So here I am once more, the night before Valentine's and nothing to look forward to. Well not nothing, but Valentine's really pisses me off. It's worse than xmas for making you feel guilty about not buying all the shiny over-priced tat, because you mustn't love your other half enough if you don't. And if you are one of those poor unfortunates that ( Read more... )

In honour of that over-commercialised, over-saccharine and over-too-slowly "holiday" that is St Valentine, I created these. I lifted the images direct from products for sale at www.cafepress.com (check out the anti-valentine range) and built the gifs at www.gifninja.com. Only the time wasted was my own.
Enjoy.


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I thought I'd update this thing. Now look, don't expect me to do it regularly, Hell you know me better than that, but there's actually something like news, so I thought I'd tell ya ( Read more... )

Given that there are people on my friends list with very varied musical tastes I thought I'd post this hear and on my myspazz... A mate of mine has two tickets for OMD on Saturday at the Hammersmith Apollo ( Read more... )

Went to see Eagles of Death Metal at the Birmingham Academy tonight and by fuck they were good! I've been listening to their stuff since I saw the video for "I Want You So Hard (Boy's Bad News)" at trinityc's a few months ago and love their good old fashioned boogy-woogy rock 'n' roll with a twist. We got down to the front and the support band, Mother ( Read more... )

With the War of Wads (of cash) between Murdoch's Sky TV and Beardie Branson's Virgin Media having escalated to the point where Sky have pulled Sky One, News & Sports from Virgin's service I need some help. I can't be arsed switching from Virgin/Telewest to Sky - total costs are higher and it's just a ball-ache - so I want to find out how to ( Read more... )

Nothing much to report since last time, but I want to try and make an effort with this thing. I was on nights last week, fortunately a trauma-free week. As I'll be doing nights in the Seg Unit (Segregation, aka The Block or Care & Separation Unit, depending how care-bear the regime at the establishment is) when I change to the Security Group, I'm ( Read more... )

I spent this week running round a hanger with about 100 other prison service staff, having bricks and other assorted debris, petrol bombs and unknown liquids thrown at us. I'm covered in bruises up my arms and legs, I'm absolutely exhausted and I'm chuffed to bits. I've been on a Control & Restraint Advanced Initial Course - learning the techniques ( Read more... )

So all that's happening in my life is work stuff huh? Except for a trip over to Bromsgrove for a meal with Su & Jay, Lynda & Paul and Karen & Mark. Except the e-mail says the table's booked for 8 people, and Su might have some big news. Um, eight people? I only count seven on that list, and also, what big news? So I'm thinking what the news could ( Read more... )

It's been a quiet week so far, nothing spectacular happened. I had my Senior Officer Stage One Exam (SOSOE) on Wednesday, two hours in a cold exam room trying to work out which particular cause celebre the exam board want us to concentrate on, and hoping that there's enough information to get a pass grade. The results are out around christmas ( ( Read more... )