The World According To Dan

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

Blogs I read

TMZ.com

Jaime King's Husband Austin Sosa Files For Divorce - Jaime King's second husband, banker Austin Sosa, is withdrawing from their marriage ... because he just filed for divorce. Austin beelined it to court Thur...
FAIL Blog

The Old Members in the Academy Still Love Their Boomer Bait - Many of the surprises from today's Oscar nominations probably shouldn't have been surprises in hindsight. [image: An "Oscars Movie Checklist" and "Ballot" ...
PoliticalBetting.com

We changed Prime Ministers during both World Wars - This story from Politics Home is interesting simply because the desperation of Sir Keir Starmer and his allies. They really do fear being ousted if Andy Bu...
Guido Fawkes

David Lammy Gains Just 25 Followers Day After Launching TikTok - Last night David Lammy became the latest Cabinet minister to launch his own TikTok. His first post is a video of him running around in Ukraine. Missing the...
Iain Dale's Diary

Trump on Greenland: Can't. Shan't. Won't. - Yesterday, Donald Trump did what he does best. He surprised us all by saying he would impose tariffs on various European countries, including the UK, unl...
Awkward Family Photos

I’m Not Really Lovin’ It - “My mom trusted sitting her baby boy on the terrifying clown’s lap. I think the balloon was my cry for help.” (submitted by James) The post I’m Not R...
Ben Charlton

Volkswagen Takata Airbag Mess in 2025 - Starting in 2013, many vehicle manufacturers recalled vehicles fitted with faulty airbag inflators made by Takata Corporation. Over 100 million airbags h...
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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