Fear the Corgi!

He was quite old, or so the repair man told me. I guess laptop years are even shorter than dog years.

Until I splashed the cash and replaced him, I've had to live in the Real World, which is a strange place. But it's all back to normal now!

Meanwhile, no news on the Strange Victorians, because I guess the Friends of Tower Hamlets Cemetery have had more important fish to fry
Town Hall Leader Admits "Grave Error" in Cemetery Row

Following a Rap tradition  Shamelessly stealing Rap’s better ideas, as ever, here are two stories that you may have missed – aka weirdness from the Daily Telegraph, which is a right-wing paper that has always done obituaries and crime well –

 First, the obituary of Sammy Duddy, not your run of the mill Loyalist paramilitary

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2007/10/23/db2302.xml

 
And second, a new way to ride your bike -
 

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;jsessionid=5XHOFIL4GYGTLQFIQMFSFF4AVCBQ0IV0?xml=/news/2007/10/26/nsex126.xml

(Theage of the bike is not recorded, nor whether it’s receiving counselling.) 

Seriously? I truly don’t understand this one. On every level, in case you were wondering, because when cyclists talk about New Bike Lust, I've always understood it meant Shopping.  I suppose it's always possible I'm thoroughly immoral and sunk in depravity, but I’m much more disturbed about the reaction of the cleaners than about the bikesexuality. 
Being put on the sex offenders’ register with all the power that has to ruin your life? For this?  How much more victimless can a crime get?  Yes, yes, this is exactly what “Do not disturb” signs are for: but surely the right thing for the cleaners to do would have been to make their excuses and leave, like a good muck-raking journalist. 

For sure, have a good snigger about it afterwards.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KwYbrrKkdGw