On the stereogram:

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On the bookshelf:

Too late for this year, maybe for next? Letters from Bad Santa.

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Sports quotes from 2004:

"'What the f**k's a rhetorical question?'
Steve Bruce, the Birmingham manager, fields a post-match query."

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A complete list of the BBC radio streams. Useful when combined with Net Transport.

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Mountain Goats photos from the last tour and recording sessions.

There's nothing tMG fans like better than completing their 'Going To...' collection. One gig provides both Cleveland and Bristol:

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Delia Smith once flirted with the Tractor Boys?

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Macclesfield 'the least cultured place' in Britain.

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You remember the Genesis probe, it returned last year with examples of solar particles but plunged into Utah, instead of slowly floating down on parachutes. Well they found the reason:

"The Mishap Investigation Board has concluded that the crash was the result of an error in the plans for the spacecraft, which caused two gravity sensors to be fitted upside down."

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Really good Telegraph article on the 50 best cover versions. Some great ones for me to track down, including:

"45 Rock el Casbah - Rachid Taha, 2004
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16 Billie Jean - Shinehead, 1984
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10 Mr Bojangles - Nina Simone, 1971"

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