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Weight For It

This pretty much sums up my sense of humour:

http://failblog.org/2010/01/22/interruption-win/

NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS 2010

Here are my resolutions and objectives for 2010:

Resolutions
- do fewer hours at work
- cut down on junk food
- be more selfish and learn to say no more often

Objectives
- update this website at least 83 times (50 for 2010 plus 33 not completed in 2009)
- redesign this website
- read at least 12 books
- work out and type up at least 21 (15 for 2010 plus 6 not completed in 2009) guitar tabs
- buy a new computer
- buy a house/flat
- give up alcohol until after the London Marathon (maximum one pint per day allowed!)
- complete the London Marathon
- sort out my eczema
- sell a t-shirt
- have a holiday abroad
- go to the Science Museum
- go to the Natural History Museum
- go to the Tower of London
- go to Madame Tussauds
- go to the Sherlock Holmes Museum
- organise a university reunion

NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS 2009 END OF YEAR RESULTS

- work out and type up at least 15 guitar tabs
: FAILED – 2009 total: 9
[U2 - One]
[Take That - Back For Good]
[Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb]
[Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here]
[Status Quo - Rock 'Til You Drop]
[Sam Cooke - Bring It On Home To Me]
[Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire]
[Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody]
[Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah]

- buy a new computer: FAILED
- exercise at least twice a week: FAILED
- sell a t-shirt: FAILED
- give up BUYING crisps: ACHIEVED!
- have a holiday abroad: ACHIEVED!
- go to the Science Museum: FAILED
- go to the Natural History Museum: FAILED
- go to the Tower of London: FAILED
- go to Madame Tussauds: FAILED
- go to the Sherlock Holmes Museum: FAILED
- organise a university reunion: FAILED
- work-related objective: ACHIEVED!

Say ‘Frog’…

…volume required. Best not to watch it in the office either… Say ‘Frog’.

Piano Stairs

Excellent viral video.  Think the Tom Hanks film ‘Big’ meets a human
behaviour experiment… watch here.

Crime Fighter Win

The Failblog
is a wonderful thing. Every day it brightens my inbox with gifts of
human stupidity, total idiocy and, of course, those customary
‘faceplants’.

This morning was no exception, with security TV footage showing a bank
robber failing miserably thanks to the intervention of a brave, elder
gentleman. But the reason I watched it three times and guffawed each
and every time is down to detail. The bank robber is taken down and
is being ‘neutralised’ by three guys, yet the woman feels it necessary
to saunter up and offer a little kick in his direction. Utterly
hilarious.

Watch it here.

Pint glasses are dangerous…

…and so the government are going to ban them.  Well, change them at
the very least.

More information here.

Ridiculous.

Has the world gone entirely mad? What’s going to be next? A ban on
hose pipes in case someone drowns? A ban on china mugs?

MOBILE BLOGGING?

So I’ve managed to master email blogging this month, with a couple of
short posts to get me used to it. But then I thought about how i
sometimes use gmail on the move and considered attempting a blog from
my mobile. So here I am, lying in bed tapping away on my mobile’s
keypad in the vain hope this post will work. Can’t think why it
wouldn’t…

NEW YEAR RESOLUTIONS 2009 MARCH TO AUGUST UPDATE

ahem. I’ve missed a few of these haven’t I. Well, I’ve missed most of the year really, but let’s not split hairs – life is there to be lived, not tapping every single event into a computer (Twitter users take note).

So here’s an update on where I am with the whole ‘2009 objectives’ thing… see if you can spot what’s new in the last six months…

- update this website at least 50 times
: NOT ON COURSE – current tally 10

- read at least 12 books
: ACHIEVED! – current tally 17
[Jeffrey Deaver - Shallow Graves: 8/10]
[Christopher Pike - Die Softly: 7/10]
[Paul Jager - First-Time Buyer, First-Time Seller: 8/10]
[Melanie Bien - Buying & Selling A Home For Dummies: 8/10]
[Seth Godin - Permission Marketing: 9/10]
[Bill Nussey - The Quiet Revolution In Email Marketing: 8/10]
[Dave Chaffey - Total Email Marketing: 8/10]
[Harlan Coben - Deal Breaker: 7/10]
[Jeff Abbott - Run: 8/10]
[Simon Beckett - Written In Bone: 9/10]
[Stephen King - Cujo: 8/10]
[Sheila Quigley - Run For Home: 5/10]
[Sam Bourne - The Final Reckoning: 8/10]
[Jeffrey Deaver - Manhattan Is My Beat: 7/10]
[Nora Roberts - Glory In Death: 8/10]
[Jeffrey Deaver - The Sleeping Doll: 7/10]
[Jeff Abbott - Fear: 7/10]

- work out and type up at least one guitar tab a month 15 guitar tabs
: ON COURSE – current tally 9
[U2 - One]
[Take That - Back For Good]
[Pink Floyd - Comfortably Numb]
[Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here]
[Status Quo - Rock 'Til You Drop]
[Sam Cooke - Bring It On Home To Me]
[Kings Of Leon - Sex On Fire]
[Kings Of Leon - Use Somebody]
[Jeff Buckley - Hallelujah]

- buy a new computer: ON COURSE
with Simon’s help, I’ve managed to identify the laptop that I’d like. The only problem being that it costs a rather staggering £1,000 and that’s AFTER staff discount!

- exercise at least twice a week: ON COURSE
ummm… well. I ran the ASICS London 10k on Sunday 12th July in 46 minutes and 36 seconds. My aim was to run it in 45 minutes and all my training indicated that that should not have been a problem.

However, such is my luck… I got a chest infection the week before the race and as an asthmatic, it hit me hard. But determined as I can be, I ran anyway. Combine the effect of the illness with God knows how many other thousand runners, the majority of whom were slower than me and all under my feet and in the way, causing me to constantly zig zag, and you’ll understand why I was short of my target. Still, I raised over £400 for Cancer Research UK so thanks to everyone who sponsored.

I’m doing the London Marathon in April…

- sell a t-shirt: ON COURSE, although no closer than this time last year
- give up BUYING crisps: ON COURSE

- have a holiday abroad: ACHIEVED
I went to Spain with my housemate Dee and some of her friends and got drunk for four nights. Even managed a tan. Tremendous fun and must be done again.

- go to the Science Museum: ON COURSE
- go to the Natural History Museum: ON COURSE
- go to the Tower of London: ON COURSE
- go to Madame Tussauds: ON COURSE
- go to the Sherlock Holmes Museum: ON COURSE
- organise a university reunion: ON COURSE
- work-related objective: ACHIEVED!

SOME MUSIC NEWS

So Michael Jackson died before his London residency.  Next month there’s going to be a film called This Is It (watch the trailer here) and it’s been announced today that there’ll also be a new album with previously unreleased material, also entitled This Is It. More information here.

And Bon Jovi have a new album called The Circle coming out later this year. Better still, there’s talk of a live gig residency at London’s O2 Arena.

Read more at Music Week (ignore the mis-spelling of ’spokesman’ in the final sentence). Tut tut.