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Aug
9th

Sun

Dogs as intelligent as two-year-old children - Telegraph

For many years I have wondered (often aloud) the troublesome question: at what age is a child more intelligent than a dog?

I have always been mocked, as though this was one of the most stupid questions ever asked… but no longer. It seems our nation’s finest scientific minds are on the same wavelength as me…

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Aug
8th

Sat

The actress Catherine Deneuve is booed by Italians at Tuscan festival - Times Online

So a bunch of Italian theatre-goers pay 50quid a head to see a play - which is recited in French by an arrogant French actress… The Italians go mental when they can’t nderstand a word… The police arrive. The French are upset that their heroine has been mistreated…

I love how the French think everyone else speaks French when its not even the third-biggest language in Europe.

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Aug
4th

Tue

BBC NEWS | Aussie straps in beer, not child

Gotta love them Aussies - one of them strapped in beer in the back seat instead of his five-year-old kid.

Priorities mate.

Having said that, Erica will testify that there have been some long journeys when I would have gladly traded Joel for a 30-pack…

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Check this out - some of the weirdest things I have ever seen! Click on the pic :)

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Aug
2nd

Sun

Checking out of 'Hotel America'

Justin Webb is coming home - I like what he has to say about America…

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Aug
1st

Sat

Beer

I have followed last week’s race row in the States closely, but all the talk of racial oppression didn’t upset me half as much as hearing that President Obama served the two combatants BUD LIGHT beer at the White House.

Horrible.

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Jul
29th

Wed

Unseen Views of Britain

Some nice pics here… not sure how Sheffield sneaked in though…

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Jul
20th

Mon

Space Race

Erica: How do you feel about space exploration?
Phil (watching TV): What?
Erica: I need to know how you feel.
Phil: You're being weird.
Erica: Why won't you tell me?
Phil: I guess I'm for it...
Erica: I think it's a waste of time.
Phil: Ok.

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Jul
13th

Mon

Calvin: Still Hot at 500

This article is really interesting - I have noticed the Calvinist revival myself. Although not sure I can agree with the conclusion that Calvinists don’t care about evangelism - look at Tim Keller’s Redeemer Church in New York…

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Jul
6th

Mon

Virgin: the world's best passenger complaint letter? - Telegraph

This is one of the funniest letters I have read. Check out the accompanying photos for maximum impact!

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Jul
3rd

Fri

Joel is getting big :)

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I don’t want to see a ghost,
It’s the sight that I fear most,
I’d rather have a piece of toast,
Watch the evening news

— Des’ree

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May
27th

Wed

Praying mantis caught on camera eating a hummingbird - Telegraph

This is mental.

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May
21st

Thu

Love it or Hate it?

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Apr
28th

Tue

Supersize Joel

On our recent trip to the States I was horrified to realise that as we drove around, Joel would shout “chips, yum yum” everytime we passed a McDonalds road sign (chips are fries, my American friends). Clearly he has learned what the Golden Arches represent.

The question therefore follows - how did he learn? We have only taken him to McDonalds once or twice, when he was very young. He shouldn’t be aware of what lies within.

One explanation seems to fit - whilst Erica denies it, I suspect she has been making covert burger missions on a regular basis this pregnancy, and her little partner in crime has given the game away. During the last pregnancy she would regularly send me out for her usual cheeseburger, fries and coke, but this time around she has been strangely silent.

The worst part was that as we passed the sign and drove away, Joel would start to cry. He isn’t even two yet.

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