David Hicks' Daily DoingsBeing a weblog recounting my daily concerns and activities.(Untitled)- May 30, 2004 How odd. I've just had a phone call off (a chap claiming to be) Sir Lancelot. Quite well spoken, played the harpsicord well. Seemed keen on talking to me. Hmm. A rummage around the Internet turns up Crank Yankers, an American show involving crank phonecalls being mimed to by puppets. Cool. Do I get to be the voice of a puppet on a Famous American TV Show That'd be quite neat. Although I hate to think what the phone bill is like for 20-minute transatlantic land-to-mobile calls. Now, whoever it...http://blogs.salon.com/0001186/2004/05/30.html#a354 (Untitled)- May 27, 2004 Uuuurrrg. Back from Duke of Edinburough Award week. I'm sunburnt on my neck, face, hands and ears - my ears are the worst, they itch like crazy in the warm. Ug. I've just got back and had a bath. Aaaaaaaahhhhhhhh.http://blogs.salon.com/0001186/2004/05/27.html#a353 (Untitled)- May 21, 2004 Ah, the joys of Internet filtering software. Email at school is filtered to prevent rude words being sent. Hence the woodwork room has just received an edited invoice for some rasps "born out of wedlock"...http://blogs.salon.com/0001186/2004/05/21.html#a352 (Untitled)- May 17, 2004 Never mind your Great Drama From The BBC - the blackbirds nesting outside the kitchen window have been having a pretty dramatic time of it. They laid a nestfull of eggs some weeks ago and have been chasing off assorted threats ever since. First, of course, there's us and the dog. The dog isn't really much interested in blackbirds though, he's more of a squirrell sort of chap. Then there's the magpies. They make an occasional forray into the garden, but so far a combined bombardment of...http://blogs.salon.com/0001186/2004/05/17.html#a351 (Untitled)- May 12, 2004 If anyone out there is looking for a nice house in the St. Ives, Cambridgeshire area, then I know where there's one going spare. Well, not spare as such, obviously you'd have to pay for it, but you get the idea.http://blogs.salon.com/0001186/2004/05/12.html#a350 |