2008-02-21UTC09:07:41Hmm, what's that I smell?Looks like that was meant to be a reply to <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/8331/8331/Oof%2C+shooting+in+Cheriton%21">this news story</a>...2008-02-12UTC04:17:11Weekend! Curry! Spazzy twitches! Everything!Great weekend, bailed out of work slightly early and got the train to Mum and Dad's, for a nice long relaxing weekend. As previously mentioned, Clare was in London drinking and dancing with her friends, and definitely not lighting fires, and I was he... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10953/Weekend%21+Curry%21+Spazzy+twitches%21+Everything%21"><img alt="Weekend! Curry! Spazzy twitches! Everything!" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2275/2258161390_90d4f60c86_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10953/Weekend%21+Curry%21+Spazzy+twitches%21+Everything%21">Rated 6.88/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-04-16UTC12:47:46Hot weekendWeekend was ace wasn't it? We started with a lunchtime pint with work at a nice pub called The Drum, then a few drinks just the wife and me. Saturday we headed to The Whole World Cafe, and what do you know it was actually open this time? We were a bi... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10135/Hot+weekend"><img alt="Hot weekend" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3109/2725136245_97d0de9be6_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10135/Hot+weekend">Rated 3.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-01-17UTC08:42:04Blood on the tracksWatched "The Roadkill Chef" last night, billed by BBC Three as "Eccentric roadkill connoisseur Fergus Drennan tries to change the eating habits of the people in the town of Sandwich in Kent by throwing the community a roadkill feast". Sandwich is rea... 2006-11-30UTC10:51:43Thursday morning roundupJust caught the end of something on BBC Breakfast, advice on blogging and work, or why not to blog about work, something like that. A few sites / posts were held up as bad examples, I wasn't one of them, it was all fairly basic stuff:* Don't be posti... 2006-11-14UTC11:40:08SpamalotSpamalot was quite good, not brilliant, best bit for me was seeing Tim Curry in the lead role. It's all the same story / jokes as the film.Went to The Three Greyhounds before the show, very good, small but nice old pub style pub. Four real ales on an... 2006-11-08UTC11:31:38Gig guide from this week in 1981!so it wasn't all big name indie bands playing the Metronome every night as I've been led to believe... here's a fascinating republication of gig listings from 1981, from the good people at www.kentgigs.com. Don't forget my Folkestone gig guide though... 2006-10-30UTC10:16:51Blog alertsGoogle blog search has either just had some kind of upgrade, or it's only just discovered my sites; I'm suddenly getting dialy email alerts with all my posts in. This is GOOD, I've been subscribing to a Folkestone alert for a year or so, getting upda... 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... 2006-10-10UTC06:31:07Really bad and sad news about Paul Hunter, he was only 27 and had just become a dad, should have known things were very serious when his ranking was frozen earlier this year, that's an unusual move, though we really thought and hoped he'd recover.Als... 2006-10-02UTC07:28:39Poor old FarehamThis property hotspot list from The Independent is a bit harsh I feel. Not just that there's no room for Folkestone in their top ten, fair enough, but:At the bottom of the pile, in dismal 1,833rd place, is Fareham - the small town on the north-west t... 2006-08-30UTC08:36:22RE: Have you seen dolphins recently off Folkestone or Sandgate?Ah good, I'm glad to see you've seen <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/folkestone/90/38//RE-SundayMirror-co-uk-News-RACE-FOR.html">the Sandgate / Folkestone Dolphin</a>...2006-07-10UTC10:22:14ZZ blows his topSo what was said then? Must surely have been something racial. Man alive it's a dirty game.Cream-crackered today, don't feel like I rested for a second at the weekend, not only did we stay up far too late on Saturday, but we went OUT on a FRIDAY! Thi... 2006-07-07UTC09:36:23I nearly shiveredI nearly shivered just as I got to work, a brace of fire engines raced down Farringdon Road, all sirens blazing. It was too hot for a real shiver, but obviously thoughts all day are with the events of last year... Just looking back to what I wrote on... 2006-07-06UTC09:47:19Drought, in the fields, the fighting's just begun...How irresponsible are Amazon right now? They're advertising this 'domestic' high pressure washer (400 litres per hour) and this upright high pressure washer (530 litres per hour) on their home and garden homepage. I went there looking for things to a... 2006-06-13UTC09:16:22Well at least it's good for the gardenNot a lot else to report, having a lot of trouble with spammers on here, so if you want to post a reply I'm afraid you'll have to register now, until I can work something out.Nice that the rain has cooled things down a bit, it was a bit of a shock th... 2006-06-12UTC12:14:06Another action packed weekenderThe new computer est arrivé! Had no time to play with it yet as it's been such a busy weekend, and so had no time to get pictures off the camera yet, so my weekend diarisation and explanation is without illustration so far, sorry (see pictures by my ... 2006-05-05UTC02:20:54Another scorcherMaybe it's the nice weather, but every day this week I've not been able to sleep properly, not at night, and not on the train, bah.Plans for the weekend? I'm looking forward to a visit from the family, taking them to Escondido for lunch and then out ... 2006-04-27UTC10:50:35No pea soup for breakfast todayWe've had crazy fog each day this week in Folkestone, but not today, it was lovely back and home and also nice here in London.Didn't sleep on the train in today, I suspect it's because the wife wasn't there beside me, she's taken the luxury of a day ... 2006-04-12UTC10:56:22It's good to be back, it's good to be backThankyou for the concerned phonecalls and emails and texts, I am all OK, just had a few days away from work and the computer with a bad back, too much housework I reckon. Gave me a nice relaxing time in front of the TV though.Before all that, let me ... 2006-03-27UTC10:11:54Weddingtastic weekenderMight mighty wedding fun at the weekend, but I'm KNACKERED now... Headed back in to London Saturday morning for the wedding of Ralph and Linda at The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures & Commerce (RSA for short), just off The S... 2006-03-20UTC10:37:16Weekend of sportsThe Rugby was great, made for quite a long and tiring day, but a fabulous experience being there for an international. The Wales v France game put paid to either England or Ireland winning the 6 Nations so it wasn't quite such an important game. I'd ... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/6539/Weekend+of+sports"><img alt="Weekend of sports" src="http://farm1.static.flickr.com/30/38190906_3f7d8c2f90.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/6539/Weekend+of+sports">Rated 3.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-02-27UTC10:21:42Too hungover to weblog yesterdayFeeling fresher today just about, let me get my gripe of the day out of the way first though. Today's train had the most annoying conductor on it, he just LOVED the sound of his own voice and I think he thought he was Bruce Forsyth, he announced ever... 2006-02-13UTC10:21:21Weekend reportSuper weekend, starting with The Mighty Boosh at the LCH, funny, good, we felt a bit old though, they do attract a young audience, lots of whom were dressed up. I maybe enjoyed the show a bit more than my companions, though it did feel a bit like a c... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/4632/Weekend+report"><img alt="Weekend report" src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1392/638384072_55e1c71c64.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/4632/Weekend+report">Rated 4.73/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-01-23UTC10:30:58Oh, and the snookerWe watched a lot of this over the weekend, but not the end! We like to see a good match as much as anyone, but late on a Sunday night I'd prefer it to be a bit of a drubbing. Taking things to the black ball in the last possible frame, after many many... 2006-01-23UTC10:10:11Now that's just meanIn the same weekend that the whole nation gets weepy about one (1) dead whale, there's more news about brazillions of grey squirrels being culled.Great weekend of comedy and sort of DIY. Went to the Lanterns comedy night Saturday, and quite literally... 2006-01-03UTC02:13:31Fitter, happier, more productiveI'm not falling into the trap of making resolutions, but I am going to try and get a few more things sorted. Had a fairly productive Christmas, so why not continue in this vein? Oh yes, spurred on by my new toilet seat, here's what I'm achieving...We... 2005-11-11UTC01:10:03It's all go todayIt's all go today, XFM Winter Wonderland tickets sold out before I managed to send out a spam about them, so now doing a bit of marketing of The Eagles Farewell Tour. I'd like to see them, but it's 75 quid or so for tix... did this suddenly turn into... 2005-10-31UTC12:33:19Up to my elbows in computer bitsFitted the new hard drive to the computer, though not got windows recognising it yet... got that final piece of missing info today, so by tonight I should have 120gig of space, rapidly being filled up with downloaded content! FINALLY I can backup my ... 2005-10-17UTC09:42:44London CrawlingGreat weekend in London, a bit of a change of scene for us. Came up Saturday afternoon, and did a bit of shopping, a nice new pair of trousers and a shirt, to wear to the evening's party. This was at The Corner Store for Stu and Alice's wedding, and ...