The D-Day memorials, as all these things do, brought a lump to my throat when I thought about the sacrifice of those years. This article in the Guardian has a timely reminder that even more soldiers, on both sides, died in Russia and Eastern Europe.
(The Eastern Front, Stalingrad, Enemy at the Gates [Two very different films about the battle for Stalingrad.])
Next week on Big Brother, the housemates have some new arrivals- a company of US Army Reservists. What the contestants don’t know is that the soldiers have been told they’re all Iraqi prisoners.
I just overheard a bit of the programme. As far as I can tell, the plan is to destroy the minds of the people stupid enough to take part for the entertainment of the people sad enough to watch.
A good resource for strange planes. It doesn’t have much information about the Twin Hotspur, though. I have one Hotspur kit, which was very cheap, and I think I’d like to get another one and build the Twin.
A study has found that more money doesn’t necessarily mean more sex. Though more sex does mean more happiness. Maybe.
While higher frequency of sex was associated with higher levels of happiness, the researchers said the cause and effects were unclear: “Working out whether sex causes happiness or causality runs in the reverse direction will be particularly difficult here,” they said.
A Doncaster slum has been rescued from decay by housing asylum seekers and refugees there.
Boarded-up properties are now comfortable homes, crime has plunged and house prices have nearly doubled in five years since they began moving in.
A middle aged man died in his sleep in his Tokyo flat, and wasn’t discovered for twenty years.
Families ine the English Scottish borders could be descended from Moorish and Nubian troops stationed on Hadrian’s wall.
Portuguese police would rather have football fans smoke dope and be mellow than drink beer and kick off.
This week’s Photo Friday is on the subject of Journey.
Don’t forget to vote for me as Noteworthy for last week’s pics (Landscape).
There’s photo related merchandise in the shop.