HelloToday I started a new website, this is it. It's going to be a kind of weblog, a place for me to post links and stuff, and if anyone else likes it, in the words of the song, that's a bonus.Today I am mostly liking this house more than this, this, and ... Mmm, bus funThat route that the 106 takes, it needs to have all the parking spaces trimmed off the side of it, there's no room for two busses to pass at once. Saw a nasty accident right here yesterday, a motorcyclist was knocked off.Got to spice this thing up, I... The Joy of HooversIs £209 a good price for one of these? That's how much they are in Stoke Newington Safeways right now. We're going back to get one, hopefully we will see Nigel out of 'Stenders there too.... No sign of Nigelbut the Dyson was fine - one pass of the living room though and the chamber (there's no bags in these non-hoovers) is half full, it's disgusting. Going to hoover all my clothes next.Big up to the wanker security guard in Safeway who challenged me for... One band was goodcan't remember the name though, three piece from Newcastle, and bullandgate.co.uk is no use...Off to either the Defoe or the Wheatsheaf later to play pool... the Defoe is nicer to take our guests to, but the Wheatsheaf is only 50p a game, choices cho... Badger CamDisappointingly seen no <strong>badgers</strong> yet in <strong>Abney Park</strong>, only people, and birds. Will keep watching though.Pool rulesWitnessed a bizarre pool foul in The Defoe last night (we getting back on track with the Stoke Newington theme now) - ball is over the pocket, guy shoots gently towards it, but before the white makes contact, the ball falls into the pocket. So is it ... Stoke Newington ActionNo Stokey action for several days now, stayed in last night, tonight going to Highbury Garage for *cough* some band *cough* because Corporation:Blend are supporting and a chum is involved in some managerial way...On the bus on the way in this morning... Birdcage was too loudThe music's good, but maybe we were just sat at a shitty table, sound was a bit crap. So where tonight? Not back there, maybe to The Fox Reformed or whatever, the wine bar down the bottom of Stoke Newington Church Street, it's about the only bar we'v... arcade gamesWalked the long way round Listria Park on the way to Church Street today, and saw two magpies and a squirrel raiding someone's bin. They weren't at all bothered by me walking so close to them.Also saw a discarded arcade machine on the road, all it's ... Royal BengalAfter a very short pub crawl yesterday (couple of smashing pints in The Defoe, then no drinks in Bar Lorca, as their "all cocktails £9 a jug" offer turned out to be a lie, then the Coach and Horses]]) we did end up going to The Royal Bengal in the en... Patrick JosephNow this is a bad website... am quite disappointed with myself that this blog thing was meant to be about how ace Stokey is and how much I like living here, but mostly today it's about how shit the community's websites are. Anyway, looks like the sit... Il BacioNext time I'm trying to find the number for Il Bacio, hopefully I'll find this page as their takeaway number doesn't seem to be online anywhere... it's 020 7249 2344 for the best garlic bread in town... The restaurant itself is at:61 Stoke Newington ... Holiday readingWhile I was away I read Matthew's Prize: Being the Tale of a Whitby Orphan Boy's Longing to Navigate the Broad Seas though I didn't know the title was so long at the time... it's about PIRATES, and it's quite good, if a bit of a blokey version of a m... TRAPPED!I had a JOYOUS afternoon yesterday... I was working from home, nipped out for some lunch, got into our communal hallway and realised I'd left my keys in the flat - both doors were locked needing a key to get out, so I was shut in the hallway until ou... Darkness December datesSMART, new Darkness tour:[quote]The Darkness @ [[Plymouth Pavilion, Plymouth, Devon (Wed 3 Dec)The Darkness @ Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth, Dorset (Thu 4 Dec)The Darkness @ Brixton Academy, Brixton, London (Fri 5 Dec)The Darkness @ C... PEACE!The nephews have gone home, it's been a fantastic week, but tiring... haven't spent that much time with them both, EVER! Looking forward to our family holiday we've just booked for 20 of us in Greece somewhere.Today; washing, tidying, sitting, watchi... SuedeSuede play London, 12th of December, bit steep though... do I do nothing but complain about costs? Am I mean? At least it's a proper gig that we have a chance of getting tickets to, after the fiasco that was the ICA.Latitude Festival 2012: Weekend in... Doctor DoctorHad a great weekend, Chambers let me down a bit though, or I let it down, it was too smokey in there, so I was sat there being a bit quiet with streaming eyes, and feeling guilty for getting everyone else to go there. No-one else seemed to mind, or n... Popbitch Karaoke FalloutPopbitch Karaoke was "genius" say the XFM Remix chaps, I like to think they're referring just to me there, everyone else was rubbish...They have Banana Bread Beer on tap in The Defoe now, it's tastes more watery than the bottled version, which is a b... Three wheeled off road baby buggiesThis is why there are so many of them; according to BBC newsIn London's Stoke Newington - the new Islington - there are said to be more children under five than anywhere else in EuropeLove how it refers to el presidente as "Labour's Tony Blair" too..... Property prices falling in StokeyThis place (pictured) is next door but one to us, and as previously mentioned it's been up for sale for while... well now it's sold! It looks a lot nicer than ours, and the final price on the website when it was sold was 247,500, a seven and a half g... Maybe Stokey prices aren't falling...Our neighbour on the other side has also just gone up for sale, it's under offer already at 375,000! It's a full house, so at least double the size of our flat, and from the pictures looks very nice indeed... still, it's not sold yet, maybe it was a ... Power cutJust been for lunch at Sesame and they have a power cut up there... it's quite a way up the road, but it could be something to do with the cold weather, we had a lot of power cuts here last year...On a brighter note, I just found this picture of the ... A day in StokeyNot got much to do at all, might go out and take some snaps locally with the camera, might head into town to get series five of Buffy, as we got some vouchers for Christmas. Could head to The Defoe for some sneaky pool practice, as we're heading out ... Stokey at a standstillThis snow has brought Stokey to a standstill, trains were cancelled and the 106 was diverted away from our stop, and it just took me best part of an hour to get from one end of Stoke Newington Church Street to another. So I've given up, and walked ho... It's been a weekTime to mention the bus again, the 106 is back on track, not being diverted via Stoke Newington Church Street and so on, got me into work a bit too quick today... further investigations into Folkestone Metronome reveal that Zodiac Mindwarp and Wolfsb... No-one told me Stokey would be like thisWorking from home again today, and there's someone playing Metallica out in the back garden (downstairs or next door), what's that all about? I don't want to put my stereo on as it'll look like I'm competing with them. I thought it was all new agey r... Stokey filming updateVarious popbitch suggestions, one agreeing it might be Chris Morris, but one more interesting that it is Woody Allen.Apparently they're filming You Are What You Eat here today too.... Hey buddy can you spare some cat poo?A proper frightener yesterday in the mouse department, one up on the sideboard... Clare SCREAMED, which dazed the mouse a bit. He scarpered side to side, realised he was stuck on the side (how did he get up there?) and then took a leap. He did at lea...