Whata Happens when you....

1) have nothing to do

2) own a sharp knife

3) have a large lime

4) own a patient cat

Rooney Rulz!!

Humming Bird Moth - in my Garden!!!

I came out my door this morning, looked into the garden and thought.... "What are you?!". There was this mini looking hummingbird, about twice the size of a bubble bee, hovering and sucking nectar from the flowers in my garden!

What on eaarth was it?! I didn't think we had humming birds in this country, so I quickly drove to work and had a look on the internet - this is what I found.

The little creature I saw was called a Humming Bird Moth, and is actually not that rare in the UK - just hard to spot!



"A rare but increasingly regular immigrant is the Hummingbird Hawk-moth, an impressive insect that extends its long proboscis into a flower as it hovers like a Hummingbird in front of it. At 2.5cm in length, this should not be confused with a much smaller bee-fly or even a real hummingbird! Two interesting residents which may be found close to home are the Currant Clearwing, associated with gardens and allotments where currants or gooseberries are grown, and the Red-belted Clearwing, which emerges from old apple trees."



If you want more info about this humming bird moth in the UK, have a look at this BBC website.



If you want some more groovy pics, click here.

YIPEE!!!

It's alleged that one of the French football players has failed a drugs and alcohol test Sunday after the match. If this is confirmed as positive, under World football Federation rules, paragraph 6 sub section 2e, France will forfeit the first group match 3-0.



Carlsberg do not write blogg entries, but if they did they would probably be the best blogg entries in the world.

DVLA News Flash

Dear motorist,

In order to assist other motorists in identifying potentially dangerous
drivers, it's now compulsory for anyone with a lower than average
driving ability to display a warning flag ...

The flag (comprising of a red cross on a white background) will be
attached to the top of at least one door of their vehicle.

However for drivers of exceptionally low ability, additional flags are
required.

Kind regards ...

Director of services

DVLA
_________________________________


An example of the warning flag to be used...

Dave & Sarah get Married!

We went to the wedding this weekend of Dave & Sarah, from our church in Cambridge! It was great to see them get married - and they both looked radiant! Click here for some photos from the day's events.

Garden Party

This weekend Ang decided that because the weather was so nice, we should have a garden party after church. Organised at the last minute - we still managed to get a good crowd of people together, and Ang did us proud with the spread of food that she created! It was great to see people in our garden - it was the first time a lot of people had been to our new house!

If you want to see some more photos of our first ever garden party, then click here.


People.... in our garden!!!


The yummy food that Ang created.

Hello...Is it tea you're looking for?

Lionel Richtea

Word for the weak is....

Endeavor

BRRR GRRRR

Last night Ang and I went to the new cinema in Cherry Hinton (Cambridge) to watch The Day After Tomorrow. It was a real Hollywood blockbuster type film, with the usual cheezy Americanized plot of doom, and heart warming story of "dad goes on a dangerous mission to save his son, who he never sees coz he is too busy concentrating on his career while realizing that there is more to life than a job". The effects were fantastic, and you could really believe that New York was being flooded by a huge tidal wave! Just watching the film made me feel chilly, as the climate went arctic and the world started to freeze! BRRR!

On a down side, the quality of the picture in the cinema was awful, with streaks and bubbles everywhere! GRRRR! We decided to complain afterwards and managed to get a set of free tickets! Wa hey!! Apparently the intense heat and humidity of the last few days had caused the film to start to disintegrate!!

National Panda Hide & Seek Championship fools Scientists

Chinese scientists have just released the results of their latest survey into the population of Pandas in China. It shows a 40% increase to 1,600 animals over the last survey. The leading experts suggest that this increase is not down to a recovery in the population, but reflects more on the improved methods into locating pandas.

I think it is because the last time a count was taken, the pandas were having their annual Panda Hide & Seek Championship - there can be no other rational explanation! For an "experts" view click here.

Dear Santa...

... for Christmas I would like a new dual processor Power Mac! Hmmm nice. A new power mac has been released that is nothing short of a speed beast! Considering I don't play many games on my PC, something like this would be fantastic for web design and for my (soon to be) studio.



Comparing it against the fastest Intel Extreme and AMD 64-bit processors, these babies are nearly twice as fast when applying a filter in Photoshop! Wow-wee!! The two processors are even water cooled!! If anyone is interested, prices start at $1999 - guess I won't be getting one soon then :( Want to find out more? Click here.

Ba Ba Boom!

Saw this pic of Mount Bromo in east Java, Indonesia having a bit of an explosion. The rest of the pictures on this picture gallery look really good too - the lighting is out of this world!

The Badgers keep on Rocking

Footy footy footy!!! If you have not seen this before, it is very funny!! Its a Flash file with dancing badgers singing about footy!! Click here to see the animated version.

Sofa Danger - Euro 2004

With Euro 2004 just around the corner, the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy has produced a guide to safety while watching football at home. Quite an interesting read!

"Try to avoid sudden jerking movements which could give you a cricked neck."



If you want to download the guide as a PDF click here.

Bye Bye Board

Today, after 2 years of service, our humble little white board has been wiped clean. It will no longer be used to record deadlines for label runs, but instead... well, to be honest, its future is still under review. Who knows what might happen. Its a very sad day.

The Sun has been Hole Punched!!

Today Venus is passing between the Earth and the Sun for the first time since 1882. The picture below shows Venus as a black dot - to me it looks like it has been hole punched! Maybe the sun is gong to wear an ear ring? For more details and pics on this historical event click here.

Angela's Parents

This weekend Angela's parents came to visit. Ang was very good at hosting them - and made some wonderful food! Especially her chocolate truffle cake - yummy!! We spent most of the weekend around Ely - checking out the market and craft fairs - even listening to the brass band along the river!!

The below pic shows her parents sat on a bench in our jungle of a garden!

Some funky J-Pegs

Came across these funky jpgs the other day!!