Got a text message from Matt this morning at 05:40 :
“Darcey Jean Faulkner born at two twenty, weight seven pounds six ounces. Mum and baby very well - more later. Matt. x”
Congratulations to Matt and Fiona.
Deep in the NY state snow the Turkey sees off three dear in a battle over some grain. A sort of ironic battle of the Christmas dinners. Looks like the Turkey won.
I have read somewhere on the internet that Peter Jackson, having completed his seminal Return of the King (LOTR) is about to embark on a remake of King Kong. I really can’t imagine a worse waste of time for this talented director as we already have two versions floating around of this rather infantile tale [...]
Catalan traditions
“The Caganer” is as common in shops and markets as the baby Jesus or Mary at Christmas time. This little shitter is a widely popular trinket for the home. Its image has even found its way into a painting by Joan Miro, the great artist who also happened to paint a piece in 1935 [...]
I learned yesterday that my friend, Russell Jones is dead. On the evening of Thursday December 4th Russell fell to his death from a 6th floor balcony in the block where he lived. He leaves his brother Bradley and sisters Nadine and Gaynor who naturally are absolutely devastated. We are all greatly shocked by this [...]
This Christmas party was a departmental party held at a local Indian restaurant, quite a nice modern place and not your average Indian restaurant. Complete with disco lights, Hindi dance troupe and karaoke system it was rather like a scene from the comedy series “The Office”. Not really our cup of tea. Phew!
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