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Despite coming across as a bigot, I have sniggered at Frank Skinner on occasion. I therefore thought I'd give his autobiography a go. It was entertaining for the first fifty or so pages (when I was trapped in the back of a car going down the M6, so was faced with the alternative of cutting my nails or looking at cows). I'm now up to page 116 and his boast quota stands at:
- His 'significantly younger girlfriend' x 4
- Celebrity friends x 5
- £2 million house x 3
- His own talent x 18I'd like to recommend a book for Frank: The Art of Happiness by the Dalai Lama. I've given up Frank's in favour of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time.
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If you haven't read Atonement by Ian McEwan, buy it. He has an amazing talent for getting in the heads of every single character - at different stages of their lives - as the plot weaves together. The book also has an amazingly researched account of the WWII evacuation from Dunkirk. If you have read it and found the war commentary interesting, you'll probably like this too.
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Some interesting album covers, and like Judge Judy, these are Real. Speaking of the Great Lady, I'd put money on it that friendly amiable Burt is, as my mother would say, slipping her a crippler.
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Here's a piece I did for the Daily Mirror on the joys of digital photography. Thanks Jackie for the holiday to Taiwan, Elaine for the subscriptions to Better Digital Photography and Tricia for your lashings of custard in the back garden.
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A weekend staying at my parents in Eccleshall with Rebecca and Tim. We did a lot of dog walking and graveyard visiting. We also went to see the motorcycle Grand Prix at Donnington. On Saturday we bought a rubber pig for my parent's doberman / alsatian cross pooch Tara and laughed at the looks she got walking through the centre of Hanley with it in her mouth.
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If you're on the look out for an unusual birthday gift for that special someone, here's the answer.
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Today's big news: Adam drops pen, ink splatters over shirt.
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What a great piece of journalism to expose the racist twonks who run the BNP.11.7
Here's Vice - a great, quirky website. Don't look if you're easily offended.10.7
Ben sent me the latest news from CNN this morning:
Al-Qaeda Hires Public-Relations Consultant Just To Shoot Him
BAGHDAD—Al-Qaeda operative Mullah Hashem hired Elliot Dobin, a consultant for the Boston public-relations firm Schneider & Koff, for the sole purpose of murdering him, sources reported Monday. "The al-Qaeda have taken such a beating in the press that we figured they wanted to clean up their media image, so we sent our best guy," firm partner Jerry Koff said. "But Elliot had barely shaken everyone's hand when Hashem and his guards shoved him up against the wall and shot him in the back of the head. He didn't even get to show them his PowerPoint presentation." Bergman said he'll confront Hashem about the incident as soon as he figures out a way to spin Dobin's shooting into a positive.8.7
Our office was burgled last night, the naughty men making off with three laptops and a brand new G4. I'm thankful the rascals kindly left my glow-in-the-dark Nikon mouse but mortally offended that they didn't want to steal my personalised 'hunt' mousemat. It could be even used as a tablemat for Christ's sake. Have burglars no sense of stylish computer OR dining etiquette?3.7
A nice quote from my lovely friend Elaine:
"Until there is commitment there is hesitancy; the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness. Concerning all acts of initiative (and creation), there is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues forth from the decision, raising in one's favour all manner of unforeseen incidents and meetings and material assistance which no man could have dreamed would have come his way. Whatever you can do or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power and magic in it. Begin it now."
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe2.7.1
Some great pictures here.1.7
Last night I went to see New Blood exhibition. Considering they're a 'creative' organisation, D&AD could put some thought into how the exhibitors are presented. It was like a cattle market. Interesting to see the companies sponsoring the event but I don't think they got a particularly good deal. Nothing more imaginative than a logo plastered on a display board. I'd want my money back.
