January 2011
48 posts
Yummy biscuit reference in GWS comic →
Snickerdoodles!
I only found out about these when I cooked them earlier this year :)
Anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our...
– Isaac Asimov, US biochemist and science fiction author (1920-1992)
"Cheer up sad world": I think most people have a... →
fingolfin:
I often get a blank stare followed by “why?” or “what do you do with that?” in a superior tone when I tell someone I’m studying geology. This is what I want to say to them, but usually refrain from doing so.
Do you drive or ride in an automobile? A geologist found that petroleum. Even if your car…
Where to from here? →
2010 was a potentially critical year in the campaign to eradicate extreme poverty. It represented a last chance for the global community to seriously re-evaluate its effort to achieve the UN…
Bad Machinery for January 25th, 2011 →
Oh my, 20 dinners to drive men mad. I can’t even imagine what those dinners are, and I am a man, and I love dinner.
Narrowing Down the Issues →
Oaktree is currently developing plans to take on a brand new partnership and project in Papua New Guinea in 2011. This is massively exciting as it’s the first time we’ll ever have two…
Bad Machinery for January 24th, 2011 →
Welcome to part two of The Case Of The Simple Soul. The first part was a gentle preamble, a character study if you will, but based on the notes I have scribbled on this broken-open Kleenex box,…
Bad Machinery for January 20th, 2011 →
A double sized comic to end part one of the story. Things have been quite cosy so far, but I don’t think that can last. Back on Monday!
Response to the Finale of the 4th Season of...
Tears
Bad Machinery for January 11th, 2011 →
Yes, what is “the craic?” Irish people are always talking about it. I think it might be a kind of indigenous bird. Or a really nice sandwich.
Bad Machinery for January 10th, 2011 →
Of course all business in the UK police force is done by pneumatic tube! It’s the best way!If you’ve got any sense, you’ll stop this “email” nonsense immediately and install a tube system in…
Bad Machinery for January 6th, 2011 →
Well this is a bad situation. A very bad one! See you on Monday!
So of course I had to go and find the scene on... →
The serenade scene from the Importance of Being Earnest (2002)
Bad Machinery for January 5th, 2011 →
There’s a lot going on in today’s comic. A lot of small jokes. I suggest you take a close look.
Bad Machinery for January 4th, 2011 →
I’m not sure that these two have quite the same nuanced approach to mysteries as Shauna and Lottie did. It seems to ME that they are on a downhill slide to mega disaster. But of course, I could…
December 2010
62 posts