Posted in politics, rant on May 8, 2009 | 1 Comment »
Anybody know how the police enquiry is going into the death of Ian Tomlinson? no, me neither.
In a fine example of Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) ‘kettling’, the story has dropped off the face of the newsdesk to be replaced by this months middle-class outrage – the MP’s expenses claims song [...]
Posted in books, footy, politics, tagged books on April 6, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I’ve spent the last handful of blog opportunities I’ve had doing something else and I’m determined not to let this one slip though the net even though I can’t find much motivation to write. In essence the subjects are there, but I’m not too sure that writing about some of them is a good [...]
Posted in books, politics, tagged books, politics on February 24, 2009 | 1 Comment »
So, work being work, I visited a company (one of many recently) experiencing tough times. It’s my job to get them to use our security guards, make sure they are happy and from their point of view, provide a better service and value for money than what they are getting/paying for at the moment.
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Posted in film, politics, rant, tagged politics on February 15, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I watched ‘Fitna’ over the weekend, just to see what all the fuss is with this Dutch Tory-boy Geert Wilders. There’s plenty of conclusions to draw from it, one of them being that there’s plenty of dislike in the world. Understatement of the fucking year I’m sure, but I’m similarly sure that there is [...]
I didn’t get my run in this morning, surprisingly.
What I did get was the lightest of wake-ups courtesy of a text message on my work phone. 9:21am: If you’re in this morning Rob fancies some biscuits. If not no problem. Maegan.
Maegan and Rob are good work buds, monsters who like a [...]
Posted in politics, rant, tagged politics on February 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Strikes are on the menu for the energy workers then – I guess on the face of it I’m happy: happy because the industrial action looks to be spreading, other stations are striking in solidarity and let’s face it the sentiment is there – Whichever way up you look at the issues and the [...]
Posted in politics, vinyl, tagged politics on January 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Gong Xi Fa Cai. It’s Chinese New Year, time to celebrate. With that in mind, I’ve just spent a right wedge on some new tunes. I tell you I got fresher cuts than a Belgian toddler…ouchie
It’s mainly Minimal House and Electroclash with a light smattering of phat breaks and the very faintest [...]
Posted in footy, mates, music, politics, tagged politics on January 24, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
I went to see a couple of bands at the Brudenell Social Club in Hyde Park. It was actually three but I needed a shower. The Brudenell is a strange venue, it’s a workies in Studentland with a long history of decent bands – I saw Sketches and Gregor Samsa. Sketches have [...]
Posted in books, politics, tagged politics on January 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
So Barack Obama is closing Guantanamo – Good call, first few days in the job and all. That’s must be a cracking feeling scratching that off your to-do list. How can you lock people up in that place and call yourselves protectors of all that’s decent in this world? The man’s on the [...]
Posted in politics, rant, sean, tagged politics on January 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
They say the most difficult part of anything is the starting of it…well by they, I mean I, I guess. It’s a typical thing with me – one of my new year’s resolutions was to start a blog, and with it being the 20th (or 21st, I can’t be arsed to stop and [...]
