Antipodes

My iMac running under Lion is once again in a perfectly operational state. For the moment, I don't know what it was that knocked out my ...

This morning, my Macintosh computer refused to start up. All I've got on the screen was a gray apple icon and a little revolving circle ...

At the end of my blog post of 16 July 2011 entitled State of things [ display ], I suggested that readers might sit down quietly for an hou...

I'm convinced that I've found the finest possible teapot [ display ] and my favorite jasmine tea [ display ]. On the other hand...

Last night on French TV, I watched a fascinating 95-minute documentary about the discovery in Siberia, in 2007, of an intact carcass of a ba...

When Fitzroy became a family member at Gamone, a year or so ago, I was obliged to abandon my pleasant old habit of strolling down to Pont-e...

For me personally, this short video has the merit of evoking one of the ways in which I find out what's happening out in the wide world....

In Jerusalem, fights have been erupting for ages between different Christian denominations inside the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. This Chr...

My title is meant to evoke the refrain of the delightful Tim Minchin song that I presented a few days ago [ display ]. A crazy story abou...

In my quest concerning the drawing of the thatched house in Blackbird Street, I had imagined that it might be a good idea to obtain a bird...

Since much of my 19th-century Skivington genealogy was located in Dorset, I finally decided to purchase a set of CDs with the contents of th...

In the village of Pont-en-Royans, Blackbird Street ( la rue du Merle ) rises from the end of the Picard Bridge, just opposite the famous han...

For many years, I've been cynically amused by all the talk about the sense of Christmas. Back in the days when I used to celebrate this ...

This hilarious song of praise to Jesus by the Australian comedian Tim Minchin was supposed to be included in a show on ITV in the UK this ...

In the olden days in Australia (that's to say, when I was a kid), a simple gambling game called Two-up consisted of placing bets on thr...

"And I saw, and behold, a white horse, and its rider had a bow; and a crown was given to him, and he went out conquering and to conquer...

In general, whenever I happen to poke my nose (out of curiosity) into the current affairs of what used to be my native city and region (Graf...

We computer-oriented genealogical researchers tend to imagine that the main action started and stopped with the Mormons, when these devoted ...

I warn you. This is an incredibly nasty video: Survivors might cry out for help. I would dearly love to direct fellow males to in...

After David Cameron 's astonishing behavior at last week's summit in Brussels, the UK is henceforth wandering around on the fringe o...