Hantario. (Died 31st August 2003)
We had a hamster called Hantario. He got this name from a mix up by Chloe’s brother of Hamtaro, a cartoon hamster. He’s now gone to the big cage in the sky but his memory lives on. RIP Hanty.
Why I don’t have a mobile phone
I don’t have a mobile phone yet and I often get asked why? I like being totally cut off from the world knowing that I can’t talk to anyone or anyone talk to me. I could get one and leave it off but then I may as well save money and not get one. Mobile […]
Phantom Food
With a bit of imagination there’s loads of food one can enjoy on a diet. Welcome to the unreal meal: Breakfast: A Ethereal egg on ghost toast A Nothing muffin or a None bun (served with begone butter). or how about some Fantasy fruit? Lunch: A Fake steak with zip chips (or Mystical mash) A […]
Pen-Fu (aka Pen-spinning)
As a computer programmer, with my hands at a keyboard for up-to 12 hours a day, I practice Pen-Fu to exercise my fingers and prevent RSI. Pen-Fu is like Kung-Fu but with pens rather than combat :-). Think of Boris, the computer hacker in 007 Goldeneye… He was a novice pen ninja. Check out www.pentrix.com […]
I Graduated – Now a “Master” of Engineering! (1st/August/2002)
Final mark: 2:1 (67%) MEng ACGI Uni Year 4 – 2001/2002: 67.5% Uni Year 3 – 2000/2001: 72.6% Uni Year 2 – 1999/2000: 67.4% Uni Year 1 – 1998/1999: 53% (see details)
Fire Breathing
Kix got me a fire staff for my 22nd birthday. You soak each end in parafin and light it. I learnt some staff tricks but only to a basic level. The strange thing about a fire staff is that it spins more slowly when it’s alight. It makes a glorious noise as the burning ends […]
My speech at Dads funeral (9th/Aug/01)
This was the speech that I made at Dads funeral in Stoke Row church. I wanted to say a few words to re-live some memories with dad and to tell you a bit about how he spent his time. If you don’t really know someone then you can learn a lot by their actions. My […]
Douglas Adams
It’s a sad day because my favourite author, Douglas Adams has died. These are some of my favour quotes from his writings: “What do you mean my birth certificate expired?” Only one thing in life is certain. You won’t get out of it alive. “I’m not afraid of dying, I just don’t want to be […]
Fresher year relationship web
My group of 1st year friends was a little incestuous. Me, Tam and Yue-sun were sharing a room but Al moved in when Tam left Uni because he had just got engaged to my X (Sarah) after she swapped boyfriends with Fran who had been going out with the guy who Sarah originally dumped me […]
The beer prayer
Our lager, Which art in barrels, Hallowed be thy drink. Thy will be drunk, (I will be drunk), At home as in the tavern. Give us this day our foamy head, And forgive us our spillages, As we forgive those who spill against us. And lead us not to incarceration, But deliver us from hangovers. […]
Rowing
You just have to admire the sheer dedication it takes just to perfect a 2 second cyclic movement: I rowed all through school and also in my second year at uni in the IC boat novice squad. I got my 2K time down to 6.36 by training 9 or 10 sessions a week, early mornings, […]
Unicyle hockey – 2nd year of Uni
At uni, I was part of the unicycle hockey club (“The Uni uni hockey club”) when it first started. I have my own unicycle but we borrowed ice hockey sticks and played in Hyde park by the prince albert monument (designed by a ancestor of mine: Sir George Gilbert Scott, 1811-1878).
Withnail and I
My best friend at school could quote “Withnail and I” from start to finish. I think it’s quite funny that I can quote this “Withnail and I” dialogue but if you asked me to quote some Shakespear I couldn’t 🙂 I have of late, but wherefore I know not, lost all my mirth and indeed […]
Keyboard Mod (1998)
I painted a keyboard as part of an art piece for art A-level. I used acrylic paints and varnish and decorated each key individually: When My art course was finished I used the keyboard for touch-typing practice.
My brother with green hair (9th/July/1999)
Once, My brother Edd came home from school with green hair:
