Following my failed previous efforts to support the striking Royal Mail workers I took the rather drastic and extreme step of getting up before 6am on a Saturday. This ludicrous tactic worked and I met with the workers who were manning the picket line. They did mention how several other members of Horsham Labour Party […]
Entries from October 31st, 2009
If at first you don’t succeed, get up early
October 31st, 2009 · Comments Off on If at first you don’t succeed, get up early · Politics
Tags: Horsham·Royal Mail·Trade Unions
Like a pear cider made from 100% pear
October 31st, 2009 · Comments Off on Like a pear cider made from 100% pear · Life
Had a good evening out in Horsham today, seeing Stewart Lee in his show “If you prefer a milder comedian please ask for one”.  I needed cheering up after a frankly disappointing Chinese meal. Very surprised to find that there was a support act. Even more surprised to find that it was a German stand-up. […]
Supporting the postal workers
October 31st, 2009 · Comments Off on Supporting the postal workers · Politics
It is proving to be harder than I had expected to support the striking postal workers. I should rephrase that… It is proving to be harder than I expected to show my support for the striking postal workers. Having a full-time job myself with a lot going on there, and more limited access to transport […]
Tags: Royal Mail·Trade Unions
Blogger 1 – Council 0
October 30th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Politics
Let me see if I have got this right: somebody writes a blog with posts that criticise the performance and bahaviour of his local council, and the majority of councillors resign. Sounds a bit unlikely and too good to be true.
Tags: Blogging
Dirty Jokes
October 29th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Life
This evening I watched a DVD called Dirty Jokes – a standup comedy DVD by American comedian Gilbert Gottfried. This was another of my Amazon Vine freebies. I am finally getting through them all now. Any regular visitors here will know that I do enjoy comedy, but I didn’t really enjoy this one much. For […]
Less than super freakonomics
October 28th, 2009 · 3 Comments · Life
After getting past the mental stumbling block of Snark I whipped through Superfreakonomics in no time at all. This was another book I received through Amazon’s Vine programme free in return for a review. I had read the authors’ first book, Freakonomics, and greatly enjoyed it, so I was looking forward to this one. Unfortunately […]
Stewart Lee: Three days to go
October 27th, 2009 · Comments Off on Stewart Lee: Three days to go · Life
Going to see this chap in Horsham on Friday night. Really looking forward to it. Here is an old routine to keep me going. You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video
Crime and punishment
October 26th, 2009 · Comments Off on Crime and punishment · Life
I don’t know how American law works, hell I don’t even know how British law works, but I’ll be surprised if the victim of a child sex case can ask for charges to be dropped, even if the accused is an Oscar-winning film director.
Tags: Crime/ASB
Krautrock playlist
October 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Music
I really enjoyed the Krautrock documentary on BBC Four the other day, although it was extremely frustrating at times.   You would get a little clip of footage of Can or Neu! playing in a club and be left wanting to see more. You know that nobody would have just filmed 10 seconds, and there must […]
Snark
October 25th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Life
I have finished the book Snark by David Denby; another freebie from Amazon’s Vine programme. It is a short book, just over 120 pages, but not a great page-turner for me I’m afraid. The bits about Archilochus, Hipponax and Juvenal were interesting, but only a small part of the book. Anyway, here is what I […]
