Who wants to be a millionaire?

Yesterday we had lunch with the WoH’s brother and his girlfriend. They are off to Norway today to start a new life. Their old one was OK but their new one involves kayaking to the office and skiing at weekends. Can’t blame them although the cold and dark nights would put me off a touch.
Whilst [...]

A word in your Shell like

If I had one word to sum up the last week it would be ‘different’.
It started last Sunday with my biggest poker tournament win so far - first place and nearly £600 at the International in Aberdeen. The win was all the more sweet as when I was heads-up I talked my opponent into losing [...]

How do you measure success

I was sitting on my own in the Spa Pool at the gym this morning when it dawned on me that it had been 3 months since I gave up my job.  As the warm, bubble-filled water relaxed my muscles after my workout I took time to reflect on whether this was a good decision.
In [...]

Banned sketch

Channel 4 banned the following sketch I wrote for a competition on their forums. This is the channel that has a government mandate to push the boundaries, a channel that brought Bill Hicks to the UK, (rightly) defended Chris Morris, yet throws a wobbler at this fairly innocuous offering:
INTERVIEW
DA POLICIO: So Mrs McCann we have [...]

Sex Swings and roundabouts

On Friday night WoH and i went to see a talk given by Ben Fogle, former contestant in Castaway, atlantic rower and star of Animal Farm or something.
The talk was to launch Techfest a yearly education based festival highlighting the sciences as a viable career option for youngsters. In this respect I am mystified by [...]

Free 2007

The old adage goes that you get what you pay for. Well Free 2007, an open-air gig open to all promised nothing and delivered…just that.
First Bus continued their monopolising and blatant profiteering by persuading event organisers to ban all car parking and force people onto their cattle trucks. Despite Northsound being able to put on [...]