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  • Still Life by Jill Wright

    Still Life

    Damn good.

  • Chuck a shoe at Bush

    Love this.

    http://www.sockandawe.com/

    :))

  • Recession-proof jobs

    Another list! wahey!

    According to MSN, these are the ten most recession-proof jobs.  I'm not too sure about the inclusion of construction workers, myself, but then what do I know.

    1. Human resources managers
    2. Construction workers
    3. Public relations professionals
    4. Teachers
    5. Midwifery
    6. IT Consultants
    7. Nursing
    8. Accountancy
    9. Oil workers
    10. Market researchers

    Source

    http://msn.careerbuilder.co.uk/Article/MSN-216-Job-Search-10-Growing-Jobs-Despite-the-Economy/?SiteId=int_ukmsn_a216hp&sc_extcmp=int_ukmsn_a216hp&GT1=62500

  • Who's in Trouble so far

    2009

    22 January: Threshers and Wine Rack off-licence  in talks

    12 January: Land of Leather in administration

    9 January: Cardfair and Card Warehouse chains close down

    7 January: Viyella in administration

    7 January: Miller Brothers, electrical goods retailer in administration

    6 January: Passion for Perfume - redundancies

    5 January: Adams childrenswear in administration

    5 January: Waterford Wedgwood in administration

    2008

    30 December: Olan Mills set to enter administration

    29 December: USC fashion chain enters administration

    24 December: Zavvi, formerly Virgin Megastores, appoints administrators

    23 December: Officers Club in administration

    23 December: Whittard of Chelsea bought out of "pre-pack administration" by  Epic

    12 December: Strategy Retail group that includes Fads, in administration

    4 December: The Pier collapses in administration

    26 November: Woolworths in administration

    26 November: MFI in administration

    21 November: MK One fashion in administration

    10 October: Hardy Amies files for administration

    1 October: Miss Sixty fashion (Energie fashion brand) in administration

    26 September: Joy clothes/homeware in administration

    26 September: Rosebys calls in administration

    25 September: Willis Gambier in administration (furniture supplier to Marks & Spencer and John Lewis)

    4 August: Wrapit internet wedding list company in crisis

    21 July: Floors-2-Go collapses

    3 July: Sofa chain ScS Upholstery rescued by Sun European Partners

    26 June: Ilva danish furniture UK business in administration

    21 May: MK One chain in administration only 3wks after being acquired by Hilco

    12 May: New Heights shuts all its shops

    15 April: Ethel Austin collapses

    1 April: Sleep Depot in administration

    1 April: Toyzone in administration

    11 February: Base in administration

    10 February: Elvi in administration

    1 February: The Works in administration

    28 January: Stead & Simpson bought out of administration by Shoe Zone

    21 January: Dolcis in administration

    Jan 07: Blooming Marvellous tbc

  • That Charlotte Church advert

    What is that tv advert she does so professionally - you know, the one that looks like she's been drinking heavily at various nightclubs for 5 hours and has ended up dancing with a freaky armadillo that looks like it's come straight out of a Stephen King novel.

    Mind you, I'm sure we've all had nights out like that, though.

  • My favourite collective nouns (... Groups of Things!)

    a shrewdness of apes
    a coalition of cheetahs
    an intrusion of cockroaches
    a murder of crows
    a charm of goldfinches
    a troubling of goldfish
    a bazaar of guillemots
    an array of hedgehogs
    a bloat of hippopotami
    a train of jackdaws
    a smack of jellyfish
    a deceit of lapwings
    an exaltation of larks
    a tiding of magpies
    a richness of martens
    a romp of otters
    a parliament of owls
    a rhumba of rattlesnakes
    a conspiracy of ravens
    a surfeit of skunks
    a murmuration of starlings
    a mustering of storks
    a mutation of thrushes
    a knot of toads
    a hover of trout
    a pitying of turtledoves
    a descent of woodpeckers

    This guy has loads more...
    http://www.vigay.com/nouns/

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