Wednesday, October 10, 2007

[blogfocus wednesday] might surprise you, might not

1. What's the connection between Jeremy Jacobs, Michael Palin and Yalta? Margate, that's what!
So pleasing to see my home town of Margate mentioned on Michael Palin's travel programme this evening. Years ago, Margate & Yalta were "twinned" with each other. Judging by tonight's programme, Yalta appears to be holding up as a seaside resort rather better! Having said that, the above photo from 2003, shows a reasonably busy Margate seafront.

2. Is it just me but is Bob G's deadpan delivery a hoot?

Welcome to Inkafterlife.com. We make custom photo memorials by creating a custom ink formulation using ashes from a loved one or pet and our ink. We then print a beautiful memorial photo using that blended ink.

Is it just me, or does that sound sort of creepy? I'm not sure I want someone's remains hanging on my wall.

3. The Reactionary Snob explains the reason we blog:

As the Greek notes, it is good to know that our media are an example of righteousness, scholarly integrity and unbiased virtue.

We bloggers blog for the love of it - the vast majority of us are biased old soaks who no one in the pub will listen to any longer so we come home and bash out something on the laptop.

4. Prodicus supplies an interesting analogy for politics:

Kevin McCullagh is right. It's by no means all over and Brown will survive all this with a smile on his face. I am bracing myself for the emetic effect of Miliband Major taking to the airwaves over the next week or so. It is an appalling prospect. Politics can be a disgusting business, like eating worms, and there is more to come before we see these bastards off.

5. I'm not the only one, by a long shot, doing blogroundups and here's one of the best - Steve Green:

Got some time to kill but don't know where to go? Why don't you climb aboard the Magical Mystery Blog Tour Bus. There are still a few places left. Click on STOP 1 and the Bus will take you to your first Mystery Blog location.

To get back on the Bus just click the Back Button and click STOP 2 to continue the Tour. I think you can work the rest out. Enjoy the ride:

STOP 1

STOP 2

STOP 3

STOP 4

STOP 5

6. Our latest Blogpowerer is of the Left and here is jrd's take on the problem of history:

Apparently pupils should be taught to "take pride" in Britain's history.

Now, don't get me wrong, there are parts of British history which people can easily take pride in. There are also parts which may bring feelings of great shame (slave trade anyone?). My argument is that it's not the role of the history teacher to be a government's political football - teaching kids a one-sided view of the past.

History cannot be just a list of dates and facts (who decides the facts anyway, one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter!). Pupils must be taught to investigate, to analyse, to spark an interest. If history is not allowed to do this, then it fails as a subject, and we fail our young people.

7. William Gruff is waxing lyrical about our much loved … er … leader:

He had only one, if the ribald songs of my youth have any veracity, but he had two eyes and that means that he had one testicle and one eye more than the Greater Scotch McReich's Führer. The 'news' that Gordon The McGravy Train Engine hasn't the balls to face the English electorate came as no news to Gruff. The Thane of Kirkcaldy knows well enough that he is not welcome here and his days over us are numbered. Deny us what drugs he will, steal as much from us as he can, we will see that foreign prince sent forth from England's green and pleasant land without the mandate he so desperately craves.

8. Finally, Chip is in shock and with good reason:

You find the Chipster in the mood for litigation. As you can no doubt see, my complimentary copy of J.D. Williams’ new Autumn and Winter catalogue landed on the doorstep today. What else can I say except that promises were not kept by the industy leaders in the larger sized gusset. I never wanted you to see me like this. It’s somewhat humbling, especially since I thought that I’d had a zero-Y-front clause written into my contract. The picture was taken when I was much younger and in a bad place. It was actually a few months ago when I was stuck on the corner of Poverty and Flat Broke.

There it is for another evening, folks but I hope to see you on Saturday evening again.

10 comments:

  1. ANOTHER great tour. I especially like the dead ashes idea...

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  2. Great. Just what the world needs. Another blog with a picture of Chip Dale's bollocks on it.

    What about spreading some Madeley cheer? Or do I have to pose in my underpants?

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  3. Can't find that Margate film on the NFT website

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  4. I thought Steve's magical mystery tour was very innovative.
    Good focus, Philip?

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  5. Thanks Higham, but why do you do choose to show me at my worst? What about all the oiled and thong shots you find on my blog? And can't you delete Dick's comment about my genitals? And Mopsa, if only it was Damart. It was a cold day when that picture was taken and I would have appreciated a bit of thermal padding down there.

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  6. Lady M - thanks a bunch.

    Daily Ref - my pleasure.

    Dick - Chip's bollocks are of great concern to him.

    Jeremy - I'll look into it.

    JMB - it's a good round up he does.

    Mopsa - you may be right.

    Chip - it was to start a war with Madeley and you. Sorry, it was naughty of me, I know.

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  7. Thanks for the lnik, an interesting round up. Although my rant was prompted by comments at the Tory conference, it's not really political. History teaching must not be used as a political football by right, left, centre, whoever. It demeans the subject, and lets down the pupils.

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