Cup Of Coffee

This woman courts the media and generates stories purely to sell magazines and increase her own wealth. Around 99% of what you read about her and Peter Andre is complete balls and is made up by Jordan or her management team. This is how she makes money, this is how she can afford to live the life she does. Therefore,… Read more →

Last night we went into town for a meal. We’re still on the sunny isle of Fuerteventura and enjoying every minute. After a big steak at one of the local restaurants I overheard a local accent from the other side of the room. It’s fair to say that accents around my kneck of the woods are fairly ermm.. distinctive. When… Read more →

We’re still out in the sunshine. It’s Billy’s first ever holiday and we’ve already spent several days by the pool. We’ve bought him a little boat and a life-jacket and he’s been happily navigating the pool as captain of his own blow-up ship. It’s great to see his face as he experiences all these new things, so we decided to… Read more →

We’ve been quite fortunate to have visited quite a few places in the world during the last few years. My wife is a member of cabin crew for an airline in the UK and we’ve had a few discounts here and there to enable us to see places like Mexico, New York and Caribbean resorts. This year things have shifted… Read more →

It’s always a little worrying when you look out the windows and see this. To be honest I’m not entirely sure what was going on, but a van full of police and six police bikes isn’t something I see regularly. :) Read more →

You’ve got to wonder what was being said in the White House Military Office a few weeks back when someone had the insane idea of a “photo op” for Air Force One… “Hey guys, why don’t we take Air Force One and fly it really low over NYC” “Over NYC? Are you mad man? We need a fighter jet behind… Read more →

The Daily Dilbert strip just gets better and better :) Read more →

Why? Why spend stacks of cash designing a site and display annoying pop-ups everywhere ? Not normal advertising pop-ups, oh no. These are “please tell us what you think of our site” popups. I’ve just been to two websites and got these.. why do this ? Just do a beta of your new site and then ask people to test… Read more →

What was this guy thinking, really? You’re Britain’s top counter-terrorism officer, you’re reading a secret document about a massive police operation. Then, you turn up at Number 10 Downing Street, you put it on the top of your files, then get out of the car in front of dozens of photographers. Photographers have zoom-lenses y’know, as we’ve seen by several… Read more →

This one is from b3ta.com user Furness and pretty much sums up the Daily Mail here in the UK. Every day a new front page appears which seeks to provote hatred towards something or someone. This week it’s been Google and the whole Street View thing, with Milton Keynes residents trying to block the Google car from driving up their… Read more →

Now, I don’t mind paying cheap and getting cheap, but when you’re paying the same and getting a totally different service. Yesterday I called the Orange directory service. It’s on 118000. I asked for the phone number for “Sues Tyres” in Cannock. I was looking to get one of my tyres checked, but I didn’t have the number. The guy… Read more →

I’ve tried to come up with some words to go along with this news story, but I’m a little stuck. This apparently happened (although, who really believes newspapers ?) in Stuttgart, Germany. Bizarre! Read more →

Perhaps this is how kids rebel now-a-days. I’m not sure. An 18-year-old from Berkshire decided to paint a 60-foot penis on his mom and dads 1 million mansion. It’s been up there a year and no-one has noticed, which isn’t too surprising as it’s on the roof… pointing up… What a dick… Link – BBC Newsbeat Read more →

Woaha!!! What the frig happened to our shopping bill!? Never mind credit crunch, this is a wallet melting joke! All we’ve got to do now is figure out how to go through a week or two without eating, or buying nappies, or buying any cleaning stuff. At least it’s not just us. Stand at the checkout in your local aircraft-hanger-sized… Read more →

So, here’s the new car from India that’ll be affordable and much safer for the majority of Indian familes who currently ride mopeds pretty much everywhere. Seriously.. the whole family on a moped. An upgraded version of this .. um… thing… will be available in Europe later, hopefully with safety features like.. err.. air bags. Thankfully it only has a… Read more →

So, you may have seen Stafford Hospital in the news recently. For people who live near the hospital it’s no surprise. The hospital has had a bad reputation for many years and the people of Staffordshire are well aware of the issues. A couple of weeks back the local news reported that the Staffordshire NHS trust chairman Toni Brisby and… Read more →

If you visit my blog often you’ll have seen the pictures on the left panel. They’re a direct feed from my phone and I upload them like this to flickr.com. This morning I actually stopped the car to take a picture of the sky. Don’t worry, I wasn’t on the motorway or anything, but it was an early start for… Read more →

I just have to put todays Dilbert into the blog. I don’t think I’ve got to this stage though! Read more →

If you’ve followed my blog for a while you’ll know about my one or two car accidents. They’re mostly not my fault, but the insurers seem to think otherwise. ;) Now, when I crashed my car last I took the opportunity to buy a sensible Diesel motor instead of the rather thirsty petrol I had earlier. When I swapped I… Read more →

I’ve just been reading this story about how pirate radio stations can block the airwaves and put lives at risk. Interestingly last night I found yet another pirate station – this time really powerful on 107FM. It’s called Midlands Underground and seems to be playing some hefty drum and bass stuff. The signal seems to be extremely stong and I… Read more →

OK, I mentioned my bank on the front page of the site and, to be honest, it’s not the place to do it. Here, in my blog, is perhaps a better place to slate my bank. They are, without doubt, totally uncaring towards their customers. I’ve been dodging the “account review” that they insist I’ve been needing for around 2… Read more →

Last weekend it was my cousins wedding. He was marrying his long-time girlfriend and everything went well with beautiful weather, ceremony and speeches etc. Me, Emily and little Billy were all prepared. I’d got my suit, Emily had scoured Birmingham for an outfit and Billy had a really stunning suit too. On the morning of the wedding we were busy… Read more →