ThreeDimensionalPeople Why don't you go outside and play with the three dimensional people?

29Apr/082

Coming to America. With thanks to the US Embassy.

(Pic from National Geographic, link embedded) This blog has been ambling along with no particular theme – an aide memoire of things that make me go aha or err. But I have noticed within me in the last few weeks an urge to reach for the keyboard when confronted with especially good service. And for [...]

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28Apr/081

Simon Johnson – Heathrow’s finest shoe shine

simon johnson – heathrow’s finest shoe shineOriginally uploaded by sdbj The shoe-shiner is a dying breed. Despite no pressure from the menace of outsourcing (quite tricky to shine shoes by phone), this anachronistic service has been kicked into touch by our scruffy and frenetic lifestyles – bespoke Oxfords gave way to tatty trainers made of [...]