We may have a chance to find out in 48 hrs...

 

Jim

 

I'm so confused...

 

Have I just instantly been transported back to November 1992? Have I put the Experience on by accident?

 

Or, is this the new album from The Prodigy?

 

Both - its a great mix of thowbacks to the original great days of The Prodigy, with a hefty slice of late naughties... Fighting Pendulum on hallowed ground.

 

Highlights are the brilliant 'Omen' and 'Take me to the Hospital'.

 

Awesome....

 

 

 

Jim

Its almost here...

 

The special invitations have been sent out... and its stunning...

 

 

 

Jim

 

Just like everyone else in the country today, we've been snowed in!

 

No-one from our road is able to get out onto the main roads, and with some cars abandoned and other roads closed by the police, we though we'd WFH today like most people!

 

The rabbit seems to enjoy the snow a little too much as earlier was pretending to be a snow plough by pushing away the 4 inches of snow with his face! Meanwhile, the question remains, will the forecast be correct - as we're due more snow and worse conditions within the next 3 hours or so!

 

Just as well we have the fire on to keep us warm...

 

Jim

From today's Metro:

 

A motorist had a miraculous escape when his van was left hanging off a cliff edge after it careered off a mountain road. In a scene straight out of The Italian Job, Daniel Lyons, 34, was left hanging in mid-air after his vehicle plunged down the rock face in Colorado and dangled on a precipice 170 ft from the ground. 

Rescue crews raced to the scene of the accident at the Colorado National Monument and found him in the swaying vehicle.

 

 

Jim

Yesterday, following a return to work after many days of man flu, I went through various bizarre stages of both exhaustion and hyperactive-ness. Nicola describes one such incident to a friend in an email...

 

 

Jim

From the beeb today...

 

'A skier was left dangling from a chairlift at an American resort after he became stuck upside-down with his ski trousers round his ankles. Photos show the man naked from his waist to his knees, swinging from one leg, and still wearing both skis.'

 

 

 

Jim

We had four stunning Jay's in our front garden this afternoon; here's one of them.

 

 

Jim

I have to admit something.. a little embarassing. Last night I fainted for the first time ever. This is obviously a bit difficult for a tough, rugged man such as myself, but I feel I need to make a public apology for the damage I caused on 'felling'. Sadly, an air freshner was ripped from the wall and smashed on the bathroom floor. The only other damage is the pain in my head (after falling onto a wall cabinet) and the bruises on my knees (as I hit the toilet and the floor). Thankfully the black-out only lasted a few seconds, and I had a couple of brave willing nurses to look out for me afterwards... So very embarassing. It was probably due to being very dehydrated and dosed up on Minstrels and Malteasers. Honestly, I'd only had a couple of bevvies!

 

So, S&H, I'm sorry for the almighty crashing noise, and the damage to your air-freshner!

 

Jim

 

 

Murphy has a new lodger... a tiny brown field mouse has made home in the bedroom section of his hutch. We call him Russell.

 

 

Jim

Haven't done one of these for a while - sorry! This one took me by surprise. It's a bit like the guitar travis of the olden days - much more raw and gritty, a fantastic sound. The first four tracks are the best. The only very small slight downside is Fran's voice, passionate yes, but the songs almost demand a more powerful voice. Other than that, its brilliant.

 

Jim

On Tuesday we spent the day on centre court at the Wimbledon 2008 championships. We were lucky to get tickets through the pubic ballot on the first attempt, which meant we could turn up late morning and wander around the grounds before getting onto court (well, into our seats) for a 1pm start.

 

We knew we were in for a treat when we saw the schedule of play for centre court. However the drama started early when a high loose ball from court 19 sailed onto the roof of no.1 court and bounced down inches in front of my nose. Shame it wasn't captured on the beeb. I hope. Sadly, they asked for their ball back, so no souvenir!

 

We saw four excellent matches featuring top seeds and top brits:

- V Williams vs. N Cavaday [7-1. 6-1]

- A Beck vs. R Nadal [4-6. 4-6. 6-7]

- F Santoro vs. A Murray [3-6, 4-6, 6-7]

 

We sat right at the back opposite the royal box and so had fantastic seats all day. In the evening, the Poutchek/Rodionova vs. Williams/Williams ladies doubles was moved to centre and as most people had left after the Murray game, everyone moved down to the front for the best view. We stayed for the first set white-wash then headed home.

 

Check out some of my favourite pics in the album!

 

Jim

 

 

Pendulum, the Australian dance collective move away from their debut 'drum'n'bass' heavy album and into a more full on rock album. One for the summer, windows down, full BLAST.

 

Highlights are Propane Nightmares and The Other Side.

 

Give them a go at: www.pendulum.com

 

Jim

 

Yesterday, on a late summers afternoon somewhere in the leafy shires of southern England, two people left their local leisure centre red faced and tired. The air felt heavy and warm as they walked together towards the cars. They talked about how badly they'd played and promised that next week they would be back on top form. They paid little attention to the faint sounds of distant car alarms. Nor did they notice the confused faces upon their fellow patrons, just stood around their motionless and inaccessible vehicles. It was only after the farewells, a moments silence, and the many button presses on their key-fobs that they noticed anything unusual at all.

They were forced down the old-fashioned-key-access route having both abandoned the way of remote central locking. Surely this was one coincidence too many. It wasn't just that both cars had failed to open, but that the same was happening to the few cars dotted around them. They stared perplexed at on old man stood 50 yards away in front of his Ford Focus. They watched him press his key-fob, wait, walk around to the front of his car, press again, then walk back the other way around the car, and press again. This final press brought the car to life. The man cracked half a smile, and got in. No such luck for the two players, who had to wait for their alarms to silence before packing the racquets into the cars and drive off. No-one was able to explain the strange goings on. Could the weather have been the cause? Possibly...

 

 

 

http://www.cyberspaceorbit.com/frontpage/frontpage.html
(search for 'keyless')

 

Jim

The mother-in-law had an incident with a tree today... all the rain and wind we've had in the last 24-hours has finally taken its toll on the very old oak tree in her front garden..

 

Its now 11pm, and the branches have only just now been cleared and the electric reconnected. Just as well the whole thing hasn't come down, yet.

 

 

Jim

Just remembered the other rubbish side to this time of year... other than hayfever.

 

Yup, the spiders are coming in...

 

Jim

 

Last I heard, Bernard was living in northern Italy with Ms Diaz... Now it seems he's modelling again... this time for a Zurich ad in Metro..

 

 

Jim