Tuesday, September 30, 2003
Sign up and play
Trivial Pursuit online. I only ever play this game when very drunk, and it usually last hours - maybe just cos I'm not very intelligent (and have friends with a similar level of cleverness).
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 12:36 PM
Whilst wondering the vast highways of the interweb yesterday I came across
Life in the Hard Shoulder. I think it may well become one of my regular reads and earn a place over on the right shortly. My only problem is I may start to get to many regular reads to read regularly soon!
I was actually searching for the kids TV program
Pob when I stumbled across his blog.
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 12:25 PM
Six weeks today and I'll be on my way to Japan!!!!!
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 12:07 PM
Its so damn annoying when you read things like this. The
Kyoto Protocol is once again being
delayed as Russia tries to decide if they are going to ratify it. Seven years of faffing about for something that is only designed to reduce CO2 emmisions by a crumby 5% anyway. Do they not read things like
this and realise that they need to do something now - and something BIG!!
Least some countries are
making an effort.
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 11:31 AM
What could look better in your front room than a stylish
leg lamp
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 11:20 AM
A word of warning lads, anyone offers you a cup of strange tea,
don't drink it!!!
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 11:19 AM
Vasectomy delays tube train - apparently it was just a conversation about it and not the actual operation.
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 7:55 AM
Time for an early morning post methinks (yeah, you guessed it - I'm still trying to avoid my regrade form).
Went to see
Underworld last night and quite enjoyed it. Must be the first time I have been to the cinema in a while and not come out feeling dissapointed. It actually had a bit of a plot with a few twists and turns in it - okay none that were totally shocking or anything but still. It didnt just rely on special effects like Blade 2 did. There will definitely be a sequel too - possibly bigger and better?
It was nice going to the cinema straight after work on early shit - never anyone else there at 3:30 and its cheaper too. Must do it more often.
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 7:25 AM
Monday, September 29, 2003
This just goes in the weird pile -
men in one peice swimsuits.
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 1:52 PM
I tried growing a Bonsai tree once - it died. Maybe I'd have more luck with a
Bonsai Potato. Its Zen without the wait you know....
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 12:51 PM
The first game I have played based on
vacuum cleaners. Thought it was going to be pants to start with but then it got a little more difficult....
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 12:41 PM
Hmmmmmm
chocolate (Homeresque style drooling)
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 12:32 PM
Ummmm,
owww!!
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 12:30 PM
Apparently Sky TV have just announced they will be screening the world origami championships in a couple of weeks time. Only on paper view though.
Feel free to groan!
courtesy of Brucey.
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 11:57 AM
Quick shout to my mate Cat who should have finally submitted her thesis last Friday and should now be enjoying a
very well earned rest!!!
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 7:34 AM
Soooooo tired but I thought I should give an update about my weekend before I get down to todays tasks - which is mainly filling in my regrade form! I really can't put that off any longer (but I'm giving it a damn good try).
My trip up on Saturday was long, made worse by missing a connection at Newcastle by 2 minutes and having to wait an hour for the next train. I was not a happy bunny!! The wedding reception at
Linden Hall Hotel was pretty darn good. I have to say, you looked stunning in your wedding dress Soph! Was nice to catch up with some of my old friends too, and to finally put faces to the names of the partners of some of those friends.
The past did indeed rear its ugly and uncaring head which I have to admit did detract from my enjoyment of the night. Still, think my total blanking of them all evening made my feelings pretty clear on the subject (I have to wonder if they ever read these posts? They do know the blogs URL. Still, do I care anyway?). I did get plenty of support from my friends tho and I really appreciate that, so if any of you are reading this - thanks! For those that had no idea what was going on, I wasn't ignoring you guys!
Sunday was good, tho long. Checked out of my
hotel at 10am and then had 2 hours to kill wondering around
Morpeth. Then it was a bus to Newcastle and 3 hours wait there. Had a nice look around and saw the
Gateshead Millenium Bridge (plus a quick shop in HMV). A brief stop and look around Sheffield and finally home at about 9pm.
That was my weekend.
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 7:18 AM
Friday, September 26, 2003
Only time for one bit of linkage today - the
World Beard Championships. Its in London in 2007 - be there!!!!!
I promise I shall try and get back to posting proper piles of rubbish links next week. Maybe not Monday as I've still managed to put of my regrading form and I probably really need to fill that in on Monday (it'll take a whole day I'm sure).
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 5:03 PM
After much (okay half an hour at most) searching I have managed to find the location of
Breakup Babes new website. For those that don't follow BB's exploits she decided back at the beginning of September that it was time for a new blog - the next stage in the evolution of Breakup Babe if you will. I won't post the link here however as she has not linked directly to the new blog and only emailed the URL to those that requested it - and I shall respect that. She is still posting over at the old site tho and I would recommend a visit. Anyone that knows the heartache and joys (altho there always seem to be more of the first....) of trying to find the perfect partner should feel right at home....
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 5:01 PM
Yawn - the end of what seemed like a week that would never end. Usually that would mean I have the weekend to look forward too right.......... nah! Tomorrow I go 'oop north to the Newcastle area for the wedding reception of an old university friend. Many old friends shall be going but also a couple of people I have no desire to see at all. What does all this mean I hear you ask, well I wish I knew.
Maybe things will be fine. I'll ignore said couple and possibly have a trouser-rippling good time catching up with people, drinking and dancing away to old 80's hits. On the other hand I could well end up sat in a dark and smokey corner trying my best to drown the horrors of it all with sweet sweet beer. Only time shall tell I think.
My only worry, that my problems will detract from the enjoyment of others - thats something I dont want to do. Wish me luck.
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 4:38 PM
Thursday, September 25, 2003
Been meaning to link to this for a while now, and seeing as its Thursday (it is thursday isn't it?) its pretty appropriate. Find out what todays theme is over at
Theme Thursday.
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 4:55 PM
To answer todays question over at
The G-Spot - mine are dark blue today. I know I should probably put this as a comment there but ah well, it helps fill todays blog up. ;-)
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 4:49 PM
The most phallic building in the world. I dont think I need to say anything else...
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 4:47 PM
Wind Power - its the way to go!
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 3:39 PM
As bad as yesterday was, would you believe today was worse? Maybe not so much in the work sense but definitely in other areas. Just when you think its safe to paddle in the waters of life once again and enjoy a bit of a splash the past rears its ugly, uncaring head and tries to drag you under.
Deep huh!
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 3:34 PM
Wednesday, September 24, 2003
You know those days where after only a few hours you just want to go home, watch telly and drink many, many beers!? Well, guess what sort of day I've had........
Unfortunately one of the few beers I have left in the house (Mr K has some but I can't steal those - or can I.....) was placed in the freezer last night for a quick chill before drinking it. Said beer was left in the freezer when we went to the pub for the quiz instead. Beer will now be a beersicle. Hmmmmm, oh well, maybe licking beer gets you drunk faster?
Only good point of the day, I order 256Mb more memory for my PC. Maybe now
Neverwinter Nights will play even more smoothly? Need it to now that I've got several more people hooked and dying to play a LAN session....
Worstest point of the day - seeing someone in the library that I made a bad attempt at chatting up a while ago - and being ignored.
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 4:24 PM
Tuesday, September 23, 2003
I couldn't bear to end the day without at least some token comment. The periods of frenetic activity one minute and complete boredom the next has left me feeling highly unmotivated to post much. Still, can't leave you out there hanging with no amusing linkage....
Not much on the website yet, but these
Wheelybugs look great. It would make my life at work so much more interesting - tho I'm not sure what kinda looks I'd get when I wheeled myself to the helpdesk to answer people's queries.....
Try getting marred -
virtually. Hey, its the only chance some of us will get!!!
Tomorrow I intend to upload a picture of a workmate or two and
make then dance boy!!
Fed up with David Blaine yet? Then
this is for you.
BigBoys Balloons. Guess what this is about - go on....
A place to purchase all your
drinking gadgets.
This ones for the ladies so they can... you know so you dont have to sit..... just like a man would.... lifesaver apparently. Oh its called
Whizzy - go see for yourself.
Ever miss your pet when you went away?
Not anymore!!
I might try this tomorrow when I have more time to look (time to go home now!!!!) - its the
Friday Five.
Finally, apollogies and thanks to all the sites I've blatantly ripped links from today cos I was too lazy to go find any myself - promise I'll get back to finding my own soon.
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 4:53 PM
Monday, September 22, 2003
After 3 weeks of putting it off - and leaving it to the week when I'm probably more busy than any other time of the year - I have finally taken a close look at the regrading form I'm supposed to be filling in. Please someone just shoot me now!
How am I supposed to give a detailed list of all the tasks I carry out and responsibilities I have when I basically sit around on my arse most of the day? Means I have to sit down and think
very hard about all the jobs we technically cover but never really do as there is no need. For pity's sake I'm not even sure what my current pay grade is and thats supposed to be one of the easy bits to fill in!?
I forsee this being a bad week.......
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 4:36 PM
Forecast for this week: Bloggage will be light to non-existent due to a heavy front of freshers coming in from the South (and East, West and North). Occasional spells of drooling over.. errr, 'helping' of students will be mixed with periods of trying to hide.
Outlook for next week is back to semi-normality.
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 12:10 PM
Friday, September 19, 2003
Noooo!!! Look out is
Guinea-Zilla!!!!
Reckon we should extract the DNA of these buggers and have 'em as pets. I'd love to have a "Beware of the Guinea Pig" sign on the front door!
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 3:59 PM
Another case of
'can't really see the point in them' inventions...
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 3:55 PM
Whilst swimming this morning - when I finally managed to convince myself that I had to go and I had no excuse to keep laying in bed - I saw a man doing what I could only describe as the 'dead man stroke'. It basically seemed to consist of him lying face down in the water like some sort of drowned corpse and kicking his legs a little bit to propel himself slowly forward. No arm movement at all and just the occasional raising of the head to breathe.
The unusual technique seemed to worry the lifeguard so much that he came and had a good look when he started doing it, and then followed up the pool for several minutes just to make sure he wasn't really dead!!
Strange....
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 12:37 PM
Avast ye landlubbers, it be Friday a'last and that means it be talk like a pirate day! Arrrrr!! I was goin' t'blog like a pirate all day, but I think that be annoyin', so maybe for just this post - tis true says I!
The official British HQ
be here and there also be a
timber shi'ering piratey poster ahoy. Find out ye
pirate name (I be Bloody Roger Bonney, yarrr) and see a
funny pirate picture.
Update: Random pirate insult generator for your pleasure - ooops, I mean Arrrrrrrr!!!!!!!!
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 8:58 AM
Thursday, September 18, 2003
The bible done with Lego - it has to be
The Brick Testament. I like the ratings at the bottom that warn of violence, nudity, cursing and - *gasp* - sexual content!!! Knew them lego figures were randy little buggers all along.....
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 2:47 PM
Please don't forget that tomorrow is
talk like a pirate day. And to help you master the pirate tongue is this handy-dandy
translator.
Update: Be sure to check out the pirate chat up lines on
this page (pointed out by Nick - cheers).
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 2:34 PM
Impress people at parties by learning how to do a
wall flip. After my bouncy castle landing-on-head incident I'm not going to try this anytime soon (or untill next drunk).
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 2:27 PM
Only just realised that its gone 3pm and I've not blogged anything yet. Problem is I've been stuck outside sorting through a filling cabinet - blurghhhh! Can barely see through my contact lenses. At least being out there I get to see some of the new (girly type) students that have arrived.....
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 2:23 PM
Wednesday, September 17, 2003
Got a favourite sandwich filling, then let the world know over at
The Sandwich Project.
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 2:30 PM
Courtesy of Brucey, some
pretty picture of the Earth.
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 12:47 PM
I remember the episode of the Simpsons where Homers says to Apu
"I'm feelin' low, Apu. You got any of that beer that has candy floating in it, you know, Skittlebrau?"
Well, seems someone has finally decided to
try it for real
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 12:46 PM
Read about the strange people that are
obsessed with Disneyland.
Well, everyone has to have a hoby I guess.
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 12:39 PM
Here
fishy fish fishy! Oh wait - none left....
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 12:23 PM
What would the offspring of some of the Simpsons characters look like
if they mated?
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 12:21 PM
Being Tuesday yesterday mean't that it was pub quiz night down at the Old Horse. The past few weeks have seen me unable to answer many (ok, virtually none) of the questions and as a result feeling about as usefull as a chocolate teapot. Last night I was back on form tho. Unfortunately one of the questions was about the rating scale used for stockings and tights and I answered with hardly a pause - beating even the girl on our team to the answer - causing some curious and concerned looks from my teamates as to my apparent in-depth knowledge in the field of womens hosery.......
Speaking of pubs, whilst having a quick look for The Old Horse I found this site -
Regulars Reunited. Much like
Friends Reunited - just a little less popular at the minute - it lets you try and catch up with all your old drinking buddies at a particular pub. The list of pubs is fairly impressive...
I just don't see anyway of doing much more than rating the pub and submitting a photo of it tho, but worth a look and spread the word!
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 11:29 AM
Tuesday, September 16, 2003
Bjoern over at the
B-Zone has started a big
health and fitness program. I wish him luck! I've been trying to stick to a good regime for ages and other than my early morning swims (which I'm amazed I'm still doing after 4 months) I never got very far. Still drinking far to much beer - lovely sweet beer - and eating too many takeaways!
My plan was to do lots of exercise so that I would look good for a friends wedding at which there shall be lots of people who I dont see very often at all, and some who I have not seen for many, many years! At first I thought "6 months - loads of time", then it became 3 months, then a month. Anyone know a good way to become ultra fit in just over a week!?!
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 1:30 PM
And totally useless invention of the day goes to the
Isophone.
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 1:09 PM
First thing I found on the BBC website today was this story about
Angle-Grinder Man, superhero for the modern age. He is a self proclaimed wheel clamp vigilante - the first in the UK - who hunts the streets at night in a blue leotard removing wheel clamps with his trusty saw. I must say he looks the part with his gold boots, mask and tight pants (worn on the outside of course - superman stylie).
He has his own
website but it seems to curently be down (awwwww!).
Maybe its just my love of cartoons and comic - but I think the world needs more hero's like this!!
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 12:48 PM
Sorry I've been so quiet today. Its a combination of being on early shift and actually having things to do! Did have a pleasant surprise this morning when Hari phoned me from Japan tho!!
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 12:39 PM
Monday, September 15, 2003
The truth behind
public baby changing stations. Wont you please think of the children.....
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 3:20 PM
The
Presurfer was right when he said the song in this - the latest
Weebl and Bob story - would get stuck in your head. It does. Maybe not the best of things when you are doing the most tedious job in the world and it keeps echoing round your skull over and over and over.....
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 3:00 PM
Manics 'Bare Your Bum At Bush' campaign get some more
coverage.
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 1:04 PM
Someone manages to pass a
fake $200 bill with a picture of George Dubya on it. I cant believe someone accepted it, I mean it has a picture of the Whitehouse on one side with signs on the lawn reading "We Like Broccoli"!!!!
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 12:59 PM
Not sure I'll have much time for blogging today - well maybe not till later anyway? Feeling a little guilty as I was supposed to come in at 7am today, but forgot. Well I didn't forget to come in as such, I was supposed to be covering for a workmate who took the day off (which I agreed and signed his holiday card for) - I just forgot which day he took off! Maybe I subconciously knew as I kept thinking all weekend about which shift I was on and I was sure there was something I was supposed to remember....
I blame it on the complete lack of any work we have to do - anyone have a cure for
apathy?
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 11:20 AM
Friday, September 12, 2003
The Pyrates Royal - the original singing pirate band. Need I say more.
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 3:14 PM
You can check your
Name Statistics at this place - find out how common your first and last name is etc. Only really useful if you are in the US tho....
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 2:19 PM
Tinfoil.com is a site
"Dedicated to the preservation of early recorded sounds". Basically songs recored on wax cylinders. Be sure to check out the cylinder of the month, a recording of The Dixie Rube, played by the Edison Military Band no less.
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 2:02 PM
Bored of running
Seti@Home - then why not be part of this experiment to
predict climate change in the coming years. Maye it will even help to prompt world leaders to get off their arses and do something about
global warming?!?
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 11:03 AM
I've noticed recently that a lot of the stuff I find whilst surfing and decide not to blog (for whatever reason) ends up posted on other blogs a couple of days later and I think "now why didn't I link to that after all?". A couple of good examples are
FutureMe - a page that allows you to send an email to yourself that will arrive at a specified date in the future, and this
Matrix/Heineken advert. Ah well, better linking it late than never.....
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 8:43 AM
I went swimming this morning and damn, talk about hard work!! I was knackered after about 10 lengths! Maybe I'm just really out of practice, or maybe I should not have had those beers last night and stayed up late playing Neverwinter Nights (the patch didn't fix my problem in case you are wondering - I had to quickly repeat the level). Still, I struggled on and did my 30 lengths - feel the burn, push the envelope, ride the wave, smoke the banana and all that!!
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 8:36 AM
Thursday, September 11, 2003
Oooh, can I have a
Scuba Doo please?
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 4:24 PM
Kids today - no respect!!! And the solution -
beat them. Just dont
use a skateboard.
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 4:00 PM
Whilst following a link back I found this site called
Zug.com. I haven't done too much looking around but I did visit the
pranks section - some good stuff there and well worth a visit. I liked the 'Credit Card Prank' and the 'All Natural Prank'.
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 3:57 PM
This is pretty old now, but I loved it when it came out so just had to link it once I came across it again. Sit back and enjoy
Patrick Moore plays the Xylophone!!
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 1:04 PM
Have you seen
Paperbag Head? An interesting idea but doesn't seem to have got very far in terms of popularity.
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 12:59 PM
This is one of those things I'm not even going to try and comment on cos I just don't know what to say -
Bikini Genie!
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 11:52 AM
Well, its September the 11th but I'm not going to talk about the attacks of 2 years ago. There are many other people with stronger views than me on that subject and better ways of communicating them. I know that sounds bad but I'm not one for the politics of it all and tragic as it was I think there are so many tragedies in the world that its unfair to put this one so much higher than the rest.
Anyway, my point about the date was that the
super virus that many were predicting has not as yet surfaced. And here was me hoping that it might make my day at work a little more exciting. On a similar not, be sure to download the latest critical
security patch for Windows before its exploited by the next virus.....
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 11:37 AM
Yawn! Seem to be overly tired today for some reason!? You'd think it might be cos I bought
Neverwinter Nights on Saturday and have been playing it a lot (about 12 hours on Sunday) - plus playing it just before bed means I've had some very funny dreams which don't help you sleep. Problem is I'm stuck at the moment so haven't been playing it too much. I seem unable to get past this one point and I'm getting really annoyed that I can't progress!!! I've downloaded the patch this morning tho so hopefully its a bug and that will fix it!? God I hope so cos I dont want to have to repeat all those hours of play.....
I'm noticing this morning that
Blogger has merged the free and pro versions into one. I did read on
The Presurfer a couple of days ago that this was going to happen, but couldn't get into the page to see what new features that would mean I now have. Think it means I get to put in post titles - then again am I inventive enough to come up with a witty and imaginative title for every post. I think not!
Just to keep you updated on my trip to Japan - the tickets have now arrived so that part is all set. Now I'm just trying to figure out the details when I get there. For instance I doubt I will have enough time to get from
Kumamoto to
Tokyo before my flight back in the morning - so that will likely mean a night in Tokyo. Should be interesting but also a little scary?!
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 9:58 AM
Wednesday, September 10, 2003
How about a stylish
watch/mobile phone?
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 3:24 PM
Follow the travels of three blokes
walking from Chicago to San Francicso (which is a long way). They're already 100 days in - not sure how much more to go?
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 1:30 PM
Dedicated to my friend Rachel -
librarian. I dont think she has an
"amazing push-button shushing action!" tho?
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 1:23 PM
I seem to be getting very good at putting off all the things I'm supposed to be doing and managing to waste large portions of time. I think I could almost be classed as a professional....
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 1:13 PM
Tuesday, September 09, 2003
Do
NOT look at
these if you have a hangover!!!!
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 3:50 PM
Gallery of Monsters Toys (sorry, losing motivation to type...).
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 3:19 PM
Muff Sweats - say no more.
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 3:02 PM
An odd
psychedelic site for desktop wallpapers.
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 2:56 PM
There are many 'rate my....' sites out there these days, so why not
Rate My Bedroom.
On a similar theme, look at some
ugly couches....
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 2:27 PM
Stupid site of the day goes to
Dotfart.com.
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 2:25 PM
Talk about dull job - 100 cd's produced for one of our departments and I just spent the last couple of hours printing, sticking on cd labels, cutting out, folding and sliding in jewel case covers. My back hurts now with all this leaning over.....
Seems to be a quiet blogging day to be honest, not much around. So in between my dull jobs I've been looking at info on Japan. This
guide to Japan is very good in particular. It also has a page on
Japanese etiquette which I've been paying close attention to. Thought it might be a good idea as my friend Hari (who I'm staying with) says that she is the only Giejin (foreigner) in the town, and I'd rather not upset loads of people on my visit!!
I guess I should also learn to
eat with chopsticks and maybe
learn some Japanese.
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 2:25 PM
Monday, September 08, 2003
Thank god, time for me to go home!! Before I do tho, a last link for the day. Please note that you should not follow this link if you
don't like dentists!
See ya tomorrow.
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 4:10 PM
I'm still not entirely sure what
Elftrance is about as its a little weird to navigate. Still, I think its a selection of Flash movies with kicking Dance/Trance soundtracks. Maybe there's other stuff there too - who knows?
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 1:58 PM
Whats that you say - you're in need of a penguin? I have
just the place for you....
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 1:49 PM
An
old myth disproven.
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 11:26 AM
This is a must see -
Stealth Disco. I'm currently drafting a proposal to introduce it here at work. Where's that digital camera.....?
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 10:28 AM
Today seems to be another of those days where the hours are flying by and I'm not achieving much. So many little (dull) things I have to do as well, like fixing printers, filling out stupid pay regrading forms (I REALLY hate those) etc. Anyway, can't be in a bad mood today cos
I'm going to Japan!!! Booked my tickets on Saturday and I can quite happily say that I love
Expedia. Return ticket for £396 - you can't beat that!? Really looking forward to it now but have so much I still need to organise....
On a slightly sadder note I saw Sparky and Lee on Friday (on my way to the pub where I got totally hammered) and they were just geting back from the vets. Now I had heard that poor little Ernie (their cat) had been in a slight encounter with a car but I didn't know how bad it was untill I saw 'em. Alas poor little Ernie shall now be known as Ernie 3 legs or maybe 3-legged Ern. Yup, sad fact is he lost his back leg.
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 10:16 AM
Friday, September 05, 2003
Ummm, why would anyone want one of these
bars of soap???
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 12:26 PM
Now my mum collects stuffed toys, but I'm really not sure she'd like the ones that you can
buy at this place. I like Orgazmatang the Orangutan and Sir Johnson the Lion - they even comes with their own little poem (and some come with a lot more than that)!
She might like these better,
weird as they are.
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 12:10 PM
Make mine a cool refreshing can of
Pimp Juice please. Taste okay apparently.
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 10:55 AM
Please don't forget that September 19th is
Talk Like a Pirate Day. Arrrr, I be unsure if I can last till then without the odd pirate outburst matey!
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 10:49 AM
For all you people out there
job hunting. Technically that should include me I guess...
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 10:34 AM
Its
Star Trek on Ice.
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 10:12 AM
As Manic points out, his campaign to Bare Your Bum at Bush is not the first to be proposed. Considering
this campaign is trying to raise $10,000 and all Tim's involves is undoing your belt and dropping your trousers at an opportune moment, I think I know which is more likely to succeed!
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 6:52 AM
Had to be work for 6:30am today - I'm not well impressed. On top of that the power shutdown means I've been sat here in the dark for the last hour getting slowly hotter because the air conditioning is also off untill we get power back. Least my computer is still up and running - benefits of being on a different circuit...
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 6:47 AM
Thursday, September 04, 2003
Got a
cup of moldy coffee? Then send a picture to the BBC and win a prize!
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 1:57 PM
Me want one, me
want one!!!!
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 1:49 PM
A classic
football quote.
Link via Brucey
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 11:48 AM
Whilst I'm still trying to sort out flights and the like to Japan (have you noticed that I've unconciously changed from maybe going to definitely?) I wondered if anyone had any pearls of wisdom to impart to me in the meantime. Like I said foreign travel is all new to me so I want to be prepared for this trip - well more prepared than my usual 'throwing stuff in a bag the day before I leave' trick. Or you could just tell me whats good and bad in Japan. Anyway
email me.
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 11:02 AM
Look at the
doodle of the day.
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 10:52 AM
The Dream Project is a curious place where they show
"...an artistic rendering of the dream landscape". Basically they draw people's dreams, people like Neil Gaiman and Rick Veitch.
Only seems to be one issue so far with 4 dreams, but maybe the project's only just started...?
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 10:21 AM
Think this site has something to do with
little toy monsters but I just thought it was purdee.
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 10:11 AM
Ah, you have to love
Manic over at Bloggerheads - when he does things he does them with style! His latest campaign is to chase Bush out of Britain and his plan to do this -
Bare Your Bum at Bush! I had to chortle.
Doubt my meagre linkage will help much, but I can but try!
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 9:50 AM
Welcome to the latest instalment of 'Richard tries to go to Japan'! In todays exciting episode our hero finds a flight for just 438 quid but soon realises that it leaves so early in the morning that he's not sure how to get to the airport on time! Next he has to figure out how to book a domestic flight to Kumamoto airport which isn't easy (
so many options). Will he suceeded - stay tuned.
Sorry, I'm blaming it on lack of sleep. I really am very tired. Went to bed late last night (god, when did 11pm become late - I am getting old) and then had to drag myself out of bed at 5:45am this morning, and believe me I really did struggle to get up. I can barely keep my eyes open at the moment - I think thats why I have achieved so little this morning. Tomorrow will be even worse as I have to be in work for 6:30am for a power shutdown.....
AND I went running for the first time in a week last night and strained a muscle!
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 9:30 AM
Wednesday, September 03, 2003
Tells you
how rich you are - and then asks for money....
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 1:24 PM
Bugger, I'm confused! I dont think there are any flights with SWISS for that price, and the cheapest seems to be about £950. If I try another airline that looked cheap I get a price of almost 6000 Euros!! Help!?
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 1:13 PM
Blimey, where has my morning gone!? Get in at 7am and before you know it the working day's almost over.
Although I'm not 100% definite yet, I think I am going to go to Japan. Only problem I'm having at the minute is finding a flight. Now I went to
Cheap Flights and that listed a flight from
Birmingham to
Tokyo at a cost of about £422. Following several links from there all show these flights are with
Swiss International Airlines. So, I went to their website and did the same flight search and they list a price thats a LOT higher than 400 quid!! Where am I going wrong?
Bloggage might be a little low whilst I investigate all this....
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 12:25 PM
Tuesday, September 02, 2003
Man
steals over £2 million pounds and what does he buy with it!? Lots of parrots and a house to put them in. D'uh!!
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 12:38 PM
Once again "horray" for the Japanese. I think the
self parking feature of this car is a bit silly, but at least they are really trying to make more environmentally friendly cars! Another good reason to go to Japan (I think this is a sign).
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 11:59 AM
There you have it, it pays to
be happy!
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 11:55 AM
God I just had to chortle when I saw these
fluffy bunnies. I sooooo want one of those. You could put it on the sofa when people come to visit and watch their face as your fluffy cushion starts to wander round....
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 11:46 AM
Be carefull what you say on the tube, this man
might be listening....
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 11:39 AM
All I can say is
oww!!!
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 11:35 AM
Considering my recent interest in a trip to Japan, this gallery of
Japanese photo's is pretty apt. I think I really am getting tempted to go now looking at all these images....
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 11:27 AM
If any of you are after a clown for a kids party, why not try
Buffo the worlds stongest clown!! I have to admit his list of talents is impressive but I'm not sure I'd want him to turn up outside my house riding a buffalo.....
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 11:15 AM
This bloke really
Hates the 80's. True the 80's did have a lot of crap to answer for - but Ghostbusters is NOT a bad film!!
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 11:01 AM
Fairly pointless visualization of
people walking. I just liked seeing the difference between men and women (works best with the lines turned on).
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 10:57 AM
Problem with your boyfriend/girlfriend - then you need the
Love Police!!
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 10:54 AM
Trying to catch up on stuff (and also a bit out of practice) so a little slow on exciting links today. Sorry.
Take a look at this picture and
try to find the mans head. Under a minute and you are normal. Over that and it says you need to watch more cartoons to develop the right side of your brain. I managed 4 seconds - so maybe my obsession with cartoons does have a benefit.......
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 10:52 AM
Well I'm back (on damn early shift worst luck) after having survived the trip home. Ah, guess it wasn't that bad to be honest. Not exactly a holiday but pretty entertaining. My brother and his wife had a big party for their first wedding anniversary, so all the family and friends crowded into their little house for a big p**s up. I got to be barman - which was fun as they had this new blender which was great for doing cocktails in - so it was my job to make sure everyone got nicely sloshed (especially the old folks). Learnt the interesting fact that most women seem to really like
Pina Colada's so plan on making a few of those at my next party. Must be a womans thing as I thought they were a bit sickly myself....
Unfortunately the place was not packed by the throngs of young single women that I had hoped for, although a very attractive friend of my sis-in-law was there so it wasn't all bad.
.
The rest of my time at home was spent reading (Steven King and James Herbert - I wasn't impressed), being fed wine and cake by my mum and reminiscing about old times. Going home always makes me take stock of my life - think its the sitting on the beach and staring out to sea or wandering around my
old school grounds thinking
"I used to do history in that room - god that Mr Fowler was a bastard!" that does it. As a result I'm feeling more energised and ready to go now that I'm back!!!
Yesterdays trip home was fairly entertaining as well. The train is usually boring and I was tempted very quickly into getting some beer (10:30am) which always helps ease the journey along. I decided to do some people watching to pass the time. Most fun was watching this right Herbert that got on around Bristol. He spied the table in front of me with 2 young girls and sat down straight away with this stupid grin plastered all over his face. Now I'll admit that they were very attractive girls but also obviously pretty young too (about 16/17 I'm guessing). He sat there for 5 minutes grinning and staring at both girls and I could tell that he was dying to start a conversations and sure enough he tried. Took him about 6 attempts to get them to say more than 3 words to him but you have to give him marks for perserverance! Anyway I got bored of listening to him talk about the features his mobile phone had and other such stuff after a while. I did listen in again at the end and last thing I heard him say to them as he got off the train was
"I'll email you". I'm sure they will look forward to that!!
# posted by
The BlogMonkey @ 7:05 AM
