Archive for January, 2007

Good Noise: Volume 4

Monday, January 29th, 2007

My latest list of good noise is a little belated, because Saturday was otherwise occupied by a wedding reception - where I broke my own personal record for the consumption of vegetable spring rolls at one sitting. The spring rolls and the potato wedges were the only vegan food items at the evening buffet […]

Animals are in everything

Friday, January 26th, 2007

As a vegan, I try to avoid foods that have animal products in them. Some foods are safe, and some foods require a little label reading by myself. Bread is normally one of the safe ones - as long as I avoid the long-life breads, and the brioche and some Jewish breads (which […]

Me - operating various routes across the UK

Thursday, January 25th, 2007

So, for those of you who haven’t spoken to or seen much in the past 12 months, the way my life is ‘organised’ at the moment means that I spend a lot of my time driving these days - in fact, I feel a bit like a National Express coach sometimes, driving set routes across […]

Why people believe Americans are stupid

Tuesday, January 23rd, 2007

This is brilliant.

After watching this video clip, an English friend of mine - who is married to an American guy and is living in the US at the moment - emailed me and said that a woman once asked her what language she grew up speaking in England…
The world is screwed.

Clint Boon - lovin’ my work

Monday, January 22nd, 2007

Wrote a news article last week for pulserated.com about a Pulse Rated artist called Schizo Fun Addict appearing on XFM Manchester’s Music:Response show, which is hosted by ex-Inspiral Carpets keyboardist Clint Boon - the article is available to read here.
Got this email today from Jet, one of the members of Schizo Fun Addict:
“Mary,
Clint Boon was […]