tiny world review

moving times

2007-06-08T14:42:00.000+01:00

I'm just dropping a note to say I've moved again. Here.

a short weight

2007-06-05T13:56:00.000+01:00

Two routers later and I "might" have solved my connection problem. Some niggles, nothing serious. About 1.5 to 2 Mbps on the XP desktop and a mighty 4.5 to 5.5 Mbps on the Ubuntu Linux laptop.Back to the point. These numbers are important. I am a 5'7" ish giant who weighs 82.4 Kg, 181.5 lbs or 12st 13lbs depending on where in the world you hail from. My intention in January was to lose 1lb a

connectathon

2007-05-27T02:39:00.000+01:00

Am I dead? No. But my computer is, or rather my ISP.Without wishing to bore I've been having problems with my ISP's speed and connection since they upgraded the line to ADSL2+. It seems my router is incompatible with speeds above 2Mb.So most of my pc time has been spent fiddling.Not content with dealing with 1 issue I ordered a replacement CPU from Thailand for my ageing pc to give it a slight

Planets in alignment

2007-05-18T17:33:00.000+01:00

I need to make this short. Business meeting in Edinburgh yesterday culminating in dinner in a glass boardroom on top of building directly overlooking Edinburgh Castle. Mojitos and Bisongrass followed in Tiger Lily chased by deep fried Mars bar. Back to Malmaison for a drink (or two) and bed at 2.30am.5.20am, my alarm call to get up to catch an early flight home accompanied by my boss to spend the

no tastey tastey

2007-05-10T11:50:00.000+01:00

Do you remember when it was possible to have fun without feeling some sense of endangerment.I wish I hadn't read this?

tittle tattle

2007-05-03T01:15:00.000+01:00

Breasts. Two of my favourite words, if you know what I mean. I could look at them all day. No matter how hard I try to avert my eyes they always lock on, Exocet style. A friend of mine got a new pair last week. She's not what I'd call an attractive girl. Not ugly in any sense either, a bit too skinny perhaps. Her 34As were not doing it for her so she spent £4000 on an upgrade seeing as her

Predictaholic

2007-04-26T00:04:00.000+01:00

Time ticks by doesn't it? Been doing a bit of drifting. My declining post rate is down to work. I've been away a bit and when I've been home I've given myself more to do than previously which in turn generates more calls and ..... so the cycle escalates. It's not like I'm killing myself, I'm just finding new creative ways to spread 8 hours work over 17, who says executive training isn't

Don't stare into it's eyes......

2007-04-17T01:07:00.000+01:00

Here's a small update on the menace that has been taking over all aspects of my life over the last 2/3 years.Don't let it's diminutive form fool you. It is evil.It will not comply with simple requests or listen or be generally agreeable unless eithera/ a treat orb/ Scooby-Doo are involved.It does not like cleanliness or developing anything close to a regular sleep pattern.It is the "Why?" machine

Alakazaam

2007-04-10T00:45:00.000+01:00

My Mini-me is 3. She's smart. For a three year old. Knows the alphabet, can count, write her own name but struggles with chaos theory and astro-photometry. Pffft! Slacker. Now to the point; I am particularly glide-tastic in my movement. What I mean is I can walk into a room, stand behind someone for a couple of minutes and scare the be-Jaysus out of them when they eventually realise I'm there. So

£s and lbs

2007-04-05T10:40:00.000+01:00

A change of job last October and some better application has seen me earn a few pounds bonus this quarter. Should get it in my pay this month so I've already made a list of things I need or want. It starts off with a new suit (or two) and finishes off with a bike, camera lens and hard drive camcorder. Obviously, although at the top of the list, the suit will be bought last, if at all.On the

pics and sticks

2007-03-28T09:44:00.000+01:00

The Golden Wedding Anniversary party went off without a hitch. My parents didn't have a clue until the minute they walked through the door into the room at the venue we'd hired for the day. They were instantly knocked over by the emotion. About 70 people had turned up, friends and family, and they got round them all over the following few hours.I'd repaired old photos and blown some original

the office

2007-03-21T14:54:00.000Z

In my job there's two things I hate. Most. 1/ people not returning calls. These are the same people who would be leaving me sharp, angry messages on my voicemail or email if the situation was reversed. " This is the 2nd time I've left a message. I'd have have thought someone would have rang me back by now..."Is it so difficult to return a call? How can they NOT return a call after a 2nd/3rd

old, borrowed, blue......itchy and new

2007-03-19T00:43:00.000Z

Busy, busy, busy. For me anyway. I've spent the last 2 years probably working about an average of 20 hours a week. Some weeks, in the previous job, perhaps as low as 2/3 hours. Not enough sunlight I think. I'm certainly not going back on the happy pills. Anyway, busy. That's right. Busy working, trying to earn a few grand bonus money for the first time in 2 years, looking good so far. Quarter

Yawn

2007-03-11T23:28:00.001Z

Been in Dublin again this weekend. No rugby this time. Food, drink.Since getting the train home I've needed a 3 hour coma already.Much sleep needed. Laters.

Lurgy a go-go

2007-03-08T23:26:00.000Z

I have a retentive streak that makes it hard to throw things away. What if I find out I later need it? Even years afterwards. So I hoard, re-organise, make that decision over and over as time goes by, throw it out or keep? A never ending cycle.My office has piles of paperwork, cupboards and boxes of articles, cds or magazines I've never re-used, though thought I might, now out-dated because of

and then there were none

2007-03-04T22:12:00.000Z

The last few days have been a bit strange. I haven't felt like writing. My best friend left today to go travelling, a year, two years, he might return and he might not. Of my closest friends one left to live in Canada 6 years ago. One now lives in north-east England, another in London. Exactly a year ago my other closest friend emigrated to Australia. He and the one leaving today along with

stranger than fiction

2007-02-28T22:15:00.000Z

I'm still shattered from the weekend. Had my boss with me all day today and was up late last night getting ready for his visit so hope you won't mind the abbreviated version.Oh, and a Blogger spam-bot has LOCKED my blog so this post may never see the light of day. If they delete it I'm gone. Google, there are millions of spam and commercial Adsense link blogs out there, mine is NOT one of them.

Been there, done that

2007-02-23T15:27:00.000Z

Saturday sees me get the train to Dublin, where the girls are so ...well, ugly actually. Most of them. If I were a U.S. political candidate my campaign would now be over, but as I'm not and I live on this moist sod of Atlantic turf I think I can say whatever the fuck I want, within reason.The reason for my visit isn't girls anyway, it's the Ireland vs England rugby match. For those of you with

Snappy gifts

2007-02-19T20:30:00.000Z

I have a couple of cameras. It's sounds so grand. It's not. I bought a new one a few weeks ago so now I have a "big" one to go along with my "wee" one. So, as you can see, even in my own head, that doesn't make me a photographer. I don't have the eye for it. I have an eye for spotting false breasts or for measuring cup and bra size at a glance. Different strokes....I'm just a happy snapper ....

If only I'd thought of this....

2007-02-16T23:00:00.000Z

Funny what you come across on the interweb.I particularly like January 7th.Do you have a favourite?

changes

2007-02-14T17:10:00.000Z

Does anyone really enjoy Valentine's day? I don't. I'm not sure I can say I've ever actually enjoyed it so I suppose I'm ambivolent. I got my first Valentine card when I was about 12 or 13 in school. It was sent to me in sympathy because 2 of the most fanciable girls in class had heard me saying I'd never received one. When I think back that was the start of my insecurities. I felt pretty

3, 2, 1 ...go

2007-02-12T21:36:00.000Z

So this is the first post under the new private-ish regime. I took the decision I didn't want people who knew me reading this blog. Well, not personally. You know , in the web sense. So not strangers in the traditional sense, not friends in the conventional sense. That's probably the strangest thing about blogging, that sense that you know or are known but at the same time balanced with

notice to readers

2007-02-04T23:38:00.000Z

I'm going to make this blog private but grant access to those who want to read it.You'll need to leave your email address (I think it must be a Gmail one) so that you can view it.If you don't have a Gmail account and want one just email me at the email address contained within my Blogger profile.

drugged

2007-02-01T18:27:00.000Z

Ho-ho-ho

2006-12-24T13:09:00.000Z

I haven't been blogging or commenting much lately though I still take time to stalk some blogs here and there. New job, away a bit and numbness (cause unknown but I suppose a visit to a doctor might help) in some of the fingers on my left hand have played their part.I just wanted to say Merry Christmas. If you're a non-Christian raised type and have another religion I'm still saying Merry

Kennedy conspiracy video

2006-11-21T01:13:00.000Z

I saw something tonight that made me want to break my sabbatical/quit temporarily. The BBC nightly political and current affairs program Newsnight had a report from an Irish Journalist who's discovered something that seems to break new ground relating to the Kennedy assassinations and has uncovered known anti-Kennedy CIA operatives in film taken before the assassination of Bobby Kennedy. You

Stop

2006-11-13T15:23:00.000Z

I need to put in a lot of effort at work at the moment. As time is finite I think one of the first things to go has to be this. I only started blogging to learn something about the web and so I was curious when MSN started their Spaces blogging service in December 2004 and was one of the first to sign up. I moved to Blogger in April this year, some of the old entries have been migrated across,

Britney

2006-11-09T12:41:00.000Z

I'm no fan of celebrities. They usually live in a bubble world very much detached from the rest of us, it seems to matter little whether they're an A lister or a Z lister. I'm sure no-one won any money from the split of Britney and K-Fed, one of the surest things most likely to happen in anyone's books. Events like these do, however, remind us that they're as fragile and flawed as you and me,

Boke and Guinness and Soap

2006-11-06T14:51:00.000Z

I'm feeling unusually refreshed for a Monday. Friday night was spent out drinking with a couple of friends. To avoid unnecessary (and redundant verbosity) the highlights were as follows.7.20 pm. Got picked up by taxi, the driver stating that it would have been much handier for him if I'd walked down to the main road. 7.21 pm. Taxi driver seemed unable to comprehend that if I'd done that I

No sé nada

2006-10-31T23:33:00.000Z

Long,long ago (well, July) I vowed never again to be embarrassed about my almost complete lack of language skills. I went through a process of elimination to decide which language I should learn. I studied Latin briefly at school but as Centurions never quite made it to these parts and I didn't want to be a flower arranger or human butcher there was never really a need. I then migrated to French

Boo!

2006-10-27T16:20:00.000+01:00

Hallow'e'en. Pre-daddy days it meant getting tidied up and going to do some serious damage at a flange infested embibing emporium. How times have changed. Now, father to the funniest (and smartest, eerily knowledgeable in a way that would make you believe in re-incarnation) toddler around you'd think I'd have happily swapped my days of debauchery for an evening full of tot sized games and

confused.com

2006-10-26T10:43:00.000+01:00

My new job means I have to provide my own car which in turn means I have to insure it. I started to get prices last week and the thought of repeating answers ad nauseam to several insurance companies' call centre staff didn't exactly tickle me so I took confused.com at it's word and typed in my details on-line. Theory goes that they feed the data to 18 insurers and come back with all the prices

Lowest common denominator

2006-10-25T09:31:00.000+01:00

I've been tardy again, haven't I? New job you see. I've been trying to get my new technology delivered and working. The first part's hard and the second makes the first look easy, if that makes sense. Complete pain in the arse.It's with great delight, therefore, that I give you Percy.adopt your own virtual pet!

Things

2006-10-23T10:23:00.000+01:00

It's funny how "things" create or stir emotions in us. Inanimate objects. When we're babies it'll be a blanket or a dummy or a wee cuddly toy. Life goes on, the years pass but there'll always be "things" that we hold dear completely unrelated to their material worth. A photo, a letter, a watch, jewellery, a ticket. All for different reasons but with the common theme running through that they make

Seventies smells

2006-10-21T01:21:00.000+01:00

Boarded the plane on Wednesday to find my luggage sitting behind my seat. Seat number 8. Seat number 8 of an eight seater plane that looked, smelt and felt like a 70s car inside. For the first time I saw every single passenger pay attention to the safety briefing on what had turned into a blustery day. Every single mile of the flight would take place over water. Cold water. Five minutes and

Air safety

2006-10-18T09:18:00.000+01:00

Do you ever have to/choose to fly? How safe is your plane? Pretty safe? Extremely safe? All those airport checks, shoes off, no liquids on board. Must be fine? But what if some of the cargo is NEVER checked? What would you think if you discovered it was standard procedure and for a parcel to avoid being security screened all it would have to have would be one of 1,500,000 approved security

Baby Charlotte

2006-10-16T11:12:00.000+01:00

It's Monday morning and as sure as the sun rises a story emerges from the news that just makes you despair (well, me anyway).I'll precis the story but link to an article with more detail.A couple had a child extremely prematurely. At birth it weighed 1lb and had multiple underdeveloped organs. The medical team, against all probability, kept the child alive through constant resuscitations but in

Personal best

2006-10-12T17:40:00.000+01:00

I know it looks like I've temporarily abandoned this wee blog, just been away with work all week, still am now. I've been meeting and getting to know people, some drink has been involved and, unusually, I haven't shamed myself-well, except for falling asleep in 3 separate presentations.As I'm away next week, however, there's time yet. In fact I don't officially start work for a couple of weeks so

Queen of the ball

2006-10-06T11:56:00.000+01:00

If you're petty and small minded like me you'll like this. Somehow I missed the story first time round. You know Richard Branson? OK. Well he was throwing a 21st birthday party for his son, the theme of which was The Madhatter's Ball. Paris Hilton heard about the party and asked if she could come dressed as Alice, therefore guaranteeing her a starring role. Sir Dicky agreed. When she turned up

Bolloxing about with Blogger Beta

2006-10-05T11:58:00.000+01:00

Well, I eventually took the plunge and swithced over to the new Beta. What's the difference? It's easier, for the most part, to customise and for the first time it's possible to position elements of the page rather than have them nailed in a specific location for each template. I was able to move most of my junk over and paste in in to new html/script elements. In fact I think the only thing I

Microsoft Vista. Quel surprise

2006-10-02T17:21:00.000+01:00

I've been aware of this for a while now hence my sudden interest in learning Linux, specifically Ubuntu Linux. It gains special significance when you know that Microsoft will withdraw support (security patches etc.) for XP 12 months after Service Pack 3 which is expected in about 6 months. So that means 18 months and then you have to migrate to Vista.I don't think

Vweewy wucky

2006-09-27T14:05:00.000+01:00

Being an accidental parent as I am I'm still not completely used to being a daddy. I love seeing my daughter learn things, especially things I have taught or shown her. It's a very warm feeling. I love her smiles and her enthusiasm for the world and the looks she gives me and I especially love her funny little Elmer Fudd voice.Right now I'd settle for her staying just as she is.p.s. when

Dearly beloved....

2006-09-21T12:10:00.000+01:00

About to change job as I am I'm wrestling with what I should use the next 2 to 4 weeks wind-down time doing. I've thought about clearing my office and getting it proper business like for the new job, doing some electrical and decorating work around the house and clearing all the hedges and shrubs I don't like from the garden. Yawn. They're not getting your juices going either I see. What's a man

Something to play with

2006-09-20T00:35:00.000+01:00

Borrowed from Blunt Cogs.Move your mouse and go to "more".

2 what-ifs, no weddings and (nearly) a funeral

2006-09-17T23:38:00.000+01:00

A forty-eight hour trip to London is hazardous to your health. Life threatening even. Let me explain.It all started when I was driving to the airport. I was just in the process of turning off a roundabout to throw my car into a private car park opposite the airport when a bus bombed through without seeing me. I managed to get stopped just in time. Had I assumed he would've/should've seen me I'd

Short

2006-09-14T11:40:00.000+01:00

Spent this week trying to cough my lungs inside out. Nearly succeeded.Still off the smokes. Want one badly (purely medicinal to help the cough).

Who am I?

2006-09-12T15:23:00.000+01:00

Thanks to my blog friend Sarah I came across this site that shows your celebrity lookalikes.Shy as I am I've left my moniker out but apparently these are the celebs I'm most similar to.What the fuck? OK. I can understand Stephen Chow (whoever that is). I must've been smiling a bit too Chinesely in the pic I submitted but Tom Yorke??? Even on a Sunday morning after 2 hrs sleep and an indulgent

London calling

2006-09-09T22:27:00.000+01:00

Next weekend I'm popping over to see a friend and help him celebrate his birthday. I've been quite a few times over the years, seldom lately though. My current job was supposed to take me to London on a regular basis but that never materialised and the city's still a big mystery to me. I had intended to meet a fellow blogger (now ex blogger) last year but couldn't get a date organised that

Insomnia

2006-09-08T13:52:00.000+01:00

I haven't been sleeping well lately. Late to bed, early to rise. Broken sleep. Weird dreams. Pains in the chest. I'm contemplating a job move. Harder work, much bigger challenge, potential of more money. About £30k more than I can currently earn where I am. There are some very big "ifs" that come along with it. It'll be shit or bust. I'm stagnating where I am.

Hot, hot, hot

2006-09-06T11:52:00.000+01:00

Two Sundays ago I stopped smoking, except for a 10 pack bought on a drinking spree last Saturday night. Regretted next day of course. I intend to stay off them though I've been an on and off smoker from day to day, week to week for years. One of the things I notice , but is becoming more obvious, is that when I stop my body warms up. All my extremities seem to be getting more blood all of a

i c u

2006-09-05T00:40:00.000+01:00

I used to get lots of visits from various cities in China. I think they've unGoogled me now. I had a visit a couple of days ago from somwhere in West Africa. Nigerian scammers no doubt. And not so long ago The Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (that's the undemocratic North Korea to you and me) and even Saudi Arabia last week. I get occasional visits from the police, hi coppers (though

Missing, presumed dead.

2006-09-04T12:36:00.000+01:00

Somewhere between the turn of the millennium and now I lost my Mojo. It didn't happen on any specific day or because of any particular thing happening. It just went. I've tried looking for it but no matter how hard I look I can't seem to find it. I'd love to get enthused about being enthusiastic. But I can't.

Ubuntu, free and easy.... ish.

2006-09-01T10:08:00.000+01:00

As you're aware I've been playing with an Open Source Linux operating system called Ubuntu. What with Windows going all "Windows Genuine Advantage" and Vista going ... who knows, well, I thought I should take a look at some Linux flavours again.So here's a brief synopsis for those of you willing to dip your toe in the water.I've assumed the reader knows nothing so don't take offence if you know

Guerilla penguin

2006-08-29T00:49:00.000+01:00

I did take on a biggy. Install a Linux OS and get it running on my p.c. wirelessly. Now accomplished. Sort of. For those of you who are not close to the penguin Linux is a multi-flavoured Open Source (the important bit is FREE here) operating system, a more secure, and apparently stable alternative to Windows. It's constantly in development so bugs and issues get fixed quickly and the way Linux

My book

2006-08-23T23:31:00.000+01:00

When I get time, which might be around Christmas but could be two weeks, I'm going to write a book.Advance copies of "Imploding with style but not necessarily dignity" can be purchased via credit card and Paypal.'Til then....

Project Ubuntu

2006-08-18T02:07:00.000+01:00

I can't help myself. There may be pain ahead. Here I go, head first.Ubuntu

Muslims need to do more

2006-08-14T13:13:00.000+01:00

The threat from Muslim extremists is not abating. Muslim leaders in the UK place themselves somewhere between denial and justification of suicide bombers and their ambiguity is both unhelpful and dangerous. They can protect both their own community and the wider secular community best by saying more, more often in public and without the "but...." tag that seems obligatory in their interviews and

Fly boy

2006-08-11T16:04:00.000+01:00

Who had to fly on Thursday morning?Who still has to get home on Friday afternoon?That's right.

¡No habla español!

2006-08-08T18:34:00.000+01:00

Having a wee one who is only compatible with short flights to go on holiday means I have to learn a language over the next 12 months. I don't have to, I just feel more than a bit pathetic not being able to speak more than a few words when I'm in someone else's country. So the question is which country, which language? Let's see. Countries close to hand are Belgium, Holland, Germany, France,

They're taking the piss

2006-08-08T09:28:00.000+01:00

I saw this headline when catching up with the news this morning."Barry Manilow needs hip surgery"Surely the most myopic journo ever?

Blographobia

2006-08-03T16:55:00.000+01:00

That's what I have. In case you don't know it's a condition where the symptoms are ....not going to visit other blogs muchwhen I go out I seldom speak to anyoneI like to look through other peoples' windows thoughI think I know what the cause is but I don't know of any treatment.

S T U P I D

2006-08-01T00:59:00.000+01:00

Remember to backup a copy of your template, boys and girls, to your hard drive.......just in case you somehow tinker to the point where you completely fuck it up and have to start again.Of course, I don't know anyone stupid enough to do that.

Back to drudgery

2006-07-28T12:48:00.000+01:00

I have to check the tickets. The ones I bought before I left. Someone won £11m. "It could be you" as the lottery ad says. I hope to fuck it is. Work doesn't seem very attractive to me right now. Spain seems too warm at this time of year but with £11m I reckon I could find somewhere suitable. Fingers crossed.

off

2006-07-08T15:17:00.000+01:00

It's that time of year. The time when I pack up my suitcase and worry twice as much about work as I do when I'm actually supposed to be working. This year's photo scrapbook will be of Marbella. When I return it may be to resign. Something for me to think about.

Help yourself

2006-07-06T20:50:00.000+01:00

Anyone want to join me for a drink? Help yourself to the contents of the drinks cupboard and fridge. And bring me that bottle of whine.

Learning to walk?

2006-07-03T21:42:00.000+01:00

Some things leave me cold.Some things leave me angry.Some things make me want to hurt somebody.

So hungry I could kill

2006-07-01T17:00:00.000+01:00

Hotels. Hate them. Or at least the last one I stayed in. Two nights in a row they couldn't take me for dinner when I needed fed and the head waitress seemed to smirk gleefully when telling me. I'll have her, down one of the back corridors. Quick twist of the neck from behind. Two crunches and she's a floppy doll. She'll never see it coming. And then on the second night when I did eventually get

just click

2006-06-26T20:34:00.000+01:00

Not related to my previous entry but I saw this and had to stick it up here. Click me

Bursting my balloon

2006-06-25T01:27:00.000+01:00

That's what I need to do. Here or elsewhere. Stay tuned.

Druids R us

2006-06-22T11:06:00.000+01:00

Ever had a day that went on an on? A sloooow day? Today's the day. Summer solstice. From here on in the days get shorter, S.A.D. increases, the barbeque gets aired even on rainy days and children are forced to play outside in the rain because "summer will soon to over". In case you were wondering this isn't a meeting of the Klan. It's just some druids doing what comes naturally (if you're a

8 from 3

2006-06-20T15:35:00.000+01:00

**For reasons that are completely beyond my control (like greed and discipline) my healthy eating splurge never got beyond a fortnight and lip service (and I don't mean the Asian "happy ending" lip service either). This means that as of Sunday I still had 11 pounds to lose. Due to buying an MP3 player (which, after 3 days, is already on it's way back to the supplier, but that's another story) I

Sick bitch

2006-06-19T15:07:00.000+01:00

What sort of poisonous, sick bitch does this?Drag the bitch behind a car for 5 miles. Roll in salt, oil and chilli powder. Crisp with a blowtorch.

Find me

2006-06-19T00:38:00.000+01:00

I'm hardly elusive. But if you did want to find me here's a few tips.I'm the man in the checkout queue behind the old biddy who has waited for three customers to pay before opening her purse and then start counting the exact amount in coppers.I'm the man who excitedly opens up his latest purchase when he gets home only to find something's falling off, it's broken, stained or damaged. Always.I'm

Proof

2006-06-16T15:47:00.000+01:00

Proof, if any were needed, that women are different.

Noctilucent Clouds

2006-06-15T00:29:00.000+01:00

Call me a nerd. Geek. Freak. I don't care (you won't be the last).I've been trying to catch these for about 2 weeks, finally caught them tonight around midnight out the back window of my office. They're a natural phenomena whose cause is still unknown. They're clouds on the edge of space, where clouds shouldn't exist (90 miles up) much, much higher than ordinary clouds which are normally up to 5

A night at the opera

2006-06-11T22:55:00.000+01:00

If I'd been brought up with a silver spoon in my mouth it would have been different. I wouldn't have to walk through life carefully balancing the chips that sit comfortably either side of my fat working-class neck. And therein lies the cause of Friday night's problem, a work related black tie dinner sandwiched between 2 parts of an opera. Not just any opera but an exclusive performance set in an

Scorchio!

2006-06-09T01:01:00.000+01:00

5 straight days of fantastic weather (24 degrees, that's about the hottest it ever gets here). In the same decade. In the same year. In the same week.Nah!

Stop

2006-06-05T10:05:00.000+01:00

I've done this many times. Stop. Start again. Repeat ad nauseam. Every time I restart I wonder why. One always leads to another. I can get addicted to anything. I'm quite sure if all there was in the world was air and water I'd get addicted to them instead. This time I have to make it stick though. It's making me look old (good god, I've realised I am vain), making me unhealthy, making me smell

Tits and arse

2006-06-01T23:27:00.000+01:00

Now and again a tiny sparklet fizzles across the vacuum that currently occupies the space where my brain used to reside. It's never the genesis of a eureka moment like Newton's third law or the Archimedes Principle. Today's spark came after being away for 2 days and drinking heavily last night into the wee hours as I mooched around the airport awaiting my flight home this evening. Was I a tit or

Testing, testing

2006-05-29T13:46:00.000+01:00

Sharper readers may have picked up on the fact that I have not, in fact, spent a weekend with Monica Belucci. Wishful thinking. Much baby minding on Saturday and Sunday, good fun though. Today, although sort of a holiday, my time has and will be spent doing CBT and on-line exams. About fuckin' time I exercised my diminishing grey matter.P.S. can someone smart explain this to me, please?

Dirty weekend

2006-05-27T00:38:00.000+01:00

Is it that time again? It always creeps up on me. Once in a while an old friend comes to stay the weekend. You see, we had a torrid affair many years ago and ...well, she just won't let go. I know I should say something but ...she's a good person, average looking, smells nice and has made a packet in the movies. So, out of the goodness of my heart I allow her to be my fuck buddy. Magnanimous I'm

"Celebrities" you'd like to push in front of a bus

2006-05-25T22:43:00.000+01:00

Celebrity. What a misused term that is these days. Through reality shows and fly on the wall documentaries we've been bombarded through lazy programming with faces new and not so new, almost all of dubious talent. Most of the others prostitute themselves "for their fans", complete attention whores or speak/act in a way that suggests they think a different set of rules apply to them.Everyone can

Don't do this

2006-05-22T17:22:00.000+01:00

There are things in life one just shouldn't do. No ifs or buts, they're just not clever. I'm not saying I've done any of these but take it from me that I have it on good authority that the following are NOT recommended.1. drinking Guinness whilst entertaining someone of the opposite sex. It's o.k. if you stop at 2 but if you drink on or if your meal is particularly rich or mix it with a quality

The Empire strikes back

2006-05-22T10:31:00.000+01:00

We all need a boost once in a while. Does us the world of good. An ego stroke. So Saturday I was supposed to be meeting a friend for a drink. When we arrived at our chosen imbibing emporium, The Spaniard (which is smaller than my living room) he told me that we might be being joined by a girl he met a couple of nights before and her friends who were supposed to be travelling on to see a live band

Aduki here, Aduki there, Aduki everywhere.

2006-05-19T13:47:00.000+01:00

Having lost 5 lbs so far with little to no adherence to my new healthy diet I know I must "step up". Part of this will be eating more vegetable enzymes (most of which are destroyed by cooking) so that means raw veg. Alongside is my first successful result in sprouting Aduki beans (said to increase their nutrients by 500%!). I plan to include these little buggers in my blended carrot drink (

Fly me

2006-05-18T15:26:00.000+01:00

Hectic couple of days. Planes, trains and automobiles and several miles of wearying footwork. After less than 3 hours sleep I checked in for a plane trip. I was last on the plane ....again. Not my fault this time though as the Flight Attendant/check-in person decided to invite me to an air hostess (sorry, Flight Attendant) party in a couple of weeks time. Of course I should decline (though I

Fun

2006-05-17T23:11:00.000+01:00

Wake up, do some work, take some grief , deal with arseholes, suffer a bit of rejection, eat, sleep. Rinse, repeat ad nauseam. How do you get through when life just seems an interminable grind. When ups are short lived and few and far between. When normality feels like an ever lasting bout of the shits interspersed at random with unanaesthetised tooth pulling. Fun, with an f.I wish I'd worked

Gourmet de Feu

2006-05-14T09:47:00.000+01:00

I'll eat practically anything. At least have a go. Things like... dulse, a local seaweed. Fried chilli crickets. Whole dried squid. So having no cooker (due to a defective gas plumber, when I do see him,and I will, I'm going to show him a new technique for bending pipe) I bought a fuck-off BBQ. Proper no holds barred lean mean grillin' machine, hood, temp guage, flame deflection screens,

Hard work

2006-05-10T00:15:00.000+01:00

There's a bit of a kerfuffle going on at the minute. The Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott has been outed about a recent affair he had. He wasn't sacked by Tony B Liar but a member of the public complained to the police on the grounds that, as a public servant, having a bit of slap and tickle on company time (and in his case at an employer provided office) is an offence. It certainly should be

Curl up and die you self promoting bitch

2006-05-05T13:58:00.000+01:00

On visiting some blogs I frequent I caught a piece of comment spam. You know the sort. Sometimes it's to promote selling something, sometimes (and this is even worse), it's to self promote a blog - and no acknowledgement of what's been written in the entry this piece of faecal blog waste has been dumped in. Bad manners I say. I even saw one such piece of flotsam placed on an entry where the blog

I don't like Mondays

2006-05-03T13:47:00.000+01:00

Mini-me had a not so mini fall on Monday. It was an accident and I can't really blame anyone, well... except her mother. For other adults out there here's what not to do. Circumstances - child jumping off small stool onto floor. Concerns - that child will fall even though she's as sure footed as a Tibetan mountain goat that's scaled Everest with nothing more than a toothpick and the instincts it

Hokie Cokie

2006-04-29T12:52:00.000+01:00

Dinner last night was a Thai fusion type dish, delicious. So was the service. I went to a bar/restaurant I hadn't been to in a while and I recognised the bar manager/waitress from about 3 or 4 years ago. Shoulder length hair, fine, straight, healthy figure (not skinny, not fat) emphasised by her white lycra T and fitted black trousers and such a sexy, sexy smile. We locked eyes and I could feel

I am what I eat

2006-04-27T01:11:00.000+01:00

As part of my quest to eat better and lose flab some purchases have been made. Gillian wanted me to examine my tongue, fingernails, skin and stools. Nails and skin seem ok. Skipped the tongue and went straight for the stools. I suffer from what she has very scientifically called "damp". I could explain via a picture but that would probably have the same effect on you as Stanley Baxter had on me

comfortable shoes?

2006-04-24T17:25:00.000+01:00

Sometimes I think too much. Not very often granted, in fact seldom would be a good word. But when I do my mind wanders off to things there's never an answer to which makes it all the more of a waste of brain power (that's probably an oxymoron in my case). Anyway, the last weighty issue I have pondered was concerning Mini-me. Not the Austin Powers one, my own fruit of the loin. Will she grow up to

Talk Talk - I'm not a virgin any more

2006-04-23T22:23:00.000+01:00

I signed up an order for Talk Talk today, the package where you get free anytime calls, free 8MB ADSL broadband and free international calls all for the princely sum of £20.99 a month. Without boring you with the sums it'll save me at least £200 a year and change my Lada connection into a Lamborghini. I've never really been happy with my current ISP Tiscali anyway, useless telephone support, the

Making a movie or vlog for Blogger

2006-04-21T23:49:00.000+01:00

At the time of posting I've got a short example of a movie in my embedded Windows Media Player on the right hand sidebar (though this may not be the case by the time you read this). It's actually quite easy to do (otherwise I wouldn't have been able to do it). So what do you need? Either a digital stills camera with a movie mode or a digital video camera, a web hosting service and some

sticks and stones

2006-04-20T00:06:00.000+01:00

It's been over 6 years since I was here. I remember walking up a hill in sweltering heat, cutting down through a forest where there was barely a path, eventually coming to a house overlooking a 170 degree view of a flat,warm sea. In front of the house the hill sloped away steeply down to the sea and left and right and centre were the huts built mostly from driftwood and panelling perched

little people

2006-04-16T18:16:00.000+01:00

Yesterday I took mini-me to a National Trust property with roaming grounds, gardens full of flowers and trees from around the world. It's a little too early for most of the flowers but not too early to be looking for fairies. Look, there's one behind that tree! Aw, you missed it.

moving swiftly on.......

2006-04-13T20:00:00.000+01:00

Having posted a blog on MSN Spaces since it's inception I've decided this might be a better home for it. MSN doesn't like my browser of choice (Firefox) and has all those damn integrated features being added on that require IE's Active X controls, I don't know where it' going to end up but adding some sort of integration with their Xbox 360 doesn't bode well.What should you expect to see here?

pure

2006-04-13T17:31:00.000+01:00

Pure Monty4 carrots (washed & topped)1 large banana100ml (4oz) pure orange (not sweetened or strained)1/4 peeled cucumber1 thin slice fresh ginger1/2 cup of iceBlend until smooth - enough for 2 glassesYou see, I went to a restaurant today with a client, ordered my pint of diet Croke only to be be smiled at (by a very healthy looking waitress - the sort that would smell nice after sex) and told