Lying Farmers!
I spotted this blatant example of a farmer lying and completely over-reacting, while managing to sound very ‘inbred-country-type’ in an article about a plane flying too low on it’s landing approach to Birmingham airport today: “It looked like it was only 200 to 300 feet up as it nearly hit the straw stack. It happened so quickly it was like a boom,” he said.
So, you’re telling us Mr Farmer that your straw stack is 200 or 300 feet high are you? I think not. In fact I think the pigs aren’t the only porkies on your farm – are they? And what the hell does “It happened so quickly it was like a boom” mean exactly? That makes no sense whatsoever to me!? Imagine the scene…
Winter Olympics Commentator #1: “Wow! Did you see how quick that Bobsled was?” Winter Olympics Commentator #2: “Yeah! It was like a BOOM!”.
Whatever you reckon Mr Farmer.
Full story here.
The Most Annoying Thing. In The World.
My left mouse button has decided it knows best and is double clicking at random, when it feels like it. This is the most annoying thing. In the world. I thought I’d fixed it once by pulling the button up and shaking the mouse about – some crap fell out and it was ok for a few days, but this evening it started again. You may ask why double clicking is a problem – surely that’s a major part of computing? This is true. But I have no control whatsoever over WHEN it double clicks, so it’s opening windows and launching files and programs at will all over the place. It’s starting to really piss me off!
In other news I seem to have been neglecting my blog and moblog recently – I’ve not been posting much although I’m not sure why. It’s not a case of me not wanting to, or me doing a lot more/less than usual, I just haven’t blogged much recently, but that’s ok.
Yesterday I found a really shocking blog post about someone who lost their digital camera, only for it to be ‘un-lost’ but not found. Check out ‘Lost Camera’ here.
The coming weekend should be fun – I’m planning on going out on Saturday to celebrate my 25th birthday which is next Tuesday (28th), providing I can shake off the bird flu I’ve managed to catch from a certain bird ;-) I think I’m going to be well enough to go ahead with plans, so I need to book the restaurant tomorrow. It will be nice to see some people I don’t see enough of these days, eat good food, and drink good drink – that’s what birthdays should be about!
I’m surprisingly not bitter about getting older, unlike many people I know getting older doesn’t really bother me and the whole ‘quarter of a century’ tag doesn’t mean anything in my book. It’s the first birthday I’ve had where I can’t think of *anything* I want, so hopefully I’ll get a couple of surprises and plenty of cash – the more versatile present!
I’ve been lucky enough to borrow STACKS of new music off friends recently, so I’m currently discovering new bands and albums on a day to day basis. Currently rocking my iTunes playlists are: Wilco, I Am Kloot, Massive Attack, Radiohead, Seth Lakeman, Tom McRae and Rocky Votolato amongst others. I’m really digging Wilco – I’ve been meaning to check them out for years and I’m kicking myself now! ‘Gods & Monsters’ the latest album from I Am Kloot is great too. At this very moment in time I’m listening to ‘Gold Metal’ by The Donnas, which is pretty cool…energetic pop/rock from kick ass girls – you can’t really go wrong!
I’m going to see my beloved Foo Fighters again in June! They’ve just announced a MASSIVE show at Hyde Park in London, so we got tickets via the sneaky old pre-sale link. Other acts on the bill include Queens Of The Stone Age, Motorhead, Angles and Airwaves (Tom DeLonge of Blink 182’s new band) and The Subways – should be a great day hopefully. I’m not normally a fan of these big type of events (I passed up RHCP tickets) but if there’s one band that can rock 80,000 like no one else – it’s the Foos! I can’t wait!
Work is going well, very busy with Imogen…everything is going very well and I’ve got some cool new projects coming up with the some cool new bands and some other stuff too – all good!
Enough. Bed time!
Ok Winter, give it up…
I’m sure somehow this winter has stretched on longer than it should have? I know it’s still only February, but I’m sure I’m not the only person who feels like this winter has gone on too long? In fact, I know I’m not because I’m talking to Kerrie about it on msn right now!
So here’s to winter ending soon and those warm, breezy summers days returning, where you can BBQ and sit outside into the early hours drinking and having fun, not once having to close your windows at night. Those days where it never gets chilly and the evening breeze is a welcome relief. The weeks where you can walk around in shorts and a t-shirt 24 hours a day. When the sweet smell of freshly cut grass makes your hayfever really bad, but you don’t really care because it’s summer and it’s been a long time coming. And let’s not forget the scantily-clad young ladies in their summer-wear who make summer the perfect season ;)
Just shut your eyes and think back to those summer days…
Here’s to the summer coming fast!
Foo Fighters and Borat.
I’m not sure how I missed this when it happened, but I did. Check out this video of the Foos playing ‘DOA’ at the European MTV Music Awards last year, complete with host Borat (AKA Ali G) getting involved – not only is this hilarious and very typical of the Foo Fighters, the laser-lighting show is amazing!
The Google vs China thing.
If you’ve not already heard about Google censoring it’s search results on it’s Chinese site at the demand of the Chinese Government, then read about the story here and get more info here, although if you’re in China those links are probably blocked.
If you already know about this, or have just read up on it, you can see the results in their full horror below; an example of how the Chinese Government wants to re-write history:
Click here to search Tiananmen at Google Images
Now click here to search Tiananmen at Google China
Pretty shocking, isn’t it?
