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Slagging Off Everyone’s Mum

After I’ve finished typing this, I’m going to listen to Human, by The Killers, all the way through for the first time, and I’m going to enjoy it even if the process actually does kill me.
Do you remember enjoying I Kissed a Girl by Kate Perry? The simple hook? The catchy refrain? [...]

December 10, 2008 • Tags:  • Posted in: Uncategorized • 2 Comments

Masochism Centre Edition

I’m currently looking into building myself a media centre. Media centres aren’t a subject I know a great deal about, and whilst carrying out my research I’ve stumbled across LinuxMCE, a media centre environment which is conceptually awesome. If I set this up, I could (in theory) direct our cable service through it, [...]

December 5, 2008 • Tags:  • Posted in: Uncategorized • No Comments

Poor Production Values

Ever become obsessed with a song, to the point where it rattles around in your head both night and day, and unless you spend an embarassing amount of time constructing some sort of bastardised creation relating to it, it will continue to haunt you until the day you die?
Nah, me neither.

Savoury Success

I used to be quite fat. Think somewhere between Big Daddy and Winston Churchill, and you’ll have me circa 2004. By eating sensibly and getting more exercise, I’m now somewhere around Adrian Chiles from The One Show. Unfortunately, recent job changes have forced me into the lifestyle of regularly eating out of vending machines, and [...]

November 28, 2008 • Posted in: Uncategorized • 1 Comment

The Emperor’s New Tracksuit

It is a sad but unavoidable fact that I am slowly turning into my dad. I nearly watched a documentary on canals last weekend, which should give you some idea of just how far it’s progressed. Once I own a copy of Nat King Cole Sings the Blues, I’ll know the transformation is complete. Until [...]

I’ll show you something…

The tail-end of November is always a depressing time of year. Shorter days; Christmas anxiety; the icy spectre of death nudging another wooden bead from left to right on the abacus of your mortal existence. It all adds up. As a result, this is the perfect time to talk about the Ralph McTell song Streets [...]

November 26, 2008 • Posted in: Uncategorized • 1 Comment

Bloody Typical

No-nonsense misanthropic curmudgeons are all the rage these days, so it’s just my bloody luck I’m as cheerful and upbeat as I am, isn’t it?
It’s not easy to stay positive in the face of all these people telling you how rubbish the world is, or how much people suck.  Or how awesome the world would [...]