What a day. Illness and holidays have hit our sportsdesk workforce like a nuclear apocalypse, leaving a few brave souls to preserve the future of society (or ‘the paper’ if you aren’t coming with me dramatically). I have been wiped out to be honest, but continue to be spurred on by the success of the [...]
Archive for the ‘General’ Category
You’re as cold as ice, you’re willing to sacrifice…
Posted: October 25, 2010 in GeneralTags: Basketball, blog, Cheshire Jets, Chester Chronicle, illness, Jetstream
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Scientists find perfect excuse to be around naked women!
Posted: September 17, 2010 in GeneralTags: report, spray-on clothes, weird
This is crazy. According to this report in the Telegraph http://bit.ly/cTfd6M scientists have invented spray-on clothing that can be washed and re-used. But watch the video and a few things spring to mind. Firstly it is sprayed onto the skin. Yes it might build up a thick layer and may withstand washing but it’s hard enough [...]
Big moments
Posted: August 26, 2010 in GeneralTags: british heart foundation, broadgreen hospital, heart surgery, liverpool, Tranmere Rovers
Today’s a big day. Not because of the basketball I spoke of yesterday, but because my future father in law and fellow sadist (the new nickname for Tranmere Rovers beleaguered fans), is going in for a big heart operation. Obviously everyone is very worried, surgery is a scary thing at the best of times., but it [...]
Having got a particularly challenging Flintshire edition boxed off this week I can turn my attention to a little bit of excitement, the GB Eurobasket Qualifiers at the Liverpool Echo Arena. Two local young players are part of the GB set-up and it is a big deal, when you consider how many players make up a [...]
University, A levels, what’s all the fuss?
Posted: August 19, 2010 in GeneralTags: A levels, education, oxbridge, recession, results, University
Education. An important cornerstone of a successful economy and a civilised society. But the current obsession with going to university has become ridiculous, with news programmes leading on the fact not everyone will be able to go on to higher education. Boo hoo. I speak as a non-graduate who works in an industry which people [...]
Will a DeLorean take me back along the biological timeline
Posted: August 16, 2010 in GeneralTags: baby, biological clock, birth, Children
It’s happened. My future sister and brother-in-laws have had a lovely baby girl and the inevitable has happened, my good lady now wants one. To be honest, I want one (although preferably a boy, I think they are easier). Unfortunately while I am fairly laid back about timescale, feeling no pressure at all, it seems [...]
Weight loss seems to be the big fad of our generation, and unfortunately, I have now caught the bug. While most people begin this insane pursuit in the New Year, unfortunately I have little choice but to start at as we head toward August. With the wedding of our friends in a month and a [...]
Courtesy of www.topgear.com, important information on how to tell the real Stig from a tiny imposter…. The national media is awash with reports of a Stig impersonator terrorising the North West of England. Earlier this week, dad-of-two Martin Perzylo spotted a white-suited man in a Porsche on the M6 near Blackpool. He followed the driver [...]
