November 2003
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Hello Google
I’ve been thrown out of my own home tonight. Usurped by a group of woman paying homage to the all powerful creator of “The Rabbit®”. Yes, Louise is hosting an Ann Summers party tonight. A room full of women, a table full of nibbles (low fat of course) and cupboard full of booze, not to…
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Newsworthy
(OK, second attempt to post this, first one disappeared into the ether) Most of my news, as regular readers will know, comes from the behemoth that is the BBC News website. The only reason I mention this is to confirm that I visit it a lot. OK, agreed? So you’ll understand that the following item…
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Stereophonics: SECC
I was decidely ‘not bothered’ about this gig, boy was I wrong. Much heavier than I thought they’d be, the ‘phonics’ were slick, together and loud. Ripping into a three song opening they paced the entire gig well, save the slightly too long “I Miss You Now” as the second last song of the encore,…
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I'll have a P please Bob…
My brother-in-law works for Compaq/HP, they have a scheme where, at the start of their year, they can ‘purchase’ additional holidays. Nice touch that. It got me wondering if there is any chance I could buy some extra hours in the day from anyone? Surely some of you layabouts have a few spare… I mean…
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WTC memorial
Eight finalists have been revealed in the competition to design a permanent memorial at the site of the World Trade Center. Personally I think Reflecting Absence is the most appropriate, but prefer the design of the Memorial Cloud. Unfortunately the whole thing is spoiled for me by the descriptive passages accompanying each submission… For example…
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For clarity
And Stuart… My wife needs the car to get to work as she works in the middle of an industrial estate.. sorry “International Business Park”… so she drops me off and picks me up from the station every day. Her hours are fixed, she works 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. That means, to save her…