Nov
30
Blunkett
November 30, 2004 | 3 Comments
Oh but wouldn’t it be lovely if David Blunkett was brought crashing down by the palaver around his ex-lover’s nanny? Sadly, the teflon nature of this vile government will probably extend even to its vilest member, and he’ll continue to plague our lives with his nonsensical policies and holier-than-thou attitudes.
Outside (apparently) of the government, […]
Nov
28
Sorry All You Gamblers Out There
November 28, 2004 | Comments Off
But after a spate of spam comments lately (more than fifty in the last three days, not counting the ones caught by my filters), I’m now barring any comment which uses the words ‘casino’ or ‘poker’. Words cannot describe how fucked off I am at having to do so.
I use MT-Blacklist to try and […]
Nov
28
Happy Running Dave
November 28, 2004 | 3 Comments
Dave is taking part in the Nike London Run 10 kilometre run this evening, so I just wanted to wish him well.
Have fun….
Nov
24
Been A While….
November 24, 2004 | 5 Comments
….since I blogged about The West Wing. The reason is that because of the way C4 schedule it I’ve had to give up on terrestrial broadcast, and it’s taken me a while to get through my box set of Season Four.
But I just watched the end of the final episode, 25, and all I […]
Nov
22
The Adventures Of Dave and Dan
November 22, 2004 | Comments Off
We picked up some DVDs yesterday, and last night watched Dave Gorman’s Googlewhack Adventure, which is a follow-up of sorts to Are You Dave Gorman? the Edinburgh show/TV series in which Dave Gorman set out to find a number of people with the same name as him.
Googlewhack is a slightly different proposition, involving him meeting […]
Nov
20
By The Way
November 20, 2004 | 1 Comment
You may have missed that there was another fairly significant vote in the House of Lords this week.
This one in fact: Lords back rights for gay couples.
That’s it. Royal assent by the end of the year, then some time next year we can start to share the legal rights and obligations that have […]
Nov
20
Part Troll (Don’t Ask Which Part)
November 20, 2004 | 2 Comments
David and I went to see Bill Bailey’s live show Part Troll tonight - it’s bloody hilarious, though I probably won’t ever be the full-on Bailey fan that David is. He’s got a great line in musical pastiche, taking a song and recreating it in an unlikely style. His Kraftwerk version of the […]
Nov
19
Uncivil
November 19, 2004 | 9 Comments
I listened in some fascination to reports on the radio this morning, as I have all week, regarding the Fox Hunting Ban. This morning the focus is on the upcoming legal challenge to the Parliament Act, and also the campaign of ‘civil disobedience’ which hunt supporters are proposing.
I’ll come to the Parliament Act in […]
Nov
19
Well that was an interesting start to the day - scraping ice off the car at 6.30. When I don’t actually have an ice scraper.
I thought all cars came with a fairly basic scraper, but clearly I was wrong. I guess I’d better find one, hadn’t I?
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Nov
17
Crazy Bonkers
November 17, 2004 | Comments Off
I’ve had the weirdest bit of smail mail I think I’ve ever received this week: An invitation to invest in the production of a new film based on Hemingway’s Garden of Eden.
Now obviously I’m impresed by their drive, and wish them every success both in finding investors and in the ultimate success of the […]