John Hamilton Palmer

Tis Tuesday From lyndlj in Just Me!! The Butterfly effect (6 hours old)

It is a sad thing when someone achieves their dream only to have to give it up because of the things that life has thrown at them in the past twelve months, my friend is having to do this and I am hel… more

Evolution Classes In Junior School Could Be A Mistake From ianrthorpe in Boggartblog (21 hours 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

Crazy Talk From mjohnson in Mg Fg Tg (22 hours old)

This blog has become phenomenally unpopular. So few people read my musings that I’d imagine a notice nailed to a fence post somewhere in the wilds of Dartmoor would attract more attention from occasio… more

Good Monday morning From lyndlj in Just Me!! The Butterfly effect (1 day old)

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Bloggers Who Stare At Goats From ianrthorpe in Boggartblog (1 day old)

You have all seen adverts for the new Hollywood film release Men Who Stare At Goats. Well no need to waste your money to find out what it is all about. Boggart Blog were on the case of this story way … more

Google Pledge Not To Be Creepy From ianrthorpe in Boggartblog (1 day old)

Speaking on American television Google CEO pledged that his company would not become a creepy gang of world domination freaks like Microsoft did some years ago. Asked by the interviewer how from th… more

November is cold From janeygodley in Janey Godley’s Blog (2 days old)

Am listening to Jay-Z and I do so love him…Empire State of Mind is awesome…anyway I am sure you are not reading this to find out what music am into. Last week, my ears decided to totally block up w… more

Too Fat To Be Guilty - Stupid Criminal Of The Week Award. From ianrthorpe in Boggartblog (2 days old)

Edward Ates reaction on being pronunced guity of murder after his trial for for killing Paul Duncsak, was one of disbelief. Duncsak was shot six times at his home 25 miles north-west of New York. T… more

Snippets, overheard? From lyndlj in Just Me!! The Butterfly effect (3 days old)

There is something quite comical about the snippets one overhears while out and about, the half sentences, utterings of people passing by as they converse with their friends, partners, family. I alway… more

Walter Kaaden - MZ genius From frankofyle in FROG BLOG (3 days old)

As well as being a fan of Vincent motorcycles (see previous posting), I'm also a big fan of MZs. This may come as a surprise because the two brands are at opposite ends of the biking spectrum. One's i… more

Forget Booze Cruise, Now It’s The Fag Drag From ianrthorpe in Boggartblog (3 days old)

We ought to have reached the point in the life of this Labour government when satirists and polemicists start to lay off them and turn our attention to The Conservatives who will surely sweep to power… more

The monkey on my shoulder From lyndlj in Just Me!! The Butterfly effect (4 days old)

You may (or may not) have noticed a distinct lack of morning posts over the last four days or so. I made a decision last week and on Monday I lay down the gauntlet so to speak and have been attempting… more

1953 Vincent Rapide 'C' From frankofyle in FROG BLOG (4 days old)

I first read 'The Wind in the Willows' aged about nine. 'Toady' became an instant hero. Like him, I used to sniff exhaust fumes in much the same way as the Bisto Kids sniffed gravy. Been addicted to b… more

Rift Riff From mjohnson in Mg Fg Tg (4 days old)

In 2005 a 35-mile rift opened up in the desert in Ethiopia in a matter of days. This was caused by the rifting of the African and Arabian plates. The African and Arabian plates have been moving apart … more

Kidman’s Alien Sex Fetish From ianrthorpe in Boggartblog (4 days old)

Statuesque blonde Australian actress and sex symbol (if you like that sort of thing) Nicole Kidman has confessed in a celebrity interview with GQ magazine that in one of her love affairs she had explo… more

The New Guy Fawkes From ianrthorpe in Boggartblog (5 days old)

Where are Catesby and his co - conspirators when we need them? Where is our gunpowder plot this bonfire night? Not that I'd want the buggers to blow up The Palace of Westminster, it is a wonderful bui… more

Just me again From janeygodley in Janey Godley’s Blog (5 days old)

I love travelling by train, and last week when I headed up to Hamilton to meet my mates mum, my love was reinforced. As soon as I walked onto the platform at Glasgow central low level trains, I was… more

Stimulating The Radio Active Rabbits From ianrthorpe in Boggartblog (6 days old)

An American friend sent me this list of some of her favourite items funded by money from the US Government's stimulus bill. •$300,000 for a GPS-equipped helicopter to hunt for radioactive rabbit dr… more

The Biggest Government Deficit In The West From ianrthorpe in Little Nicky Machiavelli (6 days old)

Well at least we're on top at something. See league table… more

Stupid Criminal Of The Week Returns From ianrthorpe in Boggartblog (6 days old)

It is with great pleasure we announce the return of the Boggart Blog stupid criminal of the week award. In the early days of Boggart Blog we would feature this occasional series whenever we encount… more

Oh ... The Way to Go is Just Go! From sankhara ^Pro in Journey to Somewhere Else (7 days old)

I've traveled a lot in my life. In fact, you could say I was born on the hop. My mother relates the story that the morning I was born on May 19, 1954. She was in the maternity ward o… more

The eXtacy factor From ianrthorpe in Boggartblog (7 days old)

Well Professor Nutt certainly kicked things off with his claim that drugs like E, Cannabis and LSD are no more dangerous that alcohol and tobacco. While we agree with the Prof, you must bear in mind w… more

Cannabis Correspondent From mjohnson in Mg Fg Tg (7 days old)

Have you been following the news about the government’s chief drug advisor Professor Nutts? I’ll just give you a quick run down to get you up to speed: Nutts was stiffing for his government bread-w… more

She Had It All Except A Life From ianrthorpe in Little Nicky Machiavelli (8 days old)

As the political editor of The Observer leaves her job with the quote, "I had it all but I didn't have a life," this article at Iain Dale's Diary blog sums up very briefly how success can diminish our… more

Today is....... From lyndlj in Just Me!! The Butterfly effect (8 days old)

Sunday, a day of rest and relaxation, well mostly anyway. I am making the dinner which we will have at 6-30pm because of son working til 6pm, I also went and bought all makings for sunday dinner in… more

E versus J&B From ianrthorpe in Boggartblog (9 days old)

E versus J&B I know we say this quite frequently but where would this blog be without those whacky folks who feed us material by doing pointless research. The latest finding, announced by the a… more

Murrayfield, here we come From frankofyle in FROG BLOG (9 days old)

Me and my big mouth. While watching the last France/Scotland Six Nations rugby match on telly round at neighbour Christian's way back in February, I casually mentioned that it'd be rather a wizard… more

Curtain Up From paulboyd in Paul Boyd's Blog (9 days old)

It's almost Christmas (oh yes it is) and rehearsals are commencing for theatre productions geared specifically for the hundreds of thousands of theatregoers across the land who require quality enterta… more

Busy as a bee and then some From lyndlj in blogeveningnews (9 days old)

I have just sat down for the first time since 8-15am, I am just enjoying my first cup of hot coffee, I have just allowed myself to think about how much I ache, ouch! But....... It was so much fu… more

The Acme Of Bad Luck From ianrthorpe in Boggartblog (9 days old)

Saddest news story of the week concerns the unfortunate death of Canadian folk singer Taylor Mitchell. 19 year old Taylor died just after embarking on a a tour of eastern Canada promoting her first al… more