The dogs' favourite toy has been disemboweled many times so to prevent this, I've stuffed his arm in the hole. Girafferty looks happy now.

A tale of flags. London 2012 London 2025

Watching Coldwater and it's like a Still Game who's who.

The Ballad of the March of the Manufactured Outrage

This takes the biscuit. Stonehenge. The curse of the red cross.

Don't forget. It's only 67 days to Poppy Day.

stairs: a poem

The Oasis 'Poznan' thing makes me cringe. This sort of organised crowd involvement is so naff. I expect they'll be doing line dancing next.

Two big fans of BBC's Destination X.

Motherfucking wind farms…

Insane.

Necessity is the mother of invention. Back scratcher made from chopsticks and record adapter.

The most interesting fact about Hulk Hogan is that as a kid in France, Andre the Giant sometimes got driven to school by playwright Samuel Beckett

yikes -- Powell shakes his head as Trump rips into him for the cost of Fed building renovations. Powell denies some of the claims Trump is making.

I just verified my age by cutting open a golf ball to find the sac of poison in the centre.

I'm sure Lewis Capaldi is a very nice chap but his formulaic sadboi songs (slow intro gap raise volume of voice key change more anxiety more volume sudden stop voice only anguished singing back into chorus end) are really awful.

Interesting copy of Aesop's Fables I found the other day with an inscription from Charles Whibley to the woman he was besotted with, writer Lady Cynthia Asquith.

"Oh very clever. I actually said you have a chip on your shoulder'

A Dog Named Ego. Birmingham 1983? Classic leaning on a brick wall rock star pose.

One for the British news media here.

Just when the garden gets to peak condition, the rains come...

wow -- @lawrenceodonnell.msnbc.com chokes up while talking about how the Trump administration is killing kids who relied on USAID to get life-saving medicine

Sometimes you have to declutter and I'm afraid, this beautiful 18th Century book is a victim of the cull. ebay.us/m/gT4Q7e

+BBC CLOCK COMPETITION+ We won't be making a run of these but this Bank Holiday weekend you can win a one-off 90s inspired BBC ident clock. Follow, Like & RP to enter. Winner announced Mon AM. We've also restocked our 'Radiophonic' inspired signs & other items. hiddenbritain.bigcartel.com

I've bought a fair amount of rock vinyl related gimmicks over the years (Wreckless Eric's 10" brown vinyl to name but one) but I tend not to these days. However, when it comes to The Beatles, all bets are off. You've got to love a 3" single.

On the record player today; a voice of velvet, dripped in honey and wrapped up in a big blanket - James Taylor.

Well, that's a promising start to the day. Wordle 1,428 1/6* 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩

So pleased to finally have this in my collection. #beatles #vinyl

Tucked up the pups this morning as it's got a bit chilly. #whippet #beddywhippet

We cannot let the Wayback Machine get deep-sixed, as it may be the only place we can find some govt docs/sites that this regime alters or "disappears." NPR article: is.gd/BsVRpI Donate: archive.org/donate FAQ: help.archive.org/help/categor... (The Internet Archive is a US 501c3 non-profit org.)

Good to see these two pop up in See No Evil. If you know, you know.

Look what's happening at the French Embassy in Washington DC.

My mum (99) is not in great health but for the first time in her life, she has tried painting. I find these quite extraordinary and have so much about them. Hope you enjoy.

Record Collector's Birmingham's best 45s. Obvious omissions being Steve Gibbons, Terry & Gerry, The Man Upstairs and Ted Chippington. @spizzenergi.bsky.social

The longest red light ever.. 😂

Sounds like a 10CC reunion is not on the cards. Lol. #radio2

LP covers don't have to be elaborate Roger Dean type dreamscapes to catch your eye.

In other news, carnivoran mammal of the family Ursidae defecates in forested area.

Good to see desperate 'Psychic' Sally Morgan up to her old grifts on Celebrity Hunted on Channel 4. She's a walking talking Barnum statement. #charlatan

Melania has a force field around her.

Are Claudia Winkleman's arms really short or are all her sleeves really long? #thetraitors

No.1 in a series of 1. Sitcom characters from the 1970s in miniature. Albert Riddle from Robin's Nest.

I've got a few autographs from the Clive Bullimore collection on eBay - this one of Morrissey's is wonderful. It joins Lou Reed, Vivienne Westwood, Ari Up and many more...

Elvis insists on taking his frisbee home after a morning's play in the park.

Who at Amazon Prime decided that a version of Its a Wonderful Life would be better if they edited out 20 minutes of Clarence showing George what life would be like if he had never been born?

Just put the sprouts on.

@bigdaveg.bsky.social Especially for Daves.

They’re here! bit later than planned the Where’s Capt. Kirk?/Spock’s Missing Anniversary souvenir gold sleeve & 7” vinyl will be available this week at spizzenergi.com & bandcamp & can be signed v. ltd edition will make a great Xmas present! Not got a record player? frame it as a work of art