more fruit, plenty of water, tighter portion control, and generally not eating Mars bars and crisps mid-afternoon (and mid-morning… mid-evening.. etc). However the last time I did this after the first few days I started feeling.. well.. ill.…

Someone treat me

Reading time: < 1 min Greatest Of All Time: A Tribute to Muhammad Ali (Champion’s Edition). Just the one copy for me thanks.. call it an early birthday present?

Lost in Translation

Reading time: < 1 min Watched Lost in Translation last night. Wonderful. The type of film that should be made more often. Bill Murray is the big name of the film, and is superb. Casting him in a straight(er) role was an inspired move (although I have read that the part was written with him in mind) and he plays…

Street Painting

Reading time: < 1 min I received an email yesterday featuring some examples of Street Painting that were truly wonderful, for example: I forwarded the email onto a few friends, and got a link sent back: Kurt Wenner – Street Painter extraordinaire. I dug a little further and found that it seems he is continuing/advancing the art know as “Madonnari”.…