I’m Rob Ousbey.I work online at Distilled, you can find me at Ousbey.com or talk to me at my Rob Ousbey twitter page.Tumblr (3.0; @robousbey)http://robousbey.tumblr.com/<img src="http://2.media.tumblr.com/LrVWCG5Sxjgspt63CkCEPcmho1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>London was covered in snow today so we got down to the park, to play at being 5 years old again.</p> <p>Except now, we can make bigger snowmen.</p>http://robousbey.tumblr.com/post/75041016http://robousbey.tumblr.com/post/75041016Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:42:00 -0500snowsnowman<p>Each year, every family manages to collect a few bad taste christmas presents. Right?</p> <p>Here are three of my favourites from this Xmas:</p> <h2>Lego Pirate Ship</h2> <p>After the Somalian pirate attacks in late 2008, it really ought to be time to villanise pirates, not celebrate their stereotype. But just look how cool it is; the captain even has a wooden leg and a hook for a hand!</p> <p><img src="http://data.tumblr.com/LrVWCG5Sxi8qqjq1f4sq47epo1_500.jpg" width="430"/></p> <h2>Monopoly</h2> <p>Going bankrupt is no longer something to take lightheartedly. Playing Monopoly this Christmas was not as fun as usual - instead it brought home the very real possibility of losing your house to a man in a sportscar - or just going to jail for being in the wrong place at the wrong time.</p> <p>It also makes you realise that £200 suddenly looks like a good wage again to lots of people.</p> <p><img src="http://data.tumblr.com/LrVWCG5Sxi8r65ukpi5XEMHao1_500.jpg" height="371" width="430"/></p> <h2>The Manchurian Candidate</h2> <p>A vision of the 2008 election that features a black guy, a war hero and a feisty old white woman. Time to let the dust settle on this one for a bit, don’t you think?</p> <p><img src="http://data.tumblr.com/LrVWCG5Sxi8rc043cv0mSapNo1_500.jpg" width="430"/></p> <p>(Thanks to <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/mondayne">mondayne</a> for the Monopoly photo, and to <a href="http://www.lego.com">Lego</a> for being awesome.)</p>http://robousbey.tumblr.com/post/68002509http://robousbey.tumblr.com/post/68002509Fri, 02 Jan 2009 14:19:00 -0500monopolylego pirate shippiratesmanchurian candidate<p>This Christmas, my family’s dinner menu included:</p> <ul> <li>25th December - Turkey Dinner</li> <li>26th December - Turkey Sandwiches</li> <li>27th December - Turkey Stock & Vegetable Soup</li> <li>28th December - Turkey Curry</li> <li>29th December - Turkey Casserole</li> <li>30th December - Turkey Sushi</li> <li>31st December - Turkey and Sweetcorn Chinese Soup</li> </ul> <p>It all seemed strangely reminiscent of this Fawlty Towers scene:</p> <p> <object height="344" width="425" codebase="http://download.macromedia.com/pub/shockwave/cabs/flash/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"> <param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <param name="src" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/dLgYPKbNvVE&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0"> <embed height="344" width="425" src="http://www.youtube.com/v/dLgYPKbNvVE&hl=en&fs=1&rel=0" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object> </p> <p>Also, here are some of my recent sushi creations:</p> <p><img title="turkey sushi" alt="turkey sushi" src="http://data.tumblr.com/LrVWCG5Sxi5gjqioJlpcimF6o1_400.jpg"/></p>http://robousbey.tumblr.com/post/67692491http://robousbey.tumblr.com/post/67692491Wed, 31 Dec 2008 12:58:00 -0500turkeychristmassushifawlty towers<p>for <a href="http://www.ousbey.com">Rob</a>.</p>http://robousbey.tumblr.com/post/60094306http://robousbey.tumblr.com/post/60094306Mon, 17 Nov 2008 06:08:38 -0500