I have written a little app that automatically sets my computer wallpaper to the National Geographic Photo of the Day each morning.
Today's picture, entitled "Alpine Climbers, Midi-Plan Traverse, France" is stunning.
Are they predicative, attributive, substantive, etc.? These questions matter, because an adjective placed in the wrong place can imply the wrong meaning.
Was this the correct headline?
What did those MPs think they were up to? Gamekeeper turned poacher?
http://www.creativeminorityreport.com/2010/11/awesome-pop-up-hallelujah… is well worth a look.
The post links to this clip on youtube:
"There's a good deal on at the moment that, only I'm not to tell anybody" (adapted from Way out West)
I just happened to notice that amazon.co.uk have the Box Set of Laurel and Hardy DVDs at the stunningly good price of £39.98. Price correct at time of writing.
I feel a certain moral obligation to make readers of this blog aware of the presence of such fine comedy at such a price. After all, honesty is the best politics. I assure you: It is worth trying some of the less well known territory. The 15 minute silent shorts are brilliant. Compare the old film "From Soup to Nuts" with the remake of that which was appended onto "A Chump at Oxford" to make it long enough for the American market. The old silent is way out in front.
So what's on it? All but about 4 or 5 of the films that the boys made under Hal Roach. All were originally made in black and white, but some have been technologically colourised since; these films are available in both original and colourised forms, so you can choose. (I tend to watch those in black and white, but your choice!). There are 21 discs in the set.
That's quite enough from me.
It certainly is.
Some of you will know that I greatly enjoy the novels of John le Carré. I’d highly recommend them, probably recommending that you start with Smiley (The Spy Who Came in from the Cold, then Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, then Smiley’s People).
All members of the Renz fellowship group at Oak Hill during the time Ros Clarke was at college are obliged (by law) to try the BBC's Opening Line Quiz.
Two reservations in recommending this:-
1. I know, the Beeb haven't quite got the idea. You're supposed to play their game in reverse - give out the title and guess the first line.
2. They don't mention there being any prizes if you do particularly well at the quiz. But then again, if I were in their shoes at the moment, I wouldn't have dared either.
Still - it makes a good activity for a Monday afternoon...
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