Travelog #9
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With the church cross in the foreground, and the rays from heaven in the backdrop, you could say this photo looks divine.
Valença, Portugal (21st March 2008). :::
Reading time
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The oldest person in the world, Portuguese woman Maria de Jesus, died today at the age of 115. She was born in 1893, and to think what has transpired in that time and what she lived through, just boggles the mind. :::
The Random Number is becoming a book, and it's a project well under way. I have no idea how this will be received, and I tell you now, if I sell 10 copies I'll be a happy man. It'll include my favourite posts, the drawings, and foremost, Extra-Caffeine, Mind Over Mind and the Syndicate of Super-Heroes, and some outtakes and extras. So if anyone has noticed the sudden disappearance of most of the links in the sidebar, that's the reason. :::
2009
Thursday, 1.January.2009 · Comments? · Permalink (868)
Hello, and a Happy New Year once again. So to sum up 2008, here are some strange facts I found out this year:
- You can fit 13 people into a Volvo.
- Liz Taylor has broken her back five times.
- Barack Obama is, like me, a Hammers man.
- Henry V of England invented passports nearly 600 years ago.
Well I didn't find these myself, but found them all courtesy of the BBC. Be sure to check out this amazing list of true and quirky stories the BBC have reported on in 2008. And if you like that, then you also may enjoy the article containing the most read stories in 2008 of the BBC's online service. Top notch. :::
Happy New Year...
Wednesday, 31.December.2008 · Comments? · Permalink (867)
...to all my readers. :::
Travelog #8
Sunday, 28.December.2008 · Comments? · Permalink (866)
Seen on the motorway, at roaring speed. This is a Citroën DS Estate, a rarity in itself, but I wondered what this Dutch-plated classic was doing speeding across the Iberian Peninsula. On its way to a one of those summer Citro-fan meetings? What surprised me the most was the beating the driver (a lady, by the way) was giving a car that's at least 33 years old. I was doing 120-140km/h and yet the DS was hell-bent on leaving me behind, which eventually it did. Citroën DS's became famous as rally cars but I think it was in the sands of Morocco and not across las autopistas.
Somewhere on a Spanish motorway, between Vitoria and Burgos, or Burgos and Valladolid, I think (25th August 2008). :::
All-out X-Mas binge
Thursday, 25.December.2008 · Comments? · Permalink (865)
Christmas means lots of food, most of it not that good for you. I've a splitting headache from all the crap I've been eating, so consider this blog closed for the holidays. I'd wish you all a Merry Christmas, but I was brought up as a catholic, and even though it didn't rub off like the Pope hopes it would, I still tend to associate the "Merry" with heathens, a fun-loving Satan and fat, greedy cake-eating bastards. So have a Happy whatever's left of Christmas. :::
Travelog #7
Tuesday, 23.December.2008 · Comments? · Permalink (864)
The historic centre of Guimarães has conquered the right to be a UNESCO World Heritage site, though some buildings await upgrading befitting such a status.
Guimarães, Portugal (6th July 2008). :::
Travelog #6
Monday, 22.December.2008 · Comments (3) · Permalink (863)
How many capital cities do you know of that have mountain streams running slap-bang down the middle of them?
Andorra-La-Vieja, Andorra (18th August 2008) :::
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