Sunday, February 24, 2008
Play Up!
Woodgate dispatches the Chavs.
Labels: Carling Cup Final, Spurs, Tottenham Hotspur
:: Posted by pete @ Sunday, February 03, 2008
Up the euro
With euros you can buy beer just about anywhere in Europe, except Britain.
Who cares about the economic effect, I want to buy beer in Europe!
Thursday, January 24, 2008
There's a new blog in town
Go west young man!
Life on the allotments.
Labels: Buckland Brewer, Devon, gardening, North Devon
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Pure Genius
Labels: bad puns, jermaine jenas, soccer, Tottenham Hotspur
Thursday, January 03, 2008
Annus Dumnoniorus
Just over a year of living and working in Devon. Much has happened. Some of it good. Some of it not so good. Some of it wet.
- Number of times arrived at work soaking wet after walking along the Taw in driving wind and squally showers: umpteen
- Number of cakes, donuts or cookies eaten in celebration of work colleague birthdays: 6
- Devon cream teas: one
- Walks on Exmoor: 4
- Letters to the Journal about Devon CC crazy parking plans: two
- Hours wasted at work on the internet: REDACTED
- Mentions of the MSC Napoli on local TV news: zillions
- Jobs: 1
- Teams: 2
- Desks: 5
- Other jobs applied for: 1
- Number of power failures: 1
- Times boiler broken down: twice
- Rooms painted: 6
- Money spent on building works and decorating: £6000
- Meals provided by vegetable plot: a dozen or so
- Letters in opposition of planning applications: 1
- Parish Council meetings attended: 5
- Gardeners' Club meetings: 10
- Pints from the Country Life Brewery: 20
- Bloody pictures of the bloody Taw Bridge at bloody sunset: too many
- Times wished back in London: zero
Labels: Devon, lists, North Devon
Monday, December 10, 2007
Newest Member of the Web Development Team
Some say he's a blow hard.
What might have happened to those HMRC CDs?
What might have happened to those HMRC CDs?
An e-mail to staff here...
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Dear All,
Please can you check if there is a brown A4 envelope addressed to [REDACTED] in your post bag? It was spotted by [REDACTED] on Friday last week but has not yet turned up at the post room. If you have seen it, please let me know - [REDACTED].
[REDACTED]
[REDACTED]
[REDACTED]
Human Resources
[REDACTED]
Tel: [REDACTED]
Fax: [REDACTED]
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Another place the CDs might found.
Labels: incompetence, Work
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Small Fuzzy Thing in the Night Sky
That would be Comet Holmes. Elementary.
Belgium still up Merde Creek without a paddle. (This might be a no.94 tram.)
iPod-alotry
"Slow Country" - Gorillaz
"The Bends" - Radiohead
"Serenade" - Arab Strap
"So Long, Lonesome" - Explosions in the Sky
"Axis '67, Pt.2" - Bobby Conn
"Organum" - Max Richter
"Marathon" - Vic Chesnutt
"Car" - Built to Spill
"A Good Friend is Always Around" - The American Analog Set
"Starcleaner" - The Brian Jonestown Massacre
"Motorbus" - Fridge
"Swastika Eyes (Chemical Brothers Mix" - Primal Scream
"First Hits" - Don Caballero
"Mr President" - Clinton
"Mr Lucky" - John Lee Hooker
"Revenge of the Black Regent" - Add N to (X)
Labels: astronomy, belgium, daily bollocks, iPod