Guess what I got for Christmas…
Entries from December 25th, 2006
So that was 2006?
December 25th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Life
There is still a week to go before the end, but I am going to assume nothing much will happen in that time – or should that be hope that nothing will happen (bearing in mind the terrorist fears in today’s Observer)? It has been a mixed year really. Music As far as music is […]
Tags: Art·Blogger·Blogging·Crawley Council·Dorset·DVD·Elections·Family·Films·Holidays·TV·West Ham·Wordpress·World Cup 2006
Watches galore
December 24th, 2006 · 1 Comment · Life
Earlier in the year, Charlie was told he could leave his school during lunchtime, but he absolutely had to be back at the end of lunchtime or he would lose that privilege. He wanted to be able to do this and was panicking about knowing what the time would be, so he used his paper […]
Modern Life
December 23rd, 2006 · 2 Comments · Technology
I went into the town centre this afternoon. A flying visit to pick up a couple of last-minute items. As I got there I realised that I had forgotten to check the score of the West Ham game, which was the early game today. I can remember many years ago being dragged out shopping and […]
Big Idea #2 – scrap VAT
December 23rd, 2006 · 8 Comments · Politics
I was only warming up with the parliamentary reform thing… this is the really wacky one, the political equivalent of my pogo stick/zimmer frame hybrid invention. One thing which the Tories always seem to be saying is that there are too many taxes, an over-complicated tax system, unfair levels of taxation and an overall level […]
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The old ones *are* the best
December 23rd, 2006 · Comments Off on The old ones *are* the best · Life
Why is it that I saw a clip of Morecambe and Wise with Andre Previn this evening and had tears of laughter in my eyes? How many times must I have seen that sketch? I must have seen it half a dozen times this year alone but it still tickles me as much as the […]
Pig Olympics
December 22nd, 2006 · Comments Off on Pig Olympics · Life
What I learned today is that there is a Pig Olympics! The CBBC site even has some pictures.
7 Months in the BNP
December 22nd, 2006 · 10 Comments · Politics
The story in Thursday’s Guardian about the BNP has already been covered elsewhere so there does not seem to be much point in adding to the debate yet. I think I’ll wait and see what tomorrow’s paper contains – the story so far does not have much in it for 7 months’ undercover work. I […]
Panic on the streets of London
December 22nd, 2006 · 5 Comments · Life
I was doing some Christmas shopping today and in a dusty old curiosity shop in a London backstreet I found a beautifully-made ornamental brass rat. It was only a tenner, which was very cheap for such a well-crafted ornament, and I thought it would be perfect for my mad uncle who collects ornamental rats so […]
Subtle changes
December 22nd, 2006 · Comments Off on Subtle changes · Politics
A week or so after the event, the local[*] Tory party website finally caught up with the defection of one of their councillors, and the subsequent change to the balance of power. First of all, Marcella Head’s name has disappeared from the list of their councillors, but there has also been a very subtle change […]
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