miscellany

1 min read 2022-08-16 21:50:10

Amusing ourselves to death

In today’s newsletter, I wrote about Neil Postman’s 1985 book, Amusing Ourselves To Death, which begins: “Orwell feared that what we hate

10 min read 2022-08-15 08:00:00

That Cement "Tank" WagonReviews of modern model railway vehicles often refer to the quality (or otherwise) of the Tampo printing. Some

8 min read 2022-08-13 08:00:00

Eastbourne ExtraNo 3 son guided fbb to Google Earth Pro which the old bloke obediently downloaded. Yonks ago, Google Earth gave you access to

2 min read 2022-08-12 20:02:41

It has been quite the week. I recorded the audio book of Tranquility by Tuesday on Monday and Tuesday. That now seems like a lifetime ago as

7 min read 2022-08-10 08:00:00

A Valid Point - Or Not? It's Complicated!Rodney, a resident of Bexhill-on-Sea wrote to the local Eastbourne paper expressing his disappointment at

2 min read 2022-08-09 20:59:39

Trilobites at the HMNS We took the kids to the Houston Museum of Natural Science this weekend, and afterwards, I tweeted this thread: The more

10 min read 2022-08-06 08:00:00

The Search For A VillageLooking at an old map of Edgbaston, we can impose upon it the three roads highlighted in an earlier blog. There is Hagley

3 min read 2022-08-05 20:28:55

The three middle kids have been in three different camps this week. Two are in the same direction, more or less, but one is in the opposite

1 min read 2022-08-04 21:28:56

“Find your own water,” 2016 Water is always on one’s mind in Texas. We are in a bad drought down here, but luckily, for me, for once, the

9 min read 2022-07-30 08:00:00

STOP PRESSYellow Buses, the former Bournemouth Corporation Transport, was an arm's length Council-owned company, then owned by RATP of Paris until

9 min read 2022-07-24 08:00:00

W : Double-U : Double-VThe origins of the English letter "W" are complex and mixed up with "Y" and "U" and

10 min read 2022-07-23 08:00:00

Munich : Maps & Miniplanner (2)And, you of joys, a Miniplanner is a timetable leaflet! This section of the MVG web site advises that these are

1 min read 2022-07-22 00:07:39

RIP William Hart, lead singer of the soul trio The Delfonics. I told a story about him and his last album in my book Show Your Work! The music

8 min read 2022-07-20 08:00:00

Pasta Haters Unite!fbb has been gently corrected by correspondent Andrew concerning his concern about a cafe menu showing ...It would appear that fbb

5 min read 2022-07-20 04:10:00

Perfectly plump with folds and dimples galore, our fun new Dumpling Bag, designed by Jeannie Lee, is a bite-size knit that’s an elegant twist on