Scumbag Millionaire

I  heard John Prescott having a good old rant about Fred Goodwin yesterday on Radio 4. Leaving aside for a moment the irony of JP accusing someone of being greedy, what kind of person is Goodwin?
No shame, no contrition and a big “Get it right up you” to the taxpayer who has picked up the [...]

Mystery Object Answer!

So I asked what this mystery object for pet dogs and, as it turns out, cats is?

There were a few good attempts at answers but alas none came close. Perhaps the news that the information on this product was first brought to me by Stu Who? would suggest that it would be unusual! I also [...]

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Political Football

Taking a stroll the other evening, I passed a newspaper vendor where I observed the headline “Henry to oversee re-vamp of Scottish football”. My imagination stared to race.

A little while later whilst calling into the general store to buy some pickled herrings, I saw the Evening Times headline “McLeish returns to shake up the game”
I [...]

Groundhog Day

Last night’s gig (Tony McPhee’s Groundhogs at the Ferry, Glasgow) was good in parts. Stray, the support band led by Del Bromham can still very much cut it. They played new material and old and were as tight as a drunken Aberdonian. Some of Del’s antics with his guitar which included hanging it up and [...]

Separated At Birth?

Mystery Object

This is an item which is available in the USA for your pet dog. Can I have your suggestions as to what it may be?
The correct answer will be posted tonight along with the incredible story of this innovative product.

Living on ‘tic

While the debate about SPL2 continues, the papers are simultaneously full of how desperate keen the SFL third division club chairmen are to agree with Celtic’s proposal to field a reserve team in their league. This is one article, from yesterday’s Daily Record .
It is easy to see the attraction that the chairmen of [...]

Groundhog Day? The Blues Masters – Tony McPhee

I’m off to see Tony McPhee’s Groundhogs at the Ferry in Glasgow on Thursday. Here he is with a couple of great anecdotes about John Lee Hooker and a solo rendition of Graveyard Blues.

London Photos

Whilst having a search through my photos I found these taken on our visit to London last summer. These were taken on our visit to the Houses of Parliament.
Also, remembering that one can never get enough of Loch Lomond and the Ben, I took this one just south of Inverbeg a couple of weeks ago.