Some totally unconnected things:
1) Wayne Rooney was unsettled in Merseyside, and life became harder for him there after he was signed to write a column for The Sun which attracted much anger towards him. Rooney was said to have been advised on this […]

Trouble in the Lowe country
The season is nine days old and already we have the first managerial casualty as Paul Sturrock leaves Southampton by mutual consent.
His crime appears to have been losing the first game of the season and not being Glenn Ho[…]

Olympic watch
I saw my first proper bit of the Olympics last night. One thought amongst many is that I like the olive wreaths they give to medallists. We’re getting that ancient vibe (I hesitate to say ‘feel’ too with many atheletes[…]

We won the Rowing Gold Medals on the seas of Trafalgar
I was quite chuffed with the gold-medal for the coxless fours. I like the olympics because they show the basic spirit of sport is competitiveness, and despite our liking for some more than others[…]

“Sometimes it is beautiful for the competitiveness, the spirit and the organisation”
Jose Mourinho, quoted in David Lacey’s piece in yesterday’s Guardian which is a pretty good refutation of all things fannydangle.[…]

Mikey suggests that Colebrooke Road covers the Regents Canal
Here’s the pictures from the wall near my bathroom (1835 on the left)

It seems to me that looking at the roads around, nothing has changed their alignment – Upper Street, Essex[…]

Maps the way I like it
Every morning I wake up at 8am. I listen to the Today programme for 10 minutes. I so my ablutions and get ready for the day, which takes about 30 minutes. But every day, I still leave the house at 9am. The cause of the 20 minut[…]

Get a New Life
Last night on BBC, the show featured a couple who’d decided to try emigrating to Oz. They asked the wife what her thoughts were. She said:
“I miss my key people”
WTF? Key people? We call them family and friends here o[…]

Most anti-dangle name ever
Foreign sports star has crazy name shocka! Though this is very good indeed.
Knock it up to the Big Fucka.[…]

We’ll RAC to it that your career ends in ignominy
Genius retires from international football the day double life is revealed as father of five from Milton Keynes.
The same age, and a separate car so he could get to Madrid for the weekends. And[…]