http://www.boreders.com thoughts, experiences and ravings of a frustrated writer Wed, 09 Apr 2008 16:03:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I witnessed another fine example of middle lane madness today, something I see every single day in all honesty. It erks me most when drivers do it so blatantly, sitting in the overtaking lanes for junction after junction with hardly an obstruction to overtake in sight. This morning a young woman ... http://www.boreders.com/archives/64 OK... an old post from the old version of Boreders, the promise of Summer in the not too distant future reminded me I had this lying around. What if Molly Sims and B&Q got together to really sell you that quality wheelbarrow? I don't know... but, now you can have a ... http://www.boreders.com/archives/62 Charlotte Green had a fit of the giggles this morning on the 8am bulletin for the Today programme. Charlotte reported the news of an American researcher team who have discovered the earliest known still playable voice recording, which predates Edisons effort by 17 years. Recorded with a phonoautograph, which records ... http://www.boreders.com/archives/61 Congratulations to Kellogg's Cornflakes on their 111th birthday. I love days like this, because they give me the opportunity to learn something new. I mean, I didn't know that while John Kellogg created the cornflake, it was his brother, William, who added sugar to them and marketed them as a breakfast ... http://www.boreders.com/archives/60 Sometimes I manage to finish reading a book (rather than meandering off on to something else half way through), and I should finish 'Storm Front', the first of the Dresden Files, in the next day (exhaustion permitting). I like Jim Butcher's writing and I allowed my imagination to connect names with ... http://www.boreders.com/archives/59 Stockport County are my local team - and through some rough history the ownership of the team and the ground fell into the hands of a consortium and outside of the hands of the fans. In 2005, the fans managed to buy back the team - and now they need ... http://www.boreders.com/archives/58 E. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson made a difference to my childhood and adult life alike. Without the popularity of Dungeons and Dragons in the 70s and the surge of games that spawned around the role playing phenomena in the ensuing decades, I would never have led the double life ... http://www.boreders.com/archives/57 I woke last night a little before 1AM and felt the rubble beneath me. The earthquake rippled past and a moment of sleepy conversation erupted over what had just happened. I haven't felt a quake like that in years and then I experiened the ripple pass beneath me as I ... http://www.boreders.com/archives/56 From Fox News Sunday, 10th February: WALLACE: So, why do you think [Barack Obama has] gotten this far if people don't know what he stands for? BUSH: You're the pundit. I'm just a simple president. You couldn't summarise Bush a great deal better than that...ShareThis http://www.boreders.com/archives/55 Apparently, the Steatoda Nobilis, Britain's only biting spider, has claimed another victim in Devon, where some poor soul disturbed a nest and got a nasty bite on the neck. No... don't ask me how. Maybe he was in the attic or something and the spider launched a sneak attack. The ... http://www.boreders.com/archives/54