Destructoid.com - Good morrow, fair maidens and noble gentlemen, and rejoice! The Podcastle is once again ready for your ears to enjoy, as the usual crew is joined by a super special guest … even though he’s not really that special. Community member The Ghost was hanging out at Wardrox’s house, so we let him tag [...]
Oh boy.
I’ve relented.
It’s December and I’ve finally come around to the idea of thinking about Christmas.
It’s not that I don’t like it; on the contrary, Christmas time is great. I just cannot stomach all the hype and perpetual consumer pressure that seems to start bearing down on us from about mid-October.
Anyway, over the weekend I [...]
This week’s X Factor show was a bit of a boring one really, but one good thing came out of it, Daniel has finally gone. I do not want to put the guy down; he is a nice bloke, but a rubbish singer. I would like to say that when he sings certain songs, he [...]
Who hasn't gone about the business of writing their blog with dreams of being 'discovered' and securing that golden ticket of a book deal? It's the big kahuna for many bloggers. The Lottery win. The icing on the cake. And...
A quick note from Thomas:
Hi everybody and welcome to the first Book of Rubbish Ideas Q&A day. Anybody out there who wants to leave Tracey a rubbish and sustainable living related questions may do so by leaving a comment under this post and Tracey will then get busy finding an answer for you. So [...]
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Around 4 months ago, crude oil price was at about USD140 per barrel. Fast forward to the last weekend, after a slew of bad news and poor earnings outlook hit the market, crude oil is only trading at about USD62 per barrel. After witnessing a drop of 55% in crude oil price, I have [...]
Please indulge me breaking off the usual line today, but I want to tell you what I’m up to tonight. And anyway, it certainly connects to my Book of Rubbish Ideas, because for every single copy that’s bought, I’m making a donation to an amazing charity called NACOA.
They are perhaps easier remembered as The National [...]
[Edit from Thomas - despite what Tracey says in this video, the Q&A will occur next Monday on the 10th of November. LOL!]
[Edit from Tracey - yes, what a silly old bat I am....I had the 17th in my head because I'd just been speaking to a producer about doing a bit of telly that [...]
On Monday the 10th November, I’ll be hovering over a hot keyboard and delivering live answers to your most burning rubbish and sustainable living questions!
It would be great if you could help spread the word about this online event by posting our ready made button on your websites favourite forums and newsletters, or by simply [...]
I had a lousy day yesterday.
My energy levels have fallen all week and yesterday, I hope, was when they hit rock bottom. I woke up at 2.30 am and couldn’t get back to sleep so the tiredness added to the general lack of energy really threw me into a pit of sticky black tar, where just putting one foot in front of the other was an effort.
I stayed in bed until mid-afternoon because, on top of
Milan have scotched rumours that they are set to sign Roma ace Philippe Mexes in the New Year.There were widespread reports this morning that the Rossoneri had agreed a deal with the Giallorossi that would see Daniele Bonera and Marek Jankulovski travel in the other direction.“The news that has been communicated by several media sources that Mexes is coming to Milan in exchange for Bonera and Ja
By that I mean, how to have all the fun without creating a great stack of trash!
Children’s parties are big business and they have become expensive nightmares filled with plastic tat, most of which ends up in the bin the minute the guests head home.
Here are some of my top tips for taking parties ‘back’ [...]
We’re lucky enough to have another guest poster today so thank you to Karen Cannard (who you may know better as Almost Mrs Average) from the The Rubbish Diet blog for today’s piece.
“I am so frazzled at the edges” pleaded the voice at the end of the phone.
“I’ve hardly had any sleep. Spent yesterday in London. Got home to [...]
Walking along the road this morning I came across an obstruction. Now rubbish is a common sight in Bulgaria but this didn't make sense. The rubbish had been placed next to a wheely bin or could have been taken out of the wheely bin I don't know. In any case it was just left there. Most of it would be collected and recycled by whatever means by gypsies by the end of the day so that's half the probl
Thanks for taking time out in between your exhibitions to pen a few words for my rubbish loving readers!
Could you kick off by telling us about your particular area of creative expertise and explain how you found yourself amongst the rubbish in the first place?
I have worked as an artist and a painter in [...]
I am a huge fan of the Eco-Schools project and have been watching it go from strength to strength over the past few years.
I believe if we get our children into a confident green groove at an early age, they stand a good chance of stepping into adulthood with the right approach to sustainable living [...]
I’ll lay a bet you have one or two craft books on your shelves at home.
Everybody does, it’s almost the law to have a couple, but how often do you pick them up and have a good look through?
Consider this a rubbishy prompt.
The nights are drawing in already, the outlook for autumn weather is lousy [...]
You’d be surprised how widely reported ‘rubbish’ stories are.
It’s not just us you know, the issue of rubbish is of worldwide concern.
Here’s a collective of what’s been making the papers recently in:
Italy - 3,000 Protest in Battle of the Bins
Uganda - Boy Held for Throwing Rubbish into Minister’s Compound
Scotland - Where Poverty and Riches Co-Exis
While sleeping on bed I had nothing much to do other than sleeping. To kill time I was tracking the path of the mosquitoes and trying to visualize the curves. Then I put these examples in my twelfth class(In my dreams) to equation with the help of integrals. I have lost my dominance over integration [...]
On the day that Merrill Lynch is taken over, Lehman Brothers declare bankruptcy and banking shares take a major tumble all around the world - could somebody try and explain to me why top end art values have surged ever upward in the last 12 months?
Maritime Inversion, - Bixby Bridge, Big Sur
8" x 12", coloured pencils on Arches
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It seems to me that bankers around the
There is a load of rubbish on the internet and I have just read another ridicoulas article.
Vital Tottenham Hotspur has an article saying that there is a 'sensational twist' to the Berbatov saga...
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Hanging on my wardrobe door
What it is: A little flat baggie with a multitude of transparent compartments that can be used to put whatever you like.
After years and years of searching, I’ve found the best storage solution for earrings!!
Before this, I put my earrings on those metal rolley things, like this:
Unfortunately, the problem with those [...]
On August 14th Stephen Harper told the media that he is going to have to call an election roughly 1 year before it's necessary to end the 'dysfunction' in parliament. I wonder what dysfunction Mr. Harper is talking about. Would it have something to do with the moral dysfunction of offering a dying man money to vote for the conservative agenda as the conservatives did in the Chuck Cadman affair? Pe
I love food. And I hate to waste. But to eat other people's rubbish because of that (to save) is way too unthinkable to me. How can you dig under people's rubbish dump and slide your hands over dirty, slimy wasted food, for the sake of saving? How can one eats his food which has been mixed with dirty, bacteria infected waste and enjoy it? I discovered that there are people who do this with pride a
Lately I had a chit-chat with Arjhaey, my former supervisor. (He's just at my age huh. Aww.. no, he's a year younger)We were a bit kidding around that moment. He mentioned that he's been chatting with someone whom he's afraid to meet up. Geez.. She scared the hell out of him. Lol! " So what are you two often discuss? ", I asked. He said, " We are having sex via YM (Yahoo Messenger) ". Wahahaaa
Refuse collectors are joining other members of UNISON for a two-day strike. No rubbish or recycling collections will take place in my Worthing and Adur area on Wednesday, July 16 and Thursday, July 17 due to industrial action.Considering we pay our exorbitant council tax for such features as rubbish removal, a person on a local forum had asked the question if the Council would be refunding the pub
Mumbai, (IANS) Bollywood icon Amitabh Bachchan has rubbished reports that he is teaming up with Rekha in the Disney-produced film “Marma Yogi”.The news stating that the timeless Amitabh-Rekha pair was likely to come together again had been published in a national daily. The report, which had television channels going berserk, now turns out to [...]
So, the launch of Shagablogger went well, if not spectacular. However, one thing that was rather amusing about the post was seeing comment spammers trying to formulate a comment that would promote their blog, but still seeming relevant to my post. It’s a fine balancing act, one which all of them failed.
You see, faceless spammers [...]
Digging out the rubbish binIts 6.45 am and I am here at my workstation, what do you think? I am super sleepy today and I am in my nerdy glasses and jeans. There is a lot of cleaning to be done today but my whole body especially my legs are aching after yesterday's leg workout. Nevertheless, all good things can only be achieve after much sacrifices, so its ok.The classroom is in a mess! SP and me d
Last week FIFA President Sepp Blatter spoke at the 58th FIFA congress in Sydney about, among other things, an idea he calls the “6+5″ rule.
The “6+5 rule” states that every football team should include a minimum of six ‘home grown’ players in a team at any one time. The idea received overwhelming support at FIFA’s [...]
The pack contains 8 scatter brushes:1 bubbles brush3 rain brushes for background rain both light and dark, one for visible raindrops4 night sky brushes for nebulas, for dense groups of small stars, for twinkling stars and for firefliesThanks to maddama DownloadNote: The brushes were made for working with mid-to-high resolution images. If the effects come too big you'll have to expand them, select
Part 968: FA Cup Finals and chess adjournmentsNothing, no matter how permanent it may seem, lasts for ever.Take the FA Cup for example. These days the big clubs can barely bother their arses to field their reserves for cup ties let alone full strength sides. It's not like, picking a year entirely at random, 1976 say, when The Cup Final (the capitalisation being appropriate back then) was very much
As I have ordered a new computer, I thought that I should ring my ISP AOL, to get a new start up disk so that my new computer will be able to access the internet as soon as it arrives. Good idea?!...
Its seems the new movie “The Happening” by M. Night Shyamalan is rubbish and not that good after all, this slamming comes from Collider, they said the movie The Happening is a terrible, they even said it is that bad on an epic scale and that it is basically that bad they did not want [...]
I came across this very interesting toy in my newsletter: the BigBelly solar powered trash can.
You must be wondering, why would a rubbish bin need solar energy? To microwave the rubbish inside? Nah, The solar panel powers a compactor, which will compact (ie, squeeze) the rubbish inside the bin. It is said that this bin can hold 5 times as much rubbish as an ordinary rubbish bin. BigBelly eh?
Babyshambles druggie Pete Doherty is lashing out at reports alleging he had continued to use hard drugs while in a London jail, insisting he has a certificate proving his sobriety.The troubled singer was released early from Wormwood Scrubs Prison today, after serving 29 days of a 14-week prison sentence for probation violation. Last month, [...]
We touched a little the other day on how video games are our children’s teaches and we also reported that Barack Obama shared this view, and he even highlighted the game Grand Theft Auto IV. Now it looks like CNN are taking the spotlight by attacking Rockstar’s GTA IV as a game that’s training our [...]
...collection day in my part of the Borough of Greenwich, yesterday.
Regular readers will be aware that we have been under a new refuse collection regime in Greenwich. There are two types of rubbish... rubbish you recycle or compost and rubbish that you don't. The bins with dry recycling and the bins with the food and garden waste are collected every week. The black bags which contain all other
As I’m becoming more and more of a successful blogger, people want to be seen with me. Not in a escort service kinda way, more in an associate kinda way. In the last few weeks, there have been a number of public figures commenting on my blog.
The first one is American wrapper Kanye West, who [...]
Alla cortese attenzione del Direttore del Distretto**Responsabile settore ConvenzioniNonostante le molteplici richieste d’intervento per la pulizia della stanza, ho dovuto trascorrere un’amara Pasqua tra rifiuti e sporcizia. Sebbene abbia personalmente e più volte provveduto alla pulizia della stanza, regna uno stato di abbandono con polvere ovunque, pavimenti lordi, tende annerite dallo smog, materassi accatastati sull’armadio, cestini colmi di rifiuti e maleodoranti. Le lenzuola sono abbandonate in bagno senza che nessuno, tranne il sottoscritto, si occupi del loro smaltimento in distretto. Più di qualche volta, essendo soggetto asmatico, ho dovuto abbandonare la sede di guardia afflitto da problemi respiratori e permanere all’esterno per riprendere fiato con l’ausilio di bro
This cute and colorful Rubbish Knit Jersey Scarf is a great accessory for any weather. The supersoft jersey knit scarf is an easy way to add a little color and style (or warmth, of course) to any look. Also available in black or gray. $16. Shop here.
This week's posting is not about cute, cuddly or other interesting bits of wildlife. This is the natural history of waste. While filming in waters off the Philippine island of Cebu, the crew encountered a typhoon, a common enough experience for that part of the world, and in itself not very remarkable perhaps. Though it did create some interesting rain drops on sea water effects, as you can see from this still image taken from the film.No, the point of interest in this week's posting lies with the amount of debris which the winds and currents churned up, to produce a long slick of flotsam and jetsam.What astonishes me is the sheer amount of true debris, garbage, and rubbish that you can see, hidden amongst the uprooted and broken bits of seaweed. Most obvious is plastic, plus other unident
A drawing from the Byron Report Inserito originariamente da Abriael Tanya Byron says that the standpoint of her report (the infamous Byron report) isn't hostile to gaming. Sure. Just look at this drawing she publishes on her report (among other just as shameful things) available here: "Violent games are very likely to make the players violent!!" and "And also Anti-social behaviour!""Very likely"? "Anti Social Behaviour"? With this kind of totally unproven and derogatory statements (passed underhandedly as a kid's drawing by the way, to make things even worse) how can the Byron review deemed more than total sensationalistic rubbish?When i heard about the review i was actually kind of intrigued by it (I know, big error, I should have known better), hoping that it could bring more kno
Tanushree Dutta who has been in the news for her ugly spat with director Shona Urvashi during the shooting of Saas Bahu Sensex in Pune, is in no mood to forgive…or forget. “I’ve taken enough rubbish from them, all because of my producers Warner Brothers are really cool. But Shona Urvashi has been a nightmare. I wouldn’t even want to go there again. But she has been calling up the media telling them I’m on drugs and that I’m another Parveen Babi….Another Parveen? Me on drugs? This is my 13th film. Please check with my other directors-producers if I’ve ever been erratic in my behaviour. I think these people need to check their own mental balance.Getting even more candid Tanushree goes back to the beginning of her stint in Pune. “I signed on this film without knowing what I
Tanushree Dutta who has been in the news for her ugly spat with director Shona Urvashi during the shooting of Saas Bahu Sensex in Pune, is in no mood to forgive…or forget. “I’ve taken enough rubbish from them, all because of my producers Warner Brothers are really cool. But Shona Urvashi has been a nightmare. [...]
Tanushree Dutta who has been in the news for her ugly spat with director Shona Urvashi during the shooting of Saas Bahu Sensex in Pune, is in no mood to forgive…or forget.
“I’ve taken enough rubbish from them, all because of my producers Warner Brothers are really cool. But Shona Urvashi has been a nightmare. I [...]
Now you can purchase your own little bit of New York in the shape of these 3-and-a-half-inch Lucite cubes filled with real New York City rubbish!
“People go to Florida and buy sand in a can,” garbage collector Justin Gignac says, “Why wouldnt they come to New York and buy trash?”
Limited editions are also available containing [...]
Seems like every day I’m officially a driver I’m seeing more and more rubbish drivers. This week’s one really took the biscuit.
In the West End of Colwyn Bay, you have to turn right (if you’re coming off the motorway) to go up my road. It’s quite a difficult road to turn into, as it’s really [...]
Hi everybody! I’m still recovering from the weekend, so it’s a cheap way to fill content, it’s time for another semi-regular “Rubbish Commenter Update”. As many of you know, over lent I’ve been on a mission from Lottie to “Stop Blogging About Boring Stuff”. One such post was my emotional post “One“, whereby I shared [...]
Concrete is the most widely-used construction material with over ten billion tons produced annually. About 7% of global CO2 emissions come from concrete production. The primary source of these emissions generated by concrete manufacturing is Portland cement, responsible for about 77% of total CO2 emissions. Now a sustainable substitute for concrete is being developed by civil engineer Dr. John Forth from the School of Engineering, University of Leeds, in the UK.
This is not a new ad, so many of you may well have seen it, or at least heard about it, but I think it is worth another peek.
I love this ad because;
a) It addresses one of my pet hates – littering!!!
b) It is educational
c) It is wonderfully animated.
So far the ad has won the local MultiChoice Vuka Award for best animation in 2006. It has also won another two awards for the “Commissioned Film of 1 Minute and Under” category at the Kalamazoo Animation Festival International (KAFI) in Chicago, and the “Jury's Special Prize” at the 11th Seoul International Cartoon & Animation Festival (SICAF) in South Korea. The spot was also officially selected at AniFest in the Czech Republic.
"The Rubbish Monster"
Charity Organisation: Endangered Wildlife Trust
Production House: Condor Cape Town
Producer: Braam Jordaan
Director: Braam Jordaan
Concept/Script: Braam Jord
There is no hope for this game. None at all. Namco could pull a Britney and actually deliver something decent against the odds, but I very much doubt it. Not including 2 player online co-op was a BIG mistake. I actually would've considered buying this game had it included it.And why is Sophitia in this game? Why does she keep appearing in these games!? Do Namco not understand? She is not an interesting character. Have Nightmare stab her with Soul edge and kill her off. We don't even need her for the titty factor because Ivy and Taki can hold that end up between 'em. Just have Cassandra replace her and be done with it. We don't need two blonde haired Athenian bitches in the game. We don't even need one. They're both boring.Soul Calibur Legends released in North America yesterday, though I doubt anybody knew or cared. I cannot see this game making waves. Though I'm sure the more hardcore Soul Calibur fans and those itching for some beat 'em up action on Wii will check it out. Bu
The video for the Spice Girls' new single Headlines (Friendship Never Ends) has been officially released.
It's their first video in seven years, and it's rather rubbish.
Pouty Posh looks like a butch drag queen with airbags...
Do they really need to change the way we're billed for rubbish collections? The shock news that we might be charged for what we throw was revealed the other day after it seemed to disappear as an idea last year. However, our European Union ties could see us (the UK) fined of we do not reduce the amount thrown into landfill sites. I can understand that people who generate very little rubbish feel that it's unfair for them to be charged the same as, for example, a large and wasteful family. But to charge based upon weight will surely just add another layer of red tape and administrative functions. What if you don't agree with the figures - will you be able to have the rubbish returned and weighed again? I doubt it. Worse still, we could end up with people dumping rubbish around the borough to avoid charges. .There's some handy info (here) about Cheshire Waste and Recycling Centres, opening times and details about obtaining a permit if you hire a van to dispose of large items. All of
I was ringing around a few numbers yesterday to make a decision for my driving tuition on My Passage To Manliness™. The grilling I gave them was worse than Dragons Den. “What’s your first time Pass Rate?”, “How much do you charge?”, “What’s the financial bonus for hitting chavs?” and so on. Most have been pretty good, but one such driving instructor immediately put me off…
“Hello, is that Mr. Smith?*”
“Yes, who is asking?”
“My name is Rhys Wynne, I had a reccommendation a while back for you, I believe you’re a good driving instructor?”
“Hi! Yes I am! I do apologise because nobody rings me by Mr. Smith, turned it into a business a while back.”
“Oh right, so what is your company called?”
“Impact Driving School”
The thing is though, it’s not something like “Crash Course” or something blatantly funny, it’s just a word that Mr. Smith
Now here is something good to ponder on. For people who carelessly throw away their waste, maybe they can take this cue of being charged for the amount of trash they throw away. Perhaps in this aspect, people can see the amount of trash and the effort they throw in recycling and doing their part in the whole climate change and global warming issue we all read about today.
Last week the government shelved a similar recycling idea at the last minute. Now it’s been included in the Climate Change Bill.
It’s all about reducing the amount of rubbish going to landfill sites and getting people to recycle more. But there’s no information about which councils will do it or for how long.
Source: Pay-as-you-throw charges?
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Vista begins to look more like rubbish - The INQUIRER: "IT IS DISAPPOINTING TO REPORT that as yet, Microsoft has failed to reply to any of our questions concerning Vista. No doubt the company is beavering away and will have some answers for us in a few days. In the meantime, could we add another question to our list? On this Vista Ultimate system, which is currently showing an uptime of just over 100 hours, the sidebar task - the thing that runs the gadgets - has clocked up 98 million page faults and over 40 minutes of CPU time. This strikes us as quite a lot, especially as the only gadget running is the desktop clock. Perhaps someone could tell us why this is happening. Thankyou for your attention."
Rubbish in Qatar continues to spoil its fascinating natural environment. The worst places are Qatar's beaches, where visitor's habituarily dispose of their waste by throwing it on the beach where they have been picknicking. However, Qatar's wildlife can also be affected, as this superb picture of a lizard, taken by Renee Hughes (chairperson of the Qatar Natural History Group) shows.Read a review of Discovering Qatar, by France GillespieFind the best deal, compare prices and read what other travellers have to say about QatarTagsQatar Doha Middle East Lizard
This is the second part of Day 3 of our Egyptian Adventure. You can read about the first part in the previous post.
When we left the Mosque of Mohammed Ali our next stop was Rubbish city. But we knew nothing about it at that moment.
Our bus dropped us at a suspiciously looking part of the city. There was a strange smell in the air, but we got used to that by then. We just thought: "We're in
Websites don’t have to be at the cutting edge of design to be good, but if it’s colours clash, has lots of irritating animations and is so badly laid out it makes it unreadable you will find it here in the rubbish design section.1. www.scrap-your-car.co.uk We love the blinking dials and the creative use of a dash board... 2. www.pinkcyan.co.uk If you wanted a website desiging would you ask these guys ? 3. www.british-athletics.co.uk This a classic example of making a website before thinking about how it should look. 4. www.plexos.com What is this website about? It appear to have no stucture or meaning. 5. www.learnerdriving.com What can you say about the design of this website ? 6. www.wlhg.co.uk We wonder if the person who designed this website sat back and thought to them selves "You know what you have done a good job" Source : Rubbish web design
I have been blogging now for over 5 years, and built up a wealth of experience. Not only as a blog writer, but as a blog reader. The blogosphere is growing at a huge rate, still to this day, but the amount of blogs that are inactive is increasing too, with the amount of blogs that are actually active standing very, very still. So why is this? Well, bloggers come and bloggers go all the time, but I feel like new bloggers are not staying around as long as they should - they are expecting huge gains quickly, and usually fail miserably. Here are three things “noob” bloggers do, which I believe contribute to their downfall.
1. Doing a review of an Super Huge Mega Blogger
The theory behind it is simple. Super Huge Mega Blogger (SHMB from now on) either has a review scheme, or you just want to get your word out in the quickest and easiest way possible, so you blog about their blog. You hope that the SHMB reads it, falls in love with your blog, and subscribes after just 3 pos
In this bit of self-congratulating delusion, Susan Gardiner and Markos aka Kos Moulitsas wax poetic in an article entitled How We Won the Mainstream but it might just as well have been called How We Ignore Reality.
The reality is that while the Democrats toy with appeasing the populous with halting steps towards healthcare and feeble steps in dealing with an illegal war they helped to create, the country is fading ever further from its ideals.
Take two issues, as examples:
• Impeachment. There can be no reasonable doubt that the Bush Administration has agglomerated irrational and illegal powers to the presidency at the expense of other levels of government. Nor can it be denied that he deliberated manipulated truth to gain public approval for a war that was only ever about oil. With his conduct in office, Bush has so sullied the presidency that without the redress and reckoning of impeachment, the imbalances he has created will hereafter become the standard.
• Loss of freedom
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Rubbish Collections Fortnightly
An influential committee MP says, fortnightly rubbish collections are unsuitable for many areas and there is no proof they increase recycling. Better research into the public health implications of leaving rubbish in the street for up to a fortnight at a time, has been called for by the communities and local government select committee.
This intervention is the follow up from a protest over alternate weekly collections, which see recyclables collected one week and other household waste the next week.
This came in a report that also warns that monetary incentives for recycling could be likely to back fire with public protests and increased fly tipping.
The cross-party select committee urged that alternate week collections - which are so far used by 140 authorities hoping to improve recycling rates - should not be introduced everywhere. The committee acknowledged there was no clear evidence of adverse public health
In front of our house gate is the dustbin. It is old and rusty with holes in the bottom and was inherited from the previous owners. This vital piece of kit is the source of much amusement and bemusement.In order to get your bin emptied, you have to go to the Horice Na Sumava Town Hall and register, so I recently went with a Czech friend to sort out the bin. We arrived at the Town Hall down an alley off the main square to be greeted with a sign that the offices were not open on that day. I was ready to turn away, when my Czech friend said "Let's see if they are open." and went in. The place looked empty but in one room to the right we found two women in an office. They knew me at once - the news of the British woman from the village had proceeded me. They looked at me with interest and smiles.There was no problem with sorting the bin for me. I paid an embarrassingly small sum, which probably costs more to collect than I actually paid, and they gave me a sticker, like a car tax disc, w
Rubbish Cartoon.
This is a reworked cartoon. Some of you may remember a similar cartoon from a few months back. I thought this could be better - so I redrew it. Handy since fortnightly collections have recently become a hot news item. I like to be topical.
Are you missing an opportunity? Call a realtor today. As sales slide, those poor realtors aren't making any money any more. Things are getting desperate.
Imagine coming home, soaked through to the skin by Bangkok’s “summer” rain, itching to get dry and shake off what remains of a long, working day. Imagine getting to your front door: the relief, the satisfaction, the release of tension – imagine all of that, and you’re with me up until I put the key [...]
The Sun – Full of Shit!!
So we awake this morning to see the news across the back of the Sun newspaper that Arsene has refused to discuss a new deal and that a mass of stars will be following him out of the club.
In complete shock of this news I raced to my office and switched my computer on as quickly as possible. Obviously the first place I check for more news is the official Arsenal website. Low and behold it says the exact opposite to the Sun news paper! I mean would you believe it! I mean this is a news paper that has a reputation for printing absolute garbage and yet when I saw the back page I was confused and extremely worried. Why do I continually let myself get taken in by a paper I know is 99% fabrication. I guess there is a fear in the back of my mind that one day they might actually be right.
Anyway back to the more important stuff. Arsene has said while speaking to Arsenal TVOnline, that while he is sadd
This week's posting is not about cute, cuddly or other interesting bits of wildlife. This is the natural history of waste. While filming in waters off the Philippine island of Cebu, the crew encountered a typhoon, a common enough experience for that part of the world, and in itself not very remarkable perhaps. Though it did create some interesting rain drops on sea water effects, as you can see from this still image taken from the film.No, the point of interest in this week's posting lies with the amount of debris which the winds and currents churned up, to produce a long slick of flotsam and jetsam.What astonishes me is the sheer amount of true debris, garbage, and rubbish that you can see, hidden amongst the uprooted and broken bits of seaweed. Most obvious is plastic, plus other unidentifable things, the origins of which I don't really want to guess. Of course I know that the oceans are polluted, and have been for decades, but it's not until you have close personal experience t
flangracneig pgoramian I really wanted to be a wreslter in the early 90’s. Basically, my mate got Sky, and I was transfixed by musclebound men in swimming trunks (in a non-gay way).
However, as a child, I was scared of getting hurt.
The week later, we got sky, and we were watching wrestling. Anyway I was just saying to my mum and dad “I WANNA BE A WRESTLER!”, jumping on and off the couch, that kind of thing that a sugared up child of the 90’s would do.
However, something happened that made me give up the dream.
The Undertaker locked The Ultimate Warrior in a coffin, and they had to break him out, give him CPR, and attached him to a defribilator. All very scary stuff for a 7 year old, who didn’t know it was fake.
I immediately thought that by saying repeatedly “I WANNA BE A WRESTLER”, I had already made my career plans, I started saying “I DON’T WANNA BE A WRESTLER! I DON’T WANT TO BE A WRESTLER!”, crying, and being a ver
A tool too many webmasters and advertisers used to determine just how good your sites traffic really is. The site takes your daily traffic ratings and then compiles it into; today, weekly and three month averages.
Ja Kel Daily Dot Com at the time of writing this article is rated at a weekly average of 78,000 and the averages change daily depending on the traffic that your site has received. What you may not know is that this traffic is based completely off the traffic that has the Alexa Tool Bar installed not the entire web network of users. So if you are a Ja Kel Daily Reader please install the tool bar to help my ratings.
Knowledge is power! This is not a recommendation by me but what if let’s say you and ten of your friends install the Alexa Tool Bar and just keep refreshing each others websites through out the day what happens. That’s right your Alexa page ratings have just gone up.
The funny thing is that many ads sites such as Text Link Ads and Adbrite to
Sadly, this is the reality at many quiet spots across the country. Crewe is no different. Last week I read a letter in one of the local rags about walkways off Hungerford Road that had seen a massive increase in tipping. So I dug this snap out, taken about three weeks ago when I cycled around the edge of Coppenhall and through some of the old Leighton Park area. I didn't want to show this, as I'd always prefer to post images that put Crewe in a positive light. But that's impossible here or in any other town in the UK. The land pictured could be gorgeous. Behind roads like Frank Bott Avenue, Rolls Avenue and Windsor Avenue you find trees, large grassed areas and paths. Perfect for kids, great if you fancy a walk. Sadly, not when there are piles of rubbish dumped, old furniture broken up and the remains of multiple fires scattered across the area. I chatted to an old bloke who said that he regularly reported the mess but it was rarely cleared. When it was removed it wasn't long befor
I am extremely irritated on a lovely Sunday. Jippii is a cellular phone service that provides ringtones, wallpapers and other random rubbish to millions of unsuspecting clients, I am sure.I am unfortunately one of those unsuspecting clients, unbeknownst to me. This morning I received two SMS's from Jippii explaining that I can win a VW Polo. I then received another SMS from them regarding something else. I then made use of the unsubscribe option on the SMS to which I was told I would be paying R5 per SMS to use as far as I understood it (I stand to be corrected).Immediately after requesting the service be halted, I was SMS'd by Jippii again to remind me that I could win a prize and ask me to join the service.This is absolute rubbish and I feel intruded, exploited and used as a potential client. I am not and will not ever be a client to this company.I DO NOT suggest using Jippii it seems as though they are 100% purely after your money and they are taking it R5 a time per SMS.This work
Woah, anyone else been loving all the monumental derbies and cup games on lately?
Never in my life have I actually felt that I want Tottenham to win.. but there’s a first time for everything. Unfortunately, but somewhat typically, they choked..
Anyway.. yeah, played today in the intra-mural. We dusted off the second place team, avenging their victory last time! Love it. Not that it was much to do with me, we had Scotty (too hotty) come through with the Gary Lineker temperament and finishing.. Props. Nothing like a real heated competitive game though, and obviously winning is most satisfying.
A bit delighted with my results now, hitting home that a 2.1 is still possible. FOCUS be the name of the game. So easy to say, next door to impossible to execute. Celebrations are in order tonight, we’re hitting up Gatecrasher.
Escorting some fly young thing to Robin Thicke on the 11th.. Only drawback is that ONCE AGAIN I got screwed over and double charged when buying the tickets. Mann
Another interview with Silvio Danailov...*yawn*
Q: You and two other Bulgarians along with Panagiotis Nikolopoulos, deputy referee of the match, and Valery Bovaev, Chairman of the Organization Committee, signed the protocol in which the presence of an Internet connection cable in Kramnik's...
...the website of the same name is actually quite good. I am rather enjoying reading Modern Life is Rubbish. Their Web Typography Cheat Sheet and a rundown on current trends in blog technology and more style are great. and I just like the way the site looks (well except for the huge Google ad in the middle of the page). The site offers some fresh takes on stuff we have been posting about for years with many new insights. Bloody good show, Stuart!
This is a damn shame, too, because I waited for Lindsay to log on and I never saw her. I guess that’s because everyone loves the light-and-natural look these days, so the industry had to make a scent to go with it.
Do you live in a community that fosters your beliefs?
This is a damn shame, too, because I waited for Lindsay to log on and I never saw her. I guess that’s because everyone loves the light-and-natural look these days, so the industry had to make a scent to go with it.
Do you live in a community that fosters your beliefs?
Okay, so I got an email response from the BHCA at 4:15pm on Friday. Good way to get a weekend reprieve. Anyway, the email is below, and as always, names have been removed to protect the incompetent.From : Beacon Hill Civic Assn. Sent : Friday, August 25, 2006 4:16 PMTo : Misa GracieCC : Chair of the Clean Beacon Hill Committe, VP of Neighborhood AffairsSubject : RE: Trash collection rulesAttachment : MembershipForm.doc (0.07 MB)Ms. Gracie,The BHCA, after conducting a survey of Beacon Hill residents, worked with the City in 2000 to institute a pilot program requiring residents to place trash outside on the same day as pick-up and in approved containers (i.e. standard garbage bags as opposed to supermarket shopping bags or the like). The theory behind this initiative was that the less time trash spends sitting on our curbs, the cleaner our neighborhood would ultimately be, by limiting not only the rodent population but also trash pickers and bottle collectors as well. Both the pre-p
Several Scottish Labour MPs are quoted in The Herald today as demanding restrictions be placed on the number of Bulgarians and Romanians who come to work in Britain after these countries join the EU. Apart from the fact that free migration of labour is one of the key purposes of the European project, it is shameful to see such Labour stoop to such blatantly populist racism again. I know times are
Ferrari have dismissed speculation Michael Schumacher is being groomed to take over as team boss. Head start: Schumacher back with Ferrari Reports in Germany suggested the seven-time world champion, who is involved in Ferrari's preparations for the 2007 season, had opened talks with the Italian team. But Ferrari's communications manager Luca Colajanni said: "Michael is clearly involved with the team, but this report is nonsense."The 38-year-old drove for Ferrari for 11 years before retiring at the end of the 2006 season. He won five world titles in a row from 2000.Schumacher has had all test data and times communicated to him at home, and has been charged with helping his successor, Kimi Raikkonen, settle into his new team.www.followkimi.blogspot.com
Unlike Afonso Alves’ brilliant effort yesterday, it’s been ages since we had a decent FA Cup song. Obviously, the best one ever to grace the charts was the ‘Anfield Rap’, courtesy of Liverpool, although Manchester United’s ‘Come On You Reds’ was half-decent. Apart from that, they all fade into obscurity, although Three Lions was a [...]
