As I was driving back from East Sussex yesterday, I passed a DeLorean. You don’t see many of them these days. And I’ll bet the driver is careful never to exceed 88mph.
Category: old blogging
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First match of the new
First match of the new Nationwide season tomorrow – Brighton are away to Oldham. Most pundits reckon Brighton will be one of the heavyweight teams in Division Two, particularly with the loan of Knight from Chelsea. How the team fares without Bobby Zamora remains to be seen, but I think we should be at least be play-off candidates.
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Beer and food with Bren
Beer and food with Bren and Greg, with sightings of Kristian, Joel, Hamish, Ruth, Terry and Dave. Had planned to meet Fi, but she just called to say she was delayed by a couple of evil bottles of wines. It happens. As I was speaking to her on the phone, three people walked past my flat carrying a mattress.
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Not long home from work,
Not long home from work, and already it is time from the pub. To use a quotation I heard earlier today, I’m burning the midnight oil at both ends.
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Not sure I can even
Not sure I can even be bothered to comment on this. What a pretentious, pointless, piss-poorly organised waste of time. Clearly the whole "cult" is aimed at bloggers and other geeky sorts. Surely the majority that fall into this category have more useful things to do with their time?
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Today, I shall be driving
Today, I shall be driving around East Sussex and Kent, putting up illegal signs. So expect quiet.
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I’ve known for a couple
I’ve known for a couple of days, but the "official" email went out this morning, so I guess I can go public now – my loveliest, bestest friend in all the world, Sarah, has got engaged to Paul. This is fantastic news, and I’m stupidly happy for them both! The wedding is planned for September 2004 and will, undoubtedly, be the social event of the year.
Crumbs, there aren’t too many of us single ones left now!
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Hot curry + hot evening
Hot curry + hot evening = hot Graybo.
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More California recall vote links
More California recall vote links (yes, I’m fascinated by this story – it’s interesting to compare and contrast with UK and EU politics):
- San Francisco Chronicle – watch the straw poll on their homepage
- San Diego Union-Tribune
- USA Today
- New York Times, with extended coverage
- Washington Post, also with extended coverage, including this article by David S Broder that claims that American democracy "will get a black eye". Not sure I agree with that. Certainly, the fact that the Californian system permits a recall vote, giving the opportunity to remove a failing incumbent, is more advanced than the British system, where only a breakdown in loyalty within the ruling party can provide that opportunity, and even then rarely leads to a change in the governing party.
Last week, I visited the State Capitol building in Sacramento, and viewed both chambers from their viewing galleries. It is hard to imagine that that peaceful and dignified building could be the scene for the level of intrigue that is currently taking place.