Cherry Pop

It sounds like a bad episode of Jeremy Kyle - the bullying bloke fresh out of the nick, the slaggish ex-girlfriend, a new bloke on the scene, a kid called something like Crystal or Chardonnay. Except this bullying bloke - troubled at the core like most bullies are - came out with a shot gun and took out the new man, maimed the ex (viscously, so she’ll never forget) and blinded a policeman. A human tragedy. One we’ve all been Read the rest of this entry »

What’s the link all about I hear you say? Well, click on it, go on! It’s all about sustaining a positive attitude to saving energy is what. In other words, it’s about remaining diligent about helping the planet (and our wallets), something that few of us can honestly profess to do on a day-to-day basis…

As is discussed in the article, I am one of those annoying people who thinks they are saving energy, but is actually barely doing Read the rest of this entry »

I remember seeing 3D for the first time. It was some kind of action film. Me and dad were right at the front, and to be honest with you, although it made an impression at the time, it wasn’t exactly mind-blowing. In fact, a few years later I could barely remember any part of it. Right now I can’t even remember what the film was about, and I’m not particularly bothered.

Now, with the success of Avatar, James Cameron, Read the rest of this entry »

With summer about to begin and the kids getting older I was on the search for a new digital camcorder. I don’t want to miss one jump in the pool or crazy fishing trip. I had no idea what I was looking for and knew nothing about pixels, shot range, or really much of anything technical when it came to camcorders. I found this article very helpful when deciding what camcorder would be perfect for me and my many upcoming Read the rest of this entry »

Scooters used to be everywhere. Those annoying things that started life as toys for children and developed in to a craze bigger than…I don’t know, it’d probably take me all day to think of a bigger craze. Do you remember? A pretty disgusting sight: grown men and women in suits, filo-fax’s in hand, racing about the streets trying to look hip, on their way to have a chemical face peel and the likes. How awful it was. And it took Read the rest of this entry »

“So, what kind of music do you listen to?” That’s the question right there, isn’t it? That’s the one that acts like a double-kick to the back of the knees. Any other question, please, just not that one, because that’s about as terrifying as “so what British association of cosmetic doctors ?"is to someone impersonating a cosmetic doctor. It doesn’t matter what you say or how you say it, unless you are an extremely impressive person with an encyclopedic knowledge Read the rest of this entry »

I wasn’t born with an expressive face. My face is about as expressive as some really non-expressive DVD packaging. It is my opinion that this has had a negative effect on me throughout my life. It’s probably why I ended up as a funeral director: even when I was elated, I looked impressively miserable. So miserable that it wasn’t uncommon for one of the mourners to come up to me and say something like “Are you alright?”

People used Read the rest of this entry »

People who mishear things drive me round the bend. But it goes much deeper than that, and I need to be more specific: I’m talking about those people who not only mishear things, but then misinterpret their meaning. Within minutes a chain of events has been set in to motion that can not be stopped. After some time things can spiral wildly out of control–

Take my colleague at work, for example. His name is Lenny. I have nothing against Read the rest of this entry »

I love the internet. It’s fantastic. No matter what you are interested in you’ll be able to find someone else who’s also a keen fan (unless you’re a fan of extreme naked tractor pulling, in which case you might be out of luck, but who am I to say? The internet is ma-hu-ssive!)

But there is one problem with the internet that seems to dog almost every single web-site you come across, and that is this: very often you’ll have Read the rest of this entry »

Be warned, I take my tea extremely seriously. More seriously than Dick Cheney and The Yorkshire Ripper take /took violence against humanity, in fact, and that’s saying something (Note: of course, I am not suggesting I admire the Yorkshire Ripper. Tea-issues aside, he was evil, but I don’t have enough time to get into that and I am not even from Yorkshire). Tea must be drunk a certain way, you see. It must be handled with due care Read the rest of this entry »