1, 2, 3..... Awwwww. Poor Pogo! The guy took the trouble to let me know that he'd (or she'd, actually) come in at 'revolicktion viewer' number 106. Well at least Pogo let me know! Which ever muppet came in at 100 could now be enjoying an all expenses paid cruise around Australia but I'm afraid that the closing date has come and gone and so that prize has been forfeited.

I can sense the gasps all round, 'But I thought he said the prize would be shit?' Well personally I can't inmagine anything worse than cruising around Australia , but then that's me. Besides, cruises are usually full of old people (not that I'm ageist or anything, they just don't tend to like me very much)

After giving Pogo a much deserved round of applause for utilizing the commenting system, I did notice that the mysterious Pogo had failed to suggest short story topics. I guess I can't have everything. Perhaps a clue was in the name though and a subtle hint was to write a story about a pogo stick. Then again, maybe I'm just being overly optimistic.

But I have had a suggestion for the short story. Oh yes indeed. A Mr Ben Moon from Slovenia of all places took the extra care to call me big nose and suggest writing 1000 pages on being short because it would 'be ironic'. I'm beginning to think that this Moon character may bknow me and is using a psuedonym to hide his true identity. As if anyone would have the surname Moon anyway. Regardless, it's all a bit creepy. But my request for you lovely reading populous this time is to barage the Slovenian postal service with abuse. I sent Ben some lovely postcards ages ago and he never received them, not that I know this Ben Moon or anything, honest.

The poll about Kill Bill has been a disastrous failure. Largely due to the fact that no one has posted an opion about the film one way or the other. I am therefore resigned to believing my initial reaction; that it was a bag of shite. Go on, prove me wrong.

As a final note, I'll not be posting anything for a little while....
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as I'm getting a new computer tomorrow. It may take me some time to set up and piss around on before I can be arsed to write here again so come back in a week. Make the most of your time and do some work instead of reading this diatribe. Who knows, you might even get employee of the month!

Woo hoo! Quick scroll down to the bottom of the page. Not a second to lose! Are you the lucky one hundredth visitor to my paltry blog? If you are, let me know. Because you win a prize. That's right, a prize. 'But,' I hear you ask, 'how can a non commercial blog with no visible source of income hand out prizes willy nilly?' Is it not obvious? The prize will be shit.

However, there is a way to make the prize better. I need suggestions for short stories. Firstly I need suggestions for subjects or titles. To get an idea of the kind of thing I'm after then take a look at the ScaryDuck site (link on the left) and notice he's running the comp. Obviously this is a rip-off idea but he states that stories in a similar vein to his shall be looked upon favourably. So a rip off it shall be.

Get to work my inspirational pals! (that's a point, perhaps I should be doing that too. Hmm)

I've been staying down at Phil's for a few days and this afternoon we have the joy of driving back up to sunny Wakefield. How marvellous. I honestly can't wait.

It's been good to see the bruv again and he seems well. Yet again though I've come to our nation's capital and done bugger all in the way of site seeing. Mind you, Phil's lived here for a few years and he's not done much either so perhaps the guilt is misplaced.

For those of you that know about the whole revolicktion thing and mine and James' incessant lick babble, I'm heart broken to admit that Danny Wallace (I think that's his surname) has beaten us to it. His site and corresponding book have taken the idea that the lick was similar to and really created a following. I can recomend his book to you for a bit of light entertainment. What a bastard though. Now if James ever really does get the lick off the ground it'll look like a rip off. I guess that's what you get if you have a good idea and don't act on it. Still I, reckon lick t-shirts are far superior in design to the join me ones. If you're a bit perplexed as to what the hell I'm on about then ask the Father of the lick, the Barron himself. Just click here.

I'm seeking your genuine help now my readers. For those of you who like the cinema you'll probably have seen Kill Bill. What I want to know is whether you liked it or not. I can't make my mind up. While the fight scenes were good I didn't think it had enough in terms of storyline.... but I could give you a whole amatuer film critic diatribe that'd be quite dull. I just want to know if you, personally, liked it. A simple 'yes' or 'no' will suffice. Either use 'comments' or 'contact' to place your vote.

Please also notice that on the top bar there is now a forum / message boardy type thing. Go on, click on it, you know you want to.

As promised the new e-mail alert thing has been set up so now you can avoid all the dross that I write and just look at it if you want to. Got some more photos onto the web again today so take a look. I'm orf to see Goldfrapp on Friday night, really looking froward to that, and then going down to London to see Phil until Tuesday. Also bought the new Chris Whitley album today. I've not listened to it yet but for a preview check the links to the left, I think I've linked to his web page there. Sounds like it'll as genius as his previous offerings from the reviews but one can never tell untiil it has been listened to.

Manchesters comedy festival starts today so there's going to be no shortage of things to around here for the next few days. Speaking of which, I went to the comedy night at Bar XS the other night. Absolutely class is alls I can say and I recommend it to anyone living and bored in Manchester on a Tuesday night. Best to get there early though as it was rammed.

Well, it turns out Tony had drunk too much coffee. Shame, poor him. Should have stuck to the herbal tea, Tone. Anyway, just wanted to point out that the updates you lucky subscribers delete on a regular basis will be changing. You'll only get the first few lines and then have to go to the site to get the rest. I've basically only done that so if something looks like it's going to interest you then you can have a gander but it'll save you the trouble of trawling through mindless ramblings such as these. Any objections or suggestions are, as always, welcome to be lodged at the great looking and technically brilliant (but much under used) comments facility. Yes, it still only takes a couple of clicks to sound off.

For all of those present for Katy's leaving do (and those that weren't there but should have been) can see the pictures in the 'photographs' section above. Just look for the appropriate public album. Oh, and any of those who didn't know, Katy had a leaving do because she's doing a runner to Oz for three months. Lucky girl!

I'll leave you now with a joke that Mr Glanville sent me today. It's very un PC but still raised a chuckle out of me:

What's good about having sex with twenty-eaight year olds?

There's twenty of them.