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Entries from January 30th, 2008

X-Files Bargain

January 30th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Life

The other day I found something which is brilliant news for anyone in the unlikely position of really liking the X-Files but not owning any of them on DVD – a box set of all nine seasons, plus the feature film, for £71.97 on Amazon.

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Potholes

January 30th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Politics

I was just flicking through last week’s Crawley News before sending it to the recycling bin, and stopped to read a story about potholes in the town.

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Presidential Hopefuls

January 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Politics

I may be desperately bored by the whole US election circus, but that didn’t stop me having a thought or two today.

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False Alarm

January 28th, 2008 · Comments Off on False Alarm · Life

We got called out to the community centre today to try and shut off the fire alarms.  Actually Jayne got called and I tagged along in case I could help.

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Overly specific

January 24th, 2008 · Comments Off on Overly specific · Life

In London yesterday I had a little look around the cheap bookshop on the corner of Waterloo Bridge Rd. I don’t need any books right now as I have 4 novels and a biography in the to-read pile, but its always fun to look, just in case there is a bargain.

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Grand day out

January 24th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Life

I had the opportunity of getting some proper professional photos done by a Labour party photographer up in Westminster and decided to take up the offer and use it as an excuse to do a bit of tourism at the same time.

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Nobs

January 24th, 2008 · Comments Off on Nobs · Life

Not a cheap smutty joke… well not just a cheap smutty joke. When I first saw this Irish pub at No. 65 out of the corner of my eye I did a bit of a double take because I really thought it was a pub called ‘Nobs’ until I looked properly.

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Write your own cheque

January 21st, 2008 · 2 Comments · Politics

There has recently been a lot of talk about what MPs should get paid, and whether or not they should be able to set their own pay.

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Oxygene

January 21st, 2008 · Comments Off on Oxygene · Music

I was a little tempted to buy the Mail on Sunday today for the free CD of Oxygene because I thought I only had it on an old cassette.

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Incidental music

January 20th, 2008 · Comments Off on Incidental music · Music

Watching Primeval yesterday I thought I recognised the music on the soundtrack when they were in the server room.   It sounded like an obscure Spizzenergi track called Mega City 3, but it couldn’t be could it? Oh yes it could!

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