Collected Entries for October 2002

The World May Not Revolve Around Me: [October 29, 2002]
Oh, Meg's post today made me smile. My favourite, because it annoys me evey morning, "It's the people who try to get on the train before others have a chance to get off"....

Vanity Case: [October 28, 2002]
Book: Douglas Chirnside - Vanity Case.

Go Out: [October 26, 2002]
I'm not the most active member of this community but I certainly feel it is a community and one I am happy to be part of.

Let's (Not) Go Out: [October 25, 2002]
I am about to embark on a Friday night out in Clapham. More specifically, a colleague (we've worked together now and have previously worked together) and I are off to meet two ex-work mates (from the last job we worked...

Community of UK Webloggers: [October 24, 2002]
plasticbag.org has a great new item about the community of UK webloggers - plasticbag.org | files | Who's afraid of community participation? I'm too tired - as it's too early/late - to comment so go read it!...

New Look: [October 23, 2002]
A new look for my site

Inspirational Eden: [October 23, 2002]
Tim Smit provides an insight into the group vision that resulted in one of the more successful Millennium projects - Eden. And the fact that it is the work of a committed "group" of people is not lost on the...

Hope I Haven't Missed Your Birthday: [October 22, 2002]
My trusted Palm Vx - from which sprang the Listen To Musak blog (why just write stuff for my own reading when I can bore everybody else?) - contains many useful freeware/shareware and fully-paid up pieces of software that didn't...

Wasted Weekends: [October 21, 2002]
I feel very strange things about this Monday morning. You see I didn't do any of the things I wish I had done over the last weekend.

Everything Taboo: [October 20, 2002]
Boy George's Taboo musical was great.

Selling: [October 19, 2002]
Speed (VHS)

Hey, Gay Boy ...: [October 18, 2002]
I want to highlight this story, partly to remind myself that I am in a lucky position here in the UK: BBC NEWS | UK | 'Homophobes stabbed and slashed me'...

Hotels Like To Have A Touch Of Class: [October 18, 2002]
It may be a day or so old now, but I feel compelled to bring you an update on yesterday's coat hager theif story. "A lot of businessmen would never go home if they had the chance. So when they...

Hotels Like To Have A Touch Of Class: [October 18, 2002]
A lot of businessmen would never go home if they had the chance. So when they get home they like to recreate the hotel experience in their own house

Why did you steal 40,000 hotel coat hangers?: [October 17, 2002]
A most extraordinary trial is going on in the High Court at the moment in which a man named Chrysler is accused of stealing more than 40,000 coat hangers from hotels round the world: IndependentI think this is the most...

Red Hair Hurts: [October 16, 2002]
There is often a story to be found in New Scientist that makes me smile - often for no obvious reason.

America's Fault: [October 16, 2002]
"Before last weekend, liberal Australia felt the US had brought September 11 upon itself. But, says Clive James, the bombing in Bali has smashed that argument - and thrown his country in to the war against terror." An interesting and...

Shapes Made By Radio Waves: [October 15, 2002]
The Ministry Of Defence is interested in the technology that allows us all to be monitored by our mobile phones.

Up Above The Streets And Houses: [October 14, 2002]
In case you're wondering, my attempt to bring forth an avalanche of programmes from my childhood didn't quite have the desired result.

Awww: [October 14, 2002]
I was certainly right. I ached this morning. Almost every bone and several parts I didn't really know that I had. It remains, however, a great feeling not to have spent the day indoors watching television on a wet Sunday...

Starmaker, Dream Breaker: [October 13, 2002]
So it's all getting a bit spooky. There I was on Friday night remembering the songs from the TV series of Fame (I preferred the TV series as it was much fluffier. Being so young, the grittiness of the film...

Friday Night's Gonna Be Alright: [October 11, 2002]
Friday nigh's gonna be alright.

Mussels: [October 10, 2002]
I used to work with most of these guys six or seven (if not more) years ago and we've all remained in contact ever since.

Ultimate Boy Band CD (1): [October 08, 2002]
I am trying to compile the ultimate boy band CD and I am unsure where to start. Anyway, current thinking includes: N'Sync - Pop Take That - Relight My Fire Take That - Could It Be Magic F5ive - If...

Nothing To Read: [October 07, 2002]
Do you ever think that there is nothing to read online. I have to say, that today is one of those days. Perhaps tomorrow will be a better day! Still, Boys Will Do Boys is a great looking weblog!...

Why did you steal 40,000 hotel coat hangers?: [October 07, 2002]
A most extraordinary trial is going on in the High Court at the moment in which a man named Chrysler is accused of stealing more than 40,000 coat hangers from hotels round the world.

First VHS For Sale: [October 06, 2002]
Beautiful Thing (VHS)

My Big Fat Greek Wedding: [October 06, 2002]
My Big Fat Greek Wedding was something of a hit and miss film. You learned much about the Greek (lead) character, Toula, and her inter-family relationships. But you learned very little about her love interest, Ian. If the point of...

Weymouth: [October 05, 2002]
[Written on my Palm & posted Sunday 6th] Arrived in Weymouth last night and went out with PY's mother and her husband to a lovely Chinese restaurant (I do love Chinese food). Today we spent ambling around Weymouth town centre...

A Walk on the Wild Side: [October 04, 2002]
My two days off have been great; I've been to Bristol

Nearly There: [October 02, 2002]
As I am not going to fake the blog then you, dear reader, must put up with the dull bits as well as the not-so-dull.

Ultimate Boy Band CD (1): [October 02, 2002]
I am trying to compile the ultimate boy band CD and I am unsure where to start

Snapshot of the Blogsphere: [October 01, 2002]
A quick look around the web and some of the comments for the first day of a new month.