Go almost anywhere in the world and you’ll find a British Ex-Pat community. A group of people who at some point in their lives decided that living in the UK wasn’t for them and they’d like to start a new life in a new country with an exciting new culture. Except that it rarely works… Continue reading Ex-Pats
Author: Dave Cross
A New Pleasure
Hooray for sugar-free Red Bull. Now I can stay awake without getting fatter!
The Truth About Private Lynch
It seems that the “Saving Private Lynch” story that we got from the US (and, of course, UK) media wasn’t as accurate as it could have been. The BBC programme Correspondent has being doing some research into the truth of the story and their results will be shown on Sunday night. “We gave her three… Continue reading The Truth About Private Lynch
Heartless Bastard
Oh, now I feel really embarassed. A few weeks ago I put some old AD&D books up for sale on Ebay. I didn’t get much money for them but at least they sold. One person won two of them. I sent him the payment instructions soon after the auction finished and got no response. Over… Continue reading Heartless Bastard
Charidee
I, of course, have no objections to giving money to charity. One of the saddest days I spent last spring when I was unemployed was to go thru my bank account cancelling all of the money direct debits that were going to various charities. Now I’m starting to to get back on my feet financially… Continue reading Charidee
Shopping for Toys
My phone contract expires later this week which means it’s time for a phone upgrade. I’m pretty sure that I’m going for the Nokia 6310i. This means that I get Bluetooth enabled for the first time. Of course having one Bluetooth device is no fun at all so I’m probably going to buy the Bluetooth… Continue reading Shopping for Toys
Priorities
Buffy season six is released on DVD on Monday, but Play.com delivered my pre-ordered copy yesterday. This leaves me with a huge dilemma. I should be working on the book, but it seems that I am pathologically incapable of doing any kind of work when there are unwatched Buffy DVDs in the house.
Infinite Monkeys
I thought that everyone understood the principles behind the idea that given time and typewriters, an infinite number of monkeys would produce the complete works of Shakespeare. Of course you either need an infinite number of monkeys or an infinite amount of time. But it’s obvious, I hope, that given one of those two conditions… Continue reading Infinite Monkeys
English as She is Spoke
I have a page on this site where I talk about some of the worst cries against the English language that are regularly committed by the staff of London Underground. I’m thinking of updating that page more frequently as I’ve recently heard so many new grammatical monstrosities on my journeys to and from work. For… Continue reading English as She is Spoke
Train From Hell
Yesterday’s entry was (of course) inspired by a day spent in one of the towns described. I was therefore very happy when various meetings overran and other meetings were cancelled which enabled me to get on an earlier train back to civilisation. My happiness was short-lived, however, when two stops down the line my carriage… Continue reading Train From Hell