Archive for August, 2003

Thursday, 28th August, 2003

Absence makes the heart grow fonder

Right, we’re off gallivanting around the country for the next few days so the lights are going to go a little dimmer here at Whats Doing. To keep you amused I would like to leave you with this photograph which I have called "Man Boobs Do Not Contain Food";

Wednesday, 27th August, 2003

Public Service Announcement

Folks, if you know your SoBig.F from your MsBlast stop reading now. Go and say hello to Scaryduck. Alternatively, if you don’t use Windows on your computer then this probably isn’t much cop either.
Everyone else, listen carefully. After spending an hour or so on the phone to the 70’s throwback last week, and discovering that [...]

Tuesday, 26th August, 2003

Musical History

According to this day in music the number one record on the day I was born was "Those Were The Days" by Mary Hopkin. There goes even more of my street cred.
Luckily, they also tell you what was number 1 in the USA on the same day as well. In my case it was "Hey [...]

Sunday, 24th August, 2003

I Love My Fat Pipe

Reason number 22 to love broadband – live race timing from The Official Formula 1 Website. Sweet.
The 70’s throwback and Jonny Palmer can eat my technological dust.

Saturday, 23rd August, 2003

Nailed to the Sofa

I’ve been very quiet. I did have a great post planned and half written in my head, but I’ve been looking after the boy all afternoon. It was such hard work I only got to occasionally glance at the rugby and the cricket. I completely missed the formula 1 qualifying and any hope of touching [...]

Monday, 18th August, 2003

How Good?

The lyric of the day is;
"I’ve six things on my mind, you’re no longer one of them."
Can you guess which album its from? There are a further two points on offer for the track name.
Surely it can’t be true, I’m not turning into Jimmy "jewels, jewels, jangle, jangle" Saville, am I?

Monday, 18th August, 2003

A little bit of politics

Excuse the diversion away from our usual content. I’ll be back with more wibbling later.
Ever since O level economics, where we studied the common agricultural policy (CAP) and the general agreement on trade and tariffs (GATT) I’ve been of the opinion that trade subsidies are a bad thing. I’m not an out and out [...]

Friday, 15th August, 2003

Perfection?

Is this the finest album ever?
I rather think so.

Friday, 15th August, 2003

Classy

Tomorrow is my wedding anniversary. Its now a whole year that I’ve been married to my beloved.
Its customary to celebrate these occasions and far be it from me to dissapoint. Romance is generally the name of the game, and dinner, dancing and fine wine the order of the day.
To show my wife how [...]

Wednesday, 13th August, 2003

Toss

Blender magazine in the states has recently published a list of the fifty worst artisits in popular music. You can’t argue, the artists on the list are responsible for some of the worst music ever committed to vinyl (or plastic). Not a single redeeming feature amongst any of them.
Especially not that bunch of self [...]