Category Archives: Rant

9/11 thoughts

Posted on 19 September 2011 by

OK, a week late to the party, but here’s my 2p: I happily skipped all the commemoration stuff on TV, but while I was in the airport last Sunday I couldn’t miss all the stuff on the airport TVs. (Flying … Continue reading →

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BBC licence fee rant, sort of

Posted on 23 July 2010 by

I had this all typed up to respond in a forum I participate in, but decided it wouldn’t be a good idea for multiple reasons. In essence, the UK’s television licence fee requires you to register your television with ‘the … Continue reading →

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Haggis, haggis, haggis!

Posted on 21 January 2010 by

So I’ve been having haggis lately. It’s just £4 for a small one at my nearby Costco, that’s £1 per serving. That’s a large serving, too, about 120g for what I can get in the store – restaurants in Scotland … Continue reading →

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What Twitter is About (according to me)

Posted on 20 January 2010 by

I wrote the following in response to a thread where a woman on a web forum I go to, who wasn’t into Facebook or other social media sites and decided to give Twitter a go. I respect the effort but … Continue reading →

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My car was busted into the other night

Posted on 17 December 2008 by

Normally I’m pretty blaise’ about crime, like most people – until, of course, it happens directly to me. I mean, I ignore certain things that most other people ignore, like speeding when I think it’s safe to speed, etc., but … Continue reading →

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I couldn’t care less

Posted on 4 March 2008 by

I’m usually a pretty bad grammar monkey, some folks online call us types ‘grammar nazis’, so when I hear people say things like ‘I should of‘ instead of ‘I should have‘, it really makes me cringe and want to say … Continue reading →

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Britney: media darling, and inspiration to trailer trash everywhere

Posted on 28 November 2007 by

Rumor has it that the former ‘it girl’ is pregnant again. Whether she is or isn’t, this train wreck of a life is just sad to watch roll downhill. I don’t even pay attention to celebrity gossip crap, or even … Continue reading →

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My ultimate pet peeve

Posted on 21 November 2007 by

Wanna know what my ultimate pet peeve is? It’s not any of these: hearing about the iPhone – I listen to tech podcasts from the US, and even they are tired of the damned thing, and now that it’s out … Continue reading →

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I am sick of hearing about Diana, Princess of Wales.

Posted on 3 September 2007 by

I am so tired of hearing about Diana and her death. Yes, she is perhaps the most famous person to have died in a car crash in the last 25 or so years, but NO ONE else I know at … Continue reading →

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Why I don’t want to be fat…ever

Posted on 8 August 2007 by

  This Belgian woman had to be rescued by the local Coast Guard as dozens of people looked on (why none of them helped, well that’s another issue) because her chair had sunk into the gravel on the beach and … Continue reading →

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