This is taking the…
Monday, September 15, 2008 ~ 1 comment so far
Thanks to all who voted, as it stands the humble Custard Cream is out in front, but you can change that!
Ohh and the photo here does not include the Ginger Snap as, it seems, they have been discontinued! Ohh noes!
Morning World
Saturday, September 13, 2008 ~ 2 comments so far
Time moves on and these days I tend to watch Saturday Kitchen as opposed to Soccer AM (blame the new Soccer AM bloke, he’s rubbish). So whilst I sup on my coffee, Ken Hom is stirring up some Pork and Pineapple dish and I’m salivating.
Anyway, today I’m doing a little research after an interesting phone call yesterday, I’m updating my iPhone with the new software update (and filling it with a little more music), and then I’ll sit down with lunch and watch the Man Utd vs Liverpool game. Then it’s a few little chores, and deciding what to do for dinner before I head out to lose money playing Poker. OK, not really, I’m still learning so I’m allowed to play for free. Should be fun!
Tomorrow? Well that depends when I get home, when I get up and whether the couch decides that it would like some company or not.
Although I have been toying with resurrecting Scottish Blogs… maybe. Don’t get yer hopes up!
Biscuit-iquette
Thursday, September 11, 2008 ~ 15 comments so far
Custard Cream or Bourbon? Digestive or Hobnob? With this being the internet there is, of course, a website dedicated to this topic.
In the office we, on a somewhat random basis, get free biscuits. It’s a limited selection and, as I work with a large number of people who aren’t that long out of university, the supply doesn’t last long. The biscuits come in mini-packs of three, unfortunately not mixed but three of the same kind.
We have the choice of Bourbon Creams, Custard Creams, Shortbread, Ginger Snaps, Digestives and (as we recently changed supplier), Jam Rings!
Whilst I’m partial to a Custard Cream, I am trying to watch what I eat and really don’t want three biscuits with a cup of coffee. Yes yes, I could eat them over the course of a few days but then you are faced with the prospect of having an opened pack of biscuits sitting on your desk, staring at you all day, demanding to be eaten, begging to be put out of their misery! The humanity!
So, of course, if I do take a packet of biscuits I eat all three. I am not a monster.
Like everything in life there is a hierarchy at play, and whilst you can argue about which biscuit is at the top of the pile (Custard Creams if you ask me!) there is no doubt that the lowly digestive is at the bottom of the.. er.. food chain.
Or is it? Time for a vote!
Paralympics
Tuesday, September 9, 2008 ~ 1 comment so far
Having watched some of the opening ceremony I finally got a moment to catch the Paralympic coverage on TV last night, and it’s well worth it.
During the Olympics I mentioned that what draws me in isn’t necesarily a love of sport (although that is part of it) but the story itself, and it’s even more powerful in the Paralympics. To be frank I’m utterly astonished at some of the things I’ve seen, and whilst it is incredibly twee I’d quite happily give a gold medal to every contender simply because they made it to the competition.
Best moment so far is easily the 13 year old gold medal winner, Eleanor Simmonds. As I said on Twitter: “13yr old gold medal winner for Team GB. She was bawling her eyes out when she won. So was I!!!”
Brilliant.
Quack, quack
Monday, September 8, 2008 ~ 2 comments so far
Ladies and Gentlepeeps of the blogerati, I stand before you today, humbled and modest, to accept this sumptuous award.
The rather lovely (and still on my list of bloggers to meet) Mike, has passed this gorgeous trophy to me and took a moment to give me that most very British of compliments.
Yes, let it be broadcast across the land (or at least as far as the Aldi at the bottom of the road), that I am “an all-round good egg”. I cannot express my emotions at present, so overcome am I with feelings of joy and elation. I must pause here to wipe away a small tear of happiness that has welled in my eye, desperate to escape and flounce off down my cheek.
Right, got the wee bugger with a tissue…
However as bloody usual, there is a caveat. I knew there would be of course, you don’t spend as long as I have mucking about on the interwebs without knowing how these things work. So whilst I’m delighted to receive the award from such a distinguished member of our little hobby, I knew there’d be a catch. Or a set of rules.
And there is, and they state that I have to pass the award on to “five other blogs that you consider deserve this award for their creativity, design, interesting material, and also for contributing to the blogging community”. I also have to credit the originator and so, because I’m British and we know how to follow rules, I have just done so.
Now for the hard bit. Who deserves such a finely crafted objet d’art?
1. I’m gonna cheat a bit for this (I’m sure they won’t mind… ) and nominate two sisters. Both have been blogging for a long time and both bring something different to our little hobby. It wouldn’t be fair to say that you can view one as being ‘serious’ and the other ‘silly’, particularly as they are both prone to outbursts of both so… umm… anyway.. so before I dig myself in any deeper the first award goes, jointly, to Meg of meish and Anna of the Little Red Boat. (I’m also figuring that most of you know about them, so didn’t want to waste two awards by giving them one each… wait, that didn’t come out right…).
2. Next up is a blog I’ve read and enjoyed for years. If you have a few hours to spare head into the archives and prepare for belly laughs and tears. What’s New Pussycat? by the lovely, funny, Shauna, who has recently been published in the equally funny, uplifting and triumphant book The Amazing Adventures of DietGirl (it’s really good!). Note: Shauna claims to be an Australian, and whilst she does use odd words sometimes, she doesn’t like Vegemite so I’m somewhat suspicious…
3. Every now and then you stumble across a blog which just grabs your attention, such was the case a couple of years ago when I happened upon Anne’s blog, I Like. She has a wonderful eye and a genuine love of the things she likes. Part retro-fest, part wonderous exploration of everyday places and things, it continues to inspire and delight.
4. Another old-timer gets the award. Without this man I wouldn’t even know the word obfuscate existed. He continues to churn out the most amazing content and seems to operate at a level higher than most. Sometimes I have to read his posts three or four times to make sure I’m sucked all the beauty I can from them (not all of them though, let’s not get too carried away!). He is currently known as An Unreliable Witness, and I’m sure he will cherish such a glorious award.
5. And, because there is no show without punch, the erratically brilliant blog that is Pandemian. Another blogger who has been at it for a while now, but who remains present and which I have to admit I have a bit of a thing for… so I’m not biased at all. Honest.
Weekender
Sunday, September 7, 2008 ~ 1 comment so far
The main focus of the past weekend was the engagement party for my sister and her fiancé, and if I’m not mistaken it went without a hitch.
It was a self-catered affair in a local bowling green (cheap booze!), the DJ was good, everyone seemed to have a good time and there are rumours that I was spotted on the dancefloor. There may also be rumours that I was seen downing cola flavoured Stiffy’s Shots.
Aside from that we’ve done bugger all.
Yay!
My PC
Thursday, September 4, 2008 ~ 3 comments so far
Since I was asked, here is my current Windows XP desktop.
I keep the desktop clean, it’s my “inbox” where things are then filed or moved. The taskbar fades out when the mouse ISN’T over it, and yeah Xentient Thumbnails to get the icon of an image to display as the image itself (a la the icon on my desktop).