Monday, 30 July 2012

Cat emotions

The use of emoticons can be traced back to the 19th century, and they were commonly used in casual and humorous writing. Typographical emoticons were published in 1881 by the U.S. satirical magazine Puck.

Here's a table of some popular emoticons, accompanied by the corresponding facial expressions.

Catmoticons?




Sunday, 29 July 2012

Lovely to see honest, sporting behaviour



I was so engrossed watching the women cyclists and spotting familiar sites that I neglected to prepare a post...

Well done Netherlands, Britain and Russia. Congratulations to all the competitors for taking part in such a long ride (on some lovely roads) and being so gracious at the finishing line.

Friday, 27 July 2012