I am feeling very popular at the moment, having just received letters from Peter Hain, Alan Johnston and Harriet Harman telling me how they all want to be my best friend and an e-mail from my union telling me they want John Cruddas to be my best friend. All three letters make different points and […]
Entries from June 9th, 2007
Under Canvas
June 8th, 2007 · Comments Off on Under Canvas · Life
Jayne is away with the kids and her sister and her sister’s family. All together there are 3 adults, 5 teens, 3 children and a baby. Camping. I declined on the grounds that thirteen is an unlucky number and I don’t do screaming babies in fields, and felt vindicated in my decision when we woke […]
Aches
June 7th, 2007 · 1 Comment · Technology
My arms still really ache from when I beat Jayne up on Tuesday night. Perhaps I should clarify that a bit… Someone gave her a Wii the other day and when I got home she insisted that I have a go. First of all she thrashed me at tennis, having had the benefit of an […]
Memory Almost Full
June 6th, 2007 · Comments Off on Memory Almost Full · Music
You can tell that Paul McCartney has moved away from EMI/Parlophone. Today I downloaded his new album Memory Almost Full from eMusic as a DRM-free MP3. (Not only DRM-free, but without all the encoded personal data which has been discovered in iTunes DRM-free tracks, and cheaper too)
Tags: Shopping
Woodmans Hill
June 5th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Politics
What is going on with Woodmans Hill in Broadfield? At the last Broadfield Neighbourhood forum it was one of the roads mentioned as being a safety concern due to the speed of traffic going down it, but there was supposed to be some traffic calming there at least a year ago. The story so far […]
Silversun Pickups
June 4th, 2007 · 2 Comments · Music
This evening I caught up with Friday's Later With Jools Holland, expecting to see The Who but they cancelled their appearance due to ill health. Not to worry, there was plenty to keep me entertained. The Kaiser Chiefs were OK, but a bit lukewarm, and the White Stripes were magnificent as always. I think I […]
Tags: TV
Friends
June 4th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Technology
I had an e-mail today from some unknown person asking me to be their friend on MySpace. I don’t know what that is all about. I think I set up an account on there ages ago as that was the only way I could make contact with the band Skudder and access their pages and […]
Tags: Internet
Eduacation, eduacation, eduacation
June 2nd, 2007 · 6 Comments · Technology
I am not tempted, and I am especially sceptical about the spelling one!
Grammar schools
June 1st, 2007 · 2 Comments · Politics
So grammar schools are bad, but if they already exist somewhere they are good. I'm confused, probably because I only went to a comprehensive school… I did like the point Sarah Teather made on Question Time (and the way Roy Hattersly made the same point 2 minutes later but made it look like he thought […]
Tags: Schooldays
