The World According To Dan

Random photos, TV, politics and anything else that comes into view

Blogs I read

TMZ.com

Byron Scott Gloats Over Lakers' Sale Topping Celtics', 'We Beat Them By 3.9 Billion!' - The Lakers' rivalry with the Celtics apparently extends way further than the hardwood -- as Byron Scott was all smiles on Thursday realizing the sale of L....
PoliticalBetting.com

Apologising for Brexit - Monday is the ninth anniversary of when the United Kingdom voted to impose economic sanctions on itself and it is no surprise pollsters are polling and whi...
Guido Fawkes

Borrowing Higher Than Expected in May Despite Reeves Tax Rises - New figures from the Office for National Statistics show public sector borrowing was at £17.7 billion in May – £0.7 billion higher than the same month la...
FAIL Blog

'Influencer' with 14k followers begs for a 90% discount at a local small business: 'You’ll regret this. I’ll just tell my followers how out of touch you are, and they won’t shop here.' - We all like a good clothing deal, but there's a time and a place for bartering, especially at a local small business. There's a certain appreciation and ...
Iain Dale's Diary

The Tablet Reviews my Margaret Thatcher Book - By Adrian Smith It’s Margaret Thatcher’s centenary this year. For anyone middle-aged or older it seems impossible – is it really 100 years since she was ...
Awkward Family Photos

What The Duck? - “My mom thought it would be sweet to hire this living hell of a duck to my 3rd birthday party. This photo was taken seconds before I started screaming an...
Ben Charlton

Texas-style Chilli - This is my variation on Kenji López-Alt’s recipe for Texas-style Chilli adjusted for someone who has very limited tolerance to spicy heat and issues with...
Radiac's Diary

A Pretty Good Year - After the disaster that was 2023, my 2024 was pretty good, so I thought if I share the bad the least I can do is share the good! If my year had a theme, ...
FT.com Westminster

Markets latest: GameStop closes up 68% – as it happened - *All the latest as a wild week on Wall Street, which pitted Redditors against hedge funds, comes to a close.* Read more
There, I Fixed It.

Epic DIY Chainsaw Fails Video Compilation - It’s funny that you need a license to fish, hunt, own a gun, drive a car, and work as a manicurist a nail salon, but there’s no such requirement for owni...
Anna Raccoon

My campaign is bearing fruit. - Not sure if I can do this but I will do my best. The disease is progressing and today I have had my medication pushed up to 300 ml of Ketamine and 275ml of...
Chase Me Charlie

new look 6262, part 2 - So far it all seems to be going ok. I accidentally cut the back bodice piece a size smaller than I needed, but it still seems to fit alright so I’m not to...
Bagehot's Notebook

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Benedict Brogan

RIP Benny Green – the boy who brought black Britain to a generation of schoolkids - IT'S perhaps no surprise that the death of Terry Sue-Patt, the actor who played Benny Green in the BBC school drama Grange Hill, is one of the most-read it...
Cranmer

Canon Andrew White deserves a knighthood - He doesn't care about temporal honours, of course. You only have to hear the 'Vicar of Baghdad' preach, or take a few minutes to watch the above short fi...
Peace. Of. Analeigh.

It is a Sunday, and I wanted to find my disjointed thoughts in front of me. For me. - There was an old wicker bird cage, canary yellow, that sat on some unnecessary piece of furniture in a lovely, but unnecessary room we fittingly dubbed the...
Torah Club

A Simple Noahide - This is something I learnt during my die-trying seeking for conversion to Judaism. There is a beauty in Judaism that it does not require you to be Jewish...
Henry Porter

I'm off, but the struggle for civil liberties must go on | Henry Porter - With the new government promising to respect our civil liberties, I think now is a good time for me to bow out This is my last post for liberty central, a ...
The Carrie Prejean

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