ITEM! happy birthday to our cats, enzo & lulu - 8 years young today

enzo birthday boy cat


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ITEM! katie at glastonbury


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ITEM! sandwich of the week: "tesco's finest" tuna nicoise - tuna, free range hard boiled egg, tomato, mayonnaise, endive* & olives on oatmeal brown bread - v.tasty & reasonably goob value at "only" £2.50 ( Read more... )

ITEM! rest in peace clive hornby aka jack sudgen of emmerdale farm fame ( - i just heard on the radio that he died ) - he was the second jack sugden but i don't think the first one was in it for very long ( - he left the farm to become to become a novelist in the mid 1970s ) ( - i doubt if that's much of a soap "aspiration" these days ) - i used to ( Read more... )

ITEM! i think i might get this wonderful pic printed onto a tshirt


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ITEM! warmest world of agwu gongratulations to nadia sawalha for winning celebrity masterchef - whenever i hear john torode say the words "a moist beautiful little bird" i shall think of you

so farewell then - john "the toad" torode - masterchef judge & restaurateur - we'll miss you - but not too much - cos you'll be back for a new series - next ( Read more... )

ITEM! so, i was trying to think of "the four seasons" of pop ( w/apols to the group of the same name ) & i came up with:
dusty springfield
donna summer
the fall ( - god bless mark e smith - i gouldn't think of ANY "autumn" singers or groups )
edgar & johnny winter

can anyone come up with any better selections...? ( - obv, dusty isn't a perfect fit )

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ITEM! can anybody around here do fortune telling out of pasta? - i found a lone fusilli in my penne yesterday - does anyone know what this "means"...? ( - i'm pretty sure it was a wholemeal fusilli, btw ) ( but i'm not sure if this is significant )

ITEM! so seany, gerry, amanda & sam are ALL AFRAID OF CHARLEY as well then? it's the only explanation ( Read more... )

ITEM! late "review" of even later gomic: all star i'm the goddamn batman & robin the boy wonder no.5, july 2007, written by frank miller and drawn by jim lee & scott williams

well, batman has finally stopped swearing at dick grayson & driving him around in the batmobile ( & beating him w/saveloy & chips ) - so he pops out to brutalise some criminals ( Read more... )

ITEM! - "i wake up in the morning & my first thought is what i'm going to eat all day..." - nadia sawalha, endearing herself to me on tuesday's celebrity masterchef ( - i know the feeling, dear ( Read more... )