Kits and Mortar Tumblr Strange Attractor Del.icio.us links TwitterWell, I'm delighted to tell you all that my web shop is now officially up and running at http://www.getfluent.co.uk/shop.htm. You can buy subscriptions to Get Fluent's Welsh and French services, as well as Welsh language Clwb Malu Cachu t-shirts. I got it all working on Saturday and got my first online order today. I am […]
Found Long Story; Short Pier today, and what a nice find, in particular this post which tackles the issue of 'Why you don't read comics'. That particular post includes a long essay that was published first five years ago, but which is a really fascinating read nonetheless, if you're into comics.
I love comics. Quite […]
Omg, what a match! That was quite astounding. Nail biting, edge of your seat, screaming at the tv fantastic tennis. I feel really quite elated that Tim has got through, after what was a real tough match.
Tim took the first set pretty easily - Nalbandian really didn’t get into his stride at all in […]
I ended up doing something today that I never, ever do. I ended up sitting outside, yes, that's as in not inside, in the sun. You know? That big fiery ball in the sky that's too bright to look at? This was not something I'd planned to do this afternoon, just something that happened, so […]
I've just discovered that BBC4 is re-running the old 80s political thriller Edge of Darkness tonight at 9.10pm, and I'm so looking forward to seeing it again. I missed the first episode last week, but I do remember roughly what happened so that's not too much of a loss.
It will be strange, though - […]
I've just installed Syndirella, and so far, so good. I have no idea if it's the best rss aggregator out there, but it works ok for me and I've no real time to trawl through alternatives and start trying to make value judgements on them.
However this has prompted me to sort out my own […]
Well, Andre Agassi has beaten Younes El Ayanoui, in what was a pretty tight game really, with the last two sets coming down to tie-breaks. Eventually Agassi put the match to bed, but only just. 5-7 6-4 7-6 7-6. I didn't really watch much of the match - I had it on the tv behind […]
It's amazing that Robin Soderling got as far as round three, frankly. He must have had two really easy matches, because at times out on Centre Court, he just looked lost. Of course, watching Henman play against someone whom we all know he should beat is far from being an easy experience. He's been known […]
I figured out why I got a spike of visitors on the 27th - I think it was all down to that 'warning, contains strong language' opening gambit I used. *chuckles* My, how disappointed many of the visitors must have been to have discovered that I was only whining about people's emotional fuckwittery.
I wonder if […]
I was quite surprised at the slew of books spawned by The Matrix. I mean, yeah, it’s a great film ?n all, but it’s still only a film. And anyone trying to make it into some great philosophical treatise was bound to fail miserably. I came quite happily to this conclusion without ever having read […]
I wasn't going to post anything tonight, because frankly it's 10.30pm and, although the sky is still orange with the glow of the setting sun* and I only had dinner and hour and a half ago, I was going get an early night with the every intention of turning it into a very late morning […]
Three straight sets, beautifully played. For once Henman was a joy to watch as he played Lladra today. None of those cringingly painful moments as he fucks up what should have been a simple shot. None of those ?Oh puh-lease!? exclamations as he teeters on the edge of defeat. Nothing but beautiful, glorious tennis! Oh, […]
Warning! Contains strong language! (i.e. if you don’t like it, don’t read it.)
Yesterday and today have been two of the shittiest days of the year. Probably doesn’t seem like it from my posts - does it ever? - but jesus f fucking christ either someone snuck up overnight and put shit-coloured contact lenses in my […]
Watching Greg Rusedski go out against Andy Roddick this afternoon was a pretty disappointing experience, but pretty familiar to any fan of British sport. He put up a good fight, but just when he needed to pull something special out of the bag, there was just nothing there. I had thought, along with probably everyone […]
Two questions. Well, maybe three.
1. Why do I always forget to put the rubbish out on a Monday night?
2. Why, on the weeks that I remember to put the recycling out on a Monday night the recycling collecting people don't come til Wednesday, but the week that I forget, they come on the Tuesday […]