New Image?

Posted on September 15, 2008 
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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 been wondering if it’s time for the Morrissey pompadour*, or the Stray Cats Quiff or something else entirely. Looking at this site it seems that even having buggger all hair isn’t a massive disadvantage. A bonus for someone of my advancing years.

Trouble is, a week after going to the goatee, I’m already looking at my face in a mirror and seeing Mr Potato-head looking back at me and wondering if I’ve done the right thing. And a beard only takes weeks to grow back.

It’s tough being a fashion victim.

*for the befuddled, a Pompadour is the big stick-y up flat top type affair sported by Moz, James Dean and all the hep cats in 1955. Not to be confused with a Pompier, which is a French fireman who has no business on the top of my head. Punchline left as an exercise for the reader.

Quick Catch Up

Posted on September 2, 2008 
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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 HOO” which, surprisingly, I’m quite enjoying, not least due to the regular free lunches and the free trip to a 5-star hotel.

-Bought a Bass Guitar which is quite possibly the best thing in the world which doesn’t have breasts. Following my guitar naming convention was tricky as I was running out of famous gorgeous Aussie women so it’s currently “sarafrombigbrother” which may or may not stick.

-Went to Cambridge Folk Festival and wanted to be Richard Hawley or Billy Bragg or both. Jane Asher’s Evil Twin has photos.

-Lots of trips to London for new-job training. Blinky Blonky Bloimey. Had hideous train journey where I was stuck outside Stoke for three hours because someone chained himself to the gantry over the rails. The obvious solution of 1000 fed up commuters throwing stones was disallowed and we had to wait for the police. They didn’t even WANT to throw stones so I’m not sure why we bothered to wait.

-Went Camping in Northumberland with Fiona. Got very wet, and very cold. Moved on.

- Started moving the house round. Well, not the house so much as the stuff in it but for all the upheaval, I might as well be.

Other than that, not a lot.

So, now that’s out of the way, normal rubbish will be resumed shortly

Keeping Schtumm

Posted on June 27, 2008 
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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 jobs in Dagenham, Cambridge, Belfast, Glasgow, Crawley, the Isle of Man and …er… Malaga.

The prize goes to the one who told me Huddersfield was “2 or 3 miles West of Manchester”. Close but no cigar.

So for the sake of your sanity, I’m not saying much. When and if anything new or exciting happens, i’ll let y’all know

Scotsman Gets Hat-trick Shocker!

Posted on May 8, 2008 
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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 least it’s Sunny”, you may say. Ah yes, but remember there is every chance I’ll have to be tootling around Manchester in a suit, trying not to be to sweaty when I arrive. Excellent.

Still, i’ve been letting my X-box skills slip and this might be the perfect opportunity for a refresher.

Toting Guns With Jesus

Posted on April 8, 2008 
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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 I kidding … WHEN you find this stuck in your head, it’s your own fault. You’ve been warned.

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