Wednesday, 2 February 2011
Sobering thought
Just seen the news that cyclone Yazi has hit the North East coast of Australia. The cyclone system covers the whole of Queensland, thats the same size as the whole of the UK! Fingers crossed the damage isn't too bad!
Tuesday, 1 February 2011
Tech
Gorgeous little piece of gadge!! Looks like it could be a winner|: see video
http://nexus404.com/Blog/2011/01/10/sony-ericsson-xperia-arc-sporting-android-2-3-not-2-4-gingerbread-on-launch-sony-ericsson-clarifies-sony-ericsson-xperia-arc-specs-features/
Lost the plot
- Chelsea buy Liverpool's spanish star man Torres for £50m
- Chelsea bolster defence with Luiz signing from Benfica.
- Liverpool replace Torres with Newcastle front man Andy Carrol and Luis Suarez.
- Liverpool break British transfer record and splash £35 million for Andy Carrol.
Footballs gone mad - Rio Ferdinand tweeted yesterday. Have to agree with him on that. Liverpool have had an absolute shocker! Im actually angry about this. £35m is just unbelievable. 1 international cap, and 14 goals in his whole career. What was Kenny thinking? Theres no doubting the boys a good player, and at 22 has a long way to go in his career, but £35 mil? Behave! £15-17 would have been good business for either side. Newcastle have to be laughing! Not sure were there goals are going to come from for the rest of the season. Looking forward to their summer wish list though.
£50m for Torres is a lot of money, definitely over priced. Excellent bit of business from Liverpool: out of form, unfit and suffering a world cup hangover. There is however no doubting his class, how will he fit in at Chelsea? No idea, don't think he can play as part of a front 3, would like to see him up front with Drogba, thats a scary thought! But don't know why Chelsea would change a proven formation?
Saw Suarez at the world cup. I think he's a decent player. Think this is a good signing from Liverpool, id like to see a front three of Babel, Carrol and Suarez, with Cole, Gerrard and Mirelies behind them, thats deece! Shame Charlie Adam didnt get his move to Anfield, ill take him at United him, Gibson and Anderson in the middle, classy!
Monday, 31 January 2011
Recipe
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/5967/easy-chicken-tagine
This is what I'm cooking the boys tonight, going to serve it up with rice and extra chicken though. Yuuummmmm
This is what I'm cooking the boys tonight, going to serve it up with rice and extra chicken though. Yuuummmmm
Sunday, 30 January 2011
Brommo's deece meal
http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/5161/sausages-with-oregano-mushrooms-and-olives
Brommo's deece dinner he cooked for us tonight. Adapted it slightly and served it with mash. Lovely!
Brommo's deece dinner he cooked for us tonight. Adapted it slightly and served it with mash. Lovely!
Bank§y
http://www.banksyfilm.com/index.html
Banksy has directed a documentary about American street art. It's described as an enthralling modern-day fairytale... with bolt cutters (Got a lot of time for that description), and has a nomination for best documentary at the 2011 Oscars. Bare time for Banksy's work and buzzing to watching it, below is a link to a website hosting online versions.
http://www.moviewatch.in/watch-776105-Exit-Through-the-Gift-Shop
One of my favourite Banksy's, very relevant to me.
Proving art can have a sense of humour, love this photo. Its a story every lad dreams of telling.
Ironic bant! Love it!
Colbs t-shirt, sparked my original interest in Banksy. Believe he bought it from a flea market in London, i proceeded to nick it from him coz i liked it, obvs!
Banksy has directed a documentary about American street art. It's described as an enthralling modern-day fairytale... with bolt cutters (Got a lot of time for that description), and has a nomination for best documentary at the 2011 Oscars. Bare time for Banksy's work and buzzing to watching it, below is a link to a website hosting online versions.
http://www.moviewatch.in/watch-776105-Exit-Through-the-Gift-Shop
One of my favourite Banksy's, very relevant to me.
Proving art can have a sense of humour, love this photo. Its a story every lad dreams of telling.
Ironic bant! Love it!
Colbs t-shirt, sparked my original interest in Banksy. Believe he bought it from a flea market in London, i proceeded to nick it from him coz i liked it, obvs!
Gray and Keys - Sexism in football
The Andy Gray and Richard Keys 'scandal' that seems to have 'rocked' football and society in opening our eyes to sexism in the game is an absolute joke! It was clearly just lads locker room banter, as i have seen it described in some press, and doesn't warrant the attention or scrutiny it has received.
Firstly you have to question how these off air comments have made their way into the public domain. They were made off camera, so only someone working at Sky would have been privy to what was being said. Leaking 'sensitive?' information like that about your colleagues is a pretty cuntish thing to do, and if i was in charge at Sky i wouldn't tolerate a grass like that in my team!
Secondly they hadn't made the comments on air, as obviously this would be perceived as inappropriate (which i completely understand). They were made off air and as such it's not a reflection of Skys beliefs about women's involvement in football. Its a personal opinion (rightly or wrongly). Loosing a job over a personal opinion (voiced in private, to work colleagues) especially an opinion as trivial as wether a women would make a right decision in a football match is pathetic.
If the comments made about Sian Massey on the Saturday were the only comments made, and the appropriate apologies were made then i'm pretty sure they would still have their jobs. However, with the leak of the Massey comments came further nails in their coffins with back dated footage of Keys and Gray being apparently sexist again. One example of this is the clip were Andy Gray asks Charlotte Jackson to tuck a mic down his trousers. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuPMFvuYcvk
This is clearly a joke and Charlotte Jackson doesnt seem to bothered by it. She can't have been to bothered by the connotations of sexism or being seen as a sex object when posing for this article:
http://www.sport.co.uk/news/Hot_Babe_at_Sportcouk/49612/All-Action_Jackson.aspx. If she didn't want to be seen as sex object or treated like one, why pose like this in a magazine designed to be oggled at and read by men!? As such, she can't of been offended by the comments and so unless she reported the behavior as offensive, no one else has the right to moan about it!
My final argument couldn't be summed up better than by an article i found in the daily mail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1350829/Sky-sexism-row-Why-right-women-sexist-MEN.html
and an article from the telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8290591/Andy-Gray-and-Richard-Keys-the-changing-face-of-office-banter.html. This boy talks sense, and the women writing is refreshingly un biased. I hate inconsistency in society and i think this sums it up! Im not condoning sexism, as it is completely wrong, however what they said or did can't be considered sexist or in any way worse than media exposed females have said. So infuriating!
I don't think just because you are famous or in positions of authority you have to be a role model and act like the perfect person. Thats to much to ask from someone. They haven't acted different to millions of other men around the country, this doesn't mean that what they said was right or i'm condoning it, but it has been blown massively out of proportion and they didn't need to loose their jobs!
Firstly you have to question how these off air comments have made their way into the public domain. They were made off camera, so only someone working at Sky would have been privy to what was being said. Leaking 'sensitive?' information like that about your colleagues is a pretty cuntish thing to do, and if i was in charge at Sky i wouldn't tolerate a grass like that in my team!
Secondly they hadn't made the comments on air, as obviously this would be perceived as inappropriate (which i completely understand). They were made off air and as such it's not a reflection of Skys beliefs about women's involvement in football. Its a personal opinion (rightly or wrongly). Loosing a job over a personal opinion (voiced in private, to work colleagues) especially an opinion as trivial as wether a women would make a right decision in a football match is pathetic.
If the comments made about Sian Massey on the Saturday were the only comments made, and the appropriate apologies were made then i'm pretty sure they would still have their jobs. However, with the leak of the Massey comments came further nails in their coffins with back dated footage of Keys and Gray being apparently sexist again. One example of this is the clip were Andy Gray asks Charlotte Jackson to tuck a mic down his trousers. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuPMFvuYcvk
This is clearly a joke and Charlotte Jackson doesnt seem to bothered by it. She can't have been to bothered by the connotations of sexism or being seen as a sex object when posing for this article:
http://www.sport.co.uk/news/Hot_Babe_at_Sportcouk/49612/All-Action_Jackson.aspx. If she didn't want to be seen as sex object or treated like one, why pose like this in a magazine designed to be oggled at and read by men!? As such, she can't of been offended by the comments and so unless she reported the behavior as offensive, no one else has the right to moan about it!
My final argument couldn't be summed up better than by an article i found in the daily mail. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/femail/article-1350829/Sky-sexism-row-Why-right-women-sexist-MEN.html
and an article from the telegraph: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/8290591/Andy-Gray-and-Richard-Keys-the-changing-face-of-office-banter.html. This boy talks sense, and the women writing is refreshingly un biased. I hate inconsistency in society and i think this sums it up! Im not condoning sexism, as it is completely wrong, however what they said or did can't be considered sexist or in any way worse than media exposed females have said. So infuriating!
I don't think just because you are famous or in positions of authority you have to be a role model and act like the perfect person. Thats to much to ask from someone. They haven't acted different to millions of other men around the country, this doesn't mean that what they said was right or i'm condoning it, but it has been blown massively out of proportion and they didn't need to loose their jobs!
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