The Beer Dinner
Stan Hieronymus is hosting this month’s Session, asking bloggers:
If you could invite four people dead or alive to a beer dinner who would they be? What four beers would you serve? Read the rest of this entry »
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Putting off what could be done tomorrow, today
December 1, 2016
Advent Calendar 2016: Day One
A Christmas tree sat in one of those weird public private spaces. Or are they private public spaces? The sort of place you can wander into, but is essentially private land. It often replicates public space, is a square, or an avenue, or similar, but is in fact owned by someone. And that someone can ask you to leave at any time. It is only public on their terms, for as long as they want, and for whom they choose. The security guards are discreet, but ever-present. The even more discreet signs convey your rights, or lack thereof, within the space. By entering the space you agree to being stopped and searched etc etc. I wondered if someone would stop me taking the photo. I moved on before they had the chance.
November 4, 2016
The price of a pint
The latest edition of monthly beer blogging activity The Session asks bloggers to “capture ONE thing you think we will see MORE of with an explanation of the idea.” Here are my brief thoughts on a Beer Future. Read the rest of this entry »
October 28, 2016
Reggae and ‘Rain’ in Abbey Wood
There is a particularly interesting Kickstarter project looking for funds to produce a book that retraces classic reggae record sleeve photographs taken in London. Glancing through all the recreations, where the original cover is held up in front of the scene now, one site looked familiar. Read the rest of this entry »
October 24, 2016
Phoenix Sports 0 Bury Town 3
Charles Reep has a lot to answer for. Excuse me a brief and rather shaky history of the long ball game. Retired RAF Wing Commander Reep was an amateur statistician, who from studying football in the 1950s came up with a number of concepts. There was the “3-pass optimisation rule” – that a higher percentage of goals come from three passes in the build-up, as opposed to more passes prior to a shot taking place. He also came up with the concept of “9 shots per goal”, that on average there is goal for every nine shots on goal. Read the rest of this entry »
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