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?
Entries from May 13th, 2008
Record of achievement
May 13th, 2008 · 5 Comments · Life
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.
Tags: Crawley·Education·Schooldays
Fingers on buzzers, no conferring
May 11th, 2008 · Comments Off on Fingers on buzzers, no conferring · Life
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 🙂
Tags: Horsham·Labour Party·Religion
Random trivia
May 10th, 2008 · 7 Comments · Life
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.
Tags: WILT
Wrong time to rain
May 9th, 2008 · Comments Off on Wrong time to rain · Life
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 […]
Tags: Schooldays·Weather
Fields of the what??
May 8th, 2008 · Comments Off on Fields of the what?? · Music
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 […]
Spot the mistakes….
May 7th, 2008 · Comments Off on Spot the mistakes…. · Politics
Can you spot the mistakes in this story from the Crawley News? Answers below…
Tags: Local Papers·Tories
Booze on the tube
May 7th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Politics
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 […]
Expert?
May 7th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Work
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 […]
Tags: Local Papers
Best election comment so far
May 6th, 2008 · Comments Off on Best election comment so far · Politics
Pootergeek sums up the recent elections perfectly in this post. Check out the makeover too.
