Poor old Pim. Hook, line and sinker.

Dunkin Donuts old-fashioned cake doughnuts will be a part of a sweet and savory stuffing for a Pilgrim's Pride Whole Butter Basted Turkeys. Adding insult to injury, the bird will be brined in Coca Cola, yet another major donor, for two days.

I think eve...

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A weekend spent doing DIY has raised a couple of issues. First off, the paralysis of choice. Having worked out exactly what I needed before I went, why did it take me about 3 hours at the DIY superstore to buy the shelving? Secondly, do I need a CD cabinet? (Yeah, momentous stuff.) The point is that...

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I used to live in Paddington, and not much would tempt me back. A new footbridge, however, must certainly be worth a visit. It rolls into a wheel.

There’s something about bridges and art and architecture that finer minds have almost certainly written about. But what with the Millennium Shaft...

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I hadn't realized quite how much I might miss having internet access at home, but I do. Yesterday I phoned Telecom Italia once again to discover when I might have a line at home, to be told that as a result of "technical problems" the earliest they could say was 28th January. I asked first on 17th N...

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Thanks to ongoing for pointing out that the simplest way to donate to help the tsunami victims was through Amazon.¹

Later ... When I visited the total was somewhere over US$3.7 million. It is currently (10.54 CEST 4 January 2005) US$$13,815,904.35. That is pretty astonishing. Halley points to...

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