Archive for the 'scotland' Category

Nov 30 2008

Well, that’s no fun:

Uniformed officers burst into Lulu Matheson’s house in the village of Shieldaig, Wester Ross, kept her son Gus in his bedroom for two hours, handcuffed her grandson Stephen, and turned the house upside down.
The high-profile afternoon raid involved three squad cars, seven officers and sniffer dogs. They told the family they were looking for cannabis, [...]

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Jun 29 2008

Question for observers of the British political scene:

Published by jrittenhouse under UK, history, movies, politics, scotland

Is there a real difference you can see between Gordon Brown and Tony Blair as Prime Minister?  Just got done watching The Deal (which was very good) and was wondering…

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Mar 29 2008

The true worth of a man:

Published by jrittenhouse under animals, comics, humor, scotland, weird

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Dec 30 2007

OK, I’m handing out presents to all you good little niblicks:

For all of you yarn harlots out there. You know who you are, and I hope you got a skein in your stocking.
For anyone who worked retail, and especially big-box electronic stores; the story of how Circuit City managed to put its own eye out in the race to out-cheap on the staffing costs.
Executives [...]

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