Saturday, October 27, 2007, 01:17 AM
Shocked when I encountered this bit of news. I always thought that Simply Red was not a band, but just a brand name for Mick Hucknall. How can Mick Hucknall split up? Which bits come off?
So let's think of some other bands that are just basically a solo artist with blatantly meaningless members who even their own fans would not recognise:
Nine Inch Nails (Trent Reznor)
Jamiroquai (That annoying bloke with the sports cars)
Babyshambles (That annoying bloke with the hat, fag and drugs)
Derek and the Dominoes (Eric Clapton)
Hmmm - I think I will have to update this one. Anyone welcome to chip in with some ideas.
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Monday, October 22, 2007, 11:45 PM
Here is exhibit one for how important it is to plan where you put your ads, making sure they have been researched and mocked-up properly. Whenever you use the back of a bus. you have to be careful with the old 'back of a bus'-type stigma that can go with putting a person's face there. However, in this case, the gentleman on the left will have less issues about his face, and slightly more in the area where the exhaust pipe emerges at the bottom. This is either a wonderful piece of 3D thinking, or just simply unfortunate...
With many thanks to The Register
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Sunday, October 14, 2007, 12:59 PM
Just in case anyone was wondering, I am currently away, sampling the delights of the Baltic Sea on the island of Rügen. I'll have a bit to say when I am back, but meanwhile here is an image taken on the beach near my hotel. The only time to get any space to yourself is in the dead of night...
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Tuesday, September 25, 2007, 11:36 PM
I'd like to pretend that I grew this moustache entirely reluctantly, and under duress, but I have grown rather fond of it now. It is like a pet labrador, loyal, hairy and well-groomed. I have not yet given it a name, as I am having it put down at the end of the month.
Anyway, I am proud to present it here, and would be even more obliged if you clicked on this link here in order to support the charity Everyman that we are supporting with this hairy operation. You will see sixteen other co-workers who have dodged the Gillette this month...
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Sunday, September 16, 2007, 11:29 AM
If you have found yourself in a business situation where you have met someone particularly unpleasant, I have worked out a delicious tactic you can use:Get through/tolerate the meeting with them, and then at the end, make sure that you get their business card (you will generally find that annoying types tend to produce their business card at the slightest whiff of an opportunity).
Put their business card in your wallet and carry it around with you.
The next stage comes when you encounter someone similarly repugnant. This person will insist that you both 'do lunch' when you both have a 'window' to do so. Rather than evasively talk about being incredibly flat out at the moment, and other such stuff, you can gleefully produce a business card, and suggest going somewhere pricey like Nobu or The Ivy. "It'll be on me", you say, full of confidence. Don't worry that the business card doesn't have your name on it - these people tend to get names wrong anyway, and call you 'Tim' if they are not sure.
The final stage is regrettably one you can't really see for yourself - you just have to delight in the fact that you have just brought together two like-minded souls, and that they will sit down together for dinner, absolutely baffled as to why they are sitting opposite the other person. They may even hit it off...
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