The Bed and Breakfast man

Linkage.

The Henson Park Hotel in Marrickville, a block or two from work, is a nice little pub. Good staff, cold beer, all the usual stuff. And one sign that I love. On a door between the bottle shop and the pokie room is a sign that says,

"Door swings both ways"

I fully support and endorse an establishment that gives doors who are proud to express their sexuality, and are no longer attached to closets in any way, meaningful jobs in the public eye. Kudos to you Henson Park.

Other things that have kept me amused this week are;

Splashback. I've managed to clear up to level 17.

Sidewalk chalk guy. I think I may have linked to this before, but I just found it again and it is worth a look.

And the site that Scientific American describes as "the finer points of relativity in less time than it takes to eat a sandwich". Maybe I eat too fast.

I'm also ordering a t-shirt, now that they have got back to me to confirm that they ship to Australia. (via)

Linkage.

Did you know that Chuck Norris has counted to infinity. Twice. Is there nothing that man can't do?

Cute point & click game.

Exercise is good (for you). This should be added to weight watchers booklets.

And now I'm off furniture shopping.

Blog depression

This is hysterical. And disturbingly accurate.

Wednesday Linkage

Browsing the net to bring myself up to date with London before I get there in March, I found nyclondon.com. There are some very good photos, many taken with a pinhole camera. via Google.

On line books you may not pick up at the local bookstore. (via)

A cute add for Guinness. (via)

Just type and let your true feelings come out. (via)

The World Beard and moustache championships were held on the 1st of October in Berlin. Results here. (via)

Here's a short film about the Handlebar club. I'm looking forward to finally meeting them all in London next year.

Wedneday Linkage - English as she is spoke.

From Abstemiously to Zaftig, the English language is full of beautiful words. I've always loved the sound of bulb. You can list your favourite here. (via)

They're is many common errors in English. (via)

There's also a few in Engrish.

Did you know?

• The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog uses every letter in the alphabet.

• Faulconbridge, a town in the Blue Mountains west of Sydney uses every vowel, has no repeated letters and uses half of the alphabet.

• Part of a Roman soldier's pay was made in salt, known as "salarium".  That's why pay of today is known as a salary.

• The word "typewriter" is one of the longest that can be typed using only the top row of a standard keyboard.  In case you're interested, the others are "perpetuity", "proprietor", and "repertoire".  The longest word that can be typed using only the home row is "alfalfa". No words can be typed using only the bottom row, because there are no vowels on the bottom row.

• A group of magpies is called a tiding, one of ravens an unkindness, one of turtledoves a pitying, one of starlings a murmuration, one of swans a lamentation, one of ponies a string, one of rattlesnakes a rhumba, one of crows a murder, one of cobras a quiver, one of foxes a skulk, one of emus a mob, one of elks a gang, one of cats a clowder, one of flamingoes a pat, and one of bears a sleuth. Groups of geese are named in a peculiar manner; when they are on the ground they are called a "gaggle", but in the air they are called a "skein"

• The word set has more definitions than any other in the English language.

(source various via Google)

 

Walker tackles lifes issues

Click here. (via)

Motivation

From here. Found here.

Buildings

Don't know why, but I find this interesting.

Wednesday Linkage

In honour of that crazy Kiwi, Russell Crow and his phone tossing antics, today's linkage will be anger and phone oriented. Don't people usually shoot people in New York? I would have thought throwing a phone would have been a nice change. Let he who is without sin chuck the first nokia.

Maybe Russell was in training?

Other things to throw.

Thongs. (That's footwear people)

Horseshoes.

Knives and other pointy things.

The little people.

And now some wise words for those cranky moments.

Anger makes dull men witty -- but it keeps them poor.
Francis Bacon

You will not be punished for your anger, you will be punished by your anger.
Buddha

Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor hell a fury like a woman scorned.
William Congreve

Never go to bed angry, stay up and fight.
Phyllis Diller

You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
Indira Gandhi

The angry man will defeat himself in battle as well as in life.
Samurai Maxim

Wednesday Linkage

Am I on? Testing, one two, one two.

Hi there. I'm Peter Costello and I'll be handing down my budget tonight after which I will holding my breath until someone lets me be Prime Minister. It's really pretty boring, so why not check out these links instead. See? Much better than daycare and hospitals and stuff.

Solutions to Common Restroom and Personal Hygiene Problems - Strange.
Stare Down Sally - Good practice for my next meeting with John Howard.
Demolition Squid - He just may be able to solve my problems.
Save money on pins - If all else fails.