Yearly Archives: 2008

I can’t get no sleep

Posted at 9:44 am, Thursday December 18, 2008 by rich

Obviously my chimney sweep has insomnia. At least that’s the only reason I can think of to explain why he arrived at a rather uncivilised 6:30 this morning.

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The return of Courierwatch

Posted at 8:28 pm, Wednesday December 17, 2008 by rich

We’ve not had one of these for a while, but it’s nearly christmas so why not do it all over again?

Date	Time	Location	Event Status
17 Dec 2008	16:31	Sheffield	Collected from self-labeller
17 Dec 2008	09:00	Sheffield	Customer data received

It’s not actually being delivered to me this time, so I won’t get to see it until the weekend anyway.

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#2 – The Shawshank Redemption

Posted at 8:03 pm, Tuesday December 16, 2008 by rich

A birthday choice for me this week, so what else could we watch except my favourite film of all time? Actually we were going to watch Apocalypse Now Redux, but it turned out to be a bit too long for this evening.

Since we started this list a few months ago, The Shawshank Redemption is back in it’s rightful spot at the top of the chart.

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Oops I did it (yet) again.

Posted at 2:25 pm, Tuesday December 16, 2008 by rich

There’s an XL Planet-X Uncle John frame on the way to replace the slightly-too-short Trek XO I’ve been riding on and off for the last five years.

It’s an early christmas present to myself.

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Unusually dangerous, I trust you’ll agree

Posted at 9:54 pm, Monday December 15, 2008 by rich

At long last, The Dangerous Brothers are available on DVD. Go and buy it now, you won’t regret it.

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Happy birthday to me

Posted at 12:23 pm, Monday December 15, 2008 by rich

36 doesn’t feel that much different to 35 really, although the hangover might be masking things slightly.

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Waterson:Carthy and Guests – Frost and Fire – Komedia, Bath

Posted at 10:57 pm, Sunday December 14, 2008 by rich

The ticket for this was an early birthday present. After eating our fill in Nandos we headed for my first visit to Komedia, a converted old cinema in town. On stage tonight were Waterson:Carthy with Mike Waterson standing in for his pregnant niece Eliza Carthy, along with Lauren McCormick, Emily Portman and Jim Causley. We were presented with about 100 minutes of traditional Christmas tunes, and more than a few bad jokes. Mike Waterson took on the role of the stereotypical folk singer, in woolly jumper, flat cap, pint of ale on hand, and a finger in the ear whilst singing. Plenty of references were made to Yorkshire carol singing which would have kept Father happy, but we were only blessed with one version of “While Shepherds Watched”.

A very civilised evening washed down with plenty of red wine.

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