The Blogfather is back

Tim Blair has returned from his trip to the states, where he was doing some post-graduate work in American sociological studies. Elsewhere in Blairistan…

A day in the life of Boy on a Bike.

Bingbing wonders who’s funding the Occupy Wall St. protests. You’ll never guess who it is.

One presumes that it is only a matter of time before Mr. Bingley begins pouring boiling oil from the roof-top of his office building on the vermin-infested heads of the barbarians.

Parenting: You’re doin’ it wrong, says El Cid (I agree, of course).

Miss Red provides a very interesting specimen of what, I believe, is known as a “photo bomb” (look closely; I almost missed it).

Licking stamps in Australia: You’re doin’ it wrong (or are you?)

Ok, ferris wheels are now off my list.

Richard McEnroe provides some valuable assistance in identifying different breeds of Labradors.

I’m convinced that Swampy is the literary successor to Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings (by the way, I’m with Swamp Man on the Brussels sprouts affair).

Is ‘strine making headway in other countries? Gavin Atkins looks at the evidence.

That wild man of the web, TimT, has hit upon a (typically) ingenious new marketing scheme.

Steve at the Pub recounts the history of an extraordinarily crafty customer.