Archive of 2009 October

Not only bad, but awkward and wooden too.

on October 9th, 2009 in General by | 25 Comments

Here’s an extract from the comments section over on my Blood Bowl blog. You know; that site we don’t really talk about here as it exposes me as a sad geeky nerd who plays pretend American football with little models of orcs and goblins. I am a bad bad brother….

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Fat Club, Week One

on October 8th, 2009 in General by | 34 Comments

Does anyone know if methane is heavier than air or not? The reason I ask is that on Wednesday morning as I was just about to perform my customary trumpeting of the dawn when it suddenly occurred to me – if I hold off on farting until I weigh myself…

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Aspirations

on October 6th, 2009 in General by | 58 Comments

If you ask Amy what she wants to be when she grows up she’ll give you one of two answers – either “a famous pop star” or “a horse riding teacher”. It’s very hard not to take these responses as a indication that I’ve failed as a father. I’ve already…

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A butterfly rash

on October 2nd, 2009 in General by | 2 Comments

Kevin of Always Home and Uncool has asked me to post this as part of his effort to raise awareness in the blogosphere of juvenile myositis, a rare autoimmune disease his daughter was diagnosed with on this day seven years ago. The day also happens to be his wife’s birthday….

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Losers

on October 1st, 2009 in General by | 24 Comments

While the traditional methods of pistols at dawn has fallen out of favour, the gentlemanly pursuit of duelling is still alive and well in modern society. Just take the infamous Atomic Wing Sauce face-off between myself and Greg this April The rutting stags clash So given that Ian, from Single…

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