Monthly Archives: July 2010

I read in a tweet recently that you know when the Edinburgh is quite close when you answer most questions with “Let’s talk about that in September”. I’m sorry. But I’m very much of that mind at the moment. It … Continue reading →

We watched the film Ghost last night. To me this was always the sequel to Dirty Dancing – Patrick Swayze in musical numbers with the then pretty Demi Moore (before she decided to be more of a cougar). The idea … Continue reading →

I look back on this particular interchange fondly. I was reminded of it by seeing another comedian had received an anti-fan letter a bit like it today. These out-and-out failures really give your stand-up career a bit of texture and … Continue reading →

I now realise that I haven’t done my stand-up set in ages. So when I turned up for my gig on Friday night there was a chance I’d be rusty… not really, I was, in fact, fresh. I’ve been performing, … Continue reading →

At first this looks like a bit of pettiness, someone campaigning against a toilet. Then you realise that the council have pretty much closed all public conveniences in Wokingham (probably because they can’t give people parking tickets for pooing) and … Continue reading →

I think I’ve always had a slightly irascible side. I can allow myself to be irritated by things; this leads me to wanting to take action to do something about whatever it is. I was quite a sarcastic proactive dick … Continue reading →

There’s a difference between the thing I do do and the things I want to do. If I had my way, I’d be a writer/performer of spoken word and music. There’s a limit to what I, and anyone else for … Continue reading →

Never pre-judge an audience. I think I was expecting the Henley Crowd to be a bit arts centre-ish and stuffy – a bunch of telegraph reading middle-class sorts whose idea of heckling might be to go “well, really!”. This, of … Continue reading →

(Nothing to do with the suicidal police killer) It doesn’t bode well that I’ve titled this with an awful pun. However, I’ve got this feeling today. I’m down. I know I’m down, so it’s just one of those things. I … Continue reading →

A very wise man once probably said that you should keep records of your life so that you can look back on it when you’re older and wiser and see what it was like. Why miss out on the nostalgia? … Continue reading →