This is the fun part, because the main inspiration for me to write these guilty pleasure posts was finding three delightful YouTube videos of Stephen Fry talking about his various “guilty pleasures”.
Stephen is best known as an English media personality who has done an enormous variety of work in TV, film, radio, theatre and [...]
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Posted on August 09th, 2009 in Notable Scanners, Video
During a trip to France earlier this year, while walking through the city of Perpignan, I was very pleased to discover this street named after Benjamin Franklin, the 18th century American statesman.
That name plate is in French, as you might expect, but over on the other side of the street I saw another one in [...]
Posted on June 06th, 2009 in About Scanners, Video
I wonder if any of you Scanners have had as many different jobs as the man in this song?
It’s performed by Irish folk band The Dubliners and the singer is Sean Cannon
Here are the words so you can sing along.
The Dublin Jack of All Trades
Oh I am a roving sporting blade, they call me Jack [...]
