I’m not really a big music listener. It wasn’t until I started work — where we listen to the radio all day — that I actually started buying my own CDs. Shocking, that? Anyway, I’ve joined last.fm so that I’ve got something to bop along to when I’m studying my course guides for the next… read full entry »
A few years ago there was a teacher strike at Karl’s school and I made a few comments on it, inadvertently being quoted on the local newspaper front page. I thought I’d blogged about it but I can’t find the entry so it was probably lost in one of my many DB breakages. Anyway, the… read full entry »
You know you need a looong break from the Internet when you look at the TV listings, see: …and the first thing that springs to mind is an insecure script. Totally off topic… if someone pisses you off beyond belief, on levels that it is not possible to talk about without resorting to copious swearwords… read full entry »
Now that I’ve convinced you all I live in some sort of scummy drug-filled ghetto where the lowest of the low choose to take root and reproduce, I would like to point out that it’s not all bad. Telford — named after Thomas Telford the famous civil engineer — is home to the The Iron… read full entry »
I signed up to the second module of my course earlier this week — that starts in May — so expect another one of those crazy mad rush sprees while I get everything finished up in anticipation of sitting on my arse avoiding the coursework. Procrastination ftw. Hex has been poorly, we had two vet… read full entry »
According to the website of my local newspaper, the mayor of Telford & Wrekin has reacted to comments published online and “has come out fighting against the website for publishing the rebuke.” Come out fighting? Since when is whinging in the local newspaper “fighting”? I think Councillor Hosken needs to get real. I’ve lived in… read full entry »
I have 104 emails in my personal inbox alone and for every one I respond to, two more arrive in its place. Eenie meenie delete time?
I may be slightly biased as a big fan of The Simpsons, but I couldn’t believe my eyes when I read this story on the BBC today: The Simpsons has been dropped from morning TV in Venezuela after being deemed unsuitable for children – and has been replaced by Baywatch. Simpsons ditched by Venezuelan TV… read full entry »
jemjabella.co.uk will be naked for CSS Naked Day again this year.
I decided — a spur of the moment thing — to do some baking today. It’s been a while, but after raiding my Mum’s for baking tins and a reminder about ingredient quantities I set to it. The cake itself is based on a traditional British pound cake, so named because it was originally created… read full entry »