Broughton village hall hosted the joint birthdays of Brian and Vicky on Saturday night and the order of the evening was to dress up as someone from a particular decade, with Diane and I choosing the 1960's. The fancy dress turn out must have been ninety nine per cent and some of the outfits were both fantastic and hilarious, it really was a great evening to remember. The guy doing the disco commented afterwards that he had never had such a full ...
I occasionally get a wave of emails that temporarily get past my spam detectors offering me anything from Rolex watches to making my penis the length of the Grand Union Canal. Other emails include fantastic job offers and East African mine owners who have sold a job lot of gold (totally legally of course) in the UK and all they need is my bank details and mother's maiden name so they can cash the cheque in my account for a 10% return for my ...
By choosing to have a girlfriend/partner/lady friend (or whatever you are supposed to call her when you are 44 ) who lives near Stockbridge, I have not only discovered a new part of the world in recent years, I also experience the thrill of narrowly escaping death every time I return home to Basingstoke on possibly the shortest slip road leading on to a dual carriageway this country has to offer, my latest attempt being just a few days ago. You ...
I have read various books and watched several documentaries in recent years regarding psychology in sport, about how to create a winning attitude, how to deal with failure and indeed, more critically, success, something that when achieved, can leave a huge and dangerously depressing vacuum in sportsmen. When my beloved football team won the Championship yesterday I was actually in the bath. This was because despite only drawing earlier in the ...
I have had a good week this week, I have witnessed Reading getting promoted to the Premier League (as if you haven't noticed) and had a great evening celebrating Diane's birthday on Wednesday as well getting lucky and picking up some more new work as the recession continues to bite. However, nothing prepared me for the unadulterated joy I experienced late last night when I was nosing through people's Facebook updates before I retired to my ...