I made it. I spent three weeks digging a hole in a hill in north Wales, where there was nothing but stone, the occasional tiny bit of charcoal and lots of delightfully nice weather (apart from a couple of days). It was a wonderful experience, but the lack of (pretty much) anything but stone led to the conclusion that I'm destined to be an osteo- ( Read more... )

I don't know whether Jack Black is to blame, but I can't think why else it would have happened. Today I saw a small child wearing a lucha libre type mask. It was odd to say the least.

"Well I can put a tennis racket up in front of my face,
And pretend that I'm Kendo Nagasaki."

I have a new trowel. She is called Jo. I am already deeply in love with her.

Could somebody tell me what star signs are supposed to get along with people who are either Taurus or Aries please? I don't hold with that kind of business, but it would be helpful for a song that I'm writing. Writing credit, even for the one word, will go to whoever lets me know first, although royalties may take a while to come through...

It has come to my attention that today, the 25th of May, is Towel Day. On the anniversary of the death of Douglas Adams it seems that the done thing is to really know where ones towel is by taking it everywhere. It's a sad state of affairs that this isn't the norm, I suppose, but I'll be carrying mine. Should I get around to leaving the house, that

Well done with that thing when you beat some French types a while back. In order to celebrate I have done various things ( Read more... )

Will someone remind me to take my mouse apart and clean its innards out in the morning? Computer mouse, of course, the only rodents we have here are rats. Alternatively, if anyone wants to buy me an optical mouse then they can. I've see the whores out there with their lists of things that they want buying for them from Amazon or wherever, I don't ( Read more... )

I had a listen to 'Nevermind' tonight. It's become something of a tradition over the last eleven years. When I remember, at least...

Paul McCartney has been getting very upset about things lately. He should relax with a delicious

LINDA McCARTNEY SEAL BURGER!

Only the freshest, youngest seals are used, and for extra succulence the meat is tenderised
WHILE STILL ON THE (just) LIVING ANIMAL!

Yes, Linda McCartney Seal BurgersThe meat you can eat without an oppressive feeling of ( Read more... )

The Labour Party is in crap for accepting 'loans' from millionaire businessmen ( Read more... )