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The Battle With New Year’s Resolutions
Thirty-six hours after smoking ten fags and decking a full bottle of vintage port, I went in to full scale self-righteous mode this lunch time and embarked on my first trip down to the gymnasium since mid-December 2012. New Year’s Eve was the first and only time I really abused myself with toxins over the Christmas break, something that was partly due to being physically well off the pace and partly to do with deliberately avoiding my new ...
A London Night Out!
The annual old boys’ piss up in London went off without incident last night, in fact it was such a success we even narrowly avoided a kebab and “one for the road” in Basingstoke’s premier hot spot, the throbbing disco bar, Pure. One thing that did hit home last night, in fact, there were two things actually, firstly, my capacity for alcohol is now beginning to border on embarrassing and secondly, it appears that no one has told the ...
Beating the Misery of Divorce!
One of the key aspects of being divorced is that when it happens to someone you know, you have to expect them to come to you for advice, it comes with the territory as it is natural for an individual to seek solace from someone who has been through it and arrived out of the other side. I don’t actually mind to be honest, it is all a distant memory for me now, but offering advice to someone through the early stages of this bereavement ...
The Sorry Tale of Madjeski Stadium Alcohol
I had three pints of the ironically named 'Best bitter' at the Madjeski Stadium on Saturday, an experience that left me with an obligatory dull ache in my left eye and a nauseous feeling for the rest of the evening, restricting me to a social life that included a hot bath in between slipping in and out of consciousness. The aftermath of three pints of Madjeski stadium beer always reminds of a bad reaction I once got after a typhoid injection, ...
Newcastle Man Didn’t Eat Pies!
Police are investigating an allegation made by a Newcastle United supporter that a Liverpool fan has made racist remarks against him, claiming that he was a fat bastard who had eaten all the pies from the Anfield refreshment bar. Bare chested, unemployed social inadequate, Geordie Burgerbar, 28 (stone) claims that Liverpool fan, Mickey Mouser, sang the chant whilst pointing at his stomach and making exaggerated circular movements with both ...