Dave's Negative Blogs

07/11/2009: Preparing the Christmas Gifts From rithompson in Random Football Match Related Stories (1 hour old)

While I was getting started on the festive season (two months late according to Tesco) by preparing mincemeat for my homemade mince pies, Wolves prepared by gift wrapping two goals for us. After … more

Observations on A True Story (Allegedly) From pompeycaulkhead in Observations From A Small Island (3 hours old)

A story I was just reminded of when nattering to an old Islander in the bar. As the saying has it, every village has its idiot and the Isle of Wight has more villages than most. Well the tale goes th… more

Shell Fish Fest From DirkBeauregard ^Pro in Berry Deep France (7 hours old)

And today in small town France it was our fifteenth annual Shell Fish Festival - even if we are about four hundred miles from the sea. The Rue d'Auron in downtown Bourges as closed off to traf… more

Weddings Divorce and Cliff Richard From DirkBeauregard ^Pro in Berry Deep France (8 hours old)

At a loose end this weekend ? Looking for somewhere to take the family ? Hère are a few « fun » évents happeing in the Paris région. The 63rd Annual National Stamp Fair The Organic Food and … more

Marseilles Mega Mosque From DirkBeauregard ^Pro in Berry Deep France (8 hours old)

They’ve got planning permission, all that remains is to find the 22 million Euros to finance the construction, and in just over two years, France’s largest Mosque will open for business in Marseilles.… more

The Wonderful Hectic Egg From avrilo in Menu of the Day and Chat (9 hours old)

Hectic Egg are a duo keeping punk alive and well. This is a live performance filmed at the Royal Albert Hall last month. More of them on utube. Enjoy. … more

Too Fat To Be Guilty - Stupid Criminal Of The Week Award. From ianrthorpe in Boggartblog (9 hours old)

Edward Ates reaction on being pronunced guity of murder after his trial for for killing Paul Duncsak, was one of disbelief. Duncsak was shot six times at his home 25 miles north-west of New York. T… more

How much does our President earn ? From DirkBeauregard ^Pro in Berry Deep France (10 hours old)

The answer comes in a small article, tucked away on the back pages of this morning’s paper. Nicolas Sarkozy gets 19,508 Euros net per month. This doesn’t seem an extraordinary sum, and since the p… more

John Fitzgerald Kennedy From NotBob ^Pro in Ask or Answer. (12 hours old)

When JFK gave his famous speech at Rice University in 1962 he stated that: We choose to go to the Moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy - but because they are hard! … more

World leaders hope for climate deal From venkateswarlu in Venkey On Your Side (12 hours old)

At least 40 world leaders have said they will attend climate change talks in Denmark next month, but there are still fears that there will be few tangible results after preparatory meetings ende… more

Things I think about : the European Loop From miramaze in miramiramazing (12 hours old)

Scarves.There are so many ways of tying a scarf but one way in particular both intrigues and annoys me. When I was growing up , scarves were simply wrapped around the neck a few times, ends dangling… more

Little Sam From miramaze in miramiramazing (13 hours old)

Little Sam has been behaving himself. Took him to bed last night. We are slowly making friends, I am pleased to say. Little Sam .. awww.. bless all his buttons that I simply cannot resist from pres… more

AY, THERE'S THE RUB From kendrive ^Pro in I SAY (17 hours old)

I said yesterday that from today I would be posting a few poems about dreams and dreaming. However, today's post is not a poem and the comment on 'dream' is only passing and incidental. Having s… more

PERSISTENCE From kendrive ^Pro in GRUMPY OLD MAN (22 hours old)

A South Korean woman is celebrating after passing the written exam for a driving licence - on her 950th attempt. After four years of trying, 68-year-old Cha Sa-soon finally managed to secur… more

LIVE AND LET LIVE From kendrive ^Pro in KENDRIVE (22 hours old)

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DOWN THROUGH DARKNESS From kendrive ^Pro in POEMS AND PROSE (22 hours old)

SLEEP Sleep, when a soul that her own clouds cover Wails that sorrow should always keep Watch, nor see in the gloom above her Sleep, Down, through darkness naked and steep, Sinks, … more

HE JUST GETS BETTER From kendrive ^Pro in ART FOR ART'S SAKE (22 hours old)

This painting by Waterhouse illustrates the poem 'Echo and Narcissus by Ovid. Echo was a nymph. She was in love with Narcissus but he became so enamoured with his own reflection in a stream that … more

Special effects From trintrin1x in Trinax (1 day old)

Natalie said she passed one of her assesments today,She was to make someone up to look like a boxer complete with bruises,Natalie was using Jade as a guinnea pig tonight,She was practicing special eff… more

Deadlife killing the world painfully with this song From rithompson in Painting The World Pink (1 day old)

Yeah, I know taking the p*ss out of a Westlife song is too easy, but I'm ill and my brain can't think of anything else to say. Westlife release another cliche-filled ballad. Zzzzz! Sorry, this vi… more

Did you know...? From guinnessorig in guinnessorig (1 day old)

'Morning Coffee' biscuits are still stamped with an original design by Victorian art-critic and philosopher John Ruskin. The lamb-chop sideboard-wearing Ruskin, author of The Stones of Venice and a … more

Observations on Puritans & Pole Dancers From pompeycaulkhead in Observations From A Small Island (1 day old)

This Island of ours exasperates me at times it really does. Now correct me if I am wrong but I thought nearly eight years ago the world entered the 21st Century? I also believed we lived in a fairly … more

Suddenly I don't feel so bad... From rithompson in Painting The World Pink (1 day old)

However long it took me to pass my theory test. (Four, then I had to retake it two years later) It may have taken seven attempts to pass my practical test. But it looks like no time at all whe… more

ipak je fort hood From dragnik in dragnik (1 day old)

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Forget Booze Cruise, Now It’s The Fag Drag From ianrthorpe in Boggartblog (1 day old)

We ought to have reached the point in the life of this Labour government when satirists and polemicists start to lay off them and turn our attention to The Conservatives who will surely sweep to power… more

Zen and the Art of Sudoko From avrilo in Menu of the Day and Chat (1 day old)

I imagine a few of you might have read the book 'Zen and the Art of Motorcycling,' which was popular in the 80's, or even earlier. Anyway, it was a good, thoughtful read and I thought of it when I dec… more

Was Flaubert a physic's teacher? From DirkBeauregard ^Pro in Berry Deep France (1 day old)

First year physics – our teacher « Bender Brown », so called because of his punitive practises which consisted of smacking us hard on the bum with a polythene rod whenever we were talking. After every… more

A Good Day's Work From DirkBeauregard ^Pro in Berry Deep France (1 day old)

Security van driver. That’s a lousy job. Carting round millions of Euros everyday all for a pittance. If you scrape together 1500€ by the end of the month you’re lucky,. It’s a dangerous job too. Vill… more

WE ARE SUCH STUFF AS DREAMS ARE MADE OF From kendrive ^Pro in I SAY (1 day old)

I am coming to the end of my own work and today's poem is the last that will appear here - at least for some time. It is on the theme of 'dreaming' and from tomorrow I shall post some of the poems … more

gde su ovi ljudi, sto ne dodju? From dragnik in dragnik (1 day old)

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More dadness From mattk in Utter tosh from the pen of Matt K (1 day old)

OK, so I've started working part-time this week so I can spend more time looking after Logan. It's brilliant, and I love it, but where the hell does this kid get all that energy from?? He's only 11 mo… more