In the first of a new series of blog posts, I recall my early days and the circumstances that gave me a passion for radio — beginning with the pirate stations of the 1960s … On Monday the 14th of August 1967, at just after three o’clock in the afternoon, I sat alone in my [...]
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The Joke’s On Me
My wife Marcy sent me this joke the other day. Had me laughing out loud.
What’s In A Name?
Got this one from
Cold Comfort
What sort of consequences will we have to endure if, as I suspect, our weather starts to turn really cold in the near future? Hopefully, none of us will have to go through this Austrian resident’s unsettling experience … “I was sitting on the toilet in my apartment,” Martin Bierbauer told reporters in Eisenstadt, “when [...]
The Picard Video
you have to watch this it’s awesome
Everybody Needs Good Neighbours
I recently discovered a few of my poems languishing on my hard drive, so as I haven’t writen many poems I thought I’d share them with you. In order to get the gist of them, you need to know the context in which they were composed. In May 2004, shortly after I’d moved to my [...]
Timely Joke
In the year 2007 the Lord came unto Noah, who was now living in England, and said, “Once again, the Earth has become wicked and over-populated, and I see the end of all flesh before me. Build another Ark and save two of every living thing along with a few good humans.” He gave Noah [...]
Such A Lovely Couple
The bride and groom, fresh from their wedding ceremony, stepped forth and prepared to release a pair of doves as a symbol of their marriage. Ready? One, two, three, and … !! (Thanks to Graham’s Random Ramblings)
When VO Sessions Go Wrong: Welles & Shatner
When iconic actors are booked by advertising agencies for voice-over sessions, the poor creatives responsible for creating the campaign sometimes get more than they bargained for. This clip featuring awesome Orson Welles was around when I was cutting my teeth in commercial production at Bradford’s Pennine Radio in 1979, so I guess it must be [...]
How Will You Be Defined In The Dictionary?
Somerset Bob – [noun]: A level headed person who always makes the wrong decision ‘How will you be defined in the dictionary?’ at QuizGalaxy.com
Nobody Home
Over at Renee’s *Blend blog, she recently posted an example of a funny 404 error page, which reminded me of one I remembered seeing some time ago. After a deep Google search, I found it: Love it.
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