(noun) Sudden-death overtime is a relatively new introduction into the world of football (soccer), where “extra time” used to be played in full, occasionally allowing both teams to score thereby…

Last Sunday Kim and I took the train into the city and paid a visit to the Victoria and Albert museum. Known locally as the V & A, the museum…

I finally did it. I got a crude automated system up and running. Let me know what you think of the design and usability. Suggestions are always welcome. Someday soon…

Today we drove about ninety minutes from Bracknell and spent some time touring the birthplace of Winston Churchill. The palace, the current home of the 11th Duke of Marlborough, sits…

We spent our first Saturday in the country by wandering around London. It was supposed to be sunny all day, but that changed and we left to come home a…

We did a little road trip one Saturday out to Stonehenge and the old English city of Bath. Stonehenge was cool, but because of foot and mouth much of the…

Watching TV news the other day we learned that there is a group of Swedish scientists currently scanning Loch Ness with high-end sonar looking for the famous monster. They have…

We got some first-hand experience with British customer service one of our first weeks here. There was a digital satellite box attached to our TV when we moved in, but…

(noun) Since water pressure in the UK is so low, most homes come equipped with a pump that guarantees a bather with enough water to get the shampoo out of…

During the last weekend in April, Kim and I spent four days wandering the streets of Paris, the city that hosted our honeymoon three years earlier. It did rain a…