Month: April 2008

Poo update

On By Laura MorganIn Uncategorized

Well, Westminster and the surrounding district smells entirely innocuous, as far as I can tell. But in addition to a similar conversation happening on, of all places, Yahoo Answers Australia, I’ve just had a look at my stats and these are the search terms which have sent people here today:

london smells of poo

poo smell in all over london today

london smell of poo

scariest playgrounds (people find me using this search term every day; it’s the most-viewed post after “No congestion charge for NYC“)

bad smell all over london today

So it’s obviously real, but the only suggestion anyone seems to have made as to the cause is “is it aliens?”. More investigation is required, clearly.

Poo

On By Laura MorganIn Uncategorized2 Comments

I know I said I would link to some eco-friendly skyscrapers, but instead I want to talk about poo. A lively conversation is going on over on Kudocities about London smelling of poo today. Apparently it’s been noticed in places as distant as Walthamstow, Kilburn, Clapham and Beckenham. Somebody also mentioned that Slough smells of poo, but since Slough always smells of poo, that’s probably unrelated. (That’s not a lame-assed joke at Slough’s expense: Slough genuinely does often smell of poo as you drive past it on the M4 – I think there must be a sewage works nearby.)

I haven’t noticed any unusual odours myself, but I’ll be going out for lunch shortly and I’ll keep an, um, nose out, and report back.

The Wave Tower

On By Laura MorganIn Buildings, Other cities

I’ve just come across this design for an eco-efficient but super sexy new skyscraper on the Dubai waterfront. If it’s genuinely possible to build green skyscrapers, and to make them look this good (though it may lose something in the translation from paper to stone) then all kinds of possibilities open up, especially in housing, where before long we are going to be forced to have some new ideas.

Edit: having spent five minutes investigating, I see there are lots of designs for green skyscrapers out there. If I get a chance I’ll link to some of them later on.

Reasons to be cheerful: numbers 5 and 6

On By Laura MorganIn Football, Reasons to be cheerful1 Comment

I’ve a treat lined up after work today: I’m going to see my genius hairdresser (I’m still not linking to her).  I wasn’t sure how long it was since I’d last been, but I see I last posted about her on February 22, almost exactly eight weeks ago.  Having short hair is very labour-intensive – when it was long I would have a haircut about once a year, and I’d usually do it myself.

The odd thing is  that as soon as I make an appointment to have it cut because it looks raggedy and awful, it starts to look fine, and I have second thoughts.  Logically, I think this means I should make a hairdresser’s appointment every day, but never go, thus guaranteeing a lifetime of good hair days.

And the second rtbc is that as I was travelling back from lunch in the lift, two men had a conversation about Palace’s promotion prospects, and they agreed that they were good.  I’m not sure I agree, but it was good to hear nonetheless, and all the more welcome for being unexpected.  People, generally, are not nice about CPFC.

The wall

On By Laura MorganIn Uncategorized

This panoramic view of the Great Wall of China (warning: it may make your browser behave oddly) is kind of beautiful, without being as breathtaking as I want it to be. There’s something unphotographable* about the Great Wall of China, I think, which is why all photos of it look kind of the same:

The Great Wall of China

Well, nearly all photos of it, anyway:

Great Wall of China - close-up with graffiti

* “unphotographable” is a word I know only from the lyrics of My Funny Valentine – I am very pleased to have an excuse to use it in real life.

You can see the rest of the set, most of which were taken in Beijing in June 2006, here.

I can’t explain it

On By Laura MorganIn Football

I don’t know how it happened: it crept up on me while I was looking in the other direction.  Believe me, I don’t feel good about it.  But there’s no denying it so I may as well come straight out and say it: I want Man Utd to win the Premier league title.

An oasis of hope in this sea of bewilderment is offered by the fact that I still want Liverpool to win the Champions’ League – roundly beating Chelsea on the way, as is becoming traditional.

The words

On By Laura MorganIn Uncategorized

I’ve just noticed somebody got sent here after searching for “Glad all over words”. And I felt bad, because they’ll have been disappointed, so in case it happens again, here they are, courtesey of the Lyrics Depot:

GLAD ALL OVER
The Dave Clark Five
(Dave Clark / Mike Smith)

You say that you love me (say you love me)
All of the time (all of the time)
You say that you need me (say you need me)
You’ll always be mine (always be mine)

I’m feelin’ glad all over
Yes I’m-a glad all over
Baby I’m glad all over
So glad you’re mine

I’ll make you happy (make you happy)
You’ll never be blue (never be blue)
You’ll have no sorrow (have no sorrow)
‘Cause I’ll always be true (always be true)

And I’m feelin’ glad all over
Yes I’m-a glad all over
Baby I’m-a glad all over
So glad you’re mine

Other girls may try to take me away (take me away)
But you know, it’s by your side I will stay
I’ll stay

Our love will last now (our love will last)
Till the end of time (end of time)
Because this love now (because this love)
Is gonna be yours and mine (yours and mine)

And I’m feelin’ glad all over
Yes I’m-a glad all over
Baby I’m glad all over
So glad you’re mine

Other girls may try to take me away (take me away)
But you know, it’s by your side I will stay
I’ll stay

All of our lives now (all of our lives)
Till the end of time (end of time)
Because this love now (because this love)
Is only yours and mine (yours and mine)

And I’m feelin’ glad all over
Yes I’m-a glad all over
Baby I’m-a glad all over
So glad you’re mine

I’m so glad you’re mine now
I’m so, I’m so glad you’re mine
I’m-a so glad you’re mine now
Whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa-whoa