Make-your-own World Cup draw

Well we finally know which teams will be going to the World Cup.  The less said about France’s progress the better though (see http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/internationals/8367418.stm).   All I will say is “What ever happened to sportsmen showing sportsmanship?”  What I’m saying is, no Thierry, it’s not the referee’s responsibility to be omniscient and to call a hand [...]

Champions League Post-mortem

Day two since Arsenal went out of the Champions League to Liverpool and I’m still annoyed about it. Yeah, it’s only a game and I wouldn’t quite go as far as Bill Shankly, i.e. ”Football’s not a matter of life and death, it’s much more important than that”, but it’s still upsetting for some reason I [...]

Retroblog 4: Ranting

“Hi there, and welcome to my much anticipated latest blog. I know it’s been 11 long days [one blog in one and half weeks? Wasn't I lazy back in the day?], but if you’re patient enough to read them then you are certainly patient enough to wait for them. I thought today that I would [...]

Fair-weather Weathermen

So, the weather, having for a long while decided to be late spring in temperature, has once again made a u-turn and decided to be early winter again. It gets very frustrating, particularly because you never know what to wear (Me, moaning about clothes? I’ve been spending too much time with my fiancee!). Shorts and T-Shirt [...]

Spectacles and Sportsmanship

I know I wrote about the Tennis Australian Open last week, but I want to boost my hits! And what better way to do that than name a player who is in the lime-light so heavily at the moment, Maria Sharapova. A good tennis player and apparently the most exquisite beauty on the circuit since fellow Russian [...]

I solemnly pledge not to write any Teeth puns.

I’m going to see my dentist tomorrow. Ain’t life grand? Everyone hates the dentists and this is despite what some people would say for the sake of being “unique”. Even I used to pretend I liked going to the dentist, but that was before I realised that asserting my individuality in such a way was in [...]

Spreading the Word?

I was at my fiancee’s house yesterday, as I usually am, and I was happy to find she had some sweets left over from Halloween yesterday.   I know that sounds really contradictory to a couple of blogs ago, and it is (we all have our hypocrisies, especially when food is involved!) but let me explain regardless.   [...]

Dawn of A Clockwork Orange

The Three Little Monster
So another year, another Halloween.   This Halloween article to go with the many other millions of Halloween articles already written.   Pretty pointless really, but still.   I feel I should say, on reflection, that I hate Halloween.
This isn’t because of my spiritual beliefs by any means.   I just feel like it’s a day devoted [...]

Big song and dance

Top of t’e t’ursday to ya!
What do people think of my typed Irish accent there?   I’m going to grumble today, because the weather’s bad.   Last night I was playing the role of my fiancee’s number one fan at the Chamber Orchestra concert.   She can sing and play the violin, but last night she was playing the [...]