An Age of Magic

Were you foogled by Google…?

Google have finally come out and explained that mysterious doodles on their search engine masthead had a real purpose; they were to celebrate the birthday of science fiction author H. G. Wells. Now if one had had a Canon camera back then what would Wells have thought…?

The doodles were a UFO and strange crop circles and had the online world abuzz as to what Google were getting at. Each day has seen different drawings but each carried a clue pointing towards the birthdate of Wells – the final being a scene from War of the Worlds. Old Herbert George would be pleased; he would be 143 years old and he fooled people back in 1898 with his stories of mars and martians just as Google flummoxed a more sophisticated audience today.

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How many days until Xmas…?

Doesn’t bear thinking about does it? my two youngest kids have not yet cottoned on that we only have around 90 days left until santa comes calling but my three elder offspring are fully aware of the closeness of it all.

Luckily – for some reason – I am on top of things Xmas-wise so far to date. I don’t know why I am so organised this year but it is a godd feeling. I have most of the gift list sorted and having saved diligently over recent months I wont be relying on the piece of plastic to pay for everything. My eldest son wants a playstation 3 which is going to be tricky as he lives abroad from me so I am thinking I will be putting the money into his account and he can go from there.

Basically this year the boys will be getting three very nice presents each plus the usual sweets/nic-nax and clothes. I have been dropping some hints here and there about what I want…a bottle of Gucci perfume will do me. I hope they have picked up on the clues!

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