Archive of 2008 January
Money, it’s a gas.
on January 14th, 2008 in General by Dan | 17 CommentsI made a late night stop at the petrol station last night in order to get my diet coke fix. I find that drinking carbonated caffeine just before bed is vital in order to attain that feeling of exhausted insomnia that I’ve come to know and love. Ahead of me…
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“It’s all Greek to me†Sunday
on January 13th, 2008 in Uncategorized by Dan | 17 CommentsListen, I don’t care if you don’t like this new regular feature, we are going to keep doing it and keep doing it until you DO like it. OK? It’s a bit like broccoli, but without the foilc acid. Like last time I’ve take a short film synopsis from the…
Continue reading...Saturday Review
on January 12th, 2008 in Uncategorized by Dan | 9 CommentsA periodic look at stuff I’ve been consuming recently. Children’s Book: The Skipping Rope Snake I object to paying £5 for a children’s picture book. I appreciate that that’s the going rate for them these days, and I even recognize that it’s probably a lot more difficult than it looks…
Continue reading...The cure for all the world’s ills?
on January 11th, 2008 in Uncategorized by Dan | 22 CommentsSomeone told me recently that any situation, no matter how sad, can be made infinitely less distressing merely by the addition of the Benny Hill theme music. I decided to test this out with the movie that Channel 4 recently designated the biggest tear jerker of all time. Mmmm, I…
Continue reading...A cigarette by any other name would still smell as foul
on January 10th, 2008 in General by Dan | 8 Comments“Daddy, see that sign? That sign means No Fire Whistles” Bookmark It
Continue reading...Fat Dan’s grand slam
on January 9th, 2008 in Uncategorized by Dan | 18 CommentsAs you probably know, this summer I and a group of my friends are going to walk the 78 mile long Dales Way footpath in aid of the Joseph Salmon Trust. As you also probably know I am possibly the most unfit man on the face of the planet. These…
Continue reading...www.alluc.org
on January 8th, 2008 in Uncategorized by Dan | 3 Commentswww.alluc.org. A vast clearing house with links to streaming videos of just about every cartoon and TV show you can think of. Great in combination with Dowloadhelper, an extension for firefox which enables you to save streaming videos to your computer. Bookmark It
Continue reading...Watching the monkeys at the zoo
on January 8th, 2008 in Uncategorized by Dan | 10 CommentsSeven sets of eight things
on January 7th, 2008 in Uncategorized by Dan | 16 CommentsA long time ago in a country far, far away the delightful Ms CamiKaos tagged me with a meme. Unfortunately I became far too carried away with blogging about He-Man and My Little Pony and other earth shattering topics and so it was placed on the back burner. However I’ve…
Continue reading...“It’s all Greek to me” Sunday
on January 6th, 2008 in Uncategorized by Dan | 9 CommentsAt the risk of accidently turning this site into a pop-culture blog, I have decided to complement the sporadic and unpopular Saturday Review with a no doubt equally sporadic and unpopular new feature: It’s all Greek to me Sunday. The premiss is simple. I shall take a short film synopsis…
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