I'm not worthy!

I've been checking the stats for my website over the past few days and it has suddenly occurred to me how many people actually visit my site as a result of reading the webblog. I must admit, it's a bit daunting. There are people visiting from army bases (hello South Carolina!) and charities (Nurses are good people!)...What do they want from my site? What do they expect to find? Surely they're all disappointed? There is nothing on either the web blog or the web site. I imagine artists feel a bit like this when people actually start looking at their work...But then, they are artists. They have a talent, I don't. The blog (and my web site) have no purpose...I do them because I get bored easily. I can't even post interesting pictures on them as I've lost my digital camera (long story...Too drunk to remember most of it however).

Anyway...If you happen to be visiting this site expecting a lot, I apologise. I am shamed and embarrassed that you may have wasted some of your valuable time on my site. Maybe you have some suggestions on what I could put on the site? Some picture ideas? (when I get a new camera obviously). I live in London (you may already know that)...anyone want a picture of something? (I'm not talking about an 'arty' picture...just a normal picture. The kind you find in photo albums. A bit blurry, a bit dark...all in all a bit crap...but real).

Anyway...Here is a picture of a parakeet that I took with my phone while walking through Fulham (West London) the other day - It flew to the cage as I walked up to it and ate one of my crisps.



Oh..and please send me a message using the contact form on my site or by posting a comment here. I like mail.

"Play with your plucker while bouncing your balls..."

This is an actual clip from 'Rainbow' - The kids TV show from the 80's and 90's. It's absolutely full of innuendo - and not exactly subtle either! Great stuff.

 

http://www.keenaschips.co.uk/index.php?page=articles/misc_rainbow

Public Broadcast Internet Television

Download winamp 5 and click on 'internet TV'. It's basically free TV for everyone. You'll need broadband for it to work (if you haven't got broadband...get it!). Some of the channels show old films (Orson Welles and Hitchcock etc) and some show music videos (from small bands to current releases) while other channels are proper 'home made' channels. Fantastic stuff.

Private ROD

Anyone living in London that travels through Embankment station will surely have seen the above sign. If you've seen it you've probably at some point wondered, like most people, "who is Rod...and why is he such a private person?". Now, if you do an internet search for 'private rod' (here..try it..) you would expect to find an answer wouldn't you? Well, no. Because nobody seems to know.

I used to work for London Underground and one day I decided to try to find an answer to this question...Unfortunately finding the answer wasn't as easy as you might imagine. In the end one of my colleagues phoned some 'head honcho' (words not used enough I might add) and he said (quite confidently) that R.O.D. stood for Rail Operating Department and that it dated back to the 60's/70's and was now obsolete.

I'm doubtful...but that's as close as I came to finding the answer.

Can you believe there is actually a book called "The Private Rod : Marital Violence, Sensation, and the Law in Victorian Britain". Who'd have thought it!

How to Tidy the House...

You know when your parents come around and you have to tidy the house? Well,sometimes you have too much of a hang over to actually tidy up properly...so you have to do the next best thing. Basically we stuffed all the 'offending' articles in to the kitchen cupboard and hoped to god nobody would open it! (Note also the home made wine which needed to be removed due to it's rather tasteful name of "Taffs Bollock Sweat"...Believe me, the name makes sense if you taste it! [Not that I've tasted my own bollock sweat though]).

How does this work...?

How does this work? There are a number of tyres like this on the banks of the Thames. Surely it didn't just fall from the walls of the river and stand upright in the sand? Answers on a postcard please...

I'm getting old..

I think I must be getting old. Actually, I know I'm getting old. It's not just that I make that noise when I stand up and sit down (hard to explain....I would insert a wav file but it might sound a bit too dirty...or like I was having a baby or something). But I've been looking at other people's blogs today to try and get some ideas and I've noticed that young people (yes, kids) are really good at programming. They're html coding ability is amazing.

 

It's like you parents not being able to use the video recorder when your younger and you think "I'll never get like that". But I am getting like that. It's just on a different scale these days - I can use an MP3 player but I can't do Visual Basic (and probably never will be able to!).

 

Evidence that I'm getting old:

I can't drink for more than a few days in a row without it practically killing me.

I actually like going to bed before midnight.

I say things like "Nice cup of tea and a sit down".

I've started saying "good grief".

I think "things were better in the old days" and they "don't make things like they used to".

I wear Chino's instead of combats.

And worst of all, I've started saying that "school is the best time of your life". (And sadly, it's true!).

 

Some of the best websites.

I imagine most of my 'blogs' (is that what you call them?) will be dedicated to the web sites I happen to bump into on my travels. Now that I'm unemployed and have broadband I have plenty of time to 'surf the net' and find some great web sites. Unfortunately, the more you look around the net the more disillusioned you become with its content… lots of it is complete rubbish. Below is a list of some of the best sites (In categories). These links are also available on my web site (probably... maybe… if I get time that is).

Funny
ebaby - Apparently they don't sell babies on Ebay….so try ebaby instead!

Deathclock - Find out when you're going to die so that you can plan things in advance. This is accurate to just a few days apparently.

Web Cams
Earthcam - Listing of some of the best webcams in the world - don't knock it until you've tried it!

Subservient Chicken - Tell the chicken what to do, and he does it. Fantastic! (Not really a webcam…but like one!)

VivaLasVegasWeddings - Live video feed of a wedding chapel in Las Vegas. If getting married in one of those places isn't bad enough…then getting your family and friends to watch the wedding on the internet is worse!

Anderson County Detention Facility - Live video of the arresting office of a Tennessee Police Department. This is an actual video camera - you'll need a fast internet connection and windows media player 9 to watch it. It's bloody worth it though.

BubbleCam - More of a girlie thing (don't girls like bubbles?). It's basically a camera in someone's garden and you get to control a bubble machine.

Cats-Meow - Live video stream from a karaoke bar in New Orleans - Apparently it's pretty good when people are actually there (You'll have to work out the time differences)

Interesting
FindaGrave - Find the grave of a famous person…Some people might find it interesting anyway.

....I'll add more when I find them!

Job Hunting...

Why am I writing this....nobody will ever see it. Nobody knows it's here....mainly because I've told no one.

 

Anyway....I'm still looking for a job and not finding anything. Getting rather annoyed in fact. I used hate the word "administration" and, in fact, I still do...but all of the jobs I've been applying to are admin jobs. How depressing. Is this all I can do?

 

I might find me some bar work...

A Boat House

This is a picture of a boat house found on the greenwich peninsula (Docklands, London). Isn't it nice!

Welcome...

I've just started this new webblog so that I can put my random thoughts on the net without me having to actually update my website.....ever (Those of you who have been there will know that it's never updated!)