Saturday, January 07, 2006
A change of strategy
Later today City play Gravesend & Northfleet (two on one? Surely some mistake?) and I think I will be adjusting my match strategy. Until recently I would always wear my City shirt to home games. I stopped for purely superstitious reasons: the home game when I didn't wear it (Cambridge back in September - I was on the train coming back from the airport) City won 4-0 and played well. Given that we've not been at all consistent at home I've decided to put the shirt back on and see what happens. Of course, if we lose/draw then I'll be taking full responsibility for this and will probably write a long apology for my next article in the programme (in fact, given that it's an FA Trophy game next week, I suspect I'll just write about it anyway, it's not like I'm full of ideas at the moment).
My cold seems to be easing off now, just in time for Uni to start again on Monday... excellent timing. It seems that Kleenex do still do those Aloe Vera tissues as I've got some in front of me right now - they've eased the pain a little. I must remember to keep a stock of them to avoid unnecessary redness. (Don't mock me dammit - a sore nose just adds to the pain of a cold and if I can avoid it I will. Shut it.)
Having just had a quick flick back over the blog I noticed I never did get round to doing part two of my holiday review. Have to do that sometime, not sure when though. With Uni starting again it'll no doubt be a little while. Part one is here. I've still got the pics on my HD, whether I can remember what they're of is another question. I may have to do a caption contest.
Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy has admitted to having a drink problem, it seems because it was going to revealed by ITV. He's refusing to resign despite a significant number of his MPs demanding he does. I'm not sure where I stand on this. On the one hand, he has done a lot to move the Lib Dem's forward, although they didn't win as many seats at the last election as had been predicted. Then again, he does seem to be in trouble now and is perhaps no longer the asset he was. I'm not sure there's anyone in the Party to take over though.
To be honest, I'm not sure that I would count myself as a Lib Dem supporter anymore. They are very pro-European and I'm simply not. (My old rants about the Common Agricultural Policy (and the rebate) might give you a hint as to why.) Also, I'm not as rigidly anti-ID cards as the Lib Dems seem to be. Perhaps I should class myself as a floating voter?
Nick Robinson (BBC) talks about it on his blog here. Kennedy's repeated denials certainly don't help him.
An interesting Leader from the Times on the Kennedy saga.
My cold seems to be easing off now, just in time for Uni to start again on Monday... excellent timing. It seems that Kleenex do still do those Aloe Vera tissues as I've got some in front of me right now - they've eased the pain a little. I must remember to keep a stock of them to avoid unnecessary redness. (Don't mock me dammit - a sore nose just adds to the pain of a cold and if I can avoid it I will. Shut it.)
Having just had a quick flick back over the blog I noticed I never did get round to doing part two of my holiday review. Have to do that sometime, not sure when though. With Uni starting again it'll no doubt be a little while. Part one is here. I've still got the pics on my HD, whether I can remember what they're of is another question. I may have to do a caption contest.
Lib Dem leader Charles Kennedy has admitted to having a drink problem, it seems because it was going to revealed by ITV. He's refusing to resign despite a significant number of his MPs demanding he does. I'm not sure where I stand on this. On the one hand, he has done a lot to move the Lib Dem's forward, although they didn't win as many seats at the last election as had been predicted. Then again, he does seem to be in trouble now and is perhaps no longer the asset he was. I'm not sure there's anyone in the Party to take over though.
To be honest, I'm not sure that I would count myself as a Lib Dem supporter anymore. They are very pro-European and I'm simply not. (My old rants about the Common Agricultural Policy (and the rebate) might give you a hint as to why.) Also, I'm not as rigidly anti-ID cards as the Lib Dems seem to be. Perhaps I should class myself as a floating voter?
Nick Robinson (BBC) talks about it on his blog here. Kennedy's repeated denials certainly don't help him.
An interesting Leader from the Times on the Kennedy saga.
Thursday, January 05, 2006
S'not funny
I may be keeping a low profile on Saturday at City's home game. I eventually managed to write my article and ended up having a bit of a go at our home support - too quiet, too negative etc. Hopefully something exciting will happen over the next week so that I have some idea what to write about next week (and not get lynched). Surprisingly, Family Guy wasn't much help in terms of inspiration. Maybe the new series of Scrubs will be more use.....
I've spent the day drinking lemsip and drowning in a sea of tissues. My nose is redder than Rudolph's at the moment - do they still do those tissues coated in Aloe Vera? Could do with them. Having a cold, and feeling like crap, at this moment is not ideal as I've got a shit load of work to do for Monday, including revision for two (accounts) exams (that's my weekend sorted then....). This is what happens when you slack off for the entire holidays.
Ho hum, back to Scrubs....
My inaugural screw up of the day award goes to The International Coal Group who allowed families of 12 miners who had become trapped to believe for a good three hours that they had been found alive before setting them straight. They're apologising now, but it might be said to be too little too late.
I've spent the day drinking lemsip and drowning in a sea of tissues. My nose is redder than Rudolph's at the moment - do they still do those tissues coated in Aloe Vera? Could do with them. Having a cold, and feeling like crap, at this moment is not ideal as I've got a shit load of work to do for Monday, including revision for two (accounts) exams (that's my weekend sorted then....). This is what happens when you slack off for the entire holidays.
Ho hum, back to Scrubs....
My inaugural screw up of the day award goes to The International Coal Group who allowed families of 12 miners who had become trapped to believe for a good three hours that they had been found alive before setting them straight. They're apologising now, but it might be said to be too little too late.
Tuesday, January 03, 2006
Same old same old
So it's a new year but I'm having that familiar Monday night feeling: my article for Saturday's programme is due tomorrow (later today now) and I've got absolutely no idea what to write about. I've opened up Word and have been staring at a blank page for the last 5 minutes. It doesn't help that City lost on Monday. Again. Still 2nd but others are closing. What's most annoying is that others around us lost to so we could have gone top today and put a bit of space between us and the chasing pack.
What could I write about? My hopes for the New Year? Well, maybe but do I really have 600 words to write about that and do I really want to put them down in writing? They might end up coming back to haunt me (especially as it's City we're talking about here).
Doh! This is a realy struggle. The problem is I had to write so many articles in December that I've not had time to think of anything new! And we're home on the 14th too. I used to look forward to home games. I'm resorting to watching Family Guy for inspiration.
It could work.
What could I write about? My hopes for the New Year? Well, maybe but do I really have 600 words to write about that and do I really want to put them down in writing? They might end up coming back to haunt me (especially as it's City we're talking about here).
Doh! This is a realy struggle. The problem is I had to write so many articles in December that I've not had time to think of anything new! And we're home on the 14th too. I used to look forward to home games. I'm resorting to watching Family Guy for inspiration.
It could work.
