Yankees at the A’s, Memorial Day: Match-sorry-Game Report

Take me out to the ball game, Cassie got some tickets from work for the Yankees game at the Oakland Athletics’ (“The A’s”) stadium. They were good seats, behind the home plate, and they came with a VIP parking pass and $40 spending money. She pocketed the cash and gave me the tickets. Take me… Continue reading Yankees at the A’s, Memorial Day: Match-sorry-Game Report

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Congratulations Julia and James

As I write this I have yet to meet my slow arriving daughter who seems quite happy in the warm, dark, muffled mummy bag. via I’m going to be a Daddy! – James’ birth story | I Carried a Watermelon. Since that blog post was written, it’s all happened. My old theatre friends James and… Continue reading Congratulations Julia and James

Left Behind – And Lovin’ It!

And to the next person who quotes Matthew 24:36 at me: you’re part of the problem, too. via Wrong, root and branch; wrong at every cell and molecule; wrong to the core : Pharyngula. PZ Myers lays it all out. He’s angry, and with good reason. Here in the Bay Area, the Rapture prophecy thing… Continue reading Left Behind – And Lovin’ It!

IE6 Doesn’t Need Leechblock

My company still has Internet Explorer 6 as the standard browser on all their machines. IE6 is of course appalling. Microsoft itself is telling people that enough is enough, and that IE9 is out now, and please upgrade. There are a couple of campaigns to kill IE6 once and for all, because it is old… Continue reading IE6 Doesn’t Need Leechblock

Daily Westie

I love Cassie’s and my dog Gordon, and I have the photos on my phone to prove it. But I miss my ex-dog Shuggie so much it hurts sometimes. He’s happy living with London with his “mummy” so I know he’s loved. To help soothe the pain, I subscribe to the RSS feed of all… Continue reading Daily Westie

Free Horror Movie ‘The Tunnel’

Horror movie The Tunnel has been released for free on Bittorrent. Good exercise in new release mechanisms, and if you like it you can give some money. Teaser trailer looks interesting: It looks a bit Quarantine, a bit Blair Witch Project and a bit The Descent. It also reminds me of the scary old internet… Continue reading Free Horror Movie ‘The Tunnel’

A Year Never Worn / Worn-out Movies

Yesterday was a great milestone. A year ago, I was going through my wardrobe, trying to decide if I could get rid of anything. I was running out of space, and there were quite a few items I could either not fit into anymore, or were not really suitable to wear anymore (I’ll leave why… Continue reading A Year Never Worn / Worn-out Movies