Carnival 2009

Another year, another great carnival!

The Great Fire of Northolt

Oh dear...The pub burned down!!!

The guy from over the road

 

Reggae star Alton Ellis, known as "the Godfather of rocksteady", has died at the age of 70.

The Jamaican-born singer, who moved to Britain in the 1970s, achieved fame with a number of hits, including I'm Still in Love and I'm Just a Guy. He was a leading pioneer of the more laid-back "rocksteady" sound, which came out of Jamaica in the 1960s.Ellis was still performing until August this year, when he collapsed after a concert in central London.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7665594.stm

When Protons Collide

 

An illustration of the production and immediate decay of a tiny (and harmless) black hole, one of the potential results from the proton-proton collisions at ATLAS.
By MIKE MCNENEY
Photo by CERN 

I'm slightly disapointed at being able to post tonight. I was hoping to have been sucked into a black hole and catapulted at light speed into a new universe. 

Todays treat

I went off Oreos for a little while due to a few days of complete and utter over-indulgence. Instead of sticking to my normal 6 pack , I took advantage of a  BOGOF on the creamy little wonders and bought a lorry load of big packets which just vanished in a few days! I think someone took them!!! Still I'm fully recovered and had a yummy time earlier with a cold glass of cow juice to accompany.

Who do you really think you are?

I found an interesting site called Public Profiler ( http://www.publicprofiler.org/worldnames/Default.aspx) and was amazed to find myself typing in the search box, not the name that EVERYONE knows me by, not the name I call myself & the name on my passport. No, without thinking I typed in my maiden name. This got me thinking about how I see myself and it appears despite being an adult & sensible & being called something else, I'm still a scruffy tomboy roaming wild, only difference ( ? ) is I've got my kids following behind now not my dogs!

Sucessful brainwashing

It appears that my work in assisting Hello Kitty in her quest for world domination is finally bearing fruit. My methods of persuasion have been subtle but obviously successful......