Amusing anecdotes & random ramblings
Today is the last day before my holiday
and this so sums up the next two weeks for me. I’m currently at the level of most stress just before the first yellow line…
Indeed these days I find I don’t get the holiday spirit until I see the words ‘Airport’, and once I’m actually sat on the plane, I tend to collapse and snore like a donkey…
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By day a BBC/Intranet content producer. By night, mildly obsessed by web, film, comedy, pop/digital culture, people, and randomness.
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Working for the BBC….
about 3 weeks ago - No comments
means a few surprises from time to time. Like telling people that it’s not a place where they shower you with money while you hang out backstage with Matt Smith or even Huw Edwards, for instance. Although there are a few fantastic non-financial bonuses, of course – like working on election night. Really must blog
Can psychics see things coming?
about 2 months ago - No comments
So psychic Derek Acorah’s had to cancel a few concerts at short notice. The pun writes itself. Which hasn’t stopped me in the past. When I was flat-hunting in Cardiff, I saw an ad with a flat to rent above a psychic’s shop. So I called the number, and ended up speaking to the psychic’s
Everybody loves a lesbian…
about 2 months ago - No comments
At least according to BBC Three’s new comedy puppet show… Then again, this shouldn’t come as a complete surprise to me. When I was living in Cardiff and hanging out with Miss H (naturally, a lesbian), I’d end up chatting to an intelligent, attractive, funny and uninhibited woman, only to find out from Miss H
It's not like the Americans to claim victory prematurely…
about 2 months ago - No comments
and for a bit of context on what that headline means…
All this hot weather is like making love to a beautiful (demanding) woman…
about 3 months ago - No comments
Sure, it looks nice, but once you get into it, it’ll drive you insane with bright lights and a pounding headache afterwards. (inspired by Swiss Toni)
The Internet. It's full of chimpanzees.
about 7 months ago - No comments
It’s amazing what you can cut together with rushes of interviews… (The BBC documentary that was actually made partly from these rushes is The Virtual Revolution, presented by the divine Dr. Aleks Krotoski, Saturdays at 8.30pm on BBC Two) Incidentally, it’s nice to know that I have finally achieved my ambition to have my name
"How did I get into this mess?"
about 7 months ago - 1 comment
Every so often, there comes a point when you look around, and you wonder how you got into a certain situation. For instance, like driving a Ferrari on the wrong side of the road and into traffic islands across the city of Houston, at 3am on a Saturday night, a bit the worse for wear
The confusion over diabetes…
about 8 months ago - 1 comment
The trouble with being everywhere on the Internet…
about 8 months ago - No comments
Miss H recently did a Google search for a local pizzeria near where I live and she works. My picture pops up – because I once wrote a favourable review of it. Better yet, if you then do the same search but concentrating on images, there’s a Google Ad inviting you to travel with 1200