Laughton Road

The BBC is reporting that there will be horrible amounts of engineering work taking place on lines used by most of the major UK rail companies. And this comes after the AA themselves are predicting congestion to kingdom come as people visit DIY stores and garden centres, according to the story.
Everything is bad, bad, bad [...]

A list has been released, all about the places in England best known for planned car crashes. Or, at least, the places where they happen most frequently.
It seems the north of England dominates it. Junctions in Burnley and Stockport make the top five, and another location in Lancashire lies at number nine.
But it’s Centenary Way [...]

Who knew 140 characters could do so much?
The power of Twitter, (and the speed of such power showing itself), was perfectly demonstrated earlier today by Neil Gaiman, best-selling author of The Graveyard Book, Coraline, and American Gods (among numerous others) — has edited a book of short stories from all sorts of wonderful writers.
When he [...]

Every time I hear someone criticize Tebow’s irregular throwing motion, I chuckle a little bit inside. Because to me, it’s like saying you don’t want Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi on your team because they kick the ball in slightly odd ways.
It even sounds ridiculous. Aren’t high school and college supposed to form a bit [...]

There’s something about Britain’s Got Talent.
Acts like this amazing, dancing dog, perhaps. Or maybe it’s this sort of mind-boggling backwards dancing. But whatever it is, there is certainly something about the show.
When the dog first came on, I was worried that the act would be ludicrous, but it was hilarous, and actually very well done. [...]

I have never watched the NFL draft before, so watching it last night — or the first round of it, at least — was quite an exciting experience.
There were a few players in it who I had watched occasionally, which, I suppose, made it a little bit more compelling than some of the other drafts. [...]

I have a habit of Googling things when I need quick answers to problems, and more often than not find that there are other people who have gone through, or are going through, the same sort of situation.
So today, I decided to look up information on loans online, just to soothe my worries. Or try [...]

The Creative Artists Agency has a history of excellence in the sports and entertainment field. Its clients are people like Brad Pitt, George Clooney, Oprah Winfrey, and Will Smith. Footballers like David Beckham and Cristiano Ronaldo are also enrolled, alongside American sporting superstars like LeBron James and Peyton Manning.
So when it was announced that they [...]

In what is perhaps the biggest advert for using banks that I’ve seen in a while, the Independent have an article here which makes for difficult reading.
One of Britain’s leading National Hunt trainers, along with his wife, was robbed of more than £100,000 after thieves smashed their way into their home and forced them [...]

Bankers earn big bonuses.
It’s the way of the world, I suppose.
But it still amazes me. Of course, in that field, their money is made through bonuses — or the big money, anyway. And if they weren’t paid such bonuses by their companies, they would just be lured elsewhere by other companies willing to pay them [...]