And the ringtone for December 2009 is...

..."Life Begins At The Hop" from the CD version of the album DRUMS AND WIRES by XTC. Mighty stuff!

Regards,


djp

My Top 10 iPod tracks - 011209

1. (-) - The Sweetest Feeling (XFM Session) - Jah Wobble
2. (-) - Fix You - Coldplay
3. (-) - Talk - Coldplay
4. (-) - Speed Of Sound - Coldplay
5. (-) - The Hardest Part - Coldplay
6. (-) - I've Waited Ages - Colin Newman
7. (-) - and Jury - Colin Newman
8. (-) - Alone - Colin Newman
9. (3) - Southern Point - Grizzly Bear
10. (4) - Two Weeks - Grizzly Bear

Regards,


djp

Insensitive?

On UK daytime TV at the moment, a fundraising campaign is being run in aid of cancer research...

...and each advertisement is closely followed by an ad for the Co-operative Society funeral service.

Does anyone check these things out before broadcast, or are we starting to see the development of a "crade-to-grave" one-stop shop for all the services one is likely to need during the course of one's life?

Regards,


djp

Seemed like a good ikea at the time (parts five and six)

More self-assembly doings. Task almost completed...

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djp

C-nuts

After spending what seems like a year trying to get Eircom to provide me with a phone service for my new house, I now discover, in the week that I was finally connected, that I can never get broadband on the line. I have now had to organise a wireless broadband connection for myself, which was something I never particularly wanted to do (stories about the dubious quality of wireless internet services in Ireland abound).

Add to that the fact that in order to get the phone service, Eircom had to arrange for a manhole to be made in the footpath outside the new house and because of recent flooding on the main road, the tarmac around the new manhole seems to have collapsed. I have no doubt that some compo-maniac is going to turn an ankle near the manhole and make a claim against me.

Grrr...


djp

Just wondering...

...how many of the people now calling for the match between Ireland and France to be replayed were vehemently against the holding of the second Lisbon referendum...?:-)

Regards,


djp

Ikea, therefore Iamea (part four)

More fun and games today, even with reading the manual. The problem is that one has to interpret the manual as well. Still, could've been a lot worse. There's always tomorrow night...;-).

Regards,


djp

The continuing story of Bungalow Bill (part three)

More Ikea madness today...


Almost trouble-free, apart from one teeny-tiny but significant rookie error...

Next time, I'll RTFM, thereby avoiding ROTFCMFEO.

Regards,


djp

Since everyone else seems to be doing it (parts one and two)...

...I thought I might as well join in with the Ikea self-assembly lark.

Simple assembly me hole? So far so good...

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djp

Rooftop airstrip

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djp

It was 29 years ago today...

Started working on this date in 1980. I suppose I should feel proud and happy to have been gainfully employed on a continuous (continual?) basis since then.

The world has changed so much in that period of time that it's frightening to contemplate. Technology, geopolitics, national and international mindsets. On balance, I think things are somewhat better than they were back then. The music's awful though, isn't it?

Thus speaks an aging geezer...:-)

Regards,


djp

I know there's a recession on...

...but things can't be this bad really, can they...?

Regards,


djp

And the ringtone for November 2009 is...

..."All Of A Sudden (It's Too Late") from XTC's best album, ENGLISH SETTLEMENT.

Yowza!

Regards,


djp

My Top 10 iPod tracks - 011109

1. (-) - Fauré/Requiem, Op. 48: IV. Pie Jesu - Academy Of St. Martin In The Fields/John Birch/Neville Mariner/Sylvia McNair
2. (-) - Downside Of Love - Adrienne Pierce
3. (-) - Southern Point - Grizzly Bear
4. (-) - Two Weeks - Grizzly Bear
5. (-) - All We Ask - Grizzly Bear
6. (-) - He Ain't Heavy He's My Brother - The Hollies
7. (-) - One Decree - The Skids
8. (-) - Hunting High And Low - A-ha
9. (-) - Oh My Gosh (feat. Mr. Vegas and Verb) - Aaron LaCrate
10. (-) - Tears Are Not Enough - ABC

Regards,


djp