http://www.delishus.co.uk/Blog Tue, 11 Nov 2008 12:44:46 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en This week, I've been wishing there was some way I could register a vote for Obama. In anything. Then I saw yesterday that he's reversing the ban on stem cell research and calling a halt on the oil drilling in Alaska and wonder if I could, in some way, have ... http://www.delishus.co.uk/Blog/2008/11/11/go-bo-go/ "you remember that girl from school? the one with the hair and the eyes?" Scarily, I did. Mother keeps me up to date with all the latest from the old home town, most of it depressing. I was expecting a story about treacherous adultery or painful disease. "well, she was asking for ... http://www.delishus.co.uk/Blog/2008/10/07/sergeant-pepper-taught-the-band-to-play/ I blinked and pondered. "the ... um ... rack over there." "hmmm. I'll have to ask the supervisor. One moment, sir" I blinked and pondered again. "Really? I mean, it's usually straight-forward. I hand you a pack of batteries and some money, you keep the money and give me back the batteries. If it ... http://www.delishus.co.uk/Blog/2008/09/17/where-did-you-get-those/ Assuming the large Hadron collider hasn't disintegrated the universe (check here) making it a moot point, I've been considering a change of image. Specifically, a haircut. Having had the same dopey ponytail since I was 17, and seeing how impressed Fiona was with my return to a minimalist goatee beard, I've ... http://www.delishus.co.uk/Blog/2008/09/15/new-image/ I've had about 6 different posts started and not got anywhere with any of them, so instead of putting it off, here's a quick round up:- -Back in employment again. No names, no pack drill but it's in a shiny blue office in Salford and it's all very "GO TEAM! WOO ... http://www.delishus.co.uk/Blog/2008/09/02/quick-catch-up/ Quiet round here, I know, but it's for your own good. I'm unemployed again and doing nothing but staring at a laptop and talking to recruitment agents. Some of you may remember my previous blog on a similar topic. Nothing appears to have changed. So far, I've been asked about ... http://www.delishus.co.uk/Blog/2008/06/27/keeping-schtumm/ Sadly, nothing to do with sport as a/ the Scotsman is me and b/ a Scottish Hat-trick???? are you mad?? The title actually refers to the fact I am being made redundant for the third time. Arse. And I was just about getting my head round all the linux tools and such like. "At ... http://www.delishus.co.uk/Blog/2008/05/08/scotsman-gets-hat-trick-shocker/ Charlton Heston, star of some genuinely classic films, portrayer of Moses, God and Ben Hur, right-wing gun nut (which reminds me - can we have his guns now his fingers actually ARE cold and dead?) passed away and what's the one thing that keeps going through my head? This. If ...oh, who am ... http://www.delishus.co.uk/Blog/2008/04/08/toting-guns-with-jesus/ ... but had a great time in Brighton. Will expound at length when I get back from THIS weekend's trip to Scotland. busy busy busy. http://www.delishus.co.uk/Blog/2008/03/20/didnt-hear-tiddly-om-pom-pom/ I'm unreasonably excited about spending 4 days in Brighton. As I like Gene Vincent AND The Who, I was a bit worried where I'd be if it all kicked off on the beach, but I'm reliably informed they don't do that any more. Even if they did, one swish of ... http://www.delishus.co.uk/Blog/2008/03/13/bucket-check-spade-check-lifeboat-erm/