I don't write about politics and stuff like that very often, mainly because I don't really feel qualified to do so. Frankly, the news is just a great big ball of too-complicated-to-get-my-head-around for me, and any remarks I might make would only show off my ignorance. And showing off my ignorance isn't something I'm usually that keen on doing ( Read more... )

I have Twitter followers. Well, what can I say? I'm a popular and charismatic guy. Of course people will want to read whatever unimportant drivel I spout onto the internet. (Proof: what are you doing right now, eh?) One of the people who follow me on Twitter calls herself @ToxicCirce. I don't know why she calls herself that. She just does. Anyway, ( Read more... )

Those of you unfortunate enough to have been following my Twitter feed this afternoon would have seen me getting into a bit of a strop about the fact that Deal or No Deal today was taken out of its regular 4pm slot and moved later, all because of some post-Olympic bash that took place in London. Of course I was being a bit tongue-in-cheek, although ( Read more... )

My current jar of peanut butter worries me ( Read more... )

As is usually the case, I was given the task of introducing a song at the chorus show this evening. The song I introduced today was An American Trilogy, and here is what I said.

"It's actually three songs that have been put together in a medley, one of which -- All My Trials -- is a spiritual song from the 1950s. That's a bit before my time; in ( Read more... )

I went back to my place of employment today, in preparation for my new classes starting on Monday. And one of the first things they wanted to do was take my photograph ( Read more... )

I know you're interested. In fact, I'm sure you've been pondering little else this week. It's been consuming your thoughts, niggling away at you and occupying that I've-been-thinking-about-it-so-much-it's-starting-to-affect-my-social-life part of your brain. Well, now I can provide closure.

I got my trivial, unimportant, nerdy, fanboy Deal or No ( Read more... )

I think I have too many clothes. I only have one body, so why do I need more than one set of clothes, right? Well, maybe two sets so that one set of them can be washed while I wear the other set. But I really don't see the need for any more than that ( Read more... )

It seems that each day I regret my decision to give my formerly broken netbook to a dodgy man to fix just a little bit more. Because today I discovered that he decided that he was going to wipe the original hard drive of its data before he returned it to me ( Read more... )

I'm writing about Deal or No Deal again today. I would apologise for this fact, but if you've chosen to read my blog you knew what you were getting into, so what are you going to do, eh? However, I'm not blathering on about an actual game, or about the Banker's inability to work out the most basic of probabilities. I'm actually going to discuss ( Read more... )