It's the return of...

... long meeting Tuesday, and it is a humdinger. Will I be able to survive? Anyway here is the main list of things which annoy me at long meeting Tuesday.

• Pointless conversations off-topic
• No one laughing when I go off-topic to be really funny
• Seemingly endless conversation when the obvious thing to do is obvious - I mean it isn't rocket science
• Blank faces of everyone else who wishes they weren't there

Well that will do for a while. See you tomorrow as I have other things to do so I can't really opt out of life in the short term :-)

I hate it...

... when nothing inparticular is annoying me, winding me up or simply making me cringe. I feel like I am missing something and everyone is secretly chuckling to themselves because I can't see it.

As Shirley Manson sang, so I mumble in agreement... 'I'm only happy when it rains.'

JOKE!

Saturday BBC1 Doctor Who

is back

nuff said

Although if you are a fan check out the real fans blog here and have a go at Neil's quiz.

Just hoping

I am able to avoid watching Mayo tonight. I should be Okay as I have some stuff to do and if I get drawn to the TV I should be able to distract myself with Doctor Who night on BBC three.

Feel free to hope that I make it through without pressing the BBC One button!

You are what you eat

I am not wanting this to turn into a TV review blog and I also don't want to give the impression that I only sit at home and watch TV, however, I have to briefly chat about the above.

You are what you eat is a good fun programme with some good, healthy advice on how, why and what you should eat. I love the format and I love the abuse that the narrator berates toward the (un)willing vicitm, who is normally grossly overweight, and eating the culinary equivalent of a rubbish tip.

I am currently catching it on TV almost daily through E4, or more 4 or one of the other sibling channels of channel 4. I presume that this is a re-run of the original series and so I am not sure whether the following applied to the original channel 4 transmission.

You will have noticed that many TV programmes on independent channels are sponsored by various companies and products. This normally works very well for the company and obviously gives some much needed funding to the TV channel. However, who decided to match up You are what you eat with its current sponsor. Remember this is a programme trying to get people to change their lifestyle and eat a more healthy diet. So who do they now have as a sponsor?

IAMS - the cat food producer.

So after seeing that my diet of processed food and fizzy pop is slowly turning my poo the wrong shade and smell, I am encouraged to eat cat food by the programmes sponsor. I am (no pun) sure that this wont sort out my insides! So I wonder what other programmes could have dubious sponsors... over to you.

Why do I put myself through this?

I am in desperate need of help!

Am I in financial straights? Am I in a desperate situation at home? Have I lost faith in everything?

Well not exactly. I watched an episode of Mayo the new detective series on the BBC the other week. And it was dreadful, it was possibly the worst TV I have ever seen. It was stilted, predictable and unbelievable (and remember I am a huge Sci fi fan). I had high hopes for it, being on the BBC and believing that perhaps it may be similar to Janathan Creek. However, those hopes were dashed.

So what is my problem? Well the problem was that I then sat down to watch another episode of it the following week. Am I gluton for punishment? Ok, this episode did have Sylvestor McCoy as the Reverend Beaver (titter ye not) but even so, the program was again dreadful. But it is strangely addictive, so bad but I was drawn to watch it. For this I need help.

In the meantime here is a review of Mayo inspired by the Mighty Boosh.

Armi and Danny

As a follow up to my previous post here is another link for the wonderful video and some further information about the above Finnish pair. Although the saddest news is the mention that Armi died through drinking too much - and I am sure that wasn't becasue she had three instead of two litres of water per day.

Go here

You can download the video from here although it is 30MB in size, but as we have said it is a classic - Steve try and hold on for as long as possible it is worth it.

And as for Danny's site itself, it really is a corker. I can't believe that such talent could ever come from Finland, he certainly shows other acts from there the correct way to shake their thang.