Devil's Advocate

Reading time: < 1 min Still can’t really muster up much enthusiasm or spare brain power at the moment. I did survive a game of 5-a-side (well 4-a-side actually) tonight, but now it’s 9.30pm and I’m completely drained. Mentally and physically. The only thought in my head is from a comment I made the other day, to a work colleague.…

Retiring type

Reading time: < 1 min Peter, he of Naked Blog fame, is taking a break. Thank feck to be honest as he was showing me up for the talentless hack I am…. the added bonus is that we can all now talk about the grumpy old bugger and just delete his comments (if he deigns us worthy of leaving one…

Consumer advice

Reading time: < 1 min Lyle is moaning about those little “Contains” taglines films have these days (moaning is the wrong word I think, but it’s late and I’m knackered). So a little digging reveals that they are just an extension of that little grid you get on the back of videos/DVDs indicating the content of the movie: Consumer advice…

Limbering up

Reading time: < 1 min So congratulations to Porto for winning the Champions League. The new Chelsea manager seems like a bit of an odd bloke, so he’ll fit in at Stamford Bridge quite well. Anyhoo, we were visiting a friend tonight who is recuperating after an operation on her back, there was some talk of the details but thankfully…

Not here

Reading time: < 1 min This is rapidly turning into the week that never was. Still ‘fatigued’. Stressing about loads of stuff and just can’t be arsed with any of it. I want to go lock myself in a room (preferably armed with a sniper rifle and a little peep hole – ooeerr…) and never come out. [Insert random chain…

Prisoner

Reading time: < 1 min Prompted by this post by that man Sevitz. I’ve linked to this before (but can’t find where as the search engine is still catching up since the domain/server move), and notice that it’s also been updated concerning the “parallels with the recent abuse of Iraqi prisoners”. The Stanford Prison Experiment: A Simulation Study of the…