Saturday, 22 October 2011

The question about the blog roll


It looks like the readers are divided on the topic of the blog roll. I'm not one to make a mountain of a mole hill, so I'm quite happy to reach a compromise and make life easier. I've added a simplified political blog roll, showing only the name of the blog and when it was last updated. The link will take you to the home page, where you can navigate the blog to your heart's content. In order to keep the sidebar uncluttered, only the five most recently updated blogs will appear and you'll have to click on "show all" to see the rest. I have also "weeded" the list a little bit, so only the active blogs were included. If you wish to access the original list, there's always Palingates, where it remains unchanged.

I created a separate list of blogs that I think are more in keeping with the ethos of "What time is o'clock," so we can separate pleasure from politics.

Now that we have blog rolls, I have removed the poll. [I seem to have turned into a poet, the rhymes came so easily. LOL!]

Friday, 21 October 2011

Beauty bursting into life

Long time (quiet) reader of the old blog Susie sent me this truly beautiful video. She was inspired by the gentle atmosphere of the new blog.

Life of flowers from VOROBYOFF PRODUCTION on Vimeo.


Thank you, Susie.

It's about time



Back in 2003, there were worldwide protests against the invasion of Iraq. Bush's lapdog Tony ("I want to be like Churchill") Blair ignored over a million people who marched through the streets of London and went ahead with the illegal war. I was there, together with Peter and our son Paul. There were so many people that it took us 6 hours to walk from Waterloo Station to Hyde Park Corner (3 miles).

The graphic truth

I can't resist a bit of politics, so when reader ianai sent me some graphics, I had to share:



Thank you, ianai.

Thursday, 20 October 2011

Funny penguins

You may have seen this before because it's going viral, but it's irresistible...