Web Cam

I was thinking of buying a webcam tomorrow. The plan is to go and use it on Twitcam. That's where you can go on the cam and get the Twitter followers you have to ask you questions.

It's a great idea but the big worry is, what if no one logs on. I could sit there like Mr Bill E Nomates just looking like a shop manikin.

But the really worry is that if I like using a webcam I might go on.... chat roulette.

Da da daar!

Commonwealth Games

We hear a lot about the Commonwealth Games. The facilities in India have gained something of a bad reputation. They weren't really ready and aren't of the standard many expected. But there is one reason the competitors are staying there and trying to battle through it all. Gold. They all want to be the one to get a gold medal. It's the status that gold has than can motivate us to work harder and do better. The gold medal isn't even the source of the money that the athletes get but it still represents wealth and status.

In the olden days people would buy gold because it was a good way to store and show off their wealth. It's a physical investment and that's why during times like we're in now, times of global recession, people go back to the old ways and invest in gold. It makes more sense than investing in a piece of paper or reference on a computer. If the bank goes under your money goes with it, but the gold will always be gold.

You can buy buy gold online these days. Click the link to find out more.

Coffee Time

I don't know if you have seen the new Costa advert. If you haven't you can click here and watch it.

In the advert there are lots of monkeys (including a rather handsome looking mandrill) trying to make a cappuccino.

The advert says that monkeys are rubbish at coffee. That's a really bad choice of animal. The cappuccino is named after the cappuccin monks who were named after the cappuccin monkeys.

So, if it wasn't for monkeys we wouldn't have coffee shops populating every corner of our streets.

And at least the monkeys don't ask if you want a cake or muffin every bloody time. If I did, I'd ask!

Back To School

I went back to university recently. I wasn't there to learn, sweet mercy no! I was performing.

It's odd going back to a uni after this long. You forget how small the little chairs are and the little toilets.

You know you're in a university because you find yourself surrounded by acronyms you don't really understand. They had a sign for a CAAS something or other (I have no idea) and a sign for an IWUS thingy (still nothing).

And they also had a sign that said OILE. I just had to ask what the hell that was about. Turns out it used to say toilets before some letters fell off.

It's Hip To Be Square

There's an interesting legal issue going on at the moment. There are DePuy Hip Replacement lawsuits that have come about because of DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc. They announced a recall of their hip replacement systems. That's a total of about 93,000 affected. The problem was related to reports of people suffering pain and swelling. It was so severe for some that they needed a second hip replacement. That was more surgery, which in itself was more suffering.

The lawyers at O'Hanlon, McCollum & Demerath have taken on case of people affected by this. If you think this may be an issue you would like to look into click the link above and see what they can do for you.

Manager's Special

I was out shopping earlier on and I saw this on a shelf...



Aw bless. It's good that they employ people like that. But I'm not sure manager is the right position.

He was there with his little toy till and he's happy as Larry.

But when it comes to making the managerial decisions I'm not sure it'll go well. If you're special and you want to be a manager... go work in a Weatherspoons.

Stand-Up Clips

Here are some (very short) clips from a selection of stand-up gigs done over the last week. Just click the link and hopefully you'll get to hear them.

Have a listen...

- From the Crouch End gig, this guy wouldn't tell the MC his name and we found out why.

- From Surrey gig, basically poo jokes about the Commonwealth Games. Not high brow!

- From Beds Uni gig an experiment in doing a popular tweet on stage.

- From the stand-up gig in Stamford, when @Hotchilly56 called his wife "That".

- A little clip from the Borough Green gig (TN15 8HF).