On Friday night we went out with Skye for her birthday. She was having dinner with family and close friends, so Kristy and I went over to Scotty’s place for a few drinks and then afterwards we met-up with Skye and a few of her friends at The Met. We don’t get out as much [...]
Ok… I know the title is a little deceiving – I am aware of the various ways people have gained knowledge such as schooling, books, guidance provided by elders or more experienced people etc. etc. But how did people ever learn about the little things? Everyday I do a dozen or more random searches to [...]
While I’m saving my pennies to get a copy of Gran Theft Auto IV for my PS3, I’ve been playing The Orange Box and Burnout Paradise. The Orange Box is good (with Portal getting two big thumbs-up) but Burnout is really excellent. The game isn’t complex – basically you drive around freely racing and smashing-up [...]
I’m going to need to get some of these, grind them up and slip them into Kristy’s food
The boys in my family have never really been renowned for being particularly ‘handy’ when it comes to building things, fixing things or really doing anything involved with tools… and to be honest, I think I’m the worst out of all of them. To give you an indication of the confidence we have when it [...]
Glen sent me this ages ago and I’ve been meaning to mention it in a post but just hadn’t gotten around to it… so now is as good a time as any. Check-out Map of Strange The Map of Strange website is a way of recording strange, wacky, weird and wonderful anomalies, sights and oddities [...]
This was emailed to me a while ago and I thought I’d share my answers on the blog instead of spamming everyone with a silly chain email. Here’s Four things about me that you may or may not have known in no particular order. Four jobs I have had in my life. 1. Salesman at [...]
In the old Batman movie with Michael Keaton and Jack Nicholson, the Joker makes a comment about Batman’s gadgets and gizmos, saying “Where does he get those wonderful toys…” And to be honest, I’m feeling a bit like Bruce Wayne / Batman at the moment myself. Before you jump to conclusions – no I haven’t [...]