2008-07-15UTC07:17:38The George in Rye July newsletterWe've been rather quiet on the newsletter front lately, having been nominated for UK Newcomer of the Year in the CATEY Awards, the Oscars of the Restaurant and Hotel world (sadly, the ceremony was not in LA). This award has previously been won by the... 2008-05-28UTC03:05:47Turin Brakes play the Leas Cliff Hall in August, 08/08/08Hevy is extremely excited to be presenting their biggest event so far this August, featuring two of their favourite upcoming bands supporting Turin Brakes at the Leas Cliff Hall.Leas Cliff Hall, FolkestoneFriday 8th August 2008 (08/08/08)Doors 7:00pm... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11288/Turin+Brakes+play+the+Leas+Cliff+Hall+in+August%2C+08/08/08"><img alt="Turin Brakes play the Leas Cliff Hall in August, 08/08/08" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1392/638384072_55e1c71c64.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11288/Turin+Brakes+play+the+Leas+Cliff+Hall+in+August%2C+08/08/08">Rated 4.73/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-04-20UTC05:24:30Yesterday's house huntA trip to Canterbury yesterday, an early start, four houses to see. First one was a bit further out than we first thought, up Whitstable Road, though not an insurmountable distance to Canterbury West. The house is at the end of a cul-de-sac, so you h... 2007-11-18UTC06:21:59Particularly fulsome weekend, with curries.Splendid weekend, a bit different this time, starting off with a half day on Friday. I headed to Winchester to meet up with some friends, and really needed the extra time to make the most of the night. Clare stayed home watching Children in Need afte... 2007-10-27UTC07:47:42TFI The WeekendBit of a choppy working week, but now two days respite. Which is nice. So, off to see the family in a few minutes, hence being up and about at this time.Quiet night in last night, Brand new Rebus on TV, lots of swearing for an ITV show I thought, the... 2007-07-21UTC09:51:54Quiz actionDidn't go see the band in Hythe last night, did the quiz at The Grand instead. It's an easy one, so though we did quite well, we didn't do well enough. We dropped six questions out of 36, two on our vital joker round, so no meal for four prize for us... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10340/Quiz+action">Rated 3.57/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-06-15UTC05:09:33Who sets their ebay auction to finish at 6pm on a Friday?Just in from work too late, this Habitat Radius tallboy that I was after just went, for 360 quid, and it was in Kent, bah. As always, I should have put in a higher bid to start with, but not being around at the end of the auction I'm sure I would ha... 2007-01-23UTC06:41:04I was looking for a job, and then I found a jobNo posts for a few days, I had something to say but wanted to wait until I got an official confirmation and things. Yes I'm back in the land of the permanently employed, just arranged some final details today and I start at Holiday Extras on Monday! ... 2006-12-15UTC10:16:59Party seasonIt was the christmas party last night of the place I'm freelancing at, and so far nobody's made it in. Couldbe a very quiet day here... I was a bit early today, this morning's train was early, which was freakish. In other freakishly good train relate... 2006-12-10UTC06:10:12Too muchDone far too much since my last posting to remember it all, but here's a go... Thursday was my last proper day at work, though they've asked me to stay on for another week, so that's christmas paid for. That night we were out for the popbitch christm... 2006-11-03UTC05:18:11Damp and other delightsThis spell of cold weather has made the whole house SWEAT! I've hd to put our central heating on at last, yay it still works, but uh-oh, this has led to condensation everywhere. Hopefully this will sort itself out when the temperature levels off a bi... 2006-10-17UTC07:43:31Yesterday's newsBAH, wrote a huge posting, to compensate for several days of blog neglect, and Firefox only done went and crashed on me didn't it... that's literally several paragraphs of finely thought out prose that are now lost forever. I need to write an "autosa... 2006-06-08UTC12:01:24Woo, new computer is on the wayI was all set to post some abuse about the unhelpfulness of the couriers used by Dell, I got the usual spiel on the phone about how they can't give me a smaller time frame than 8am to 6pm for delivery, they can't give the actual courier on the ground... 2006-03-01UTC12:29:08Lovely day todaySuper bright on leaving Folkestone, just so sunny as to be unreal. Very cold though, and only going to get colder this week. Could see lots of stars clearly from bed last night (through the open blinds, no missing roof or anything) so it's possibly r... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/4704/Lovely+day+today">Rated 5.35/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-02-05UTC10:23:56Flipping Big TelevisionAfter much deliberation, arguing, stress, and a pizza express to diffuse the tension, we got ourselves a TV. Not exactly the one we went in for, we were talked up very slightly, after comparing them side by side. We did see others that we liked more ... 2006-01-25UTC03:50:38I've got the power... oh no, I don'tSuper power outage at work today, from about 7am this morning to lunchtime, has quite thrown the rhythm of my whole day.The Arctic Monkeys are getting quite a lot of press aren't they? I don't think we've seen the like since the Oasis v Blur days of ... 2006-01-05UTC02:27:02It's delivering time...Our new bookcases from John Lewis are on their way at last! These were wedding presents (well bought with vouchers we got as wedding gifts), and we're fast approaching our half year anniversary. So, they're being delivered at last on Thursday, then w... 2005-10-06UTC08:57:55Signal failure?Signal problems? Some such excuse for our train being late in today, ah well. Charing Cross was CRAWLING with police too, I wonder if there'd been a tip off about something. Apart from that London feels a bit quieter today, maybe it's the fog.Hmm, lo... 2005-08-02UTC10:05:39This week's transport rubbishnessThis week's bad thing was her train from Charing Cross being cancelled last night, so she was 40 mins late home. Poor flower! My journey was fine, except that I was concerned that I was on the wrong train when she didn't meet me at Ashford. I even sp... 2005-07-12UTC09:10:29Blah blah London blah blahUS troops ordered to avoid London, thanks for that chaps! None are being ordered to avoid Iraq though I don't think. Personally I've been advised to pull my socks up and get right back on the tube, ah well. Travelling is rubbish at the moment, even n... 2005-04-18UTC09:55:19HaircutSo, I a bit of a trim at the weekend. Clean shaven and short modern slightly dishevelled hair which has possibly taken years off me.Snoozed all the way into work today, which was nice, slight delay yet again though. It's a cliche about commuter train... 2004-08-02UTC08:25:57Where'd the site go?Something up at the hosting centre has meant this has been unavailable, and me with so much news! The new computer arrived, so just plugging that in and playing now, all seems to have come up quite neatly. It's trying to sync with Outlook, which I do... 2004-05-28UTC01:46:26It's grim up North LondonNoticed the whole parade of shops near Finsbury Park station was cordoned off by police today, I thought maybe it was something to do with Abu Hamza being arrested, as there were also TV reporters outside the mosque, but NO! Just heard on popbitch th... 2004-04-02UTC10:56:18CarpettedThings were shit yesterday, I met with some of the other freeholders, they were mostly nice, but the concensus is "NO, you cannot have a wooden floor in the flat". So not sure what to do now, I guess put in a lower offer to cover having to recarpet t... 2004-03-26UTC10:23:03The ScaffoldGot home yesterday to find scaffolding up past the (second floor) kitchen window, guess this means the roof and the damp problems are getting fixed...In other news Madonna tickets go on sale today, there's a minor fix to Anapod released today, flatma... 2004-02-16UTC10:01:29It'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... 2004-01-27UTC09:59:112000ADWho'd have thought Metro would do something that I approve of, what's happening to the world? They've signed up Judge Dredd as a new comic strip, unfortunately not dropped either of the other two yet though. I read 2000AD every week when I was younge... 2003-12-27UTC06:03:51Good ChristmasBACK in London now after a smashing (but short) family Christmas... with having xmas eve off we got down to Fareham in plenty of time to relax and receive the first of our xmas bonusses - a ride in the Beetle... this was my first car that I bought in... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/674/Good+Christmas"><img alt="Good Christmas" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2163/2258164808_401d81aaea_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/674/Good+Christmas">Rated 3.57/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2003-10-22UTC12:22:05The DarknessThe band seem to have recently updated their official site, they have a new forum system in place, and it's being constantly updated with news of cancellations etc...A mate spoke to Dan Hawkins last night, he says the gig is definitely on, there are ... 2003-10-22UTC09:40:04Keep smoking JustinStill no confirmation as to whether tonight's Darkness gig is still on or not (after Liverpool, Folkestone and Portsmouth were all postponed), but I could do with it being put off for a bit... Saw AC/DC last night, also at Hammersmith Odeon Apollo, a... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/7840/Keep+smoking+Justin">Rated 3.57/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>