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The definitive story of the Mastersingers, the Weather Forecast, and the Highway Code

Month after month, the Google searches that consistently bring visitors to this site have nothing to do with Tulsa or Oklahoma or Republican politics. This BatesLine entry is currently the number one result for any combination of two of the following four terms: "Master Singers," "Highway Code," "Weather Forecast," "Anglican...

Posted by Michael Bates on May 7, 2007 12:22 PM

And now the weather... in <strike>plainsong</strike> Anglican chant

A bit of Internet serendipity: The news reached me that longtime BBC weatherman Michael Fish was being put out to pasture for the sin of being almost 60 and not at all telegenic. I remember watching his nightly forecasts during business trips to the UK. The article was an op-ed...

Posted by Michael Bates on December 2, 2003 10:55 PM