I Want One Of Those just called me back. They have spoken to the driver and he is convinced that he delivered to that address - so god knows where thats gone. However, they are convinced of my innocence in this matter and will be resending my order next week, after 1 of the out of stock items has turned up!

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[link]   Posted @ 14:09

I rang I Want One Of Those this morning, to try and discover what happened to my order that was despatched the week before last. They called me back to let me know that it had apparently been delivered to my house and signed for by me on the 20th by ParcelLine. Gak!
The lady on the phone could even see the signature on her screen! Double Gak!
I told her that it definately hadn't been delivered to me and I certainly hadn't signed for it. The only thing I have signed for in the past few weeks was my DVD Writer from Dabs and that was on, erm, Wednesday the 19th. Not the 20th. And that was ParcelForce anyway.
After that conversation, I called them back to find out whether they could view my supposed signature, as I have a couple of identifying features about my signature. And it wasn't mine :) They faxed it to me as well, and I can confirm it isnt mine.
So they are going to query it with ParcelLine, and get them to check with the driver in case he left it somewhere or delivered it with the neighbours. So they will let me know what has happened, and if they have no idea, then they will send the stuff out to me again. What fantastic service! I've used them before, and I'll damn well use them again.

And now a couple of cool things. Which Character from The Princess Bride Are You?.

Me?

You are the Dread Pirate Roberts ... or at least that's what your crew think. You are really an ex-farm-boy named Westly who was parted from his love a long time ago. Nothing matters to you more than finding this love, and because of this you have trained in the sword, trained in the mind, and even built up an imunity to a deadly poison. You basically rock.

Excellent :)

And this is a bit weird. Cofani Funebri are an Italian manufacturer of coffins. Nothing strange about that, you might think. But they have a glamour calendar! Check out the 2004 Calendar. Disturbing, yet strangely arousing. Enjoy :)

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[link]   Posted @ 11:06

Todays world stupidity award goes to to this. I know all about politcal correctness, but this is too much. Calling an inanimate object master or slave is wrong? FFS!

In an effort to bring some hilarity to political correctness (and in Britains case, EU tomfoolery) in the run up to Christmas, I present this link to Political Correctness gone too far... Enjoy :)

I also found today (while looking through ents24.com for some gigs) that the Circus Of Horrors will be playing the Bristol Hippodrome on January 19th 2004. This show is truly outstanding - I have been 4 or 5 times now and will definately be going to see them again. Various people have been informed and excitement is already building :)

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[link]   Posted @ 10:26

Firstly, hello to Lars. How you doin? Stop pinging me :) and yes, I still have the DVDs, boxed up and ready to send... along with 2 40gb HDDs that I havent returned under warranty yet. GET YOUR FINGER OUT TUDOR! I will do it soon - I promise. Definately so that you get them before Xmas...

Went to see Thunder last night with Ian, Shelle, Pete, Bimbo and Andy. It was excellent. The support band was Schism. They were funny and damn good - in the vein of Blink182 and Sum41. With tracks such as Hey Dude, I Fucked Your Mom Last Night, Messin' With My Best Friends Girlfriend and the seminal classic Christina Sucks, Britney Swallows. They were really good, and when they get some tracks released (currently airing on ScuzzTV), I will be getting them.

Next up were the main act - Thunder. They came on to a huge amount of noise and looked quite stunned. The venue isnt that big, but boy did we make a racket. They kicked off well and did around 14 songs, mixing old then new repeatedly. It worked really well. I'd forgotten how much I enjoyed seeing them and getting into it all. I will be seeing them again and its also kick started my need for live music again :)

When we left the venue, Shelle was approached by a big issue seller, who she promptly handed over �1.20 to for his mag. He then didnt want to give the mag to her, as it was his last one, being used as a ploy to get money - ie begging. He then followed us for a while, begging her for the magazine back - even offering her �2.50 for it - for without, he couldnt get any more money. Twat!

Got the kids this evening and then back home to finish their bunk beds (ready for the weekend).

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[link]   Posted @ 10:13

I used to read several online comics, but havent done for ages. Then today I found a collection of funny pictures and its kindled my interest again.

If you check here you will find the great cartoons that are reasonable - reminiscent of the great Gary Larson. Had me laughing for ages, which earnt several funny looks from the other cube dwellers.

Erm. Where was I? Oh yes, online comics. The 2 I read (but now have to work out where I was and then catch up) were Sluggy Freelance and Real Life Comics. Go and have your fill of fun and think of me sat at work chortling to myself :)

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[link]   Posted @ 11:41

For some reason this morning, I was thinking about Superman having sex. Why? I don't fucking know! And while I was thinking about that, I did a search on Google and found a blog that had a link. And its a blog that I read (over on the left there). How spooky is that?

Anyway, it had a link to Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex. Outstanding piece of work by ace sci-fi writer Larry Niven. That little article put my mind to rest about Superman having sex. I dont need to worry about that anymore :)

Installed my new gfx card last night. Removed my 64mb Kyro II and installed an ATI Radeon 128mb 9600XT. Bloody hell! For starters, it allowed me to install Call of Duty and then I was running it in 1024*768 with everything set to high/maximum and it just flew along.

Thunder tonight with various friends. I dug out 2 Thunder t-shirts from the garage last (by candlelight as I couldn't find batteries for the torch - doh!), so at least I'll be properly dressed tonight :)

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[link]   Posted @ 11:20

Manic day at work today. Could have killed a couple of people easily. But I held back, and completed the assinine work they asked me to do at the very last minute :)

Couple of bizarre links for you - What Kind Of Macaroni and Cheese Are You?

Me?


Ahh, you are "Velveta Shells and Cheese". You are expensive, no denying this, but its the price you pay for quality. You don't even require other food supplies. Water and a pan is all you need to get by. That silver bag your cheese comes in looks like something out of the 23rd century, but it's cool! And those crevices in the shells hold the cheese so well... You Rock!

What bloggers did for the War Against Terrorism

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[link]   Posted @ 19:36

Pete and Bimbo came round last night, so I could do the music for their wedding. Found a complete orchestral arrangement of Mendlessons Wedding March on the net - which was cool. Plus burnt a load of great songs to CD for them. My suggestion of "Bring Your Daughter To The Slaughter" or "Run To The Hills" by Iron Maiden was met with some pondering!

Then couldnt sleep last night - didnt drop off til almost 2am. But I did have a text conversation with Tracey for a while, so that was cool :)

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[link]   Posted @ 09:52

Well, 5-a-side was atrocious tonight. We sucked. After our star player got injured in the first 10 mins, and we had a player sent off in the second half. we scrubbed up a score of 20-4. To them :o
Not only did I have a bad time as a goalie (no defence, etc), I played really bad. Roll on next week.

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[link]   Posted @ 21:19

Police are warning all men who frequent clubs, parties and local pubs to be alert and stay cautious when offered a drink by any woman. A date rape drug on the market called "Beer" is used by many females to target unsuspecting men.

The drug is generally found in liquid form and is now available almost anywhere. It comes in bottles, cans, from taps and in large "kegs."Beer is used by female sexual predators at parties and bars to persuade their male victims to go home and have sex with them. Typically, a woman needs only to persuade a guy to consume a few units of Beer and then simply ask him home for no strings attached sex.Men are rendered helpless against this approach. After several beers, men will often succumb to desires to perform sexual acts on horrific looking women to whom they would never normally be attracted.

After drinking Beer men often awaken with only hazy memories of exactly what happened to them the night before, often with just a vague feeling that "something bad" occurred.

At other times these unfortunate men are swindled out of their life's savings, in a familiar scam known as "a relationship." It has been reported that in extreme cases, the female may even be shrewd enough to entrap the unsuspecting male into a longer-term form of servitude and punishment referred to as "marriage." Apparently, men are much more susceptible to this scam after Beer is administered and sex is offered by the predatory females. Please!

Forward this warning to every male you know. If you fall victim to this insidious Beer and the predatory women administering it, there are male support groups with venues in every town where you can discuss the details of your shocking encounter in an open and frank manner with similarly affected, like-minded guys. For the support group nearest you, just look up "Golf Courses" in the yellow pages.

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