We had a decent crowd for door-knocking tonight. Keith from the regional office, of course, three of our borough councillors (two of them executive portfolio holders) and three or four ordinary members like myself. Jayne had no work tonight so she had no excuse for not coming and I dragged her along. She absolutely hates […]
Entries from July 21st, 2005
More door-knocking
July 21st, 2005 · Comments Off on More door-knocking · Politics
Tags: Canvassing·Labour Party·TV
Black taxi drivers
July 20th, 2005 · Comments Off on Black taxi drivers · Work
My workplace is opposite a mainline station in London, so we have black London taxis queueing outside and driving past all day. The other day I realised that, although the taxis are black, none of the drivers seem to be. This week I started paying attention. Stand outside our building and there are always at […]
Just one more go…
July 19th, 2005 · Comments Off on Just one more go… · Life
Do not, under any circumstances try this game. Although its a bit naff, you just have to have “one more go” and then one more, and then before you know it half the night has gone. So you decide to have just one more go before doing something productive, but you get a poor score […]
Broadfield Fete
July 19th, 2005 · Comments Off on Broadfield Fete · Life
I discovered one of the disadvantages of not being involved in the community centre any more – you end up with even more jobs! Jayne is still on the management committee and went to a planning meeting about the fete the other day. I think she spent most of the time volunteering me for stuff. […]
Tags: Broadfield·BYCC
Bad Neighbours?
July 19th, 2005 · Comments Off on Bad Neighbours? · Life
By pure chance I found this blog from North Carolina today. Its only been in existence since Sunday and only has one entry. I think I will keep an eye on it until such time as the neighbours either take out an injunction or shoot the blogger, which could well happen by the end of […]
Not long now…
July 18th, 2005 · Comments Off on Not long now… · Music
In just a few hours we will be up at Hyde Park. We have just been planning our route and decided that walking from Victoria is probably the best option. We will aim to get there early enough that we can walk up Park Lane and see the Pride march coming the other way. (Note […]
Tags: Africa·Concerts·Live 8·London·World music
New Blog
July 17th, 2005 · Comments Off on New Blog · Music, Technology
Some luddites might say that having a blog is the acme of sadness. Obviously I do not agree, but how about having two blogs? Its looking a bit more dodgy isn’t it? Anyhow, I set up a new one called What A Great Name For A Band! Its not really a blog. I could have […]
Broadfield Mosque
July 15th, 2005 · Comments Off on Broadfield Mosque · Life
I fully intended to visit the Broadfield Mosque today, just to say hello and show some support for them there. I had a day off work, so it would have been easy to to. As it happened, I was about to go there before taking Jayne and Chrystal out to lunch when I got a […]
Tags: Broadfield·Religion
Brightonomicon and Sussex Stationers
July 15th, 2005 · Comments Off on Brightonomicon and Sussex Stationers · Life
If the phrases “Its a tradition or an old charter or something”, “some call me Laz”, “stout stick”, or prolific mention of sprouts, morris minors,the occult and the Chiswick Townswomens Guild ring any bells for you, you will know what I am talking about. Its the new book by Robert Rankin. Priced at £12.99 but […]
Community Support Officers
July 14th, 2005 · Comments Off on Community Support Officers · Life
I have been thinking about Police Community Support Officers, or PCSOs lately. You see a lot of them around now and they are starting to get more accepted. So isn’t it about time we had a nickname for them? The police have quite a few nicknames ranging from the offensive (the filth, pigs) to the […]
