12 May 2010
Sitting Near Number 10, Unaware Of My Dream Coming True...
9 May 2010
I Took On The Internet, And I Won! I Was Right Sounds So Good...
2 May 2010
Edinburgh Is A Dry City, No Drinking Please...
C'mon You Wonderful Wigan Warriors!
27 April 2010
Toy Story 3's UK Premiere IS In Edinburgh At EIFF!
25 April 2010
Scariest Movie In Years Is Amongst Us... Schizo!
24 April 2010
More Intelligent Audience Seen At Previous Senior Scottish Debates...
23 April 2010
Working Lunch To End ... What Will I Be On Next?
16 April 2010
Liverpool FC Is Finally Up For Sale! Bye-Bye Muppets!
15 April 2010
Tesco Mobile Has Me Bouncing With Peaceful Joy!
Transcendental Meditation logo, TM.org |
13 April 2010
Exclusive: My Conservative Candidate Is A Klang-Banger!
UPDATE: I sent this through to Steve Bennett at Chortle.co.uk to see if it made would be interesting for his WTF (Weekly Trivia File) and it made the cut! A link would have been nice but that's not why I sent it in, just happy to share!
11 April 2010
Swans Abandon Egg A Week After Easter...
10 April 2010
'Shelter' Under Your Coat Or Away From Bad Direction?
8 April 2010
Alex Ferguson is Forgetful In His Old Age ... Or A Hypocrite!
Dictionary definition of a hypocrite |
6 April 2010
Trash of the Titans - Release the Krap in 3D!
3 April 2010
Note to Gordon Brown - Don't Play A Spin Master At His Own Game!
This ad is now going out on the same 11 digital billboards as the Labour one, so there will be 22 images of Dave Cameron as the most loved person on TV. I'd already asked the question how badly the Labour Party wants to lose this election but this is pure suicide! Mark my previously written words, there will be no hung parliament, Cameron will win with a decent majority (and that's not my political preference, my ideal would be a Lib Dem - Conservative alliance to bring in real change, just calling it as it will be).
1 April 2010
Spanish LFC April Fool's Story Sucks In Imaginary Sports Reporters
However there is an interesting point about the final two "news sources". Yes, everyone is simply re-printing the "quotes" directly from Marca, but The Telegraph have lost a lot of staff in recent times and according to Private Eye, they run agency copy for sports pieces and (have previously) attribute imaginary names to the piece. This story is apparently written by 'Telegraph Staff' and end with "Benitez has not forgiven Riera, worried about his World Cup chances, for so publicly trying to manufacture a move at a crucial time of the season by misrepresenting his relationship with him". That sounds awfully like the way ESPN's 'Soccernet Staff' concluded their piece which was "The Reds boss has not forgiven Riera, worried about his World Cup chances, for so publicly trying to manufacture a move at a crucial time of the season by misrepresenting his relationship with him". It seems The Telegraph are not the only ones using agency copy and publishing it as pieces 'written' by their 'staff'.
31 March 2010
Help Find A Missing Girl: Laura Palmer. Posters All Around London
30 March 2010
Who Said It Couldn't Snow Again?!
Either way, have a wonderful birthday,
from...
28 March 2010
(Almost) 10 Years of Bedroom-based Broadband Browsing
26 March 2010
Don't Opt-Out of Junk Text Messages from Real Numbers!
24 March 2010
Mensa UK Are Stupid and Unobservant!
"You have £5.84 in change and it's made up of four different denominations of coins, the largest being 50p. You have exactly the same number of each coin. Which coins do you have and how many of each coin?"
Now you may think that's a good puzzle, it should keep you going for a little bit. That's true. The answer will apparently be revealed next week (29th), also fine. I want to know why they decided to put some stock images of British coins to brighten up the web page...?
22 March 2010
Jon Stewart's Moment of Zen Is Sheer Heaven!
21 March 2010
I Love You I Love You Phillip Morris!
20 March 2010
What A Beautiful Sky This Evening... Summer Is Coming!
Key Is Locked Out Of Chortle Nominees - Quite Rightly!
UPDATED: Yes Rhod won Best DVD (no shock there) although The Pajama Men lost out to the two acts I said sorry to, Idiots of Ants (say their name quickly) as best sketch group (with Stefan in last year's show!) and Tom Wrigglesworth for Best Show. Sarah Millican won Best Headliner which on the basis of last year's Edinburgh shows makes no sense. However, a headliner on has about 30 minutes on stage and Phil is definitely appreciated over the full hour so she could be going down a treat. Roll on Edinburgh Fringe 2010, only 20 weeks to go!
17 March 2010
Oh-No! I Haven't Posted My St. Patrick's Day Cards... ):-|
But seriously! St. Patrick's Day cards? This is shameless exploitation by card companies (I can't believe they have managed to shock me). If you want to do something for someone so they have a "Happy St. Patrick's Day" then light a candle for them in church or help out a religious charity. Please don't buy them a godless greeting card from the altar of capitalism...
[Wow, with this much lyrical venom I could be part Irish... incidentally I am!]
16 March 2010
Put Your Money Where My Mouth Is On Dave's Landslide!
However the last straw was last night when Gordon said 'I will carry on without a majority' and 'if I lose I will remain Labour leader' (a position he was unelected to, he was anointed). Come polling day, they will duly go in and vote for "Call me" Dave Cameron and he'll start our new Government with a majority of at least 50 seats (so over 348 Conservative MPs). You should still have good odds on this right now, so put your money where my mouth is on Dave's landslide!
14 March 2010
Le Temps Détruit Tout? Or, Things, Can Only Get Better!
11 March 2010
Marketing Angle: Irish People Like To Drink!
9 March 2010
Who Is The Talented Arty-One In My Family?
7 March 2010
Wow! Wonderus Alice Already Usurps Avatar
Sky 3D Football Is Better Than Being There!
6 March 2010
Baileys Gold Is New Cream Of Cream Liqueurs
Let's hope this doesn't become another Malibu Lime (where it tests really well and is a great product but gets discontinued!). On that subject ... Bring Back Malibu Lime!
3 March 2010
Helloes Ladies (once) of SNIPEF!
1 March 2010
If Only We Had A Word For 'One In Ten'...
28 February 2010
¡Estoy Muy Impresionado Con O2!
We’re sorry but your O2 Home Broadband will be slower than normal between this Saturday 08:00am and Sunday 08:00am. A transport company is doing some major track side maintenance work where we have some cables, which will affect the speed of your broadband service. Even though this is beyond our control, we’re sorry.
Wow! Pre-emptively warning me about possible interference in my internet access and it's not even their guys doing the interfering! ¡Muy impresionado!
27 February 2010
Wishing You A Merry Valentine's Day & A Happy New March!
24 February 2010
Almost Got My Ducks In A Row...
Extra prize for anyone who can identify the 'ducks' for me!
Although, now that I think of it, this post could easily be an analogy for my life right now (except for not remembering the names of birds... ;-) !
21 February 2010
Mum's The Word For Pre-School Ed-you-kay-shun...
19 February 2010
What Is Real? It Seems Everything On TV Is Fake!
12 February 2010
Scousers Here, Scousers There, Scousers ... erm Not In Parliament?
This has caused an outrage! She foolishly agreed to be quizzed by the Liverpool Echo on Liverpool's history and from what I can tell she only managed to name one of The Beatles and has no idea who Bill Shankly was or who performed Ferry Across The Mersey! Aside from countless questions being raised within the Labour Party, they now face a huge threat to their vote share with Comic Actor and famous Socialist Labour Party supporter, Ricky Tomlinson (from nearby Blackpool), trying to stand against her! So come May we can expect Labour to lose, maybe the Socialist Labour Party or Lib Dems to win, but the biggest winner will be David Cameron with a majority one greater than it would have been if sense had of prevailed.
11 February 2010
Why Is Michael McIntyre Starring As The Wolfman?
Just back from watching The Wolfman and there are several things that have surprised me about this film. I believe it has been delayed by many months which it spent in post-production and I'm pleased that this hasn't made it into a long and drawn out film. Yes, it is a little bit schizophrenic at times, but the acting, the direction, the sets, the special effects and the make up are all very professional. In fact on the, I'm stunned how they managed to take 21st Century comedy maestro Michael McIntyre and age him slightly to be the lead actor:
The film is quite enjoyable, doesn't bore you at any point and has a nice sprinkling of loud noises / jump out scenes as well as some hardcore gore (similar to Daybreakers in not pulling any punches). From the opening titles, you realise that this is a remake of a classic Hammer horror film about "The Wolfman". It's not a serious thriller about werewolves nor a teen flick about love between monsters. All it tries to do is tell the story of this one Wolfman and it does that pretty well. That said, there are times especially in the first half hour were the direction and acting comes across as a serious drama or suspense thriller which at the time does confuse you. When you leave and you recall the opening titles, the main sequence in the middle and the closing scene, you know that it is very good and modern Hammer horror film which does entertain.