Month: December 2005

The Boxing Day sales continue to drag on. Christmas Day itself is used by the shops purely as a massive advertising opportunity for getting their Boxing Day sales noticed… “Sale starts 9AM Boxing Day! HURRY HURRY!” … What ? You want me to get up at early on Boxing Day, after I’ve consumed enough red wine and turkey to keep… Read more →

I’m sorry, but am I the only one who’s a bit narked by this ? Why are people here in the UK telling me to “have a good holiday” or to “meet on Holiday Tuesday” ? I only say because on the BBC Weather news tonight they said, “…and Holiday Tuesday will be much the same weather…” … Didn’t we… Read more →

We had some Carol Singers around last night. Well, I say “Carol Singers”. They weren’t actually singing any Christmas Carols. We heard a banging at the door and a dreadful rendition of “Feed The World” by Band Aid.. “Feeeeddd thaaaa weeeerlllldd! Let them knawww it’s Chrissssmus toime!” ..and that was it. They just repeated it about 6 times. Bird went… Read more →

I went into Sainsburys last night. They had signs up everwhere saying, “Try Something New Today”. So I did. I f**ked off to Morrisons instead. :) Christmas is always the time of year when you run low on cash, so I decided to call my bank to arrange to see my Pensions account manager. I needed to see the pensions… Read more →

Today we finished putting the Christmas lights up. As you can see our house is now decorated with quite a few twinkly lights. Getting up the ladder and hanging those ones off the guttering wasn’t too great, especially when my fingers started turning a strange shade of blue but hey, it looks great now. :) When I’d finished we watched… Read more →

I’ve already told you about our Saturday morning adventure in Brownhills, so I thought I’d tell you about what we did in the afternoon too. I was going to put this all in one blog but to be honest there’s just too much material. We popped into Walsall after visiting Brownhills Market and decided to go to Debenhams for a… Read more →

We’ve had an interesting weekend so far. On Saturday we popped into what can only be described as “dodgy central”, ahhh yes – Brownhills Market. It’s like a hundred Derek Trotters have descended on the place. It’s full of counterfeit stuff from DVDs, electricals, clothing, shoes, out-of-date sweets and cheap make up. You’ll also find stuff to help you smoke… Read more →

Today I had to nip into Morrisons to get the photos from the throw-away camera we took to the Christmas party. Most of the shots didn’t come out as either the “photographer” was too drunk or didn’t press the flash button. However, I’ve managed to find a picture of myself holding some beer and wearing a santa hat (right). What… Read more →

Some plank with far too much time on their hands has written in to the BBC about something Jeremy Clarkson did a few weeks back on the Top Gear programme he presents. Whilst talking about the new Mini – which has been redesigned by the German owners with an “estate” look to it, he gave the Heil Hitler salute on… Read more →

An interesting Sky News item caught my eye today. It’s a rare moment when Mr George Bush, lets his guard down a bit more.. than.. err. usual.. (I’ll try not to roll out the large amount of “Bushisms”). Anyway, I haven’t heard him speak since he said, “ Read more →

An interesting Sky News item caught my eye today. It’s a rare moment when Mr George Bush, lets his guard down a bit more.. than.. err. usual.. (I’ll try not to roll out the large amount of “Bushisms”). Anyway, I haven’t heard him speak since he said, “ Read more →

I’ve just stumbled across this site, which seeks to educate motorway users into being better drivers. As a heavy motorway user myself I pretty much agree with everything on the site, although I have to confess that a lot of “reps” tend to be the better drivers as they usually get out of the way of trucks pulling out from… Read more →

More news on the Channel 4 “Space Cadets” show from Jon, who emailed in after spotting my previous blog about it. We’ve already shown that two of the “regular cadets” (Keri and Ryan) are in fact actors. Here’s our evidence. However, there are other cadets – they’re supposedly “regular people” too, but now we have more details that they’re not… Read more →

Space Cadets on Channel 4 is a great idea. It’s turning the whole “reality TV” thing on it’s head, however the other night something struck me. In the commercial break there was a plug for another Channel 4 reality show in which three complete unknowns have to become famous just by fooling the press or photo journalists. These girls need… Read more →

Every now and then I seek to entertain and delight you guys with a range of links that I’ve had through the email this week. Here’s todays little lot… (All safe for work) Here’s a tip for the ladies who wish to date geeky men: pose with some network boxes and the boys will come flocking. Actually, scrub that, the… Read more →

Ohhh dear… We’ve already mentioned the serious money that is to be made on eBay if you’ve got an XBox 360 to sell. It looks like people have decided to take advantage of the “I must get an XBox for my son for Christmas” hysteria. First there’s this auction, selling two email addresses – free ones too! Unfortunately due to… Read more →

Ohhh dear… We’ve already mentioned the serious money that is to be made on eBay if you’ve got an XBox 360 to sell. It looks like people have decided to take advantage of the “I must get an XBox for my son for Christmas” hysteria. First there’s this auction, selling two email addresses – free ones too! Unfortunately due to… Read more →

Our money-man in Government is Mr Gordon Brown. Last weekend he made a slight cock-up with his adding up and told Government that our economy is growing at only 1.75%, and not the 3.5% he’d thought 8 months ago. He did, of course, blame a “tough year” and some other reasons, as this news item shows. I’m guessing his other… Read more →

How to make money with your XBox 360… Step 1 – Order a few X-Box 360’s in September 2005. The basic one costs 270. Step 2 – Wait until early December when it arrives. Watch for the inevitable news of shortages and no chance of people getting them in the shops (because you have to order one) before Christmas. Step… Read more →

This, for those of you who don’t know, is Mr Jeremy Clarkson. Don’t ask me why he’s standing in front of an old MG Maestro, but hey. He’s opinionated, fat and causes trouble where-ever he goes with his reviews and articles. His writing though is superb, and although his opinions are miles away from “politically correct”, it’s definitely worth checking… Read more →

Oi Oi! It’s December 1st today, so I guess it’s time to push the Christmas shopping madness into high gear and watch everyone go every-so-slightly mad. I’d rather do my Christmas shopping online if at all possible. However, just getting to work at this time of year is hard enough. Take Monday as an example. It snowed. I got stuck.… Read more →

Yes I know, it’s not strictly Smartphone related news. Oh, and yes – it’s not built by Microsoft, but heck, this is worth mentioning. Firefox is one of the newest browsers on the market and has now been upgraded to version 1.5. It has automatic updates, tabbed browsing, improved pop-up blocking and more. Let’s not forget the one major improvement… Read more →