The sense of humour from Hull can be rather self-defacating at times – and with good reason – the place is a shit-hole and there isn’t much to shout about. Hence my opinion of Reading as tropical paradise – something that anyone not from Hull who has walked down Oxford Road in Reading would have me locked up for suggesting. But the Oxford Road is quite tropical – have you ever been to a tropical island and strayed away from your nice safe hotel complex? Anyway, same with supporting the football team, Hull City, most of the time, except for … Continued
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Dear Pie Minister I recently bought your Moo & Blue pie, advertised as the following: “A very special pie filled with British beef steak, red wine gravy and aged stilton, all in a lovely pastry”. Sounded good I thought. Imagine my severe disappointment when I started eating it, only to discover that it also had carrots and onions inside. I did not want carrots and onions in my pie. Granted I know they were listed in small writing on the back of the box in the ingredients so perhaps I should have looked harder. Still, it could have been worse … Continued
It’s Monday morning and time for a moan. Perhaps I deserve a rubbish Monday morning due to having an excellent Sunday down the Oakford. It must be karma! And I thought I behaved myself, relatively speaking. I know I didn’t go to church this week. The thing I really want to moan about I am going to try to resist for a little longer due to the public nature of the internet and that it would probably not be to my benefit, but anyone who knows me well won’t take too long to guess what it is seeing as I … Continued
Given Tony Blair’s recent wave of publicity, I thought it only correct that I should help to improve the public perception of him, and write a list of his achievements over the 10 years that he was in charge. Northern Ireland peace process is a good one – albeit John Major was the one who first started it. Managed, along with some help from George Bush, to get rid of Saddam Hussein – something no previous leader in the West, or Iran, had previously managed. Allowed Gordon Brown to get the country into $175billion of debt (albeit not all on … Continued
Until a couple of weeks ago I lived in a fabulous flat in Queens Wharf. It was my dream to live in a beautiful flat with a very good friend, a place in which I could host parties and numerous after parties and I certainly took advantage. Alas it was becoming unaffordable, it was one of the most difficult decisions I have ever had to make. I really do miss that place as it was the only place I have ever truly loved living in. Maybe I just miss the ducks? My new place isn’t that bad, at least it … Continued
Another piece of research to back up my belief that broccoli is a super, magical food as it fights stomach problems. I always feel better after eating broccoli, and lets face it I do ingest enough rubbish to upset my stomach sometimes, especially at the weekend. Shame it doesn’t also repair liver damage! I also believe that it is one of the most mis-spelled words in the English language. I’m also a big fan of bananas, grapes, oranges and kiwi fruits for their magical properties in making me feel good. My diet has been unusually poor the last couple of … Continued
Oh what a wonderful outcome that would be if the Labour party itself went bankrupt. The party that when in government, contrived to do everything they possibly could to bankrupt the country just to keep themselves in power, and to keep their selfish desires alive – for them to go bankrupt would go some way to compensate for all the economic pain that we are going through thanks to their disastrous mismanagement of the country’s finances. You can see how desperate it is, with them trying to create news stories to unsettle the Liberal Democrats, such as Charles Kennedy allegedly … Continued
I find that Facebook can enhance one’s life but also consume it, and it is a difficult beast to manage at times. Though perhaps, the difficulty is more to do with the user than the beast itself. Facebook can be far too distracting, and I think a break from it, from time to time, is a good idea. Especially if one has challenges to overcome. A lack of Facebook is providing clarity of thought. I am actually not sure if I will ever go back to it. I probably have no choice. But for now I am enjoying the peace … Continued
Interesting article on the BBC which backs up my opinion that renting property is much better than buying…at the moment anyway. I cannot understand why someone nowadays would want to buy a house – having to save up 25% of the value as a deposit, then having to pay a mortgage, also having to pay for furniture, white goods, upkeep of the property. Sure there are advantages that you get more freedom to do what you want with it, but you don’t have so much freedom in life, if you end up in negative equity you are stuck there, unable … Continued
You may noticed the lack of blogging from myself recently. Well you should blame the environment around us. I am unfortunately rather consumed in moving home right now. That and the Internet Gestapo watching my every move at “work”, oh someone, tell me that I can achieve a greater being than thus I am now. I spread love to you all, from Reading, through Russia, to Norfolk Island, and anywhere else good old Google has established an existence. Goodnight…good posts are a-coming…