Category Archives: Life

California is… 0

California is… relatively normal. No really. Ok, escape the Hollywood glitz, Beverly Hills grandeur and Paris/Britney type parties (not that I personally saw much of it!), and people are quite normal. Surprisingly. I’ve just been back from about 10 days in California, staying with the oldest friend I’m still in contact with, Pak Wing, and [...]

All hail the iPhone? 0

I had been writing an article a while back on the Apple iPhone, but never finished it (sorry!). But it is coming out tomorrow in the UK at 6.02pm GMT, so I though I’d mention it. To be honest, when it first launched in the US, I wasn’t really that impressed. It’s missing a lot [...]

Odd Spot #50: Nat’l Impotency Month 0

According to Holiday Gifts on Facebook, it’s National Impotency Month in the USA. Is it just me that I think it’s someone’s in-joke that it lasts for a month and not just a day?  

Congratulations Countdown! 0

Countdown, and Channel 4, are both 25 years old, as the TV channel celebrates its birthday today (2nd November). Countdown itself was the first programme to appear on the channel, with host, the late Richard Whiteley, famously the first face to be seen on the channel. Technically, Countdown isn’t really 25 today. It had an [...]

I’m still here to be challenged 0

Ah, I’ve been bad, I know. I haven’t really written anything on my blog for a long time. And I blame most of it on Facebook. I’ve realised that it’s so easy to update my status that I haven’t really needed to write about anything going on in my life! And since nearly 200 of [...]