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August 22, 2008 at 08:46 · Filed under Anything Else?
I’m tired of complaining about the farce that gets published in the South Wales Echo, so, we’ll just have a laugh at this one, because seriously, is this a real campaign? Plus, the part that is comical appears to be a quote, rather than something that their crackpot pseudo-journalists have cooked up, for once.
Residents in a South Wales village say their peace has now been shattered by delivery lorries.
A Tesco One Stop shop opened a year ago on Sully’s South Road bringing, claim its neighbours:
An increase in shoppers seeking bargains …
Oh no! An army of David Dickinson wannabees! This is all that Sully needs after it’s cannabis factory was closed down.
July 30, 2008 at 17:24 · Filed under Anything Else?
Since September 2004 he has been blogging and since October 2004 I have been reading.
I never miss a post and get kind of excited when my Google Reader has a number other than (0) next to his feed.
I recommend the site to all of my friends and my habits in restaurants have morphed, undeniably because of him. Now whenever I eat out I tip 20% minimum. Some call me crazy, but after being let into the world of the service industry, it makes a lot of sense to look after your server, especially if you intend to be a repeat customer.
The blogger that I am talking about is of course The Waiter, of Waiter Rant fame.
His style of writing is unlike any other blog that I have ever read. Others have tried to imitate, but none have succeed in winning over the hearts and minds of the dining public quite like ‘The Waiter’.
It will be odd knowing him as ‘Steve Dublanica‘ and also having seen his picture, but as long as his writing style doesn’t change, I will continue to be an avid reader.
His unmasking comes now that his first book, ‘Waiter Rant. Thanks for the tip - Confessions of a cynical waiter‘ (or Waiter Rant - Behind the scene of eating out, as it is known here in the UK) is released in the US.
I got my copy today, a full 8 days before the official release date in Britain, the 7th of August.
I pre-ordered from Waterstones a few weeks ago and was surprised to receive an email this week telling me that it was available to pick up from the store. Obviously a boo-boo made somewhere, but, I am the proud owner of this paperback wonder.
April 22, 2008 at 12:09 · Filed under Anything Else?
Times are hard, writers block has set in.
Research has found me some exercises to have a go at, let’s see if they work.
[43 Folders] Hack your way out of writers block.
I am, however, reading a lot more than usual.
Plus, the shared links that you see on the right sidebar are updated mutiple times daily with favourite reads, keep an eye on those, there are some real gems quite often, I only share the best.
Wish me luck.
December 1, 2007 at 15:37 · Filed under Anything Else?
Graham Erskine - Operations Director - NCP, attempting to justify an increase in parking charges at it’s car parks in Cardiff city centre from £2.80 for 2 hours to £3.40 per hour.
“We believe the new system is much better for local traders.”
July 25, 2007 at 09:44 · Filed under Anything Else?
The winner of the ‘Who can look most twattish whilst riding a piece of farming machinery’ competition has been won by Montgomeryshire MP, Lembit Opik, seen here posing with his girlfriend and her sister, both of whom were up for deporation back to Romania last year and in a hole of financial problems. I wonder why she likes him, eh?
March 3, 2007 at 12:35 · Filed under Anything Else?
“Shit”
F1 rookie Heikki Kovalinen gets his tenure with the Renault team off to a good start, by throwing the brand new 2007 car into a barrier during testing at Circuit de Catalunya, Spain.
The new season, which begins on the 17th of March has been given an extensive preview at eMagi.co.uk. I don’t think I can add any more to that really.
January 18, 2007 at 11:45 · Filed under Anything Else?
This was my waking view this morning after a wind disrupted slumber.
When they said that stormy weather would hit the UK today, they really weren’t joking.
January 2, 2007 at 13:49 · Filed under Anything Else?
Some photography to get the year started on a good note.
FlickR photopage
I took this on the bank of the Brooklyn side of the East River in New York in January 2005.
It was constructed by stitching together 8 photographs taken from left to right so it appears to be really wide angled.
November 30, 2006 at 09:08 · Filed under Anything Else?
Another case of BBC Wales being a PR puppy for Charlie Church has raised its head.
In their article Church puts music career on hold, at no point do they mention the fact that the reason she is putting her music career ‘on hold’ is because Sony BMG, the record company she has been with since she was 12 years old, has decided to drop her.
The 20-year-old has said she wants to concentrate on her television career after Channel 4 commissioned two more series of her show.
Hello? Earth to public service broadcasting?
Sony BMG decided not to renew Charlotte’s contract after flagging sales of her 5th album, Tissues and Issues.
The South Wales Echo� has even gone� as far as to claim that she decided not to renew her contract with them. Which is just total poppycock, if the press releases from Sony BMG are to be believed.
After that god awful first single, Crazy Chick, did she even release any more singles?
Apparently she did…
According to Dotmusic, “Even God Can’t Change The Past” and “Moodswings (To Come At Me Like That)” unsurprisingly failed to crack the UK top 20.
Here in South Wales we are resided to the fact that our two main sources of news, the Trinity Mirror Group (publisher of the South Wales Echo) and BBC Wales are both of the opinion that any news about local girl Charlotte is good news.
They’ll publish anything and everything, as long as it’s not too derogatory. After all, we wouldn’t want the good people of South Wales to think that one of our own has gone bad now, would we?
Here are just some of the headlines we have been subject to over the past 6 years.
Singer Church may hire bodyguard
Church remembers Irish roots
Church hits wrong note with planners
Charlotte ‘can’t be bothered to diet’
‘Lotte leg on show!
Charlotte’s parents sell share in pub
If I wanted to know about every darn thing going on in Little Miss Angst’s life, I would join her fanclub, or read ‘Closer’ or ‘Now’ or ‘Heat’. But I don’t. So why do the� newsfeeds of Wales� have to be so polluted by her?
I mean, fuck, BBC Wales only afforded 79 words on the death of� 19-year-old� Michael Evans� who was killed after being punched in the face in the middle of Cardiff city centre last week. His only crime was to be in the wrong place at the wrong time when some drunk chav fucks decided they wanted to fight somebody, anybody.
But they manage double that, 190 words, and a feature� on the front page of Wales� news� on the fact that Charlie C has decided to stop singing for a while.
I am of the opinion that the state of journalism in Wales at the moment is shambolic.
Somebody needs to shake up both of these publications and instill in their newsroom staff an understanding that the people of Wales aren’t all a bunch of un-educated hicks who only� want to read� about the minor celebrities that have hailed from here.
November 21, 2006 at 17:14 · Filed under Anything Else?
In a bad day for comedy, Michael Richards was heckled past the point of no return.
On Friday night after receiving what was said to be almost constant distractions from one particular group of African-Americans at the Laugh Factory in California, Richards, better known as Kramer from the hit 90’s sitcom ‘Seinfeld’, totally flipped out and launched into a racial tirade against the involved parties.
Naturally, it wasn’t long before a video of the incident surfaced on the web, sent to celebrity gossip website, Tmz.com.
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Facing up to his wrong-doing, he appeared, Live via satellite on the Late Show with David Letterman on Monday night (20/11/06), his former castmate, Jerry Seinfeld was appearing that night, apparently Seinfeld had spoken to Richards and invited him to give a public apology and to speak about the incident.
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Of course, the way he acted was totally inappropriate but at the same time I do believe that he isn’t a racist and was simply wound up so tightly by these hecklers that he totally lost his head and in the heat of the moment just completely lost his mind.
He is most certainly showing remorse in the interview with Letterman. Let us just hope, for his sake, that it is real remorse.
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