There is a trending topic on Twitter at the moment called #10yearsago which got me thinking a bit about where I was and what I was up to ten years ago today, and it is a bit scary to realise how much has gone on.
Entries from December 31st, 2009
Day of the Triffids
December 30th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Life
I don’t care what anybody else says: I really enjoyed the BBC’s new version of Day of the Triffids. So it did not stick slavishly to the original (which I am ashamed to say I have not read) or to the previous BBC adaptation – it did what a good science fiction re-make should do […]
Tags: TV
Frisky business
December 30th, 2009 · Comments Off on Frisky business · Life
I remember the last time I flew to the USA. On the way back we were made to remove our shoes to go through security. This had never happened before and there was a lot of grumbling. We heard the bloke at the gate tell somebody in front of us “just be greatful that Richard […]
Best day of the year
December 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Life
Yesterday was my favourite day of the year, one that I always look forward to. It does not always fall on the same date, but is normally a few days after December 25th. The timing depends on when the Northern sister can get time off work. It is the day we go up to Essex […]
Tags: Bah Humbug!·Essex·Family
Not the Nine O’Clock News
December 29th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Life
I enjoyed the programme about Not the Nine O’Clock News this evening.  I had forgotten just how big it was back in the day, and had also forgotten that Chris Langham was in the first series. I do remember that it was must-see TV at the time and if I look in the overflow bookcase […]
Festive Telly
December 28th, 2009 · Comments Off on Festive Telly · Life
I can remember when Christmas seemed to revolve around the television set, something that probably peaked during the 1970s. These days it seems less and less important with so many other competing attractions. If the TV is turned on it is just as likely to be for playing the Xbox or watching a new DVD […]
Tags: Bah Humbug!·TV
Top Gear never had to put up with this
December 27th, 2009 · Comments Off on Top Gear never had to put up with this · Life
Chrystal got a new stereo for her car a while back (a pink one of course), but the shop had to order a special part in to fit it.  Over the last couple of weeks Jayne has had several increasingly disputatious ((I don’t car whether it is a real word or not)) phone calls to […]
(Very) Bad Shepherds
December 26th, 2009 · 2 Comments · Music
A Christmastime treat for the sister: You need to a flashplayer enabled browser to view this YouTube video Via Tom Freeman (an all-around-my-hat tip?)
Happy Boxing Day
December 26th, 2009 · Comments Off on Happy Boxing Day · Life, Politics
It is the day after Christmas, when it is traditional to dress up in funny clothes, drink alcohol, and chase wild animals for entertainment. Another activity this year is to take part in either the orchestrated campaign to repeal the hunting ban or the orchestrated campaign to keep it.  As a parliamentary candidate I have […]
Tags: Hunting
Snow up North
December 26th, 2009 · Comments Off on Snow up North · Jane
We had an official white Christmas in Leeds (I know we don’t quite live in Leeds but we were virtually there on Christmas Day when we were in Dewsbury) so here are our snow pictures. There has only been one morning when we couldn’t get right up the street and, although the road is a […]
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