Hi, . As you know, I do like to bring you different sorts of things, but there is really not much that is truly new in this world of ours. . Some time ago I showed you the woman who has to be incredibly tiny. . Now there is great interest in another woman who [...]
Feb
5
2012
5
2012
Jan
30
2012
30
2012
Etta James Is Gone.
Hi, . As you probably know, the wonderful and unique Etta James has died. . Her funeral was held in Inglewood Cemetery in California, and was well attended by the great and good of the music world. . She died on 20th January, after problems with Leukemia and dementia. She was 73 years of age. [...]
Jan
27
2012
27
2012
Jacob Riis. Iconic And Life-Changing Work.
Hi, . Some people can make such a difference by how they choose to live their lives. One such person was Jacob A. Riis. . Jacob Riis was originally Danish, although he later emigrated to America where he eventually became a police reporter. He used the new of medium flash photography to make late-night visits [...]
Jan
2
2012
2
2012
Tom Waits Rocks.
Hi, . I felt in a strange mood recently….and went back to an old favourite of mine. There is really no-one else quite like him at all. . So, shall we start with a Christmas card that someone received! . Tom singing…. Christmas Card From A Hooker In Minneapolis. . . I Hope I Don’t [...]
Jan
1
2012
1
2012
A Little Sly Training.
Hi, . How is life treating you then. . Were you looking forward to Christmas, or were you worrying about all of those extra pounds that you would gain before the festivities are over with. . And have you! Is losing it your New Year Resolution! . Well, you know, your fate and your physique [...]
Dec
16
2011
16
2011
Zlata.
Good Morning, . Not long until Christmas now. . So, how are you doing with the small gifts and stocking fillers …. or the calendars! . Now, finally, there is something a bit different, being offered to those of you whose thoughts turn to forward planning. . There is a very different, if not eye [...]
Nov
15
2011
15
2011
George Harrison Was Definately Here.
Hey, . I hope that I find you bright-eyed and bushy-tailed this morning, and that this particular Tuesday day is starting very well for you. . I am very good myself today and am really feeling glad to be alive. . Some days are just like that aren’t they …. ones where everything is that [...]
Oct
18
2011
18
2011
No Arms, No Legs, No Worries.
Hi, . We can make life so hard and blame circumstances for things that do not go well. . I mean a lot of my friends can consider their day to be ruined if they have a day. Bad hair….what about having no arms!! . The next clip is an one. The lady shown has [...]
Oct
9
2011
9
2011
How To Make Absolutely Sure That You Get A Golden Globe.
Hi, . So hopefully your weekend is proceeding well. Mine is damp but fine thank you! . So, with reference about the planned sale of lots of personal items belonging to the superstar John Wayne, who died of stomach cancer 30+ years ago in 1972, after making 250 films. . It took place in Los [...]
Sep
27
2011
27
2011
Scandal. Sarah Ferguson. Duchess of York
Good Morning, . Life is indeed a funny thing. . We sometimes make bad choices about the things that we choose to do in our lives, and then we must choose how to deal with of them. . Most of us get to do these things in a quiet and everyday kind of way, but [...]
Sep
15
2011
15
2011
Katie: Three Years On.
Hi, . How are you today? I hope that everything is progressing well, with all of you out there in your various lives. . It can be so easy to complain sometimes, when things do not proceed according to plan, or we cannot have everything that we want. But sometimes, some things work to put [...]
Aug
29
2011
29
2011
One For All Film Fans.
Hi Film Fans, . So, it is a Bank Holiday today, and I am pleased to report that I was greeted this morning by cloudy skies and sunshine!!. Wow, I had nearly forgotten what that feels like. . So, Big H and I will most likely decide to avoid avoid any excursions on the roads, [...]
Aug
15
2011
15
2011
Life After ‘The Bill’.
. Hi, to all you quite-possibly-grumpy Monday Peeps, . Today’s post is about a prime example of not just giving up when change comes. Sometimes, although it is unwelcome, it can allow your dreams to come true because you have nothing more to lose by trying. . It concerns an actor called Jeff Stewart, who [...]
Aug
13
2011
13
2011
Wot….no rain!!!
Hello, . Up early once more here ‘. I don’t know why, but it may be the total absence of drumming rain. . Yes, I kid you not, all is drier and a lot more silent today, but it is still a very dark morning with very heavy cloud….which promises that this seeming end to [...]
Aug
12
2011
12
2011
So It Is Actually True Then!
Hi, . So here I am, writing to you once more to the rapid accompaniment of heavy rainfall, like an encouraging counterpoint to my tapping out my daily post. . I am actually getting quite used to the continuous rain now, after all it is only 28 days since St Swithin’s day….so there may well [...]
Aug
3
2011
3
2011
Sometimes You Just Know That They Are Wrong!
Hello, . I wish you a fine day. It is still unfeasibly warm up here ….and with heavily clouded skies. Yesterday we cunningly went for a long walk in the countryside, before the torrential but warm rain began, with Big H sweating as if it was going out-of-fashion. . That sounds yukky of course, but [...]
Aug
2
2011
2
2011
What Shall I Imagine Today then.
G’day, . I though that I should begin today’s missive with an once again. . It seems a good idea as we are in the middle of a very muggy period. The sun is not necessarily shining down upon us, but it is incredibly hot and stifling under a hazy grey sky. . Yesterday we [...]
Jul
20
2011
20
2011
A Frog Of Your Own.
Hello, Hello, . Good morning once more from the damp depths of England’s more northern parts. . I risk being unusually repetitious this Wednesday morning when I tell you once again that it is raining….with knobs on! Unfortunately everyone is beginning to look our more usual pale-green again, as those lovely slight tans we obtained [...]
Jul
2
2011
2
2011
Ed Milliband Malfunction? These Strikes Are Wrong!
Hi, . Is it just me….or is Mr Milliband having a malfunction of one of his more mechanical parts. . Or is he perhaps trying to say that….These Strikes Are Wrong. . So Here We Go. . . What do you think! . Come on now, stop behaving in a reckless and provocative manner, put [...]
Jun
20
2011
20
2011
Staggering Amy Winehouse Jeered At Belgrade Concert. Video.
Hey, . This is actually a very sad post. . Everything is now cancelled after Amy Winehouse’s Belgrade concert. . Reports say that she was slurring and stumbling about on the stage after keeping 20,000 waiting for an hour before she finally made an appearance. Basically it is reported as seeming to be a repeat [...]
Jun
15
2011
15
2011
Furious Surgeon Orders Clegg And Cameron ‘Off His Ward’
Oh Bliss Oh Poop, . I would love to tell Clegg and Cameron, and all the , to ‘bugger off’ myself”….but someone has finally done it. . were at Guy’s Hospital to put forward their latest U-Turn on policy. . They decided to take a while they were there putting a spin on things. . [...]
Jun
12
2011
12
2011
Two Steps Forward, One Step back!
Hi peeps, . So it is , and a Sunday, and a very fine one it is too. . I was up early this morning, to be greeted by hot sunshine and wall to wall blue skies. The weather has been a bit iffy lately, and not at all the amazing heatwave which was forecast [...]
Jun
4
2011
4
2011
Lily Allen’s New Adventure.
Hi, . I was interested to find out about Lily Allen, 26, and her new venture. . First she opened a eight months ago, called it ‘Lucy In Disguise’, and now she is designing clothing to put into it. . And very nice they are too. . I was very taken with the black ‘Audrey [...]
May
31
2011
31
2011
What A Scary Start to The Day.
Hi, . What a bloody day! . Big H had to be rushed to hospital by emergency ambulance early this morning because he was very ill. . The day was spent with examinations, questions, X-Rays and tests. Everyone concerned could not have been kinder, or more caring and sympathetic, to us all. . He is [...]
May
25
2011
25
2011
Tell Me Wishing Well, Will My Dreams Come True!
Hello, Hello, . Wednesday dawns, with warmth and light grey skies, accompanied by the happy tapping of house elves working industriously on our own little gingerbread cottage, the rhythmic chanting of ‘High-ho, high-ho, it’s off to work we go’ in a fine tenor counterpoint! . I am bending before a bright , held up [...]
May
24
2011
24
2011
What A Difference A Day Makes.
, . Just thinking that a little touch of Aussie charm would enliven today’s blog offering. . Oh come on, I am doing my best to give an antipodean feel to your day, without you actually having to travel there. . My Oh My, and what a wonderful day it is too. The sun is [...]
May
21
2011
21
2011
Latest Bidding is up to £80,000.01p On Princess Beatrice’s Infamous Hat.
Hi Peeps, . You know the old saying ‘if you want to get ahead, ‘. . Well, now lots of people are wanting to get a hat….but only a very special one….namely the infamous creation worn by Princess Beatrice for the recent Royal Wedding. . You remember that it is now on e-bay….with the proceeds [...]
May
19
2011
19
2011
The Auction For Princess Beatrice’s Hat Is Hotting Up Now.
Hello People, . Just a quickie to let you know that is going phenomenally well. . So far, the bids have reached a very respectable sum of over £20,000, and it does not finish for another three days or so. . So come on then, ‘fess up, which one of you put in the £20,200.00 [...]
May
14
2011
14
2011
Buy Princess Beatrice’s Wedding Hat. NOW!
Hello Folks, . You do remember the furore which was caused by that was worn by Princess beatrice at the Royal Wedding recently. It became infamous and quickly developed a life of it’s own….and fans! . The princess has now had the most excellent idea of using all of the resulting publicity, and interest, to [...]
May
12
2011
12
2011
Yves Rossy. To Infinity And Beyond. The Real Buzz Lightyear.
Hi, . Something to take your breath away. . This post concerns an innovative Swiss aviator, and former army pilot, named Yves Rossy. . The daring has long had a wish to fly over the grand Canyon in the USA. Not so hard to do you might well say, but this man wanted to do [...]
May
9
2011
9
2011
If You Want To Get Ahead, Get A Hat!
Hi, . So it’s for me today. Bah! . There was amazing weather change here on Sunday. First there was absolutely torrential rain for ages, followed by terrific thunder, with brooding dark skies that seemed to be so low that you could have stretched your hand up and touched them. I was thankful for it [...]
May
7
2011
7
2011
The Wedding Day Perfume Worn By Kate Was White Gardenia Petals By Illuminum.
Good Morning to you, . Today I am writing to you from a normal sort of British day. I awoke to a sky in many shades of grey clouds and some light rain. Obviously it is what we need, given the unfeasibly tropical weather we have been enjoying for so many weeks, but it was [...]
May
6
2011
6
2011
Slings And Arrows.
Hi Folks, . There we go, another week bites the dust Yeah Yeah! Weekend tomorrow. !!!! . This week has been altogether a mass of lows and highs here. From the heady delights of the to this recent political debacle, where the voting public has just said no to everything, leaving Clegg and Cameron shaking. [...]
May
4
2011
4
2011
This Absolutely Has To Be The Last Apoplectic And Totally Hilarious Word About The Royal Wedding
Hi to you, . Now look, this has all gone far enough now. The royal wedding has totally taken over my site lately. . It has been nothing but royal wedding . Royal wedding hats that have on their own account. Royal wedding verger’s doing . Royal wedding . Royal wedding . Wedding hat . [...]
May
3
2011
3
2011
Princess Beatrice’s Wedding Hat Takes On A Life Of It’s Own.
Hi, . Still fixed on the royal wedding I am afraid. . What did you think of the headgear….Princess Beatrice’s hat in particular. . . Well, it is fascinating to see that her ‘different’ hat has now taken on a life of it’s own….quite independently of her. . Princess Beatrice’s hat brings to all. . [...]
May
2
2011
2
2011
Watch Royal Wedding Highlights Again…Go On, You Know You Want To.
Hi, . This is just a quick one. . Yes, the wedding was lovely. Yes, we all enjoyed it. . So who wants to indulge themselves and have just another look. . Highlights From The Royal Wedding. . . Highlights Of The Wedding Ceremony. . . Ahhhhhhh! . . .
Apr
30
2011
30
2011
The Day After The Wedding And The Cartwheeling Verger.
Good Morning, . Well, Saturday is here and the madness of the last few days is over, all is back to normal again. . Now that it is not so important, the weather has changed again from yesterday’s ‘chilly and threatening-to-rain’ persona, back to blue skies and strong sunshine. Ideal sort of day for a [...]
Apr
29
2011
29
2011
Watch Royal Wedding LIVE.
Greetings Peeps, . So here we are, the BIG DAY has finally arrived. . People of all stations in life, all over the world, will be glued to their screens to join in with the happenings as they unfold upon this special royal day. The excitement is high and people in London have been staking [...]
Apr
17
2011
17
2011
Spoof. See Royal Wedding Video….Not!
Hello Sunday Peeps, . So let’s start the day with a laugh. . Do you want a preview of the coming Royal Wedding….well here it is….just for you! . Come on, let’s face it, it is probably more fun than the real one will be. . . . If you have been reading my blog [...]
Mar
29
2011
29
2011
Lucky Willie Had A Big Fan There.
Hello Peeps, . As you , if you are also a Willie Nelson fan….in my case because of his amazingly harsh version of Always on My Mind*….Willie Nelson was arrested last year because of marijuana offences. , Always On My Mind*. . . He is well known for being in favour of legalising the drug. [...]
Mar
20
2011
20
2011
Susan Boyle And Peter Kay Spoof For Comic Relief 2011
Hey People, . As you already know…everyone is in favour of red noses at the moment. . Do you remember the old hit ‘I Know Him So Well’, recorded by Elaine Paige and Barbara Dickson in 1985? . Well, it was a good song at the time but now it has been revisited by Susan [...]
Mar
19
2011
19
2011
Fearne Cotton In A Swimsuit Crashes Radio1 Site.
Hello Folks, . As a result of Chris Moyles’s attempting to raise money for Comic Relief, by broadcasting for over two days without sleep, Fearne Cotton has had to strip off publicly. . Apparently she was so sure that he could not do it and raise over £2m for charity, that she said she would [...]
Mar
18
2011
18
2011
Mr Fartypants.
Hey Peeps, . They talk about neccessity being the mother of invention don’t they. Well, that has just happened to me….with knobs on it. . Big H is being so horribly stinky today that I cannot bear it. Whatever it is that I have been feeding him, it has to stop, because I am beginning [...]
Mar
11
2011
11
2011
Zombie Boy Has Made It!
Hi Peeps, . Do you remember that I did on July 26th 2010. It was about unusual people with unusual ambitions. . The first person on that post was a young man called Rick Genest…. AKA Zombie Boy. He had been fascinated by Zombies as a young boy and had found his own unique way [...]
Mar
10
2011
10
2011
Book Of Milton’s Poetry Is Bound With The Skin Of A Murderer.
Hi, . Already ….excellent! . As you know, I am sometimes struck by happenings which are described under my section titled’ Mysteries And Wonderments’. This post is definitely one of them. . At present there is an exhibition underway at the Westcountry Study Library in Devon. This is under the heading of ‘Crime And Punishment’. [...]
Mar
6
2011
6
2011
Cheryl Cole’s Beauty Secrets Are E45 Cream And Vaseline Stick.
Hi, . Do you admire the good looks of the beautiful Geordie celebrity ? . Do you despair of ever being able to afford the kind of daily beauty regime that she must have. . Do not despair, because you are in for a lovely, , surprise today. . According to recent reports, the lovely [...]
Jan
29
2011
29
2011
Mud Sucks.
Hello, . The weekend starts here. . I woke up later than usual this morning, due to having a bit of a last night. First of all I enjoyed the pleasure of Big H feeling so well that he made me a lovely meal of pasta with pesto, accompanied by red salmon (tinned). . He [...]
Jan
25
2011
25
2011
All The World’s A Stage.
Hey, . Well here I am again and history is once more. . Having gone to bed at 2.00am, I again managed to be totally awake again just before 4am. . I would much rather be in bed where it is warm but I would eventually get restless and that would disturb Big H, who [...]
Jan
16
2011
16
2011
Mothers And Sons….And Michael Buble.
Hi, . Just to cheer you up, and give a good start to your , I am going to do this post about a young man called Sam Holyman….and his mother. . This is about a mother who wants to help her son and make him happy. . During a Michael Buble concert in Birmingham [...]
Jan
13
2011
13
2011
Michael Jackson. Involuntary manslaughter.
Hi. . Well it has been dragging on for a long time, but eventually a decision has been reached with regard to the death of Michael Jackson. . If you remember, he died just before his planned concerts, and after his death the film footage shot during the rehearsal period was put together into a [...]
