http://rg-d.com/BioLOG Biologging for fun and profit since 1994 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:35:31 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en It is with deep regret that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the deaths of Corporal Sarah Bryant of the Intelligence Corps, Corporal Sean Robert Reeve of the Royal Signals, Lance Corporal Richard Larkin and Paul Stout in Afghanistan on Tuesday 17 June 2008. http://rg-d.com/BioLOG/2008/06/19/corporal-sarah-bryant-corporal-sean-reeve-lance-corporal-richard-larkin-and-paul-stout/ Mark Thatcher famously got lost in the Paris-Dakar rally. And now he's accused plotting to overthrow a (admittedly very minor) government? I think they might have the wrong man. http://rg-d.com/BioLOG/2008/06/19/from-the-have-we-got-the-right-man-department/ It is with deep sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the deaths of Lance Corporal James Bateman and Private Jeff Doherty of 2nd Battalion The Parachute Regimenton Thursday 12 June 2008 in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. http://rg-d.com/BioLOG/2008/06/14/113/ Crappy day.  Reading about Paras being blown up by suicide twats doesn't help. This, however, makes me feel a bit better: Credit http://rg-d.com/BioLOG/2008/06/11/this-cheers-me-up/ It is with deep regret that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the deaths of Private Nathan Cuthbertson, Private Daniel Gamble and Private Charles Murray of 2 PARA on Sunday 8 June 2008 in Helmand Province, Afghanistan. Private Gamble was 22. Ptes Cuthbertson and Murray were both 19 when ... http://rg-d.com/BioLOG/2008/06/11/privates-nathan-cuthbertson-daniel-gamble-and-charles-murray/ From the school newsletter: He gazed up at the enormous face. Forty years it had taken him to learn what kind of smile was hidden beneath the dark moustache. O cruel needless misunderstanding! O stubborn, self-willed exile from the loving beast. Two gin-scented tears trickled down the sides of his nose. ... http://rg-d.com/BioLOG/2008/06/08/he-loved-big-brother/ English place names have a special place in my heart. To some of them we owe a debt that never can be repaid. Yesterday, we said goodbye to Bentley Priory. And this piece of art is remarkable: http://rg-d.com/BioLOG/2008/05/31/bentley-priory/ It is with deep sadness that the Ministry of Defence has confirmed the death of James Thompson in Afghanistan on 19 May 2008. http://rg-d.com/BioLOG/2008/05/31/james-thompson/ To observe, to trade (on our terms) and occasionally fight the French & Germans. http://rg-d.com/BioLOG/2008/05/30/why-were-in-europe/ It is with deep sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of Marine Dale Gostick, of 3 Troop Armoured Support Company, Royal Marines, in Afghanistan on Sunday 25 May 2008. http://rg-d.com/BioLOG/2008/05/27/marine-dale-gostick/ You'd have to go quite a way to find a nation (excepting the Islamic ones, natch) as misogynist and racist and fond of bestiality as Australia. However, in Perth at least things might be changing*. There's a particular weasel (and that's slightly unfair; some of my best friends are weasels) who happens ... http://rg-d.com/BioLOG/2008/05/14/quok-happens-in-rottnest/ And in breaking news, two photos I took have made it into an online guidebook to Australia! They are of the Sydney Olympic Aquatic Centre and Floriade. The originals are at Flickr: http://rg-d.com/BioLOG/2008/05/06/fame/ It is with deep sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm that Trooper Ratu Babakobau of the Household Cavalry Regiment was killed on Friday 2 May 2008, in Helmand, Afghanistan. http://rg-d.com/BioLOG/2008/05/04/trooper-ratu-babakobau/ Compare and contrast:   1. 2.  "Oops"   http://rg-d.com/BioLOG/2008/04/30/shepherds-pie/ Went fishing today. Some more pics at the other place. http://rg-d.com/BioLOG/2008/04/27/down-to-the-river-to-pray/ It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of Trooper Robert Pearson from the Queen's Royal Lancers Regiment in Afghanistan yesterday, Monday 21 April 2008. http://rg-d.com/BioLOG/2008/04/24/trooper-robert-pearson/ For over a year now the F1s have been using the old strawberry-coloured iMac. I set them up with a shared account, and a password that we all knew. That's bad of me, but as secure as was needed in this environment. This week Sophie (8) has been bugging ... http://rg-d.com/BioLOG/2008/04/20/with-great-power-comes-great-responsibility/ http://rg-d.com/BioLOG/2008/04/16/move-over-goring/ It is with great sadness that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the deaths of Senior Aircraftman Graham Livingstone of the Royal Air Force Regiment and Senior Aircraftman Gary Thompson of the Royal Auxiliary Air Force Regiment on Sunday 13 April 2008 in Afghanistan. http://rg-d.com/BioLOG/2008/04/15/senior-aircraftman-graham-livingstone-and-senior-aircraftman-gary-thompson/ Conversation at dinner this evening moved on to the Olympics, and Tibet, and things. We tried to remember where the Olympics were held in 2004. Sophie (8 and a quarter!) informed us it was Athens, and we all chorussed "Two thousand was Sydney!". Sophie put her hand on her ... http://rg-d.com/BioLOG/2008/04/15/too-smart-for-her-own-good/