http://www.deadbadger.net in a state of advanced decomposition Fri, 10 Oct 2008 21:19:55 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en http://www.deadbadger.net/2008/10/solidarity/ Today I branch into reviewing London social establishments, my ire having been roused by the Prince Albert, an alleged gastropub located slightly off the beaten Camden track. I went with high expectations, and had them all expertly crushed. Service was disinterested verging on insolent ("Hi, do you know what time ... http://www.deadbadger.net/2008/10/retarded-reviews-the-prince-albert-camden/ Last summer the Coffey family (UK division, plus temporary assignees from New Zealand) spent three weeks tramping around bits of northern and western Scotland. A great deal of this time was spent standing on assorted promontories, peering at the adjacent cliffs and trying to identify exactly which bits of the ... http://www.deadbadger.net/2008/08/birdspotting-a-bluffers-guide/ Most people subjected to my conversation over the last few years will have come away with the impression that I'm obsessed to an almost monomaniacal extent with beards. This may not be an entirely false impression, but never let it be said I don't let my interests branch out. Today ... http://www.deadbadger.net/2008/07/great-eyebrows-of-our-time/ I appear to have monkeys on the brain at the moment. I blame King Cricket. http://www.deadbadger.net/2008/07/darlemur/ ::ring:: Me: "Hello?" Them: "Hello." Me: "Yes, hello." Them: "Hello?" Me: "Yes, we've established that." Them: "As'salaamu aleikum?" Me: "That's pretty much 'hello' again, isn't it? Are you going to tell me who's calling?" Them: *click* This happens about five times a week despite my resolute refusal to become a Mr Islam (about once every fifth call they at ... http://www.deadbadger.net/2008/07/hello/ Earlier this week, the EU announced its approval of the baobab fruit for use in smoothies and cereal bars. This historic move ends millions of years of speculation as to the safety of the fruit; after evolving aeons ago with little thought for proper licensing procedures, the baobab has languished ... http://www.deadbadger.net/2008/07/the-reverse-cnut/ In a development that has shocked Fleet Street, it transpired today that the world has run out of news. Pensioners were seen roaming the street, befuddled at the lack of stimulus from their cathode ray sets, and commuters on the Tube were heard to wonder, "don't we have some kind ... http://www.deadbadger.net/2008/07/breaking-news-world-runs-out-of-news/ I believe it was Al Pacino, starring as cross-border horticulturalist Tony Montana in the movie Scarface, who said: First you get the borage, then you get the power. Then, you get the bees. It was something like that, anyway. Let's back up a bit. Despite having lived at our current flat for over ... http://www.deadbadger.net/2008/07/boraging-free/ Yes, it's a new home, in preparation for when I finally leave Imperial and lose my lovely free hosting. And yes, I do plan to write here more often, although it'll still be fairly sporadic until at least September. I'm importing old posts at random as and when I can be bothered ... http://www.deadbadger.net/2008/05/new-site/