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Oh no!

February 28th 2006

Most people who know me, or even read the blog, will know I love radio4. Saturday mornings lieing in bed, with things like the news quiz, make my week. I was most upset to read of Linda Smith dieing today. Not only was she extreamly funny, but she was also one of the few women [...]

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Tonights entertains is…

February 27th 2006

…to quote a friend “complete fucking idiocy” Why I hear you ask – what is the boy up to? Well, I’ve marinated a piece of beef (brisket) in pinapple juice and chilli for 4 days, and squewered it on a bent coathanger, suspected it in a metal biscuit tin, full of pieces of apple wood [...]

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The Service

February 27th 2006

I’m not exactly sure what this is, it’s an online comic, or a story, or something, however, I am thus far enjoying The Service. *saves link for later* Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find a German The strange and pale styling The magic of computing Two very important [...]

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Guilty as charged

February 25th 2006

Well, I’ve been pretty crappy at updating lately. I’ll try, but really there’s not muh to tell. Werk remains a bit rubbish (I suspect I might be letting my love of pushing my limits get in the way of me seeing that, actually its completely shit), my oliday fell through (grr werk and my lack [...]

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Trains

February 24th 2006

Dear god,please dont make me spend this entire journey with my bag on my knee next to this child who smells of macdonalds and is dressed so pink my eyes hurt. Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find a German The strange and pale styling The magic of computing [...]

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Black Valentine?

February 24th 2006

Well, as of this morning, I have my own species. It’s part of the global domination plan, but basically I Adopted a vegetable! She’s a Dwarf French Bean called ‘Black Valentine’, and she’s mine all mine! I’ve got a certificate and everything! *proud father* Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the [...]

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Sick fucks

February 23rd 2006

OK, there are some horrific people in this world but the man who raped his dying stepdaughter should be castrated at the very least. Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find a German The strange and pale styling The magic of computing Two very important things

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Know your place!

February 20th 2006

You know what – if I ever get knighted, you call me sir too! Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find a German The strange and pale styling The magic of computing Two very important things

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Mastercard could make adverts out of my evening

February 20th 2006

Leaving work early, round trip to York to deliver keys (and a quick cocktail and a hug), and then home via tescos for discounted pizza and a bag of salad. Well, better than working late and staggering home hating the world! Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find a [...]

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Sinex

February 20th 2006

Vicks Sinex (Nasal pump spray) is rocking my world! I’ve been bunged up and snuffly, and I found a bottle rolling around under the sofa. No idea where it came from, but having been run under the tap I wedges it into a nostril, fired it up, and I’ve been breathing free and easy ever [...]

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What does a boy want?

February 19th 2006

Well, lots of thinks, but a list of really good firefox extensions is a good start Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find a German The strange and pale styling The magic of computing Two very important things

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Weekend

February 19th 2006

Good food, good booze, great company, and the Baltic. More news later. maybe. Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find a German The strange and pale styling The magic of computing Two very important things

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Comic moments in nursing (part II)

February 17th 2006

I might make this a running feature becuase today is attacking a pateint with a fish! Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find a German The strange and pale styling The magic of computing Two very important things

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Food goodness

February 17th 2006

What happens when you mix three of my favorite things…giner, pears, and cake. It can only be good. Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find a German The strange and pale styling The magic of computing Two very important things

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So tired

February 17th 2006

I cant sleep. And I stupidly have the ‘book in my bedroom meaning I can pootle round on the interweb until I finally dead or something. Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find a German The strange and pale styling The magic of computing Two very important things

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Comic moments in nursing

February 16th 2006

Top of todays list has to be:drawing a face on a patient’s hernia! Oh the japes. Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find a German The strange and pale styling The magic of computing Two very important things

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Big fucking rant

February 15th 2006

OK, this is beginning to really bug me. If 200 Americans had been kidnapped all over the world, flown around the world to various countries where acts that are illegal in the US (and many other sane countries) and then locked in a detention camp, where alligations of torture and abuse are rife, POTUS The [...]

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Lock, stock …

February 12th 2006

…the fucking lot. I’d forgotten what a good little film Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels is. It’s pretty beutifully shot, the cinematography, line little comic lines, Vinnie Jones being a very very nasty man, and even the appearence of Sting doesn’t cunt it up too much. Perfect for watching whilst ironing. Oh and a [...]

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Tired, hungover and being domestic

February 12th 2006

So, after a Friday spent drinking in black tie an a very expencive taxi home, and a saturday night consuming a couple of beers and watching amazing people singing and playing at the Cluny, today I am trying to be domestic. I’ve got a piece of brisket slow roasting (marinated in pickeld walnut, chillki and [...]

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Genius comes in many guises

February 12th 2006

“Ah, women. They make the highs higher and lows more frequent.” – Nietzsche Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find a German The strange and pale styling The magic of computing Two very important things

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E+B strike

February 9th 2006

Attention all Durham Wankers you will be caught. You have been warned! Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find a German The strange and pale styling The magic of computing Two very important things

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CSI Toon?

February 8th 2006

Right – CSI – 100% shitty TV if ever there was such a thing, but, like Buffy, it’s rubbish, but it’s very entertaining. However, exactly how many series are there? CSI, CSI Miami, CSI Vegas and I’ve seen CSI NYC, but how many more are out there? I wonder what CSI Toon would be like? [...]

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What to do with an extra couple of hours

February 7th 2006

So, today I left the office the earliest I have in over a year, possibly nearly 18 months. I walked out about quarter to 6, wandered home for 6, and got very confused – what to do with all this extra time. Thats a good 2 hours before I normally go, but it’s been a [...]

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How to cut brisket

February 6th 2006

Whilst I was out in Texas I had some really good bbq. They all cook bisket over there, and it’s a much ignored cut of meat over here, so I’m wondering about picking up some cheap bisket, and cooking it slowly with lots of smoke somehow. So – what shape is brisket and how should [...]

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Food in the North East

February 6th 2006

I’m a big fan of eating well, and try to spend a bit of time and cash promoting regional foods (especially by eating them and getting other people to eat them). So much goodness to be had in the Northumbria Larder directory. Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find [...]

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Oh dear, the silly lady

February 5th 2006

I suspect this will get many blogBytes (hell I’ve link nabbed it) worth of coverage in the next couple of days, but it appears Lowri Turner with an article called “However much I love my gay friends, I don’t want them running the country”. unleash a little fury Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing [...]

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Haribo

February 5th 2006

It is impossible to eat Haribo without chewing. Try sucking even one jelly tedyy to distruction, and you will chew reflexivly. Impossibles I tells you. Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find a German The strange and pale styling The magic of computing Two very important things

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Maths revision

February 5th 2006

It irritates me I’m forgetting my maths. I was a very good mathmatician (not half as good as one or two friends) but I walked a-levels. I was planning on taking a couple of evening classes to get back up to speed, but mathsrevision.net should do the job and not fill my evenings. Possibly Related [...]

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The most irritating shit in the world

February 4th 2006

I’m not a big fan of telly, it’s mostly shit. And the single most annoying thing on TV at the moment (after mobile phone ring tone adverts) are these whiging bints and their specialist insurence. The song is irritating, the faces are irritating, the smugness is irritating. I wonder if I can sue them for [...]

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Hardcore geekery

February 4th 2006

I’m currently building a binary clock. So far it counts to 9. The clock bit will come later. Anyhoo, I ran across a most useful site with all manner of useful stuff (binary clock circuits, power circuits, how ro read data from a parallel port). Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget [...]

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Ridiculously good chilli

February 4th 2006

Right kids, its rare I despence wisdom (I might well rant and claim to be wise), but this is important. Here is how to make very very cheap, unfeasibily good chilli. Turn on oven. Bout 180 degreeish. Snot important. Chop large onion and a couple of peppers. I slice half the onion finely, and the [...]

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Widgets

February 4th 2006

IK, so Tiger has widgets, which appear to be stoken form Konfrabulator, and thus far the jury is out for me (I will continue to play), however, I shall be playing with the dev kit when I get a little time. Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find a [...]

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Gig photos

February 4th 2006

I go to as many gigs as I can. I can’t play a damned thing (really – I even sucked at the recorder) but I go, and I point cameras, and I take a fuck load of photos, and I have some that I’m pretty proud of, but then I see things like Barney’s Best [...]

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State of the Union

February 2nd 2006

Thats righto The Cunt POTUS has been speaking again, and for those of you that missed it, here’s a few of the main points: * claimed the US won WWII * called criticism unamerican * “only cowards want to pull out” * declared war on Iran * promised to increase domestic spying * promised to [...]

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Buy my stuff

February 2nd 2006

This is important – you need these cds in your life. Buy them now. Spending money is good. Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find a German The strange and pale styling The magic of computing Two very important things

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Security defects luxury shitter route.

February 1st 2006

I have just been defeated by a locked internal door.On it is a sign that said “this door has been locked because of the security policy”.And now i have no east way of getting to the luxury shitter. Boo that. Possibly Related Posts: Cold Water Swimming Trailing : One Forget the deli, find a German [...]

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