The Bible ... in Lego

See excerpts from the Bible, beautifully recreated in plastic bricks...

Cats that look like Hitler

A blog dedicated to cats that look like Adolf (some are quite tenuous, but it is worth a look)!

Update: 26th June 2006

Many apologies for sporadic posting over the last few weeks. This has been down to a combination of work, home life and the World Cup!

So what has been going on? Well, yesterday, I undertook the Great Nottinghamshire Bike Ride. I rode 18 miles in 1 hour 50 minutes (and I could have done it quicker except I didn't want to leave my friend behind). I have remembered that I like cycling, I have also learnt that it is much easier when you have a bike that it is the right size. I had previously used my Dad's bike with a 21" frame - I am only 5'6" tall, so I was having to work so much harder, it gave me sore thighs, a sore bum and lower back pain! I used Nicola's friend's bike instead, with an 18" frame, and had none of the above problems. Apparently there will be pictures of the event on the BBC Nottingham website at some point today.

I have also signed up for the Sport Relief mile in July, as part of the "Robinho Hood and his Merrie Men" team, with my friends Mohan, Divya and Sandeep. You can sponsor me by clicking here.

BaRabica news

Excellent news!

Gary has written a MySpace page for BaRabica. So unlike the BaRabica homepage which has not been updated for ages because I am too lazy/busy (delete as applicable), we now have a site with some music and stuff!

Thanks Gaz. If you appreciate this kind of thing, you can also look at Gaz's MySpace page.

People like me

Another slow journey home last night. On the A42 in Leicestershire, the traffic stopped at 8.40pm. It didn't slow down, it just stopped. It must have been a bad accident ahead (I couldn't see anything from where I was), because as the traffic stopped, people left a passage for emergency vehicles to pass through.

For the sake of the environment, I turned off my engine, and listened to the football, and looked at some paperwork (home-related - I don't do work unless I am in the office!). People got out of their cars, and while it would be overstating it to say that there was a community spirit, some people were talking to each other.

I was gobsmacked though, when the lorry driver behind me and the blow-dried middle aged man (driving a Megane convertible) started talking and immediately said words to the effect of, "I can't believe that I am going to be late because someone else is rubbish at driving". Well, the language they used was stronger, but you get the message. I didn't want to talk to anyone after that - it was clearly a bad accident, so you don't know if anyone could have been killed or injured. Also, you don't know what caused it - it could have been driver error (such as the way that the lorry driver and Megane man drove three feet away from the car in front), or it could have been a blown tyre, or a fox running into the road - you just don't know.

It reminded me of Go-Kart Mozart's excellent song (championed by Mark Radcliffe about six years ago): "People like me, well we don't give a damn ... people like me, we are selfish and lazy and greedy".

For the record, the traffic stopped at 8.40pm, and didn't move again until 10.30. I left work at 8.10, and got home at 10.50. Nicola had kindly put my dinner in the oven, but it had waited for two hours and was rather chewy!

What Sven is good at

Link to Baz's excellent (if occasionally sweary article) about the perils and pitfalls of being a slippery Swedich lothario.

Hello Mr Mouse

A fun little game from the world of Education - you might learn something about yourself!

It's a beautiful moment

Link to a report about the greatest goal ever scored.