Unintelligent Design

So... Nick Griffin on Question Time. Interesting viewing - I don't think he did terribly well.

Opinions?

...sparked by a conversation last night, I've been idly trying to track down the source of the phrase.

Wikipedia is uncharacteristically unhelpful on this (redirect to optimism) - however, a few websites seem to state that it goes back to Victorian times and colour therapy, when patients suffering from depression would be given glasses with pink lenses...?

Not sure how reliable that is, though. Do any of you happen to know any more about it?

...my timing this year has been less than perfect. The garden's been doing quite well - or, at least, was doing ok until the building work started. I've now got a few crops that never quite got a proper chance, plus a couple more that I'd be happy to cook if I only had a working cooker.

Today's solution to that problem was to wander down the road and use Elaine's cooker instead, which gave me a chance to try another recipe from Nigel Slater's kitchen garden cookbook, Tender. 

Baked marrow, minced pork.  Specifically, that's marrow baked with lemon juice, olive oil, mint and garlic - plus chilli-spiced pork mince with dill, parsley and a little more garlic. Not bad. I think my marrow might have taken well to another few minutes in the oven, but the mint and lemon do make it rather flavoursome. I might use a little more chilli next time, too...

...but it worked rather well, and there will be a next time. The book's also given me a few more ideas for other things to do with marrows, which may be just as well. Not sure I'll get any more this year, but I'll certainly be growing 'em again next year... :)

Tender, in general, seems pretty good (this is the second recipe I've tried - the first one being a coleslaw variant, which I'll also be using again). Between this, the River Cottage Veg Patch book and Sophie Grigson's Vegetable Bible, I've now got a fairly comprehensive list of suggestions for serving up anything I might happen to grow.

Now I just need that working cooker again!

Is it just me, or is Facebook misbehaving at the moment?

The last few months have been busy and expensive. I suspect that's pretty much routine when you're having building work done on your house - but never having had anything on this scale done before, it's fairly new to me (the bathroom was disruptive... but took under two weeks).

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The latest comics project from Warren Ellis - Supergod (preview of first issue)

Aside from the comic itself; which looks interesting, the preview interface is rather nice - don't think I've seen this one before.

On a related note, Mr Ellis also has his latest Wired column online - in which he explains why the BBC should re-run Thunderbirds instead of re-making Just William. He may have a point. He also drifts a little towards some of the topics raised in the aforementioned Supergod. Worth a look.

Marvel Comics appears to have purchased the rights to the original Marvelman stories - and possibly Miracleman as well

Interesting. Especially in light of Gaiman's recent work for them... I wonder if this means we might get to see the end of the Silver Age?

Now, if someone would just republish Morrison's Zenith, I'd be happy. :)