West Ham could have done a lot worse in today’s FA Cup draw. Anyone but Reading was the silent prayer offered up by Curbishley. And its a home game, which is good. The trouble is that it has really raised the stakes around here – just think how unbearable Kerron will be if the Hammers […]
Entries from January 8th, 2007
Ugly Buildings. Again.
January 8th, 2007 · Comments Off on Ugly Buildings. Again. · Politics
There were two interesting articles in the papers today, which I will attempt to clumsily relate to each other. The first was Ashley Seager in the Guardian, arguing that we need a land tax to replace council tax and possibly allow reductions in VAT as well, and the second was in the Argus: a story […]
Tags: Brighton·Buildings·Global Warming·London·Taxation·Town Planning
Public Speaking
January 8th, 2007 · 3 Comments · Life
For some reason this story from almost a year ago appeared on the BBC News website today as one of the most e-mailed stories of the day. It is all about the stress involved in public speaking and whether sex can help. It boils down to a psychologist at the University of Paisley doing some […]
Tags: Medicine/Health·WTF
Adverts
January 8th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Life
Remember back in November there were posters for Jools Holland’s album, which were prominently plugging the TV advert (“featuring Vic Reeves”) and giving the address to see it online? Well today’s TV listings in the Guardian had an advert for a PG Tips commercial to be shown at 8:45 tonight. The commercial features the return […]
Tags: Adverts·Fairtrade·Newspapers·Shopping·TV