Posted: Thu 14 November, 2002 Filed under: General Leave a comment »
California Dreaming
Ah joy. Absolutely zero sleep, thanks to the random vagaries of insomnia (and just when I thought it was in remission, it’s come back to bite my arse again) and a brain that’s been going at about 15,000 rpm all night. And now I’m off to work, 7am, cold, grey, not quite raining, but only because the weather hasn’t woekn up yet. Oh, and four earth tremors during the night. I’m getting used to the fuckers now, which is a pretty weird state of affairs.Maybe I should move to San Francisco – my body clock’s there already…
Posted: Wed 13 November, 2002 Filed under: General Leave a comment »
This toaster should be locked away for it’s own good
I’m not quite sure of the threat mentioned here, but the Manchester Evening News has a headline today for this story about the fireman’s strike of :
Don’t make toast, don’t fry chips – and don’t smoke in bed.
OK, I can understand the last two – but don’t make toast? Is my toaster going to suddenly link up to the real world, find out about the strike, and get pyromaniacal urges?
Posted: Wed 13 November, 2002 Filed under: General Leave a comment »
Quick thought about Harry Potter 2
While I remember, even if you’re not keen on Harry Potter and the films (Looks in GF’s general direction) it’s worth seeing the second film just for the pure comedy and schadenfreude of Ron’s voice breaking all the way through the film.
Posted: Tue 12 November, 2002 Filed under: General Leave a comment »
Rollin’ Rollin’ Rollin’
Via le bird du Smirnoff, one of the funniest pics I’ve seen in quite a while…
Posted: Tue 12 November, 2002 Filed under: General Leave a comment »
About fecking time
According to this story in the Guardian, apparently the social workers involved in the death of Victoria Climbie. They’ve been suspended on full pay since the death happened, back in February 2000.
Amazingly, one of the two is appealing the decision to (finally) sack her.
What’s even worse though, is that (to my knowledge, and I may be wrong on this) there’s really nothing on their records, so in theory they could go and become social workers again in a different place – or even just a different borough of London…
Posted: Tue 12 November, 2002 Filed under: General Leave a comment »
I bet she doesn’t use Blogger
The world is a truly strange place, sometimes. Thanks go to David at SwishCottage for the revelation that Nancy Sinatra, yes, Nancy Sinatra has a blog.
Posted: Tue 12 November, 2002 Filed under: General Leave a comment »
Chillout
Which reminds me (about things being seen on TV). Ladies and Gentlemen, without further ado, i bring you The Celtic Chillout album. With tracks by Enya, Clannad, and – um, hang on – Celine Fucking Dion??? I can think of several words to describe her (including one that’s a mere typographical error away from Celt), but Celtic really isn’t one of them. OK, track listing : Martha’s Harbour (All About Eve, I can live with that in this context), Carrickfergus (yeah, yeah), Scarborough Fair (Simon & Garfunkel) ?!? Nope, can see the chillout, but not the Celtic. Again. Further down the list… murmur… mumble… murmur… Have I told you Lately? Eh? No way is that celtic. And finishing off with Titanic?!?
Sorry, I can agree with about 75-80% of these, that they’re celtic, chillouty (whatever), so forth, so fifth, but some are just so out there it’s unreal. I can’t imagine that the ones listed are the only celtic chillout ones available in the world, surely?
I should stop paying attention to TV ads.