Tuesday 31 July 2012

Let the Fire Leave Hearts

I do recall reading about children not being able to compete in certain schools because it may affect their self esteem. What a load of codswallop. You know who these types are. To steal from the new Batman film, there IS a storm coming, you WILL see a horrible bumch of failures in this country (possibly worldwide). Crime and zombies (not the flesh eaters) will be rife. All over the place. And the namy pamby crew will have created it.

Monday 30 July 2012

Kerouac



On October 20, 1969, around 11 in the morning, Kerouac was sitting in his favorite chair, drinking whiskey and malt liquor, trying to scribble notes for a book about his father's print shop in Lowell, Mass. He suddenly felt sick to his stomach, which was nothing unusual, and headed for the bathroom. He began to throw up large amounts of blood, and yelled to his wife, "Stella, I'm bleeding." Eventually he was persuaded to go to the hospital and was taken by ambulance to St. Anthony's in St. Petersburg. Blood continued to pour from his mouth and he underwent several transfusions. That evening he underwent surgery in an attempt to tie off all the burst blood vessels, but his damaged liver prevented his blood from clotting. Kerouac died at 5:15 the following morning, October 21, 1969, never having regained consciousness after the operation.

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Friday 27 July 2012

Bond Games 2012



And, if we thrive, promise them such rewards
As victors wear at the Olympian games:
This may plant courage in their quailing breasts.

William Shakespeare

Fixing THAT Pesky Error

Its annoying and frustrating but below is an effective way to solve Error (80029780) Playstation Error (80029780)
Make sure you have 1 space on for your account to activate before following the Step by Step process.

Step 1: Create a new email (live, google, etc)

Step 2: Go on your playstation console.

Step 3: Sign in, go under Account management.

Step 4: Change your email to the new one created.

Step 5: Within a few minutes or 24 hours, you can re-activate your console successfully.

Sunday 8 July 2012

Federer Rogers Murray

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New Wimbledon tents available at all good camping stores soon!

Andy Murray is the first Briton in 74 years to reach a Wimbledon final and Britain expected much of him. He didn't disappoint either even if ultimately losing. He started the game with racket blazing, winning the first set despite all the naysayers pointing out he'd never won a set in his three other Grand Slam appearances. Balls to them then. Such was his play that I thought he was going to walk it, even against the supremely talented Roger Federer.
For once it looked good for British sport and the audience in center court were buzzing (including the obligatory celebrities like David Beckham but never his wife of course).
Federer won the second set with some magnificent shots but the rain interupted set three and the roof was pulled over the court making it look like a giant hermit crab. By this time Murray was probably happy for the break, anythig to stop the Swiss tennis maestro getting into his stride. When a champion loses the first set, its best go up a gear to prove who the real champion is and Federer showed touches of genius throughout this match.
We all knew in our heads that Murray would more than likely lose but it was exciting to follow the heart for a while. The Fed Machine went into overdrive in set four and the cake was his for the eating. There is no shame in losing to a master of the sport. Andy Murray can and should be proud of today, he'll win a Slam one day judging on this performance. Well done Andy, well done Roger.

** By the way the BBC have fine tennis champions on the commentary team with Boris Becker and John McEnroe so why they go and spoil it by including the weedy Tim Henman is a mystery to me. He's won nothing of any real significance and stands out like a banana amongst a box of cucumbers.