tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-59010442011-08-15T13:12:45.458-07:00BritishsportsguyIt's mainly going to concentrate on stuff. With a slight chance of rainBritishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.comBlogger441100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-59848853758862012007-03-24T17:20:00.000-07:002007-03-24T17:24:31.131-07:00While watching yet another list show of "the most annoying songs to ever be played back to back by John Peel on the moon...", I was struck by the fact that two great songs which you really SHOULD check out on youtube (I'm not going to link them.....you have a browser, you do the hard work) are "I Don't Like Mondays" and "Rat Trap" - both by the Boomtown Rats and both with cracking videos to go Britishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1166878647593343582006-12-23T04:55:00.000-08:002006-12-23T04:57:27.603-08:00Damn Penny Arcade - despite not being a serious gamer, it's steadily got me addicted to the point were I'm now working my way back through the archives...Gabe rocks as a character...and the anaarchic and surreal bent to their humour tweaks my funny newsIn other news, I've discovered mixing my drinks can help me forgo a hangover! Who'd have thought it...hurrah for going down the pub at midday on Britishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1155487842584864262006-08-13T09:48:00.000-07:002006-08-13T09:50:42.600-07:00Ever wondered how you could incapacitate an evil villain's henchmen? Well, wonder no longer - non-lethally, just get them to smack one of their feet into a skirting board. They'll then be unable to do much beyond a gentle hobble after you, allowing you to escape at walking pace.'course, if they have a gun, you might have to revise that. But the above method does work, I can personally testify Britishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1151437422131240442006-06-27T12:39:00.000-07:002006-06-27T12:43:42.146-07:00We are living in a golden age of radio.I say that because we still have the genius of I'm Sorry I Haven't A Clue on our wireless sets. It is still the most brilliant radio on air, even taking the legendary Terry Wogan into account. A few years ago, just after Willie Rushton had died (still much missed because of the surreal nature he brought to the game), I genuinely thought it had jumped the Britishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1144605597778500292006-04-09T10:58:00.000-07:002006-04-09T10:59:57.786-07:00Ever wondered how scientifically viable "Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure" was in the field of time travel? Well, this website has....for some reasonBritishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1144509519706127622006-04-08T08:12:00.000-07:002006-04-08T08:18:39.716-07:00Doctor Who. It's heading back over the horizon for essential Saturday night viewing. Which is good.What's annoying about it though is the number of magazine and newspaper articles writeen by people who aren't fans but pretend to be - hence the sly comments about sonic screwdrivers, cybermen, daleks, tom baker and the like. STOP IT! You haven't followed the darn thing over the years (and, due to Britishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1141683098591948202006-03-06T14:06:00.000-08:002006-03-06T14:11:38.600-08:00Eh Up Cocky!Well it has been far too long and it needs no bigging up from this quarter, but really, throw your bowlers in the air in unalloyed pleasure at the existance of TV Cream. Just a weekend on the ol' sickbed but it was alleviated from all tedium (and half arsed attempts at suicide) by moving the finger around the site. Well put together, nowhere near comprehensive (but then, what is? Not Britishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1140870883895586092006-02-25T04:30:00.000-08:002006-02-25T04:34:43.906-08:00Well, a chance to look back at the first outing of the Apprentice and, well, everything is looking good, albeit not that different from the first episode last time! Fruit & Veg selling = flower selling. The one thing which just makes this so much better than any other reality TV show (and the Apprentice, for all the blurb about a window into the business world IS a reality TV show) is Sir Alan Britishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1139438751933659872006-02-08T14:43:00.000-08:002006-02-08T14:46:21.050-08:00Can the sugar-meister do it again for the Beeb?The Apprentice is back on the 22nd!And now, relaxBritishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1137016355083140292006-01-11T13:51:00.000-08:002006-01-11T13:52:35.083-08:00Time for a change methinks. And time possibly to be making postings. And the template change's already helpfully deleted all my links, thus making my editing task a lot easier - and urgent!Britishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1118525892170905032005-06-11T14:19:00.000-07:002005-06-11T14:38:12.176-07:00"Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so..."A quote from hitch-hiker's seems appropriate as will become apparent. Apologies for the delay, it's been busy at work and a blog's not the be-all and end-all of my universe, nor really should it. If it is, you really ought to go and smell some of those roses... really.Anyway, Hitchhikers guide to the galaxy. Or THHGTTG, given all the letters. It's beenBritishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1110382248082772922005-03-09T07:24:00.000-08:002005-03-09T07:30:48.086-08:00Well, after that raptuous response from my fans (thanks Paul), we shall continue. Well, in a vein. I think today, the Apprentice. It's been running for three weeks now on BBC 2 (9pm - wed, date fans), and it is strangely gripping. What with that and "Dragons Den", is business becoming sexy? Well, the answer's no, business has never been "sexy" but it can certainly be gripping, given the Britishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1108920412928964752005-02-20T09:25:00.000-08:002005-02-20T09:26:52.930-08:00I've been kind of wondering what would happen if I just ignored adding entries and just used this for what I wanted - the links down the side. And I found out what happened.Nothing.Nobody cares, which is what I hoped would happen as it puts less pressure on anything.Cheers everyone!Britishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1095699460673217972004-09-20T09:45:00.000-07:002004-09-20T09:57:40.673-07:00Brian Clough for England, Brian Clough for King....
It's hard to think why I'm writing this. I never saw Cloughie play, never saw a team he managed, all I have are the comments, the books, the pieces written about him. But what a reputation to write about. I can't sum up, nor would I want to, his achievements which would be incredible for a player and a manager separate - but in the same man Britishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1094398691383714082004-09-05T08:35:00.000-07:002004-09-05T08:38:11.383-07:00Every sports fan should have a pecking order on his/her three main sports teams - I'm talking rugby, football and cricket here - if you don't have them, well wait until they're up to standard, so this may be a thirty years hence thing.
Currently in England, I'd reckon Duncan Fletcher's England are top, Woody-less rugby are second and Sven heading down to the bottom of the pack. And reshuffle Britishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1093696663214830402004-08-28T05:10:00.000-07:002004-08-28T05:37:43.213-07:00Well, let's see. "The Adam & Joe Show" is officially great, but then you already new that. And if you didn't, well, why are you waiting? Shell out, loser!
But I think it's high time I trawled through some of my links, to pick out some of the choice ones. So, let's start with my regular haunt, the Cartoons section, especially after I've axed some of the crap.
I'll ignore United Media and United Britishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1092596328481406732004-08-15T11:55:00.000-07:002004-08-15T11:58:48.480-07:00Well, what have we here, three months go past - I couldn't stop them - and Wales is basking in sunlight. So that's all right then. Asides from that, well the radio side goes ok, generally all is moving forward - it's a general life thing that I prefer to do work which moves things forward instead of merely repeating necessary tasks (for instance washing the car - it has to be done every so often Britishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1084728010575818322004-05-16T10:10:00.000-07:002004-05-16T10:20:10.576-07:00Well hello from the land of Taffs and Steve Christ - the latter a reference that only one man who doesn't even know this blog exists would get - and it's been a while, we've laughed, we've cried and we've read Private eye. Which links seamlessly into these 10 questions on ID cards, a subject close to my heart. From there and for my reference:
"If, as seems likely, fingerprints are the chosen Britishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1080826767192392992004-04-01T05:39:00.000-08:002004-04-01T05:43:05.513-08:00Yay! Hurrah for St Custards, chiz chiz!Britishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1080772527964116702004-03-31T14:35:00.000-08:002004-03-31T14:39:05.340-08:00Look, Sweden won Ok, but who cares about friendlies and Sven? Right, that's all the sport needed to keep the theme ticking over.
More importantly, and thanks to our lovely friends at TV Cream (Cheers!) - if you're not susbcribed to their newsletter, why not?? - for pointing me towards The Collin's excellent Where Did It All Go Right? site. I haven't even poked around much and already I'm in a Britishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1080598994615365642004-03-29T14:16:00.000-08:002004-03-29T14:30:15.076-08:00The fickle nature of life, it twists and turns like the gently bubbling brook down the hillside of memories. So, nice to hear Blur again eh? It is funny, but you sometimes have a built in picture of where a band is in your life only to have it rudely shaken from the timbers of your soul.
For me, that's been Blur this last week. First of all John Harris, in the excellent "The Last Party", Britishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1078564626305228842004-03-06T01:17:00.000-08:002004-03-06T01:20:08.903-08:00Well I suppose I had better post, or Janet Street Porter will be hassling. Lovely Janet, I've told you, people don't see the teeth, they just see you, and most of the time they see straight through you.
Well, at an attempt to educate, Origin of Phrases isn't completely comprehensive, but its the biggest so far, so find out where phrases like "The Whole Nine Yards" come from (lenght of ammunitionBritishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1077109706381258422004-02-18T05:08:00.000-08:002004-02-18T05:11:05.950-08:00Surprisingly endearing: Animals On the Underground. A Tube map will never look the same again!Britishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1076869078997523752004-02-15T10:17:00.000-08:002004-02-15T10:20:34.623-08:00It's funny....which is always a good line into talking about sitcoms, but I've really been getting into M.A.S.H...twenty years late admittedly but then I would have been four then. Anyway, just the way...well, it's hard to call it a comedy, as it never shirks away from the reality of war. It's a strange beasty, not in my top ten of sitcoms (list to come. maybe. It's a statement, I haven't worked Britishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1075747868766282862004-02-02T10:51:00.000-08:002004-02-02T10:53:26.013-08:00And news just in.....here and here, Leicester Tigers have sacked Dean Richards. This is of course the man who is the most successful coach of the professional era, winner of four premiership titles and two European Cups. To translate, it's rather as if Alex Ferguson had a couple of iffy seasons and Manchester United sacked him (and he's won only one European Cup. Yes, there are more countries Britishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1075746630944163672004-02-02T10:30:00.000-08:002004-02-02T10:32:48.450-08:00Not that this site should start turning into "Sports Stars Obits" but sadly Bob Stokoe has died. H won the FA Cup with both Newcastle & Sunderland and the latter contains the defining image of Mr Stokoe dashing across the pitch to congratulate double save hero Jimmy Montgomery - Ian Porterfield of course with the winning goal. Britishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1075311126046183592004-01-28T09:32:00.000-08:002004-01-28T09:34:16.746-08:00Lot going on today regards Hutton and I think Jon Snow's got a good opinion on it all, considering he works for a rival broadcaster (taken from Snowmail - Click here to subscribe:
"Good afternoon, Jon Snow here with my first reaction to the Hutton
report:
Hutton verdict: Government good; BBC bad
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You don't order a public inquiry in this country as PrimeBritishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1075213704183271442004-01-27T06:28:00.000-08:002004-01-27T06:30:33.263-08:00Never forget the mistakes of our past lest we remake them: National Holocaust DayBritishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1075080933121393372004-01-25T17:35:00.000-08:002004-01-25T17:39:01.840-08:00Well better post than never.....more a stream of thought. First is that Steve Buscemi is now firmly on my "actors to see, no matter what the movie" as he just seems to perfectly fit whatever role he's in. Big Fish was the one tonight and, although his face is instantly recognisable, he just...inhabits the role so absolutely you just think "yeah, he is a poet/con man/banker". Honest. Which brings Britishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1074006323697047032004-01-13T07:05:00.000-08:002004-01-13T07:07:13.936-08:00Although not posting here, note the new stuff appearing on the links bit. See, not so lazy now eh?Britishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1072969824277595032004-01-01T07:10:00.000-08:002004-01-01T07:10:42.446-08:00Ah, talk about childhood, thanks to Neil Gaiman for this. Not that he'll thank me, he's far too busy doing important business writing great books and comics.....ah, The Trigan Empire, in "Look and Learn" - which as far as I know doesn't have a website....it was brill, usually the only thing worth reading and looked fantastic...right, that's my day gone then.Britishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1071964618728033482003-12-20T15:56:00.000-08:002003-12-20T15:57:13.173-08:00OK, let's go high-brow (this blog's soooooo moving away from sport;)):
Author Help
Book Browse
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and the essential for bluffers:
Book a MinuteBritishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1071608726922065182003-12-16T13:05:00.000-08:002003-12-16T13:05:41.026-08:00I'm in love....with a Smashing Pumpkins song. I had one of the music channels, coulda been Q or the Amp, and "Tonight Tonight" came on and, well, it was breathtaking. I realise it's over 10 years old but I'd never heard it and it was....wow. An epiphany. The video drew me in, then Corgan's voice and just the way it climaxes, falls away, builds, swoops and soars. Breathtaking. Well, that's anotherBritishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1071521031164742412003-12-15T12:43:00.000-08:002003-12-15T12:48:33.456-08:00Interesting point from Mr J Paxman in today's Newsnight email (Go here): "And how can governments like the British say they're happy to go along with the wishes of the Iraqi people when it comes to a possible execution, while declining to go along with the wishes of a majority of their own people on the issue?".
It's a poser, isn't it?
And seen the coverage of the Soham trial? Thought so. Britishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1071176693973111962003-12-11T13:04:00.000-08:002003-12-11T13:05:06.743-08:00John Wyndham. Centenary this year. Did you know? Thought not, George Orwell's been celebrated but not Wyndham, even though he probably scared the pants off you if you read his books/saw "Village of the Damned" or gave you a fresh series of well crafted "logical fantasy" (his words) books to read. There's no specific websites dedicated to him (at least there are pages, but generally not "officialBritishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1070575385514959432003-12-04T14:03:00.000-08:002003-12-04T14:03:16.516-08:00Go on: Am I Annoying.com. If you mustBritishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1070293141688313622003-12-01T07:39:00.000-08:002003-12-01T07:39:11.366-08:00"This house campaigns for the re-introduction of the phrase "Great Scott!" into popular TV drama. And serious consideration to "Blistering Blue Barnacles"". Go on, admit it, they're evocative of a certain time in british (and Tintin) history - sort of just after Vicky left the throne but before Neville left for Munich. Kinda. Well, I for one am going to use "Great Scott" when I can, instead of "FBritishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1069877455403250362003-11-26T12:10:00.000-08:002003-11-26T12:11:04.200-08:00Intriguing how many papers have pullout sections on the Rugby World Cup and want Johnny Wilkinson knighted. Nice to see The Sun's also made sure Jacque Chirac's comments on it being a victory for Europe and the Northen Hemisphere are booted into touch - you moron Littlejohn, of course it should be embraced by France and yes, Chirac had his motives but that shouldn't detract from the fact its the Britishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1068231647762991452003-11-07T11:00:00.000-08:002003-11-07T11:00:51.830-08:00Just came across this: Drowned in Sound whilst looking for info on the release date of No Doubt's new single "It's My Life" (a cover of the Talk Talk classic, thanks Q TV). They hate it but nice looking site, probably containing the usual bitterness directed at any band who becomes popular. Such is life.Britishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1067972081111384702003-11-04T10:54:00.000-08:002003-11-04T10:54:44.433-08:00Blooming 'eck, Richard Herring's Blog. It's bloody marvellous.Britishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1066776952015463562003-10-21T15:55:00.000-07:002003-10-21T15:55:52.246-07:00Interesting blog here, slightly geeky but easy to read: AntigeekBritishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1066760881556724082003-10-21T11:28:00.000-07:002003-10-25T03:52:26.020-07:00Websites I visit daily, because I have too much time on my hands:
Popex Fun 'n' Frolics in the world of made up pop share exchanging.
Dilbert One of the best cartoons around
Doonesbury The best cartoon around, bar none - the range and depth combined with both being political and surreal takes the breath away.
Userfriendly Not as good as the above too, thinks it is, but still has the odd Britishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1066681595295983422003-10-20T13:26:00.000-07:002003-10-20T13:26:35.110-07:00One of the best things in Total Film magazine is the "Abridged Scripts" on the last page which rip the piss out of a selected film. Well, just found they're from a website, and it's: The Editing Room. Treasure it like a new loaf of bread. Or a baby. Whichever.Britishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5901044.post-1065371836859994762003-10-05T09:37:00.000-07:002004-01-25T07:49:35.263-08:00Well first things first, hello! And the best website bar non for sports news in the UK I've found so far is Sportinglife.com best layout and gives all stories without being heavily biased just to football; it also ranks story and rotates this continually so you can always tell what's best.
Britishhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10266686139977914049noreply@blogger.com0