What A Crock Of Monkey Snot

Two weeks back I received a phone call asking me to attend an audition for an acting role. I had a long chat with the person on the phone; seemed a nice sort, young and excitable as they are. They had seen some previous work of mine, liked it very much and would I be interested in auditioning for the role? Naturally I accepted, they emailed me the script, did some research into the director and previous works, as you do , duly rehearsed lines for the part they wanted reading - you get the picture here. The audition was a good three hours ... Read Full Story

I've got a brand new mobile phone. Its a doozy. Its thus so because it does exactly what I want it to do . Dial out, ring and do 'txt msgs'. That's all I need . That's all I asked for. I don't want any fancy gadgets. I don't want bluetooth or web access or a 4 mega pixel camera or the ability to get data sent to me from a satellite orbiting Uranus to tell me EXACTLY where the nearest clean and fresh public toilet is. No. I don't want that. I want a phone that dials, rings and can do 'txt msgs'. ... Read Full Story

I like many others in life have had rejection letters or emails from jobs which have been applied for. It comes with the territory I suppose and it is one of life's bitter sweet slaps around the face. One thing I have found, and please believe me when I say I am not blowing my own trumpet, is that I have been turned down before on occasions, for being 'over qualified', which astounds me and renders me bloody aggravated at the same time. Surely being 'over qualified' means that your knowledge of the job offered is second to none and no-one in their right ... Read Full Story

Spam e-mails are bloody annoying . I get masses of the bloody things every day and no matter how many filters there are present, spam will always get into your inbox. My ISP has anti-spam. My email program has anti-spam. My virus protection and spyware program have anti-spam but still the spam gets through the tiniest smallest crevice . I have over 10000 blocked email addresses and yet every day and, in every way, I get more spam. Spam senders have gone to extraordinary lengths to bypass your filters to nowadays even misspelling the pills and potions they are selling . From words like ... Read Full Story

A big thumbs up for Internet service operators who try to sell you more bandwidth and then increase the amount of video flash clips, big bannered ads and general crap they display on their homepage which, as a result, slows your computer down to within an inch of its life before it kick starts into reality again. It's not just the ISP's though. Nearly every web page (with the exception of beloved Google ) has a trillion ads that flash and strobe you into a jellied psychotic heap in your chair, dribbling too . The need for speed for users these days has gone ... Read Full Story