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Soon, I’m going to be computerless for a time (how I’ll deal with the withdrawal of being unplugged from the internet, even for a day an hour, I have […]
Los canarios rechazan la movilidad porque prefieren cobrar el paro a un empleo que no les compense
Canarians prefer to draw the dole than move to take jobs.
(tags: tenerife)
UK travellers fall out of love with Europe
Tenerife’s loss looks to be Turkey’s gain, going by this list.
Birding Canarias: Tricolored Heron in Tenerife
Rare anywhere, but this is the […]
Yesterday, the light in the kitchen ceiling went. Well, the second half of it: the other half burnt out about 8 years ago and was never fixed. I can’t reach it, even with a ladder, so that reduces me to groping around with a torch.
It’s raining hard this evening and the roof is leaking […]
Well, this is what mine said about me, apparently:
“Your musical tastes are energetic and rhythmic. You are full of energy and can be quite talkative. You are forward thinking and open minded. You despise conservatism of any sort. You are intense, detail oriented, and motivated. You are an ambitious person, though your ambition is […]
If you are a foreigner in Turkey
The readiness to help foreigners, students and travelers here sometimes makes you feel more comfortable than even your home country.
(tags: Turkey)
Legal regulations for foreigners employed in Turkey
Foreign reporters and press members do not have to obtain work and residence permits for employment in Turkey.
(tags: Turkey expat journalism)
Something is wrong […]
That’s what’s wrong with this blog!
And, I suspect that I am not the only person for whom pretty pictures of kittehs, as well as daily visits to Cute Overload are not mere timewasters, but important, sanity-saving antidotes to the crap thrown at us that purports to be a “life”.
I’m having to spend far too much […]
See, I said there was good an bad in all and, if the Redneck element in the United States is setting a particularly bad example, then what this reveals about some people’s attitudes in Spain should cause many people here to wince.
South of Watford reports on a fake blog that, over the last couple of […]
Way back when I was too young to pronounce the word “asparagus” properly, I can remember my grandad growing it on his allotment in East London.
So, I grew up knowing the taste of fresh asparagus: now nothing else will do.
When I was in a supermarket in Puerto de la Cruz recently, where there was more […]
Would you find this church (cult or sect) whose mentally infirm leaders have declared themselves happy about the earthquake in China, having published this revolting diatribe. May “what goes around, comes around,” work for them.
And, let me not hear another whine about gas (petrol) prices after reading this story (via World Gone Mad.) A car […]
UK Link Exchange
(tags: marketing uk)
Skillet Gardener’s Pie
(tags: food recipes)
“Make Your Words Sell!” Is Set FREE!
The Simple Art of e-Persuasion
(tags: design marketing)
Why Vegan / Try Vegetarian
There’s a schizoid quality to our relationship with animals, in which sentiment and brutality exist side by side.
(tags: food health)
Discovering The Hidden Nation Of Soul-Seekers
I know that there are more and […]