Oct 12
May 31
Gotta love YouTube 
Nov 05
“The SureFire ShotTimer is an effective, convenient way for shooting enthusiasts, law enforcement officers, and military personnel” … blimey, steady on! … “to improve their shooting skills and monitor their progress.” … ahh 
ShotTimer (not available in the UK, where we obviously don’t think that military personnel, law enforcement officers and enthusiasts should be shot)
Aug 21
Sometimes, you’ve got to love the oft-maligned BBC, such as in today’s news story “Swearing removed from kids’ book” where they somewhat delicately state:
In future editions, the offending word will be altered by one letter and replaced with “twit”.
Verily, I doff my cap to the writer who devised that most excellent turn of phrase.
Many thanks to Richard for laughing heartily when he read the original article
Jan 12
This is without a doubt the best video review of a game that I’ve ever seen
Mar 21
The BBC reports that “Buzz” Aldrin was the first person the officially enter the new Grand Canyon Skywalk.
The BBC article states that the Skywalk structure is capable of supporting a weight of 35,000 tons – but that only 120 people can be within it at any one time… welcome to the world of the 300 ton American! 
Aug 31