Today is the last day that my daughter will be four.
Sad. Well, that is how I feel. Silly really. But she should enjoy tomorrow. And I hope she does not only enjoy that day, but I want her to enjoy many other birthdays to come.
And while I love her and want her to grow, I miss the vast amount of time that I do not get to spend with her, her brother, and her mother.
Anyway, here is wishing her a happy birthday.
Sunday, 17 October 2010
Sunday, 10 October 2010
10/10/10 Finally a date even the Yanks can't get wrong.
Evening all. Hope you all are well. Have just been to my mothers and met up with my brothers there. Of course, the kids loved seeing my mother. One of my brothers was ill so did not want to hug the kids, and my daughter refused to go near the bearded one as she gets nervous around him. Anyway am now at the in-laws. Relaxing with the papers while the kids run wild picking fruit in the garden.
Wednesday, 6 October 2010
Try braking, to give your driving a bit of 00mph
Evening all. First of all, it is my youngest brothers birthday. I got the kids to sing happy birthday to him and e-mailed the video to him (and others in the family).
I was woken up at four in the morning when my daughter was coughing. Unfortunately I was not able to get back to sleep. So what am I doing? I am watching The Apprentice. I will be going back to sleep soon though.
Back to my daughter, she is still is coughing, as I type. And today she also has a hoarse voice. She was not able to go to school, and at this rate, probably will not be going in tomorrow either.
My son is well, which is surprising as he is normally the ill one out of the two. Hopefully he will not be too ill and she will get better soon. And I will get some sleep.
British Golfing Terminology
1 A "Paris Hilton" - an expensive hole
2 A "Dennis Wise" - a nasty 5 footer
3 A "Salman Rushdie" - an impossible read
4 A "Rock Hudson" - looked straight, but it wasn't
5 A "Cuban" - needed one more revolution
6 An "Adolf Hitler" - two shots in the bunker
7 A "Saddam Hussein" - from one bunker straight into another
8 A "Yasser Arafat" - ugly and in the sand
9 A "Kate Winslett" - little bit fat but otherwise perfect
10 A "Liz McColgan" - Ugly but runs forever
11 A "Glen Miller" - didn't make it over the water
12 An "Arthur Scargill" - a great strike but a poor result
13 A "Russell Grant" - a fat iron
14 A "Rodney King" - over-clubbed
15 An "OJ Simpson" - got away with it
16 A "Princess Grace" - should have taken a driver
17 A "Princess Di" - shouldn't have taken a driver
18 A "Robin Cook" - just died on the hill
19 A "Michael Jackson" - gradually fading
20 A "Douglas Bader" - looked good in the air, but didn't have the legs
21 A "Ken Livingstone" - quite far left
22 A "Jean-Marie LePen" - a long way right
23 A "Ladyboy" - looks like an easy hole but all is not what it seems
24 A "condom" - safe but didn't feel real good
25 A "circus tent" - a BIG top
26 An "Anna Kournikova" - looks great, but unlikely to get a result
27 A "Vinnie Jones" - nasty kick when you're not expecting it
28 A "Sally Gunnell" - ugly, but a good runner
29 A" Brazilian" - Shaves both sides of the hole
I was woken up at four in the morning when my daughter was coughing. Unfortunately I was not able to get back to sleep. So what am I doing? I am watching The Apprentice. I will be going back to sleep soon though.
Back to my daughter, she is still is coughing, as I type. And today she also has a hoarse voice. She was not able to go to school, and at this rate, probably will not be going in tomorrow either.
My son is well, which is surprising as he is normally the ill one out of the two. Hopefully he will not be too ill and she will get better soon. And I will get some sleep.
British Golfing Terminology
1 A "Paris Hilton" - an expensive hole
2 A "Dennis Wise" - a nasty 5 footer
3 A "Salman Rushdie" - an impossible read
4 A "Rock Hudson" - looked straight, but it wasn't
5 A "Cuban" - needed one more revolution
6 An "Adolf Hitler" - two shots in the bunker
7 A "Saddam Hussein" - from one bunker straight into another
8 A "Yasser Arafat" - ugly and in the sand
9 A "Kate Winslett" - little bit fat but otherwise perfect
10 A "Liz McColgan" - Ugly but runs forever
11 A "Glen Miller" - didn't make it over the water
12 An "Arthur Scargill" - a great strike but a poor result
13 A "Russell Grant" - a fat iron
14 A "Rodney King" - over-clubbed
15 An "OJ Simpson" - got away with it
16 A "Princess Grace" - should have taken a driver
17 A "Princess Di" - shouldn't have taken a driver
18 A "Robin Cook" - just died on the hill
19 A "Michael Jackson" - gradually fading
20 A "Douglas Bader" - looked good in the air, but didn't have the legs
21 A "Ken Livingstone" - quite far left
22 A "Jean-Marie LePen" - a long way right
23 A "Ladyboy" - looks like an easy hole but all is not what it seems
24 A "condom" - safe but didn't feel real good
25 A "circus tent" - a BIG top
26 An "Anna Kournikova" - looks great, but unlikely to get a result
27 A "Vinnie Jones" - nasty kick when you're not expecting it
28 A "Sally Gunnell" - ugly, but a good runner
29 A" Brazilian" - Shaves both sides of the hole
Tuesday, 5 October 2010
I dream of a new world where a chicken can cross the road without having his motives questioned.
Comments from the teacher made yesterday in my daughters reading record -
Kipper's diary - explained what a diary was. Read well. (?slowed?) a bit on days of the week
Monty and the Ghost Train - read very well indeed
Naughty Joe - read well starting to tire so will read again tomorrow
Why did the blonde take a gun out canoeing?
Because she wanted to shoot the rapids.
Kipper's diary - explained what a diary was. Read well. (?slowed?) a bit on days of the week
Monty and the Ghost Train - read very well indeed
Naughty Joe - read well starting to tire so will read again tomorrow
Why did the blonde take a gun out canoeing?
Because she wanted to shoot the rapids.
Monday, 4 October 2010
Why isn't the USA in the Commonwealth Games too? I swear we used to own them also?
Evening all. Kids are fine today. My daughter asked my wife for some conkers. Why, I do not know as she is not playing conkers. My wife asked her to keep some for herself. At the end of the day, all had been given away. Me, I would have predicted it. My wife, the optimist, thought that things would work out otherwise. Which is worse? Me for having so little faith in my lovely daughter, or my wife for having too much faith in her?
Anyway, that son of mine went to his nursery today. When he was picked up, my wife was told that he had a great sense of humour and that the nursery nurses fought over who would get to look after him. Apparently, they love him. He only comes once a week and they think he is lovely, while there are other kids...
CREDIT CRUNCH MOVIE NAMES
Lidl Shop of Horrors
Thunderbirds Are Clamped
The Devil Wears Primark
28 Days Notice
Bin City
Me, Myself and Giro
Pre-Pay Sim City
Wall-e-Mart
Brassic Park
1 Dalmatian
Nightmare on Wall Street
Alice in Poundland
The hills have P45's
Northern Rocky IV
Terminator 2: County Court Judgement Day
The Shawshank Redundancy
Good Will Job Hunting
Total Product Recall
Trainhopping
Iceland Age
The Loan Arranger
P.S I owe you
Bronzefinger
Four Civil-Ceremonys & an Eviction
The Empire Cuts Back
Womb Raider
Spongebob No Pants
I still know what you Spent Last Summer
3 Men and a Baby P
Financial Fantasy
Jobless in Seattle
Terminator 2: Redundancy Pay
I.O.U robot
Winnie The Poor
Spar Trek
This Tory government is much like a rainbow.
It looks good from a distance, but on close inspection it has no real substance, you can see right through it and it's only there because of the sun.
Anyway, that son of mine went to his nursery today. When he was picked up, my wife was told that he had a great sense of humour and that the nursery nurses fought over who would get to look after him. Apparently, they love him. He only comes once a week and they think he is lovely, while there are other kids...
CREDIT CRUNCH MOVIE NAMES
Lidl Shop of Horrors
Thunderbirds Are Clamped
The Devil Wears Primark
28 Days Notice
Bin City
Me, Myself and Giro
Pre-Pay Sim City
Wall-e-Mart
Brassic Park
1 Dalmatian
Nightmare on Wall Street
Alice in Poundland
The hills have P45's
Northern Rocky IV
Terminator 2: County Court Judgement Day
The Shawshank Redundancy
Good Will Job Hunting
Total Product Recall
Trainhopping
Iceland Age
The Loan Arranger
P.S I owe you
Bronzefinger
Four Civil-Ceremonys & an Eviction
The Empire Cuts Back
Womb Raider
Spongebob No Pants
I still know what you Spent Last Summer
3 Men and a Baby P
Financial Fantasy
Jobless in Seattle
Terminator 2: Redundancy Pay
I.O.U robot
Winnie The Poor
Spar Trek
This Tory government is much like a rainbow.
It looks good from a distance, but on close inspection it has no real substance, you can see right through it and it's only there because of the sun.
Sunday, 3 October 2010
Last night my girlfriend phoned me from the US. She was in a poor state. Mississippi in fact.
My wife is making me watch the X factor. So I have posted a few answers on Yahoo Answers.
My thoughts are that I suspect that not all will like the answer to one of the questions, that being about the stance of the Catholic church on contraception.
My view is that people are going to have sex outside marriage. Ideally monogamy is going to be the best thing to reduce the risks of sexually transmitted diseases, but it is not for everyone. And just because one person is monogamous, that does mean that the other person is going to be.
Anyway, Arsenal lost. Not that it was a surprise. At least we tried. And I can pretend that the injuries that we have made a difference to the outcome. I did not get to watch as much of the match as I would have liked. My son wanted some attention, and considering that I hardly see him, how could I deny that to him. And when my daughter got back from her party, she wanted to read to me, something I had to force her to do in the past.
Even when they drive me mad, I love them loads.
Why Indian students are disliked in the US (I saw this posted by someone born in India who moved over a few years ago on an internet forum I am a member of a few days ago).
It was the first day of a school in USA and a new Indian student named Chandrasekhar Subramanian entered the fourth grade.
The teacher said, "Let's begin by reviewing some American History. Who said 'Give me Liberty, or give me Death'?"
She saw a sea of blank faces, except for Chandrasekhar, who had his hand up: 'Patrick Henry, 1775' he said.
'Very good! Who said 'Government of the People, by the People, for the People, shall not perish from the Earth?''
Again, no response except from Chandrasekhar. 'Abraham Lincoln, 1863' said Chandrasekhar.
The teacher snapped at the class, 'Class, you should be ashamed. Chandrasekhar, who is new to our country, knows more about our history than you do.'
She heard a loud whisper: 'F ___ the Indians.'
'Who said that?' she demanded. Chandrasekhar put his hand up. 'General Custer, 1862.'
At that point, a student in the back said, 'I'm gonna puke.'
The teacher glares around and asks 'All right! Now, who said that?' Again, Chandrasekhar says, 'George H. W. Bush to the Japanese Prime Minister, 1991.'
Now furious, another student yells, 'Oh yeah? Suck this!'
Chandrasekhar jumps out of his chair waving his hand and shouts to the teacher, 'Bill Clinton, to Monica Lewinsky, 1997'.
Now with almost mob hysteria someone said 'You little shit. If you say anything else, I'll kill you.' Chandrasekhar frantically yells at the top of his voice, ' Michael Jackson to the child witnesses testifying against him, 2004.'
The teacher fainted. And as the class gathered around her on the floor, someone said, 'Oh shit, we're screwed!' And Chandrasekhar said quietly, 'I think it was Lehmann Brothers, November 4th, 2008'.
My thoughts are that I suspect that not all will like the answer to one of the questions, that being about the stance of the Catholic church on contraception.
My view is that people are going to have sex outside marriage. Ideally monogamy is going to be the best thing to reduce the risks of sexually transmitted diseases, but it is not for everyone. And just because one person is monogamous, that does mean that the other person is going to be.
Anyway, Arsenal lost. Not that it was a surprise. At least we tried. And I can pretend that the injuries that we have made a difference to the outcome. I did not get to watch as much of the match as I would have liked. My son wanted some attention, and considering that I hardly see him, how could I deny that to him. And when my daughter got back from her party, she wanted to read to me, something I had to force her to do in the past.
Even when they drive me mad, I love them loads.
Why Indian students are disliked in the US (I saw this posted by someone born in India who moved over a few years ago on an internet forum I am a member of a few days ago).
It was the first day of a school in USA and a new Indian student named Chandrasekhar Subramanian entered the fourth grade.
The teacher said, "Let's begin by reviewing some American History. Who said 'Give me Liberty, or give me Death'?"
She saw a sea of blank faces, except for Chandrasekhar, who had his hand up: 'Patrick Henry, 1775' he said.
'Very good! Who said 'Government of the People, by the People, for the People, shall not perish from the Earth?''
Again, no response except from Chandrasekhar. 'Abraham Lincoln, 1863' said Chandrasekhar.
The teacher snapped at the class, 'Class, you should be ashamed. Chandrasekhar, who is new to our country, knows more about our history than you do.'
She heard a loud whisper: 'F ___ the Indians.'
'Who said that?' she demanded. Chandrasekhar put his hand up. 'General Custer, 1862.'
At that point, a student in the back said, 'I'm gonna puke.'
The teacher glares around and asks 'All right! Now, who said that?' Again, Chandrasekhar says, 'George H. W. Bush to the Japanese Prime Minister, 1991.'
Now furious, another student yells, 'Oh yeah? Suck this!'
Chandrasekhar jumps out of his chair waving his hand and shouts to the teacher, 'Bill Clinton, to Monica Lewinsky, 1997'.
Now with almost mob hysteria someone said 'You little shit. If you say anything else, I'll kill you.' Chandrasekhar frantically yells at the top of his voice, ' Michael Jackson to the child witnesses testifying against him, 2004.'
The teacher fainted. And as the class gathered around her on the floor, someone said, 'Oh shit, we're screwed!' And Chandrasekhar said quietly, 'I think it was Lehmann Brothers, November 4th, 2008'.
What do you call a woman with one leg? Eileen.
I would like to swear, but I am trying not to.
I tried to post an entry about the score in the game. And also have a slight political rant. But the post was lost!
Anyway, let me post the gist again.
Arsenal are 1-0 down against Chelski. Drogba scored. Again. Git. And it looked like we had a chance for a while. Mind you, we often do look like that.
My reaction woke my son up who was sleeping next to me while his sister has gone to a birthday party with my wife.
So onto politics.
Liam Fox has had a letter he sent to David Cameron leaked. In it he makes a very good point. The Tories were elected saying they would protect the armed forces from cuts. And now, with the spending cuts that the government are imposing, they look like they might risk the loss of a lot of political capital.
But I guess I, like everyone else should wait to see what the outcome of the spending review will be.
I tried to post an entry about the score in the game. And also have a slight political rant. But the post was lost!
Anyway, let me post the gist again.
Arsenal are 1-0 down against Chelski. Drogba scored. Again. Git. And it looked like we had a chance for a while. Mind you, we often do look like that.
My reaction woke my son up who was sleeping next to me while his sister has gone to a birthday party with my wife.
So onto politics.
Liam Fox has had a letter he sent to David Cameron leaked. In it he makes a very good point. The Tories were elected saying they would protect the armed forces from cuts. And now, with the spending cuts that the government are imposing, they look like they might risk the loss of a lot of political capital.
But I guess I, like everyone else should wait to see what the outcome of the spending review will be.
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