Archive for the 'Uncategorized' Category
So I joined a gym. And I do have to say, that it’s been an eye-opening experience: not so much the actual gym-going part of it, but the way that other people react to you when you start getting fitter and – yes – thinner, and you mention why.
When I first did this thing [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | 2 Comments
Tags: cheese, nosy parkers, this is why you're fat
So how ’bout that dust, eh?
I was hoping it was the zombie apocalypse – because that would actually have been worth talking about for days and days and days. Well, for those of use whose brains didn’t get eaten, anyway, and mine is big and succulent and full of smart stuff so I obviously would have been gone by 9am. [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | Leave a Comment
Giving Back
Some years ago, the government very generously offered to loan me several thousand dollars a year so I could pay them for the priviledge of getting a university degree.
It took me a while (eight years, if we’re splitting hairs) to get said degree, but that was ok, because they just kept loaning me more [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | 1 Comment
Gross Double Standards
It all started off fine for Jason Lee and me – he was funny in Mallrats (the most underrated of all Kevin Smith movies), and the goodwill he earned by just being in that movie got me to watching My Name Is Earl, which then itself proved to me an enjoyable romp. I wouldn’t name [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | 2 Comments
Weeds Wishlist
Things I want to see in the Weeds Season Five Finale, which I’m downloading as I type (and yes, if you’re not up to Episode 12 of Season Five, this post might be a wee bit on the spoilery side):
- The end of Esteban: For a Big Bad that’s so far spanned TWO seasons, he’s [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | 2 Comments
Tags: shark jumpery, Weeds
I suppose I should explain.
I didn’t actually intend to abandon this blog. What happened is this:
I joined that gym. And started going. A lot. And it sort of became my thing and it took up lots of my spare time and where I went to clear my head, and so I had nothing to [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | 6 Comments
New Year, Same Old Shit
…. and we’re back. With dots.
* I got two weeks off work and it was awesome but it now feels like it never happened. I’ve got my old boss back, which is wonderfully yay, because the tempa-boss was driving me mental, but it’s a bit of a more-things-change type deal. Same old, same old.
* [...]
Filed under: Uncategorized | 4 Comments
