The other day my 16 month-old son, Noah, was ever-so-slightly told off by my father-in-law for messing about with the TV remote control. His response – which I’ve never seen before – was to freeze, possum-like. For a good two or three minutes he just sat there, stock still, every now and then glancing at [...]
Archive for August, 2011
Are You Thinking What I Think You’re Thinking?
Posted in Uncategorized on August 29, 2011 | 8 Comments »
I want to embrace all of you, except that guy.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged babies, books, children, dads, expectant parents, fatherhood, funny, new dads, parenting, pregnancy, writing on August 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Many thanks to all who participated in my recent little ‘RT and follow’ competition on Twitter. ‘What competition?’ I hear you cry. Well, there was a competition. Maybe you should follow me, and perhaps next time you’ll be a little more on the ball. It was to win signed copies of my books. The winner [...]
Five Well-Known Films I Have Absolutely No Intention of Watching, Ever
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged avatar, films, harry potter, lord of the rings, movies, star wars on August 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Following the roaring success of my Four Overrated Bands post, which I’m pretty sure was read by Barack Obama, the Queen, and Colonel Gaddafi (wherever he’s hiding), I’ve decided to do a similar bit about well-known films I have no intention of seeing, as well as making the number up to five. Seriously, I sometimes [...]
Silent Sunday
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged silent sunday on August 28, 2011 | 1 Comment »
It’s time to replace the full stop. Period.
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged grammar, mobile phones, punctuation, sms, text, text messaging on August 25, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
It’s hard to believe the humble SMS is not yet 20 years old. Conceived in 1992, a single message which read ‘Merry Christmas’ began a form of communication which now sees a predicted 8 trillion text messages sent this year alone. And that’s not counting the 294 billion emails sent every day, and the hundreds [...]
Don’t Complain About Anything Ever Again
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged army, child, loss, silent sunday, war on August 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This is one of the most moving, terrible photographs I have ever seen. You may think life is bad: the economy is dipping, unemployment is rising, times are hard. But you have your health, and you have your family. Don’t complain. Instead, just give your child a hug.
The Most Ridiculous Emergency Services Calls Ever Made
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged 911, 999, ambulance, emergency services, fire, police on August 20, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
You may have spotted this article on the BBC News website today, which records the actions of an 11 year-old German boy who was so fed up with doing what he called ‘forced labour’ – which was, in reality, just housework – that he phoned the police. Ridiculous, no? Perhaps unsurprisingly, the young boy – [...]
Four Bands I Think Are Totally Overrated But Whom Everyone Else Seems to Rave About
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged bands, beatles, foo fighters, music, stereophonics, u2 on August 20, 2011 | 3 Comments »
There are a few bands who seem to be loved by everyone. Even the mere mention of a song name will send them into a wistful trance as they talk about how amazing they are, or whatever. For the most part, I’ll agree. But there are some bands where I just don’t get what the [...]
Ten Things You Didn’t Know About Me
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged awesome, childhood, tigers on August 16, 2011 | 4 Comments »
Let’s crack straight on, shall we? No need for a pithy introduction, it’s all fairly self-explanatory. 1. It was only relatively recently that I realised committing suicide by sticking your head in the oven didn’t mean cooking yourself to death. 2. I have two faint birthmarks: one just by my left armpit, the other on [...]
Want to make people smile?
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged happy, laughing, news, photography, smile on August 14, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
There’s a lot of bad news in the world. However, the sight of a person – or people – laughing can turn your admittedly beautiful face from a frown to a smile. I’ve set up a new blog which seeks to collate as many photos of people laughing as possible, to create a kind of [...]
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