Month: January 2016

Miss Hurd strikes again

An Italian libertarian tells me that she and some friends booked to Burning Man were surprised to land in Solihull. Refugees from London are now rowing up the M6 to Burning Man aka Birmingham, Brighton and then Bath and Bristol having become too expensive, but best British value is still to be found in Boro,…

Drinking in Spain is better for your health

Binge drinking in the UK starts at 14 units, in Spain at 35. Must be the sunshine. Someone commented that he’d prefer an extremely painful fatal liver cancer to rotting away when neither he nor anyone else can remember who he is, but in fairness to the Health Taliban the latter syndrome is already affecting…

At last, a use for the new bridge at Talavera de la Reina

Heart attack territory, just watching it. The Puente de Castilla-La Mancha, the highest bridge in Spain, is a 74 million euro white elephant that deserves to be better known. But Jesus. More. And unlike the Spanish I didn’t mention testicles or ani.

Christmas carousels

Impossible automata for my street organ this holiday season. Featuring Georg Büchner, Ignaz Bruder, German Christmas pyramids, dancing Hasidim, Lieutenant Kijé as you’ve probably never seen it, Le Tigre, and a crustacean.

Types of (German) Christmas pyramid.