Saturday 15 December 2007 7 biscuits for cheese

Friday 14 December 2007 7 drinking vessels

  1. Saxon Ale Bucket - made without foot or stand so that the contents had to be drunk before putting the container down.
  2. Norse Skull Cup – literally the skull of the Norse man’s enemy used in barbaric drinking sessions.
  3. Mazer – a drinking vessel made from maple wood.
  4. Fuddling Cup – a puzzle jug that would spill the contents when the drinker attempted to drink from it.
  5. Biblical Bottle – made from the complete skin of a kid.
  6. Black-jack – Made of a large piece of leather stitched up the back and often lined with pitch
  7. Toby Jug – Made from glazed pottery and shaped in the form of a rotund seated toper.

Thursday 13 December 2007 7 largest libraries in the World

  1. Library of Congress - Washington DC, USA - 29 million books
  2. National Library of China - Beijing, China - 22 million books
  3. Library of the Russian Academy of Sciences - St Petersburg, Russia - 20 million books
  4. National Library of Canada - Ottawa, Canada - 18.8 million books
  5. Deutsche Biblothek - Frankfurt, Germany - 18.5 million books
  6. British Library - London, England - 16 million books
  7. Institute for Scientific Information on Social Sciences of the Russian Academy of Sciences - Moscow, Russia - 13.5 Million Books

Wednesday 12 December 2007 7 tech/geek blogs well worth checking out

  1. Engadget
  2. Gizmodo
  3. Mashable
  4. TechCrunch
  5. GeekBrief.TV
  6. RIApedia
  7. GigaOM

Tuesday 11 December 2007 7 board games from my childhood

  1. Mousetrap
  2. Operation
  3. Buckaroo
  4. Kerplunk
  5. Pick-up-Monkeys
  6. Guess Who?
  7. Buccaneer

Monday 10 December 2007 7 facts about living with catarrh

Today's list was kindly donated by Bekie, thanks honey :)

  1. It can appear to others that you may have the lurgy, when you are in fact not remotely contagious
  2. At any given moment a sinal headache could attack and possibly debilitate you thereby ruining the rest of your day
  3. You spend a great deal of your life smelling like a peppermint/menthol tree
  4. On those rare occasions that your airways become completely clear, the sensation of fresh air can be so shocking that it makes your eyes water & you feel the urge to shout "Morning"!
  5. The phrase 'feeling a little under the weather' is literal
  6. Decongestants can leave you feeling as if you need to drink an entire Volvic factory
  7. Sometimes it can feel as though you are on a plane with a woolly sheep in your head and a leek stuck down your throat

Sunday 9 December 2007 7 things that were wrong with our carvery lunch today

  1. The white wine was only barely cold
  2. The 'waiter' said he'd get a wine cooler but it never appeared
  3. 'Roast' potatoes were terrible, really bad!
  4. Meat was carved too thick
  5. Sprouts were undercooked
  6. Gravy had been left standing so long it had a thick skin on the top
  7. The photocopied menus were printed so badly they were smeared with toner