There's all types of 'Rocky Road' desserts, but here's introducing:
RoadWorks Cake
The little bumps are the workers who fell i...
Tuesday, 16 September 2008
Monday, 1 September 2008
E6n1's Tough Guide To Writing: Overcoming Writer's BLOCK
Photo credit: Wikipedia
I have received numerous requests (not including those from the voices in my head...) for the following post....
Monday, 18 August 2008
Management For Arsehole Bosses
Arsehole bosses: we all have them at some point in our working lives (the bosses, not the arseholes). Articles and books abound on the subject...
Friday, 8 August 2008
"Memory Man"- Aqualung
For the uninitiated, 'Aqualung' is the stage name of English singer-songwriter, Matt Hales. He is usually lumped together with Coldplay....
Thursday, 3 July 2008
The Unlikely Lads
Set up your campsite outside the nearest multiplex my fellow bloggies! Summer is here again and the blockbusters are all lined up and ready...
Saturday, 3 May 2008
The Wedding Whinger
Urghhh! I've had it up to here with well-meaning (how can it mean well?) people who suggest that I get married and settle down soon.
How...
Friday, 4 April 2008
"Grab-Bag"- Results of Record Shop Impulse-Buying Spree.
"Never buy things you don't need on impulse."
"Always go shopping with a list."
"Set a budget before you go shopping."
Repeat after me: The...
Sunday, 9 March 2008
The Migraine-Inducing Reading List (Or:What NOT to Read When Hungover...)
1. "The Man In The High Castle"-Phillip K. Dick
A book-within-a-book subplot worked into a quixotic slice of alternative history: what if...
Tuesday, 26 February 2008
Variations On A Local Theme (A. Parody)
Here be the type of local literature poems you wished they taught you in school:The Haunted VillageThe village is hauntedBeyond the lallang...
Tuesday, 19 February 2008
Deprival Symptoms
I did a wee musical experiment over the last month- I removed all tracks by Madonna, Elvis Costello, Depeche Mode, Joy Division/New Order,...
Friday, 15 February 2008
Book of the Month
"Looking For Jake And Other Stories"- China Mieville
What is it about the genre, 'fantasy' that tends to put the average female...
Culture Vulture Speaks! #2: 80's Music Redemption
Culture Vulture is flapping his wings and asking me to lay down a few ground rules concerning 80's music, in today's post:
1. Don't hate...
Wednesday, 13 February 2008
Introducing: Culture Vulture
Just as the North American Indians, Inuits and African shamans of olde had power animals and spirit guides, I have adopted a 21st century power...
Monday, 11 February 2008
Choose life...choose "Trainspotting"
I think you can tell that I've seen "Trainspotting" too many times and read the book until the spine gave way- and *still* refused to replace...
Thursday, 7 February 2008
That's Entertainment
Chinese New Year-Day 2
Greetings to all faithful blog readers- how is your holiday so far? Did you wake up ready to greet the Year of the...
Year Of The Rat-ta-to -ille
Happy New Year to all faithful blog readers. The annual exodus back to my parents' hometown happened with the grim inevitability of lemmings...
Monday, 21 January 2008
HANG THE DJ!
I have recently devised a new scale that measures how excruciatingly painful or vexing is a certain something or situation. I call it the...
Blood and Guts: A Quick Guide To Epic Movies
I luurve epic movies!- The ones with lots of clashing swords, whizzing arrrows, duelling armies and flying heads. Ever since "Gladiator" cleared...
Friday, 18 January 2008
The Adventures of the World's Dumbest Drug Dealer
She tried to smuggle in 30 condoms of coke- by stuffing them in her earholes. And it was diet Coke.And her husband tried to snort it.When authorities...
Songs To Play When Your Boss Is Leaving
I am assuming that those glancing at the following song suggestions are glad that their boss is leaving.If you are lucky to have a wonderful...
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