tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-53327412009-10-13T03:53:25.735Zwhen I step into the place you know I step correctnickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06859527758712195070noreply@blogger.comBlogger390125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5332741.post-78607051964129023922008-12-31T20:28:00.001Z2008-12-31T20:28:58.796Z

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Atheist propagandaThe fight back against religious indoctrination has finally begun. A Guardian columnist has organised some atheist advertising for London Buses after being angered by a pro Christianity ad she saw on a bus. The advert promoted a website with your standard, rapture, burn in hell, sin sin sin type tripe.Now, the pro-atheism ad, funded by more than £10,000 from the public and

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Rip off BritainIt's long been said that stuff is unfairly expensive here in Blighty. But now with the credit crunch certain things have reached new levels of stupidity. I just paid £2.90 for a glass of coke in a Huddersfield restaurant. I think that's the most I've ever paid, including the days when I frequented the pubs and clubs of Belgravia and Mayfair.Why do we put up with it? It's not like

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"Hey Toby. Brilliant when we can just fucking ___ and then paste it straight onto blogs(?) but for now I think this could be the future. People can cut and paste this copy and edit it and it'll be ready for news" spoken through SpinVox

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"This new software could be invaluable for answering call reports. As in reports without any time to the type of you know breaking news. They can phone the service and in seconds the report will be on the blog where ___ can cut and paste the report and then it's the news so I think this could be the future" spoken through SpinVox

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Tomorrow's paper will have been written by just two reporters. Usually there would be 7 or 8.

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SpeedHuddersfield based road safety charity Brake are often sending us rogues of the press sanctimonious statements about how drivers should slow down.I have more than once joked in the office that I was going to set up a rival road safety group called Accelerate and this week I think I have accidentally proved myself right.Now I respect many people die needlessly at the hands of speeding drivers

nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06859527758712195070noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5332741.post-63817541737346732962008-04-29T18:07:00.002Z2008-04-29T18:13:32.498Z

Why go to war for oil and then make it so expensive that your citizen's can't afford it? Today, hauliers from across the country delivered a coffin to Downing Street, warning the Government that it is killing the industry.A haulage boss told the media that his monthly fuel costs had gone up by £30,000 a month since November.This is not good.It's time for the Govt to act. I don't know how,

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Nuts and EggsFew things have been annoying me more than nuts and eggs lately. The nuts are the NUT, who in my view are nuts. Never has a union acronym been more apt as these self rightious teachers have voted to strike in a bid for a 10% pay-rise. I can't be bothered to look up the exact figures but I believe nurses recently got about 2.9% and the cops got 2.7% staggering up to about 3.2 or

nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06859527758712195070noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5332741.post-75536398004495567952008-02-13T19:34:00.002Z2008-02-13T19:37:27.759Z

I recommend this column by my colleague Barry Gibson. He distills the recent comments by bushy brows Williams down in a very clear yet compelling way. No doubt he'll be writing for the Guardian before too long.

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Brilliant tripIf you can find a way of viewing 'Unchained America' that was on More4 last week, I would suggest you do? Maybe it's on YouTube or Channel4OD?The 2 hr show simply entailed comedian Dave Gorman driving from coast to coast in America, trying to not spend any money at major chains, or giving any money to 'the man' as he called it. I thought it was brilliant and it made me want to do

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More ill thought out opinionsBlogs are a great place for dumping those debates you have with yourself, so here's another thing that's been bothering me of late...accents and their affect on different people. I bet there's been a study on it but here are my completely un-researched raw thoughts.For such a small country the UK has a lot of accents with quite acute differences. We've obviously got

nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06859527758712195070noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5332741.post-64114766778528187122008-01-03T20:38:00.000Z2008-01-03T20:53:10.947Z

Review of the yearIt's over already - I cannae believe it! 2007 was but a blur to me. Bar a shaky patch in late June/ early July it was all good. To coin a cliche, it's been a rollercoaster, but no regrets.2008 sees the 5th anniversary of Dough Diary - the catalyst behind my career 180. Whilst there are a few things I'd like to acquire this year, my main hope for 2008 is that it whizzes by

nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06859527758712195070noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5332741.post-39921049234604373122007-12-29T22:09:00.000Z2007-12-29T22:49:58.074Z

How is this allowed?A few years ago in an optimistic moment I decided to reply to a Reader's Digest mailshot. I guess the lure of winning something for nothing gets even the most cynical of us sometimes.For those of you who have never been a "valued member" let me enlighten you briefly, to what happens. They send you a lengthy letter telling you that you have a chance of winning £10k if you

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Fell asleep waiting for my pizza to cook. Instead of 15 mins it had 2 hours. Oh dear. The firemen were right. Apparently about 50 percent of house fires are alcohol related. Lesson learned.

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In pub

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Evangelicals who giftwrap IslamaphobiaI can't escape Operation Christmas Child at the moment. The paper I work for has been publishing furious letters in reaction to my mildly negative article exposing their missionary work disguised as humanitarian aid.As a colleague pointed out, it's pretty sad that there doesn't seem to have been much support for the article.And now, a school has rung in

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The office Moby dopple-ganger

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Phone rageIn this modern world of call centres and online problem resolution it is becoming virtually impossible to get quick answers to questions about services you subscribe to. This is further compounded by overseas call centres where the staff are given sub-standard equipment and only have to have a modest understanding of the industry to secure employment. Regular readers of the blog will

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Mob

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No such thing as a perfectionI was just thinking how I don't miss much about my former jobs when it occurred to me that there was one thing that I liked, apart from the highly reasonable salary (trainee journalists get paid worse than cleaners) and that was my colleagues.The camaraderie of misery, as I'm calling it, was always a great team builder and helped you bond with you colleagues. At any

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Play to your strengthsThe Lib Dems must think Gordon is going to clunk his iron fist and call an election as I've just seen a party political broadcast.It made me laugh though - old Ming is getting caned by the press and his rivals for being past it. And let's face it, at 66 he's no spring chicken. But to counter this ageism they've filmed him playing rugby and football with some youngster.The

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A Decade AgoNo this is nothing to do with bloody Princess Diana...It is in fact ten years since I started an academic exchange in the USA - I say exchange but I don't actually think any yanks came the other way?Anyway...I remember going to Durango, Colorado, like it was yesterday - not a decade ago. I had a fairly traumatic journey in that about 5 mins before we were due to land in New York I

nickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06859527758712195070noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5332741.post-69464449344861698902007-08-28T18:39:00.000Z2007-08-28T19:09:21.506Z

Nowt else comes to mindI can't think of anything profound to write about so I'm going to ramble on about Big Brother.As we approach the end of the final week of the three month game show it seems appropriate to talk about why certain housemates are the favourites to win.Brian and the twins are favourites and I've got to ask why? Why is it that to be a popular person you've got to be

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