Archive of 2007 October
Halloween Special: Zombie Baby
on October 31st, 2007 in Uncategorized by Dan | Comments OffAgain I ask you to behold the comedy genius that is Mr Greg Lee. This is one of his masterpieces from three years ago. Watch it at your peril. Bookmark It
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Newsflash: Diet Coke Plus (with added vitamins) arrives at Dan’s local shop.
on October 30th, 2007 in General by Dan | 6 CommentsFriday night at the bus station
on October 30th, 2007 in General by Dan | 4 CommentsThese days pubs are allowed to stay open as long as they want. Back in the days of yore however licensing laws dictated that last orders were at 11pm. If you wanted to carry on drinking after this time then you had to go to a nightclub of some description….
Continue reading...Alas, poor 313. I knew him, Horatio
on October 29th, 2007 in General by Dan | 6 CommentsWatching the local news the other day I was shocked and dismayed to discover that the 313 bus service to Holmfirth is to be discontinued. The report featured various elderly people talking about how the absence of the service would leave them isolated and cut off, unable to go into…
Continue reading...Saturday Review
on October 27th, 2007 in Uncategorized by Dan | 4 CommentsA periodic look at stuff I’ve been consuming recently. Podcast: Daniel Kitson I was unaware of comedian Daniel Kitson’s existence until very recently. Which is odd as he should really be a local celebrity. He comes from near me and we even went to the same sixth form college, missing…
Continue reading...Visiting time
on October 26th, 2007 in General by Dan | 4 CommentsAmy and I went to visit Evan in hospital. As we walked into the children’s ward I could see her eyes goggle in amazement at all the toys and games scattered around the place. We approached Evan’s bed and her gaze fell onto the sick bowl on the side table….
Continue reading...It looks like this is going to actually happen
on October 26th, 2007 in Uncategorized by Dan | 7 CommentsThe book The Dales Way by Colin Speakman (1994, Dalesman publishing) states that the length of the footpath from start to finish is 84 miles. However The Dales Way: A complete guide to the trail by Terry Marsh (2005, Cicerone publishing) claims that it is just 78.7 miles. This means…
Continue reading...A series of unfortunate events
on October 25th, 2007 in General by Dan | 13 CommentsThey say bad things happen in threes: One Yesterday morning my neighbor and I drove into each other. He was reversing into a parking space and I was going in forwards. The whole thing seemed to happen in slow motion. I can even remember thinking to myself “If only there…
Continue reading...An announcement
on October 23rd, 2007 in Uncategorized by Dan | 24 CommentsTwo years ago our friends Neil and Rachel’s three year old son, Joseph, passed away in his sleep. This year they set up a charity in his memory. Grieving families have enough to deal with without worries about where they will find the money to say goodbye to their child….
Continue reading...A prelude to an announcement
on October 22nd, 2007 in Uncategorized by Dan | 11 CommentsThis was the first blog entry I ever wrote. It was posted on livejournal on April the 1st 2005. Despite the date this was the most serious and painful thing I have ever written. You can see the original here. My friend’s son died today. I don’t know the full…
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