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Graham Patterson spotted this doll’s head, which has been adapted to work as a child’s night light. Surely the only thing that could be more relaxing to fall asleep next to would be Frankenstein’s monster in his jimjams… CONGRATULATIONS to the fiery young Airdrie writer Len Pennie, who has been named Poet Laureate for the St Andrew’s Society of Los Angeles.
The Diary didn’t even realise there was a Scots population in LA that was sizable enough to have its own St Andrew’s Society. Then we recalled that famous Celtic resident of Hollywood, and star of such movies as One Flew Over The Cuckoo’s Nest and The Shining.
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There has been no development on the property since St. Michael’s Episcopal Church was torn down in 2018. (Charlene Medders/WUFT News)
Decision On Former St. Michael’s Episcopal Church Property Heads To Gainesville City Commission
By Charlene Medders
February 26, 2021
The Gainesville City Plan Board was split in its decision on Thursday to deny or approve petitions to change the land use and rezone the property that once featured St. Michael’s Episcopal Church.
After four and a half hours of discussion, board members ended with a tie vote, 3-3, on both decisions to either approve or deny the proposed plans for land use change and to rezone the property.
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We often publish signposts that make our readers laugh, though this one, spotted by Kenneth Eastham in Quebec, Canada, has managed to give itself a fit of the giggles
Single-minded CRIME scribe Ian Rankin has been using his pugnacious puzzling abilities to complete a jigsaw. Which initially sounds rather impressive. Though further investigation reveals it was a Beatles jigsaw, though only of Paul McCartney’s face. Which is about as impressive as completing a Lulu jigsaw that only includes one Lu.
Gabbing greens WE recently revealed that American scientists have taught spinach how to send emails. An unimpressed David Donaldson argues that there’s nothing new about plant communication. “We’ve had SAGE telling us what to do for a year now,” he points out.