It's my wife's works do tonight and as she works for Wadworth it should be a fine example of how to organise an actual piss-up in a brewery. Free bar so I've given my liver due notice that's its on overtime from 7. Our little village Music and Comedy club that I help run is hosting the Night Mayor of Balham, Arthur Smith tomorrow night so thats me out 2 nights in a row....I'd better have a lie down as it feels like I've actually got a life. Arthur has requested a packet of lovehearts, assorted sandwiches and coffee for his rider - he's so rock and roll
What a prima donna Arthur Smith is! Honestly, Love Hearts when Fruit Pastilles are good enough for most comedians... I've got to the age that I need a day in bed if I've gone out two nights in a row! Hope you're in a good enough condition to enjoy Mr Smith after tonight's do
Apparently, I'm assisting him with his sound effects and music...I hope he's used to working with amateurs. There's food tonight so I may survive although I'm not sure a hog roast and pies have any of my five-a-day requirements.
Ah, Mr B. Seen him a few times now. The wife loves him and has her picture taken with him every time we go. Some of his stuff is hilarious.
Really nice bloke actually. Was quite weird hearing him do his dance music mash-up thing where he goes into 'Chime' by Orbital, whilst I was standing next to Paul Hartnoll!
If he turned out to be Neill Innes's son [or grandson] it would not surprise me at all. Enjoyable. EDIT: Crikey. Looked him up. His alter-ego is as rapper for Collapsed Lung. And I've always liked this one:
Good luck Shep. The good news is that the problem has been detected and then action taken. Much better than blissfully sitting thinking everything's perfect. Going to A&E at night time isn't a happy experience but at least it sounds like it's worked out OK. Good luck for the future checks... you're in the system and the monitoring will help to set your mind at rest. Vin
I presume you know about Van Halen asking for no brown M&Ms in their contracts? please log in to view this image It wasn't rock and roll excess. It was their way of checking that someone had read the full contract, which specified power requirements, floor strengths, etc, etc. If they saw brown M&Ms they knew the contract hadn't been read and that other (potentially life-threatening) clauses would have been ignored. Full story at http://www.snopes.com/music/artists/vanhalen.asp Vin
Contracts? We don't need no stinking contracts. We're a really small-time club that puts on about 10 gigs a year in the village hall, so Arthur just emailed me his requirements. I'm assuming he's joking about the lovehearts, although I have bought some anyway just in case he actually is a mental case. Should be a fun night hopefully.
Just finished an enjoyable few hours of listening to BBC Radio, and as I was looking through the schedules and stations I noticed the very amusing Colin Murray is back with the BBC. He'll be presenting Fighting Talk tomorrow, as he used to, amongst other programmes. I thought he'd got stuck into talkSport and been rather successful, which he had. But guess what.? talkSport, which has always told everyone that it is entirely independent of SKY, despite the presenters shifting this way and that, has finally been taken over by NewsCorp [yeah that company that brought you illegal phone hacking and subscription TV yet you still watch adverts]. And Murray found himself with a conflict of interests, because NewsCorp also owns The Sun toilet newspaper, and he being a lifelong Liverpool supporter he decided enough was enough. He couldn't work for a NewsCorp owned talkSport while The Sun still refuses to properly apologise to the people of Liverpool for its damning reporting of the Hillsborough tragedy. And even if they did it's too late to be genuine. So Colin quit. Quite amicably, but he certainly quit on principle. Which is good for him and good for us, because he's back at a proper radio broadcaster again.
Agree with all your sentiments,best of luck to shep and your sis,sometimes life just gives a little kick in the nuts to remind you of what is and what ain't hey?
Not particularly hungry, so just looking for nibbles in the cupboard. Decided to quickly cook up a spicy mushy pea daal with buttered toast dips. Absolutely gorgeous. Took less time than the toast to do.
Ah, the food of the non-cook. FWIW, I was given an absolute stack of specialist chocolate bars for a recent birthday and I'm going to tuck into one. Dark Choc and Pistachio. Hmm, we'll see. And I do like custard tarts. Best ones are home-made.
I've always liked Colin Murray and with everything going on in sport this week, it's nice to read about a man of principle
This is a American cop who teaches students who want to be cops... In the class recorded for “Do Not Resist,” Grossman at one point tells his students that the sex they have after they kill another human being will be the best sex of their lives. The room chuckles. But he’s clearly serious. “Both partners are very invested in some very intense sex,” he says. “There’s not a whole lot of perks that come with this job. You find one, relax and enjoy it.” Also this: hesitant to use lethal force, urge them to be willing to do it more quickly and teach them how to adopt the mentality of a warrior... Grossman closes the class with a (literal) chest-pounding motivational speech that climaxes with Grossman telling the officers to find an overpass overlooking the city they serve. He urges them to look down on their city and know that they’ve made the world a better place. He then urges them to grip the overpass railing, lean forward and “let your cape blow in the wind.” The room gives him a standing ovation. www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-watch/wp/2016/09/30/do-not-resist-a-chilling-look-at-the-normalization-of-warrior-cops/?utm_term=.6d2fb751a180 please log in to view this image
