What The Hell Was That All About?

Marking computer Says No AsTop Writers Fail Their English A Level. From ianrthorpe in Boggartblog (25 minutes old)

Boggart Blog makes it our business to invigilate the progressive education lobby for sings of loonyness. An we have to be honest, they keep us busy. One of the most crackpot ideas to come out of th… more

Peed on a stick last night... From Sienna ^Pro in Sienna's Lovers (3 hours old)

... and discovered I'm about to ovulate. It is one of those tests that detects the LH surge, for those of you not knowledgeable about the wonders of fertility-prediction hardware. http://www.first… more

Nominate me please! From Sienna ^Pro in Sienna's Lovers (3 hours old)

Dear Friends if you have read and enjoyed my book or my blog, please could you take a few minutes to nominate me for the New Venture Award 2009, as awarded by Women In Publishing? http://www.fac… more

WELL, I DID! From kendrive ^Pro in I SAY (9 hours old)

As many of you will know, I was born in 1933. In that same year the movie "Sitting Pretty", starring Ginger Rogers, came out of Hollywood. Of course I was too young to see the film at that tim… more

UPGRADE From kendrive ^Pro in GRUMPY OLD MAN (9 hours old)

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WHERE HAVE YOU BEEN? . . . From kendrive ^Pro in KENDRIVE (9 hours old)

AND DO YOU CARE WHO KNOWS? EVERY PHONE CALL, TEXT MESSAGE, EMAIL AND WEBSITE VISITED WILL BE STORED FOR A YEAR FOR MONITORING BY THE STATE. All telecoms companies and internet service providers wi… more

ESTHER From kendrive ^Pro in ART FOR ART'S SAKE (9 hours old)

I am back to Waterhouse's portraits and this is of his wife, Esther, who was a talented artist in her own right. Esther Kenworthy Waterhouse Date: circa 1885 Medium: Oil on canvas Out of… more

PUT IN THE SICKLES AND REAP From kendrive ^Pro in POEMS AND PROSE (9 hours old)

This is one of Swinburne's longer poems. It is about gathering in the corn at harvest time. Or is it? I suggest that is a metaphor for war and the fight for survival. Tell me what you th… more

No One To Blame But Ourselves ! From roynelson in For Grace.My Stolen Child (19 hours old)

Another possible 'hate crime' in the press and another death. Reports of 'packs of yobs' roaming our estates and 'unsafe' streets. 'More Police', comes the call. 'Spy on your neighbours', some Lo… more

Simon Cowell Secret Revealed From ianrthorpe in Boggartblog (21 hours old)

Boggart Blog has not been following The X Factor this time round because, well let’s be honest, we have done all the cheap jokes in the past. Also the biggest X Factor joke this year is Jedward and no… more

Positive thoughts From Sienna ^Pro in Sienna's Lovers (23 hours old)

I love being with Jake because 1) He doesn't consume me. I am still myself, and he is himself. I don't expect to change him, and I feel good enough in who I am when I am with him. I make my plans,… more

"My snake has excellent GPS in the jungle" From Sienna ^Pro in Sienna's Lovers (1 day old)

he reassures me when I warn him that I am letting all grow out to visit this wax lady in around a week. This is the least I can do to show my solidarity with his pain as he is about to undergo his … more

Bottoms Up! From fatsally in Boggartblog (1 day old)

Good news for drinkers - the Waste and Resource Action Programme has estimated that Britons are pouring £470 million worth of wine down the plughole every year. And we shouldn't be doing it! It… more

DEAR ANDY From kendrive ^Pro in GRUMPY OLD MAN (1 day old)

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TWO-FINGERED SALUTE From kendrive ^Pro in KENDRIVE (1 day old)

Baby boy gives two-finger salute to the world... from inside the WOMB If Owen Skeffington grows up to show a lack of respect for authority, his parents can hardly complain that he didn't warn t… more

AESCULAPIUS From kendrive ^Pro in ART FOR ART'S SAKE (1 day old)

"A Sick Child brought into the Temple of Aesculapius" (1877) by John William Waterhouse Aesculapius In Greek mythology, Aesculapius, son of Apollo, (often referred to as the god of medicine or… more

B & W From kendrive ^Pro in I SAY (1 day old)

Here is another poem from "The Poet Laureate of Harlem". Read a biography at: http://www.kansasheritage.org/crossingboundaries/page6e1.html I DREAM A WORLD I dream a world where man … more

CLEO From kendrive ^Pro in POEMS AND PROSE (1 day old)

A long poem by Swinburne. I could have said it all in just five words "By God - She is beautiful". CLEOPATRA Her mouth is fragrant as a vine, A vine with birds in all its boughs; … more

Food Intake Breath Water Etc. From roynelson in For Grace.My Stolen Child (1 day old)

Was chatting to a friend this evening about the poison in our food. The conversation had began earlier in the day, when Marty raised the issue of hormones and pus in our milk supply ! It continu… more

Going Batty For A BJ? From ianrthorpe in Boggartblog (2 days old)

Fancy a BJ? Not a blow job but a bat job. Bats are into oral sex it seems. According to natrualists who study bats for a living (well someone has to do it, more than two-thirds of female short-nosed (… more

LIKE ME From kendrive ^Pro in I SAY (2 days old)

A couple of days ago I posted here "Hold Fast To Dreams", which was written by Langston Hughes, the African-American poet who was best-known for his work during the Harlem Renaissance - the flowerin… more

I LOVE MY COMPUTER From kendrive ^Pro in GRUMPY OLD MAN (2 days old)

I am grateful to Alan for sending me a series of cartoons about that modern day blessing (?) - the computer. Here is the first. … more

DIGITAL CAMERA PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2009 From kendrive ^Pro in KENDRIVE (2 days old)

In the space of 20 weeks, the world’s biggest photo contest, Digital Camera magazine’s Photographer of the Year, received a massive 101,000 online entries from 126 countries. The overall £10,000 … more

THE ENCHANTED GARDEN From kendrive ^Pro in ART FOR ART'S SAKE (2 days old)

Here is one of Waterhouse's last paintings. He had been suffering from cancer for some time, and in 1916 while he continued to work on The Enchanted Garden he was approaching the end of his journey… more

WHEN IT'S GONE, IT'S GONE From kendrive ^Pro in POEMS AND PROSE (2 days old)

DEAD LOVE Dead love, by treason slain, lies stark, White as a dead stark-stricken dove: None that pass by him pause to mark Dead love. His heart, that strained and yearned and strove A… more

Evolution Classes In Junior School Could Be A Mistake From ianrthorpe in Boggartblog (2 days old)

Following on from fatsally’s report a few weeks ago that the government planned to consult (cue portentous chords) “experts” about reforming the primary school curriculum we have now learned from our … more

COME TO ME IN MY DREAMS From kendrive ^Pro in I SAY (3 days old)

LONGING Come to me in my dreams, and then By day I shall be well again! For then the night will more than pay The hopeless longing of the day. Come, as thou cam’st a thousand times, A me… more

THEY HAVE COME FORWARD From kendrive ^Pro in GRUMPY OLD MAN (3 days old)

Two lucky winners came forward yesterday to claim their share of a massive £90 million jackpot in Friday night's Euromillions draw. The pair of ticketholders will receive more than £45.5milli… more

SOMEWHAT OF A RARITY? From kendrive ^Pro in KENDRIVE (3 days old)

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APOLLO AND DAPHNE From kendrive ^Pro in ART FOR ART'S SAKE (3 days old)

Yesterday Waterhouse presented us with a wood nymph and today he brings us another tree figure - Daphne. The interesting story behind the painting is from ancient Greek mythology. John Wil… more