I think you’re too late guys

Every Saturday some of the market stalls go outside and walking down St Mary's Street treats you to a mixed bag of vintage artefacts, battered paperbacks and general tat. This weekend there was a stall selling random old photos, another which tempted me with old Now albums and a third which sold old badges, which …

Queuing

I've never understood people who camp out waiting for stuff. I remember first seeing it way back in '99 when Episode I came out, and not really understanding it. I was eagerly looking forward to checking out The Phantom Menace but I couldn't imagine sitting out on the pavement for it, even if it did look …

The Alicia Mae Emory Plan

Disclaimer: The following is a rant, plain and simple. If it causes offence, apologies. Way back in 2007, when I was younger and more innocent, a friend of mine suggested I check out something called Facebook. I'd done the social networking stuff before through MySpace (remember that?) but FB turned out to be a very …

Mixed Bag: Metaphors, Monuments and Mortification.

Questions from Plinky. I want to go to there Which famous monument do you hope to see one day? Easy. The Pyramids, I've heard great things about Egypt and I would love to go see these in person, having seen them countless times on TV, films and in books. They just have such an aura …

Mother of Mercy this is a bad idea

On the other side of the pond Americans are gearing up for Mother's Day. This is a bit annoying because on seeing a slew of Mother's Day articles online I found myself panicking, partly because I hadn't got the Luckiest Mother In The World anything yet and also because I thought I was cracking up. …

Dirty Pictures

A few years ago the comedians David Baddiel and Frank Skinner did a show called Baddiel and Skinner Unplanned, where the duo would be riff on subjects provided by the audience. It's a nice idea, and from what I can remember worked rather well, creating spontaneity in the routines it produced and being quite entertaining …

Mixed Bag: Childhood, Clutter and Carnies

Chic If you had your own clothing line, what would it be called? BTN- Better Than Naked. I'm not really that into clothes, I'm pretty much a jeans and t-shirt kind of guy, my only thing I kinda like is Hawaiian shirts, so I guess that's what my clothing line would be- t-shirts and different …

Why I can’t take the Royal Marine Commandos seriously

First of all, I mean no disrespect to the military, but from a personal perspective the latest recruitment ad for the Royal Marine Commandos totally fails. The ad goes on about how much of an honour wearing the green beret is. Now, I'm sure the Commandos are a pretty tough bunch, and are probably quite …

Pointless Things: Tangled up in Blue

I watched Battleship the other day. It's not great. I mean, it's not the worst film ever made, and given I was on a night shift I needed something pretty simple to follow, but it's riddled with flaws (Liam Neeson clearly just picking up the pay cheque, a protagonist who's a total bell end, very …

The 2%

I love facts. Pointless trivia, daft statistics and historical anecdotes, I can't get enough. It's why Qi is one of my favourite shows, and so I eagerly downloaded the book 1,227 Qi Facts to Blow Your Socks Off by John Lloyd and John Mitchinson, it's a fascinating read and already armed me with a ton …