Just before my nephew was born, I went over to Dublin for my sister-in-law's baby shower. Part of the party (for which I was mostly wrecked on whiskey sours) was an empty book that was passed around, into which all present had to write a message to Felix (who was of course at the time both nameless and genderless) that he could read when he was older. I contributed two pages: One was Superbunny, a ...

If you listened to the show last week, you'll recall that at one point I joked that one of my fears regarding the London bombings was that there might be a 'militarization' of London's streets; that is to say, that people would start arming themselves and having firefights on buses. I was just kidding. It was an excuse to have Al Pacino say: "Say hello to my little friend!" and then loop some gunf ...

"In later years, he came to appreciate the fact that his role inspired thousands of students to pursue a career in Engineering, something for which the Milwaukee School of Engineering granted him an honorary degree in engineering." ...

Ingredients 1 Bottle Pimms 1 Bottle Lemonade 1 Bottle Canada Dry Ginger Ale 1/2 Bottle Rose's Ginger Wine A Cucumber Some mint Some apples A lemon A lime Some mandarins Some grapes (red & white) Strawberries Rasberries A Chocolate Orange Ice. Lots of ice. Dice the fruit. Don't just chuck it in there, the flesh needs to be exposed to the Pimms for full soakage. Now add 1 part Ginger Wine to 3 p ...

I think the primary sensation I felt over Thursday and Friday, and I know I'm not the only person to have felt this, was a sort of blanket confusion about how I should be feeling. I knew I should be in a state of shock, outrage, fear, indignation, sympathy. But I didn't feel any of those. Everything felt horribly normal. I walked home through Regent's Park at about one-thirty. It was raining. The ...

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Well, I'm a happy bunny, because last night UK Gold started re-running The A-Team from the first episode. I love The A-Team. While I loved MacGuyver and Knight Rider more when I was I kid, after having watched them all quite recently, I have decided that, as an adult, The A-Team kicks their asses. Yes, Michael Knight has a kick-ass talking Trans-Am that he's constantly getting inside...but he al ...