Thermal

I’ve procrastinated long enough since Steph tagged me with this, so here they are:
1. Ataxia - The Sides Ataxia is a collaboration between Josh Klinghoffer, Joe Lally and John Frusciante (of the Red Hot Chili Peppers). They have only released one album to date, ‘Automatic Writing’, the whole premise of which was the 3 enormously [...]

I like a good roller coaster, but I’m going cold looking at this photo:

Are these for real? The one on the right, I might be able to manage, but the left one, no way.

Found on, and more photos at: Bored To Death.co.uk

How was it for you? It’s that time of year again, usually a time for looking forward, but for a nostalgia freak like me, I usually think of what’s gone. So; being nosey:
What was the best thing about 2006 for you?
Can 2007 only be better, or would more of the same suit you fine?
For me, [...]

The Premise of this site is simple: They post a photo, you download it, photoshop it & submit it back to them.
Photo Challenge

From this:

To this

Childish, but creative. I love it.

I mentioned this site on Blog-Op, but for those of you with a blog who didn’t see it, this site may be of interest: Write About Us.
It’s a very new directory, offering ads for sale on its front page and some free link ads. Simply write about them (as I’m doing here), submit your link [...]

At her request, I bought Steph a book on bear attacks by Stephen Herreo for Christmas - she had heard of it through the excellent Bill Bryson book ‘A walk in the woods’ and fancied a read.
It’s an informative, yet scary book all about bear attacks, how to survive them & what can go wrong; [...]

They know just how I’m feeling…

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I have been tagged by Carol to reveal all. Instead, you can have 5 boring things about me.

I spent 15 years of my life as an asbestos surveyor/consultant. I’ve developed a love of old buildings & architecture as a result, along with the unfortunate habit of spotting asbestos whenever we go shopping. Go on, ask [...]

And everyone loves giving their opinion….
Bob is running some polls on his Odder blog, to try and determine blogging habits (not the sitting in front of your PC wearing only underwear type habits-the other ones).
Go here & cast your vote, and then the results will be shown on The Blog Experiment once 40 have voted.
Ta.

Lord knows I could, but I’m not here to help you with content - you’ll have to figure that out on your own (and when you find out, let me know). But if good content is the number one thing you can do to improve your blog, there’s still a load of other things you [...]