http://www.icemark.com/blog The General Babblings from the author on Icemark.com Mon, 14 Jul 2008 13:03:47 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've just spent the whole day at my brothers wedding. I'm tired now, it's been a long day! I cried when Andrew gave his speech; what can I say, I'm getting soppy in my old age!!! http://www.icemark.com/blog/archives/2008/07/12/tired/ I watched the last three episodes of Dr Who, including the season finale; they were all shite! I seem to keep getting the same feeling everytime I drop in to watch an episode... It's camp, it's kitsch, it's badly written, and it's badly acted... why do so many people seem to ... http://www.icemark.com/blog/archives/2008/07/07/dr-who/ Victoria and I have been together for 20 years today, and married for 12! A lovestruck romeo sings a streetsuss serenade Laying everybody low with a lovesong that he made finds a convenient streetlight steps out of the shade Says something like you and me babe how about it? http://www.icemark.com/blog/archives/2008/07/02/20-years-of-giving-it-a-go/ You listen to me. While I will admit to a certain cynicism, the fact is that I am a nay-sayer and hatchet man in the fight against violence. I pride myself in taking a punch and I'll gladly take another, because I choose to live my life in the company ... http://www.icemark.com/blog/archives/2008/07/02/my-concerns-are-global/ Victoria and I went to London for our anniversary and Victoria's birthday, at the weekend. It's actually our anniversary on Wednesday and her birthday on Friday, but my parents were coming down to look after the kids and July 11th we are up north for my brothers wedding - ... http://www.icemark.com/blog/archives/2008/07/01/londinium/ On the way home from College last night I experienced two occasions of Barn Owls flying in front of me! [tags]Barn Owls, Owls[/tags] http://www.icemark.com/blog/archives/2008/06/25/barn-owls/ I just installed an HP OfficeJet Pro L7600 Series printer on my laptop... why oh why is the MINIMUM install 234mb? Surely all I should need for a MINIMUM install is the driver? Everything else should be optional. [tags]Printers, HP, Office Jet, L7600, Drivers, Size[/tags] http://www.icemark.com/blog/archives/2008/06/24/installing-printers/ Visited Stonehenge for the Summer Solstice again this year; it was very wet. The whole family went for the experience but despite our misgivings with the weather before we set off, the kids were looking forward to it; so we went anyway. It was very gloomy and very wet. At ... http://www.icemark.com/blog/archives/2008/06/22/summer-solstice-2008/ Something came to me this morning while listening to the sports news on the radio. It was one of those striking moments and here is the result... EXT – DAY – Edgbaston Kevin PIETERSEN stands at the crease looking up and preparing for the next delivery. He knocks his bat against the ... http://www.icemark.com/blog/archives/2008/06/18/pietersen-changed-his-agrippa/ We've had the chickens a little over two weeks now. And much fun has been observed. The first two nights involved tempting them into the eglu at night to roost as they were getting very agitated, but seemed unable to do anything about it. Placing a torch in the ... http://www.icemark.com/blog/archives/2008/06/15/the-first-eggs/ Went to see [wiki]Bon Jovi[/wiki] in concert last night at St Mary's Stadium, Southampton. I really enjoyed it, as I would expect to, especially with the company I was keeping on the night. If I had any complaints it would be that it felt a little short compared to 2006 in ... http://www.icemark.com/blog/archives/2008/06/12/lost-highway/ The chickens turned up yesterday. The kids were excited from first thing in th morning. Jacob was up and ready at about 7am, he was going to "watch out" for the chickens delivery; which we already knew would be about 2pm! They turned up around 3pm. The nice man from ... http://www.icemark.com/blog/archives/2008/05/28/theyre-organised-i-know-it/ How far do you let your mind wander? As you got about your day-to-day business, do you allow your mind to follow the path of least resistance? Do you allow it to explore the depths of things usually hidden, searching for answers, searching for questions? Can you sit and ... http://www.icemark.com/blog/archives/2008/05/21/tell-me-your-secrets-and-ask-me-your-questions/ We got chickens coming... we've ordered an [wiki]Eglu[/wiki] from Omlet with two chickens. They should be with us by 27th May!!!! [tags]Omlet, Eglu, chickens[/tags] http://www.icemark.com/blog/archives/2008/05/13/chickens/ Flying with Ryan Air One must remember when choosing to fly with low budget carrier Ryan Air that they are shockingly shit! Their planes are the most ghastly that I have flown on for a very long time. And they must insist on bombarding you with adverts every five minutes. I ... http://www.icemark.com/blog/archives/2008/05/13/flying-with-ryan-air/