The wife has been asking me this question for about 11 years now. I finally did it. I would have done it a long time ago if I had known about Picassa. First two albums (click the photos for slideshow): … Continue reading →

GOAL! Man Utd 6 – 0 Roma (Carrick 60) If you’re not watching this live, you simply must watch the highlights. It’s like a goal of the month competition. When nobody made even a token effort to close down Carrick, … Continue reading →

[apologies to Julio if he already told me to go read this] Ever read one of those essay that you wish your children were old enough to read because it would change their life? Here’s one by Paul Graham – … Continue reading →

Matthew Parris, in The Times, picks up the story of the nun who wrote the previous pope’s name on a piece of paper and was cured of Parkinson’s disease – thereby providing proof of one of the two miracles that … Continue reading →

Dear WordPress People, I love WordPress. It’s marvellous, but there is one tiny thing you could do to make it even more marvellouser. I get a ton of spam comments, 99% of the spam is on old posts where real … Continue reading →

… one of their number has an op-ed in the NY Times today. As a member of the Iraq Study Group, I found that every military commander we talked to felt that the absence of national reconciliation was the fundamental … Continue reading →

Bob linked to Doonesbury the other day and said it was brilliant. While that one was rather good, Bob was a day early. The subsequent ones have been outstanding. Hey – just go read them yourself. Here’s the one Bob … Continue reading →

Lost in the sparring between Matt and I over McCain’s mis-truths is the important question of what happens next in Iraq. One thing that John McCain and Lindsay Graham (both in my Top 10 Washington Politicians BTW) have said repeatedly … Continue reading →

The New York Times reports on a congressional visit to Baghdad where it appears – to the senators and congressmen at least – that things are getting better: …the politicians spoke of strolling through the marketplace, haggling with merchants and … Continue reading →

Goal Attempts: Man Utd 27 Blackburn 6 On Target: Man Utd 17 Blackburn 3