I love the petrol prices going up. It’s like a grand social experiment.
You know those t-shirts that say "how do you keep an idiot busy?"? It’s like that. It’s also like the realisation of the phrase "a fool and his money are soon parted". I wonder how high petrol prices will go before the general [...]
Tag Archives: television
Pump It Up
What About Us?
Perhaps the biggest debate going on in the football world at the moment is ‘should there be a winter break?’. There are contributors from just about everyone to all sides of the story… that is, except for the fans.
I am in support of the winter break, and there is a simple reason. Supporters seem to [...]
Bad Press
Over the last few weeks, it seems that blogs have had some bad press.
On the BBC’s EastEnders, Lucy had been complaining about her father and stepmother on her blog, which was ultimately read by both. It also led to a peculiar storyline - as yet to reach its climax - where responses have been left [...]
Not On Your Telly
I went to Edinburgh on Thursday for a day trip with Mum. We went on the train, which was an hour and a half there and two hours back. It was of course the height of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Never before had I seen so much lunacy in the confines of a few streets. [...]
Devious
It’s been a peculiar 24 hours this day passed. Yesterday I went to Jayne’s for a barbeque. I was expecting to be the man in the corner in a family do, but it was for the ‘Maths crew’, which was a relief and a nice surprise. My original intention was to get the last bus [...]
Fight With Food
The last two nights, BBC Three have shown two vastly contrasting documentaries on people’s battles with their diet.
Fat Men Can’t Hunt
On Sunday night the programme began with a group of obese people sent to a small community in remotest Namibia. They were removed far from their comfort zones and were immediately expected not only to [...]
Catch-21
First things first! Happy Birthday to James, who is 21 today. Many Happy Returns to Jayne, who is also 21 today.
So… a quick update. Japan is more or less sorted now. I just have to work out how I’m getting to Heathrow. No way is easy or without risk. That is unless I travel down [...]
Five Minutes Of Shame
After the news earlier in the day, the rest of today became a haze. My mind was elsewhere and so I was not really concentrating on things I should have been. We have had a new boiler installed, and I can’t remember what instructions the gasman gave me, so I am going to have to [...]
The Cost Of Music
I was discussing with someone today about the economics of music. In short, they were using a program called Limewire to download music from the Internet for free. I’m not a copyright expert, but I believe this is illegal. Apparently the program asks you not to infringe copyright by using the program. Yet I believe [...]