Just a quick update, tomorrow I'll post my first game review and as a spoiler I'll just say it's an early video game classic.
As a write this Holland have just beaten Sweden on penalties, and to be honest there was nothing on display tonight that would have worried England, if of course England were still in the tournament (don't re-open old wounds, must let it go).
Nothing more to say, back tomorrow.
Saturday, June 26, 2004
Weekend Update
Well the post mortem on England's latest defeat seems to point the blame at either David Beckham, referee Urs Meier or the beach that was the penalty spot, okay then. On a match related note the injury that forced Wayne Rooney out of the game was the two years out of date trend that is the broken metatarsal (that was so World Cup 2002).
Last night's Euro 2004 action saw the defending champions France lose to Greece. Greece who before this tournament had never won a match in a tournament environment before are now one match away from the final. Greece to win the tournament and then dominate the Olympics anyone.
Big Brother had it's first real, proper eviction last night and Vanessa Nimmo was the housemate evicted with 86% of the vote and she got booed out of the house (although I'll be surprised if anyone leaves the house after a public vote without being booed).
I'm going to start adding to the blog content so instead of just sharing my views on news items and stuff, websites I find on the Internet (good place to look!) to wile away the hours, I'm going to add reviews of whatever I care to review - probably retro computer games (editor's note: please see Wednesday's 'Forgotten Games' post) and some DVD's (original huh, bet no-one's thought about doing that!) and anything else I think is worthwhile reviewing.
Till next time....
Last night's Euro 2004 action saw the defending champions France lose to Greece. Greece who before this tournament had never won a match in a tournament environment before are now one match away from the final. Greece to win the tournament and then dominate the Olympics anyone.
Big Brother had it's first real, proper eviction last night and Vanessa Nimmo was the housemate evicted with 86% of the vote and she got booed out of the house (although I'll be surprised if anyone leaves the house after a public vote without being booed).
I'm going to start adding to the blog content so instead of just sharing my views on news items and stuff, websites I find on the Internet (good place to look!) to wile away the hours, I'm going to add reviews of whatever I care to review - probably retro computer games (editor's note: please see Wednesday's 'Forgotten Games' post) and some DVD's (original huh, bet no-one's thought about doing that!) and anything else I think is worthwhile reviewing.
Till next time....
Thursday, June 24, 2004
Not Again....
Portugal 2-2 England (Portugal go through 6-5 on penalties)
Well the 2004 European Championships will now continue without any further involvement from England after they lost in tonight's Quarter Final.
What follows is a match summary complete with your blogger's mood in (bold) at various points of the game.
After Michael Owen's early goal (happy) and Wayne Rooney's injury (sad), Portugal were in control and the equalizing goal was slightly inevitable even though it took them 83 minutes to get it (worried) and with both teams tiring as the game went into Silver Goal extra time (more worried), Portugal scored again (even more worried) before England scored with 5 minutes of extra time remaining (nervous, it's going to be penalties!), and then the penalties themselves (nervous, stressed, can't watch, etc!).
Is it just me or was the referee giving a lot of decisions the home team's way? Can England lose any other way except on penalties?
As someone once said "It's a funny old game".
I'm off to lie down in a darkened room....
Current Mood: Sick As A Parrot
Well the 2004 European Championships will now continue without any further involvement from England after they lost in tonight's Quarter Final.
What follows is a match summary complete with your blogger's mood in (bold) at various points of the game.
After Michael Owen's early goal (happy) and Wayne Rooney's injury (sad), Portugal were in control and the equalizing goal was slightly inevitable even though it took them 83 minutes to get it (worried) and with both teams tiring as the game went into Silver Goal extra time (more worried), Portugal scored again (even more worried) before England scored with 5 minutes of extra time remaining (nervous, it's going to be penalties!), and then the penalties themselves (nervous, stressed, can't watch, etc!).
Is it just me or was the referee giving a lot of decisions the home team's way? Can England lose any other way except on penalties?
As someone once said "It's a funny old game".
I'm off to lie down in a darkened room....
Current Mood: Sick As A Parrot
Wednesday, June 23, 2004
Forgotten Games
Can I just point your attention to the following website.
http://www.the-underdogs.org
The website in question is called the Home of the Underdogs and it is a website which has a large collection of PC and console games that were underrated and/or undersold when they were originally released.
The aim of the website is to make these games available again to people who remember them the first time and those that don't and best of all most of them are free!
http://www.the-underdogs.org
The website in question is called the Home of the Underdogs and it is a website which has a large collection of PC and console games that were underrated and/or undersold when they were originally released.
The aim of the website is to make these games available again to people who remember them the first time and those that don't and best of all most of them are free!
Tuesday, June 22, 2004
Terrible Puns
Share these puns with your friends better yet your enemies!
Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, but when they lit a fire in the craft, it sank. This proved once and for all that you can't have your kayak and heat it, too.
A three-legged dog walks into a saloon in the Old West. He sidles up to the bar and announces: "I'm looking for the man who shot my paw."
A neutron goes into a bar and asks the bartender "How much for a beer?" The bartender replies "For you, no charge."
Two atoms are walking down the street and they run into each other. One says to the other "Are you all right?," to which the other responds "No, I lost an electron." The first asks "Are you sure?," to which the other responds "Yes, I'm positive."
Did you hear about the Buddhist monk who refused his dentist's Novocaine during a root canal procedure? He wanted to transcend dental medication.
A group of chess enthusiasts check into a hotel and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After about an hour, the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse. "But why?" they asked. "Because," he replied, "I can't stand chess nuts boasting in a open foyer."
A doctor made it his regular habit to stop off at a bar for a hazelnut daiquiri on his way home. The bartender knew his habit and would always have the drink waiting at precisely 5:03 PM. One afternoon, as the end of the workday approached, the bartender was dismayed to find that he was out of hazelnut extract. Thinking quickly, he threw together a daiquiri made with hickory nuts and set it on the bar. The doctor came in at his regular time, took one sip of the drink and exclaimed "This isn't a hazelnut daiquiri!!" "No, I'm sorry," replied the bartender. "It's a hickory daiquiri, doc."
A hungry lion was roaming through the jungle looking for something to eat. He came across two men, one sitting under a tree reading a book and the other typing away at a typewriter. The lion quickly pounced on the man reading the book and devoured him. Even the king of beasts knows that readers digest and writers cramp.
A guy goes to a psychiatrist. "Doc, I keep having these alternating recurring dreams. First, I'm a tepee, then I'm a wigwam. It's driving me crazy! What's wrong with me?" The doctor replies, "It's very simple. You're two tents."
There was a man who entered a local paper's pun contest. He sent in ten different puns in the hopes that at least one pun would win. Unfortunately, no pun in ten did.
Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly, but when they lit a fire in the craft, it sank. This proved once and for all that you can't have your kayak and heat it, too.
A three-legged dog walks into a saloon in the Old West. He sidles up to the bar and announces: "I'm looking for the man who shot my paw."
A neutron goes into a bar and asks the bartender "How much for a beer?" The bartender replies "For you, no charge."
Two atoms are walking down the street and they run into each other. One says to the other "Are you all right?," to which the other responds "No, I lost an electron." The first asks "Are you sure?," to which the other responds "Yes, I'm positive."
Did you hear about the Buddhist monk who refused his dentist's Novocaine during a root canal procedure? He wanted to transcend dental medication.
A group of chess enthusiasts check into a hotel and were standing in the lobby discussing their recent tournament victories. After about an hour, the manager came out of the office and asked them to disperse. "But why?" they asked. "Because," he replied, "I can't stand chess nuts boasting in a open foyer."
A doctor made it his regular habit to stop off at a bar for a hazelnut daiquiri on his way home. The bartender knew his habit and would always have the drink waiting at precisely 5:03 PM. One afternoon, as the end of the workday approached, the bartender was dismayed to find that he was out of hazelnut extract. Thinking quickly, he threw together a daiquiri made with hickory nuts and set it on the bar. The doctor came in at his regular time, took one sip of the drink and exclaimed "This isn't a hazelnut daiquiri!!" "No, I'm sorry," replied the bartender. "It's a hickory daiquiri, doc."
A hungry lion was roaming through the jungle looking for something to eat. He came across two men, one sitting under a tree reading a book and the other typing away at a typewriter. The lion quickly pounced on the man reading the book and devoured him. Even the king of beasts knows that readers digest and writers cramp.
A guy goes to a psychiatrist. "Doc, I keep having these alternating recurring dreams. First, I'm a tepee, then I'm a wigwam. It's driving me crazy! What's wrong with me?" The doctor replies, "It's very simple. You're two tents."
There was a man who entered a local paper's pun contest. He sent in ten different puns in the hopes that at least one pun would win. Unfortunately, no pun in ten did.
Monday, June 21, 2004
Rooney...Rooney...Rooney...
England 4 - Croatia 2
So England are through to the European Championship Quarter Finals for the 1st time on away soil after beating Croatia 4-2 tonight.
Things started badly when Croatia scored inside the first 6 minutes of the game but with goals from Paul Scholes (1st England goal in 3 years), 2 from Wayne Rooney (player of the tournament so far) and Frank Lampard saw England fairly comfortably home.
On the negative side the defense doesn't look too solid against corners and free kicks, but thinking positively not every player is playing at his best and if all the team can start to produce, England could get at least get to the final if not win it.
Roll on Thursday night and the host nation.
Current Mood: Over The Moon
So England are through to the European Championship Quarter Finals for the 1st time on away soil after beating Croatia 4-2 tonight.
Things started badly when Croatia scored inside the first 6 minutes of the game but with goals from Paul Scholes (1st England goal in 3 years), 2 from Wayne Rooney (player of the tournament so far) and Frank Lampard saw England fairly comfortably home.
On the negative side the defense doesn't look too solid against corners and free kicks, but thinking positively not every player is playing at his best and if all the team can start to produce, England could get at least get to the final if not win it.
Roll on Thursday night and the host nation.
Current Mood: Over The Moon
Sunday, June 20, 2004
Big Brother
I was going to try and avoid mentioning anything about Big Brother but seeing as all the papers are devoting space to it I might as well join in.
Now if you didn't know the producers have decided to 'Evict' Emma Greenwood from the Big Brother house for her and the housemates personal safety. Fair enough we don't need to see people getting hurt in the interests of television.
It's okay being reactive to certain situations, but in such an environment shouldn't the producers have been a bit more proactive and made sure that the events didn't occur at all, I imagine they got the reaction they wanted when Emma and Michelle returned to the house on Wednesday night and then some. When the police start getting involved it's possibly gone to far.
The producers have set themselves a dangerous level to try to maintain for the remainder of the programme without people switching off or the housemates jeopardizing their personal safety.
Last year's Big Brother may not have been the most exciting thing ever but at least there was no threat to any of the housemates personal safety.
More info on Big Brother here
Now if you didn't know the producers have decided to 'Evict' Emma Greenwood from the Big Brother house for her and the housemates personal safety. Fair enough we don't need to see people getting hurt in the interests of television.
It's okay being reactive to certain situations, but in such an environment shouldn't the producers have been a bit more proactive and made sure that the events didn't occur at all, I imagine they got the reaction they wanted when Emma and Michelle returned to the house on Wednesday night and then some. When the police start getting involved it's possibly gone to far.
The producers have set themselves a dangerous level to try to maintain for the remainder of the programme without people switching off or the housemates jeopardizing their personal safety.
Last year's Big Brother may not have been the most exciting thing ever but at least there was no threat to any of the housemates personal safety.
More info on Big Brother here
I Never Knew That.....
Ever wanted to know some background information about your favourite song, this website is the one for you.
http://songfacts.com/
It's amazing what you can find on this internet thing...
http://songfacts.com/
It's amazing what you can find on this internet thing...
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