Hands up all those who noticed that instead of a misty bloke in a boat, collecting pond scum on the lake at the Summer Palace in Beijing, the header image for this site now sports a springtime view over the domed roofline of Rome?

It is, I think, a little more appropriate. It is also not too racy...

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I swear, I don’t go looking for these things. But having saved How to disagree not ten minutes ago, I cannot help but notice that xkcd has been similarly inspired. Or perhaps not.

There’s a struggle each morning. Walkers and cars, each trying to dominate the other. It probably started when Romulus told Remus not to jump over his wall.

“Stuff that, I’ll jump over anything I like.”
“Right. Then I’ll have to kill you.”

There’s just no respect. Drivers disrespect pedestrian...

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Yesterday's 50 x 100 x 50 post sent me spiralling down the rabbit's hole of the intertubes, where far and away the most mesmerising thing was this:

First let me get this off my chest. How can a respected newspaper allow this:

The Cassandras always proved wrong.

Cassandra's curse, lest we forget, was that although she was right, no-one would listen.

That feels a lot better. Onward.

The respected newspaper in question is the Wall Str...

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