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End of the season

Skuds — Tue, 13 May 2008 00:56:37 +0000

The end of the (Premier) football season was only slightly exciting for West Ham fans. After seven of eight months lodged at number ten in the table there was a slight mathematical chance of slipping to eleventh on the last day - but only if Spurs beat Liverpool, which wasn’t going to happen was it? (more…)

Record of achievement

Skuds — Tue, 13 May 2008 00:38:43 +0000

On Friday we went down to K2 for Thomas Bennett’s Year 11 Record of Achievement ceremony. I had not not been to one of these before - I missed Frankie’s and Chas’s school did something in the evening which was on a much smaller scale: he did go to a much smaller school. (more…)

Fingers on buzzers, no conferring

Skuds — Sat, 10 May 2008 23:12:00 +0000

I was at another quiz on Friday night. This one was in aid of the Crawley Community Church building fund. One of my colleagues at work is involved in the church and invited me to join his team. I may be an atheist but I’m also a quiz whore (more…)

Random trivia

Skuds — Sat, 10 May 2008 01:31:19 +0000

I read somewhere yesterday that Socrates was a trained sculptor. I can’t remember exactly where I read it or what the context was, but its just the sort of odd thing I enjoy discovering.

Wrong time to rain

Skuds — Fri, 09 May 2008 08:32:57 +0000

I find hot weather quite uncomfortable so I’m quite happy for it to be overcast with the odd shower, but today is different. Its Chrystal’s last day at school and we have to go and sit in the assembly hall for what will feel like hours while they all get their records of achievement and that sort of thing. (more…)

Fields of the what??

Skuds — Wed, 07 May 2008 23:00:02 +0000

As a result of having bought some concert tickets online in the past I now get all sorts of regular e-mails from ticket agencies and venues and I’m used to seeing old names in the forthcoming attractions and thinking “are they still going?”. This week I got something from the Carling group about whats coming to the Brixton and Islington Academies and the Shepherds Bush Empire. Amongst the up-and-coming, fresh young artists listed are Golden Earring, Focus, Wishbone Ash, Billy Idol, the Groundhogs and… Fields of the Nephilim. (!) (more…)

Spot the mistakes….

Skuds — Wed, 07 May 2008 22:26:58 +0000

Can you spot the mistakes in this story from the Crawley News? Answers below… (more…)

Booze on the tube

Skuds — Wed, 07 May 2008 21:34:49 +0000

I don’t have any problem with the principle of banning alcohol on the tube, but then I can’t really see the point either. I have shared tube carriages with rowdy groups who are certainly disturbing and probably intimidating to some, but I can’t actually remember seeing anybody drinking on the trains. The alcohol causing the trouble is overwhelmingly consumed in the pubs before anyone sets foot in a station, and nothing is changing there. But it gets a headline doesn’t it?

Expert?

Skuds — Wed, 07 May 2008 21:27:16 +0000

I’m amazed, flattered, and gobsmacked to see myself described in the the Crawley Observer as an “IT expert”. I suppose these things are all relative and compared to some people I might be an expert, but I work alongside some very clever types who actually deserve the description: the sort of people who can work out IP address schemes in their head and troubleshoot clashes between two obstinate applications. (more…)

Best election comment so far

Skuds — Tue, 06 May 2008 22:29:47 +0000

Pootergeek sums up the recent elections perfectly in this post. Check out the makeover too.