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Wednesday, July 15, 2009

And here is the truly awful hotel

Shhhh... Don't tell anyone but this place is magnificent. If you spread it around everyone will want to stay!

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Slumming it...

The hotel I'm staying at this week is truly a wonderful place. Have just been for a swim and I'm now talking a walk around the grounds. Tucked away is this lovely little garden with a Koi pool.

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Monday, July 06, 2009

How to feel stupid in one easy lesson

So there I am, minding my own business, looking for a coffee, and reading a large advertisement for luxury apartments in London (and choking on the asking price) when... BAM... walked straight into a lamppost, face first. Boy does that hurt. Doesn't do much for one's dignity either. I bled for a while, the little shop across the road sold tissues but not wet ones so ended up arriving at one of our London HQ's looking like I'd been in a brawl. Not such a good start to the week.

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Thursday, June 25, 2009

Jon & Kate, WTF

Sometimes cultural references just pass me by, and if anyone mentions this might have something to do with my age I'll slap them.

I finally read a newspaper article that explained the background of Jon & Sue plus 8 (US based reality show about couple with twins and sextuplets). Apparently it's all gone a bit pear shaped in the marriage and the whole sorry saga is major news.

I guess I'm just one of the 56% of adults (according to the BBC survey) who don't want to watch reality TV shows.

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Among other things was Nixon a dumbass

Another bunch of Nixon tapes were recently released, reminding us all of the Watergate scandal.

I can kind of picture the conversation when Tricky Dicky first arrived at the White House about how awesome it would be for his presidency to have a permanent record.

You have to wonder why it never occurred to him a few weeks, months or years in why this was such a bad idea. I mean, he was there, making all these dumbass comments. Surely the thought must have crossed his mind that the reality didn't really match the high expectations he might once have had. Dumbass.

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Salads not so healthy

It seems that some supermarket salads contain more fat than a Big Mac and fries.

I've never been one to bother much with what's the "right" thing to do, which might be why I'm heavier than ideal but to be honest I think I'm better off for the not worrying about it. On the whole I'd rather eat what I like than what someone else tells me is what's good for me, especially when what's good for me seems to change every five minutes.

Middle aged rant over.

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Farrah

US actress Farrah Fawcett, famous for her role in TV show Charlie's Angels, has died of cancer at 62.

I seem to remember having quite the crush on Farrah at one time.

How very sad.

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Bumper Sticker

Saw this on the car in front of me while queuing to get on the motorway earlier today: "If you think this car is dirty try a night with the driver". Even better, the car was being driven by a rather attractive lady. If only I was 20 years younger...

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Monday, April 20, 2009

Sting...

I've known for a long time that I come from the same town as Sting. I didn't know until today that in 1991 he played a gig 500 yards from where I was born and brought up for the first 18 years of my life. Small world...

http://www.sting.com/news/news.php?uid=4523

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Is this the funniest joke ever?

Clement Freud is a sad loss. He told this joke on a radio programme and many consider it the funniest joke ever told. It's at least partly funny because you don't expect someone like Clement Freud to tell a joke with this kind of punchline. You have to be made of stone if you can't at least raise a smile to this:

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Britain finds another talent...

Hot on the heels of Susan Boyle the Britains Got Talent show discovers Shaheen Jafargholi. Check out this video on YouTube:

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Sunday, April 12, 2009

Diabetes Type 2...

Excellent basic description of my diabetic condition - type 2 -

http://www.patient.co.uk/showdoc/23068721/

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mikeyy: Second Twitter Worm on the Loose

Useful to have this to hand, contains useful advice if you do get infected...

http://mashable.com/2009/04/12/mikeyy-another-twitter-worm-on-the-loose/

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Probing inappropriate rage...

Interesting Harvard Gazette reported study probing links between rage, depression, diabetes...

http://www.hno.harvard.edu/gazette/2004/08.26/01-anger.html

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What really offends David Mitchell...

I thoroughly enjoyed this exceptionally well written and well targeted rebuke aimed at some of "our nations finest" by David Mitchell.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/apr/12/david-mitchell-jonathan-ross-russell-brand

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Diabetes 'impact on brain power'

I could have done without stumbling across this news. Although I don't suffer from hypos I am diabetic and have known for years that my memory is getting worse. Trying to be a little positive I suppose that the medical advance the research represents means that they are a step closer to understanding the issues even if a cure remains beyond reach...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7937947.stm

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Perceptive Commentary

Michael Portillo makes some interesting comments about the Prime Minister in today's Times. I certainly empathized with the observations about the public being pretty fed up with banker bonus payments and the like. There is no doubt that there is a feeling that we have returned to an era of sleaze but I don't get a sense of the rage that was present the last time we experieced ongoing revelations of snouts in the troff which signalled the downfall of the Major government. I wonder how this percieved lack of rage will translate at the ballot box if Brown can maintain the illusion that he is not at least partly culpable for our economic problems and that his Treasury experience makes him the man to steer us to calmer waters. Cameron is not Obama and I can't see him delivering victory simply on a "time for a change agenda...

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