I have a new love - pub trivia. I have dabbled in it before, both at university and when visiting my pub-loving family in the UK. But my lovely wife and I have now participated three times in recent months, the last two times being successive weeks. And I am proud to say that on our most recent attempt, we improved from a fairly respectable equal ( Read more... )

List seven songs you are into right now. No matter what the genre, whether they have words, or even if they're not any good, but they must be songs you're really enjoying now. Post these instructions in your livejournal along with your seven songs. Then tag seven other people to see what they're listening to ( Read more... )

Since my last entry, it's been goodbye Australia, Netherlands and now England. So, at the risk of ruining their good luck by expressing my support - go Germany!

Well, actually, at this stage it's pretty much go Germany, France or Portugal.

AKA: The Obligatory World Cup Post
- with thanks to Harry Kewell for the above quote.


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It's late, who'd be rudely interrupting our weekly viewing of Commander in Chief at this time?

COP 1: "Good evening, miss. We've had reports of a domestic disturbance at this address and we're currently investigating."

ME: "Oh... At these apartments?"

COP 1: "At this apartment. 3 of 9."

COP 2: " ( Read more... )

Carola Maria Häggkvist - Sweden's perennial fundamentalist Christian Eurovision entrant. Proof that ageing can be reversed with enough cosmetic surgery. And proof that I had too much spare time tonight.


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Congratulations, you have both won an Xbox 360 pack for entering into our competition!

Vibeke's 25 words she entered impressed our judges with your need for an updated console to use over broadband, so we'd like to present you both with an Xbox 360 pack.

I'm proud of our 25 words or less. I can't remember it exactly, but I think it went something ( Read more... )

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My LiveJournal Sitcom
Fauxhawk's House (QVC, 2:30): fauxhawk (Lori Loughlin) ruins supernemi's (Suzanne Somers) favourite sweatshirt while house-sitting. The next day, shehasathree (Laura San Giacomo) cheats on a test, and masaaki (Bob Saget) finds out. Soon afterwards, maailmannapa (Laura Linney) and tarz (Kathie Lee Gifford) find a lost kitten ( Read more... )

Since Friday night I have seen penguins, an echidna and a dead seal. I have patted a koala and a wombat and fed kangaroos. This weekend was awesome. And I even managed to convince maailmannapa for more than a few minutes that she'd be stuck in a tent and sharing a communal bathroom. As if. She was well-relieved to see the ensuite in our little caravan park ( Read more... )