Whereas it takes me dozens of words to explain just how wet and windy it has been in the NE of the USA, a more eloquent and efficient blogger than most of us scribbles a couple of words, plonks them down at strategic points on a timeline, and then heads off to the bar for a celebration drink.

There was probably more to it than that, but the simplicity of Where It Stands is genius.

The weathermen are geniuses

I would far rather some old frumpy farmer scratched his warts and told me his opinion, than listen to some overpaid wannabe weather sexpot person with a blue screen and bluey white smile. I cannot stand it when they insinuate that they know what is going to happen over the coming few days. They are charlatans.

Hurricane "Right Charlies"

When the one and only hurricane of note in UK history took out the south of England, the weatherman that night cracked a little joke and made himself look a right charlie to the nation (idiot to you and me!) He was last heard assuring Mrs Smith from Dover that she needn't worry about hurricanes, because the storm was probably going to fizzle out in the English channel and at worst would froth up a few waves.

I was sent over a newspaper cutting and had a giggle at the pictures of a town called Sevenoaks. It had been called that for centuries, for a reason, but not after the eye of the storm ripped out all but 2 of their famous trees and deposited them somewhere in London! (I exaggerate, but you get the idea.)

So, let's hear it for Where It Stands and long may he continue to sum up the world's events in a few quick strokes of the pen with the minimum amount of technology possible.

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The BBC are pretty good at nature films. Their wildlife unit based in Bristol has produced loads of classic footage using incredible camera work: birds in flight carrying cameras strapped to their legs; lions mating with lenses stuck to their nuts, and gazelles feasting on grass that is actually a mini camera designed to trace the path of the foodstuff as it travels through the gazelles' stomachs and out their agile asses.

The latest development on a BBC wildlife theme is a wolf hunt filmed from a helicopter 2 miles above ground. Owooooooooooo. Clever stuff innit!