There was another of life’s little milestones today. It is one thing when your own children hit eighteen, that is bad enough, but when your little sister’s kids reach eighteen… A much bigger milestone for my niece Annie though. We went back to Essex for her 18th birthday party tonight. It was a good family […]
Entries from February 7th, 2010
Catch it while you can – Little Boots and Numan
February 7th, 2010 · Comments Off on Catch it while you can – Little Boots and Numan · Music
Available on the BBC’s iPlayer until Friday evening – a Radio 6 Music session with Little Boots and Gary Numan, bridging the electropop generation gap. I wasn’t too keen on the piano-based version of Are ‘Friends’ Electric? but very much enjoyed the version of Venus in Furs. Just a shame it stopped before the end […]
Tags: Radio
Look who’s coming to dinner
February 6th, 2010 · 5 Comments · Politics
After the MP Expenses furore, the home-flipping and the multitude of jobs on the side and other outside interests, the new area to come under scrutiny is the hiring of Westminster facilities and whether they are sometimes hired for fundraising activities. I’m not sure this one has got legs, I can’t really see it grabbing […]
Suzi Quatro
February 6th, 2010 · Comments Off on Suzi Quatro · Music
Back to trivia even sooner than I expected… while ferretting around in the odd corners of Spotify tonight I learned something interesting. OK, maybe not interesting in the general definition, but I was interested.
Lessons for the left
February 6th, 2010 · 23 Comments · Politics
I found this article on the BBC website to be in equal measures interesting and depressing. It is called Why do people vote against their best interests? and is about the US healthcare issue, but really has lessons for the left over here too.
Tags: Labour Party·Statistics·USA
Should of known better
February 5th, 2010 · 3 Comments · Life
One of pet hates is when people write “should of” instead of “should have”.   While the targets of this site‘s ire are all worthy enough (and thanks to Damian for bringing it to my attention on Twitter the other day) the author should have ((see. Not too difficult was it?)) made some room for “should […]
Tags: Language
Now that’s what I call a health warning
February 2nd, 2010 · Comments Off on Now that’s what I call a health warning · Life
Did everybody see the story about the bloke in Indonesia who was smoking a cigarette when it exploded and blew six of his teeth out? A couple of things to note: He got compensation of £335 (plus medical expenses). Doesn’t sound a lot for what must have been a pretty traumatic experience. The brand he […]
Tags: WTF
Yes its pretty, but…
February 2nd, 2010 · Comments Off on Yes its pretty, but… · Uncategorized
Crawley Council are rightly pleased about the renovation of the Langley Green parade and the surrounding area, concentrating on the design details in this press release. A while ago I stopped there myself to use the shops and while being pleased with the improved parking arrangements I also noticed the distinctive bollards. I can remember […]
Survive Style 5+
February 2nd, 2010 · Comments Off on Survive Style 5+ · Life
Tonight I watched a Japanese film called Survive Style 5+. It is another one I got from Amazon’s Vine programme. I actually got it last month but kept putting off watching: I never really felt in the right mood. Tonight I decided to give it a try and found it to be a remarkable film, […]
Cat Chaos
February 1st, 2010 · 3 Comments · Life
So. The first day that Chiquita was left alone all day and she trashed the front room a bit. At the moment we can’t let her out (a bit young, not had her jabs, paranoid about cars and wrapping her in cotton wool etc.) It was not supposed to be like this: it was supposed […]
