Is it my imagination, or are there fewer adverts on ITV these days?  I don’t actually watch many programmes on ITV these days, but one that I do watch is Al Murray’s Happy Hour. For a few weeks I have had the impression that all the ad breaks are full of trailers for other ITV […]
Entries from October 13th, 2008
Doctor Wu
October 13th, 2008 · 2 Comments · Life
Prince Charles having a small part in Doctor Who is an interesting idea. But how much more fun to give him the main part when Tennant moves on… DOCTOR: So you’re a Dalek are you? And what do you do? DALEK: Exterminate!
Misty Mountain Hop
October 13th, 2008 · Comments Off on Misty Mountain Hop · Life
It was a misty one this morning. Normally I like the way everything looks in the fog – but not when I have to drive 100 miles. We seem to get a lot of fog around here (which makes you wonder who picked it as the location for a major airport) but today it was […]
There Are More Questions Than Answers
October 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Life
Another day, another quiz. This evening there is a fund-raising ‘fish & chips quiz night’ at Manor Green College. Having accepted the invitation I am now hoping desperately that my interpretation of what ‘fish & chips quiz’ means is actually correct and that I have not let myself in for 100 batter-related questions
Tags: Quiz
Car Jamming
October 10th, 2008 · Comments Off on Car Jamming · Life, Technology
Believe it or, if you must, believe it not but one of the most popular posts I have ever written in the four years or so I have been doing this is this one about hip punishments back in April 2006. It did not attract many comments but overthe years there is hardly a month […]
Sugar Coated Iceberg
October 10th, 2008 · Comments Off on Sugar Coated Iceberg · Politics
Why was it no great surprise to find out that West Sussex county council have some money tied up in Icelandic banks? The council say that this will not have an impact on frontline services, and play down the significance in several ways: it is not in an Icelandic bank but in the UK arm […]
Up On The Hill
October 9th, 2008 · Comments Off on Up On The Hill · Life
It really has all been going on up here on Tolgate Hill. First of all that big fire on Sunday, and then yesterday there was an obstruction in the road as I came home from work. Right opposite where the fire was there was a tow truck blocking half of the road. It was reversed […]
Burning Down The House
October 9th, 2008 · 4 Comments · Life
A small follow-up to what I wrote about that fire at the other end of Tollgate Hill the other day. The presence of dogs in the building got picked up by the papers before their print editions came out today and became the focus of the story, but that is not what is interesting me.
Tags: Language·Local Papers
Sad But True
October 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Life
There is something a little bit strange about deciding to read a dictionary from start to finish, and when the dictionary in question is the Oxford English Dictionary it is also an epic undertaking. The OED is not the 1300-page Concise Oxford Dictionary that is in many homes, nor even the two-volume Shorter Oxford English […]
Smelly Cat
October 8th, 2008 · 1 Comment · Life
Rojo is, or seems to be, about twice the size of when we got him, but even so he is still not very big and still a kitten. Let’s put it this way, he is still small enough that to fit in the bread bin – as I found out tonight. Which all begs the […]
