Top Thirty Facts about Chuck Norris

Random Chuck Norris Fact: Top Thirty Facts

After Vin Diesels Top Thirty Facts, I now bring you Thirty Facts about the original hard man of 80s/90s action films Chuck Norris! What a hero :)

The Weekend Summary

Once again the weekend has finished and I'm absolutely knackered! I havent been getting much sleep on weekends, I need to start myself getting naps in the afternoon as I really dont get much sleep on a weekend, what with getting in at 3am and waking up at 8 or 9...

We went to Jayne and Al's on Friday night, not leaving till quite late as we didnt have to, Viv wasn't working for once! However she fell asleep an hour and half before we left as she had been working that day. It was a good night though, as always. John wasnt there, but me, Glenn and Al played a mini tournament on FIFA, none of us making it past the second round, annoyingly I was playing Glenn in the first round...

On saturday we went into town shopping and I got some new shoes, I was going for a new shirt as well, but couldnt find a decent one. Town was absolutely packed and I was so bored, annoyed, hungover and not particularly interested in being around.

On saturday night we went to Sarah and Glenn's which was also cool. We smoked inside, in Grisham's room, as it was freezing and drizzling outside. I had bought some Lilt for my vodka, but after trying it decided against doing it again. We were there for quite a while this week, Viv faded a bit in the middle of the night, but got her second wind later.

Google Video of the Day

Google Video of the Day

This is a great blog. It has so many videos that are so funny and/or cool. It's got the Matrix Ping Pong, the funny cat video I posted just before this, a motorbike chasing a car going crazy speeds, dancing robots and comedy GI Joe cartoons. Everything you need to waste a day.

Cat Fight!

Funny cat clip - Google Video

One little kitten tries to go up against the big cat, but then gets properly nailed!

Mario Kart DS

IGN: Mario Kart DS Review

I'm getting this game today! I can't wait :P MarioKart by the internet! N64 quality, what else could I want? I finally feel justified buying my DS :D

Strangeness in the Computer

My computer has been strange this week. I havent really used it for a while, as I had no reason to, then I bought and played Civ 4, which was good, and had no problems. Then John from work copied me Quake 4 and FEAR. I installed FEAR and got some sound problems and an error kept popping up at startup, but other than that, nothing much else happened. Last weekend I played Quake 4 for a day, then a few days later, it wouldnt start. I found this really weird.

Restarting in safe mode and deleting Quake 4 and FEAR, after trying a few other things, seemed to sort this out, and the PC started fine. Then yesterday I went to play Civ 4 and it wouldn't load again. I took the DVD of Civ 4 out of the drive and restarted without a problem. Now I dont know if this is due to the DVD being in the drive, or something left over from Quake 4 or FEAR, which are still off the PC, but it's never happened before. I'll have to check it this weekend to see if it happens again and if it is the DVD, I hope not, I like Civ 4...

Washington Post Dictionary

The Washington Post's Style Invitational once again asked readers to take any word from the dictionary, alter it by adding, subtracting, or changing one letter, and supply a new definition.
Here are the 2003 winners:

1. Intaxication: Euphoria at getting a tax refund, which lasts until you realize it was your money to start with.
2. Reintarnation: Coming back to life as a hillbilly.
3. Bozone (n.): The substance surrounding stupid people that stops bright ideas from penetrating. The bozone layer, unfortunately, shows little sign of breaking down in the near future.
4. Foreploy: Any misrepresentation about yourself for the purpose of getting laid.
5. Cashtration (n.): The act of buying a house, which renders the subject financially impotent for an indefinite period.
6. Giraffiti: Vandalism spray-painted very, very high.
7. Sarchasm: The gulf between the author of sarcastic wit and the person who doesn't get it.
8. Inoculatte: To take coffee intravenously when you are running late.
9. Hipatitis: Terminal coolness.
10. Osteopornosis: A degenerate disease. (This one got extra credit.)
11. Karmageddon: It's like, when everybody is sending off all these really bad vibes, right? And then, like, the Earth explodes and it's like a serious bummer.
12. Decafalon (n.): The grueling event of getting through the day consuming only things that are good for you.
13. Glibido: All talk and no action.
14. Dopeler effect: The tendency of stupid ideas to seem smarter when they come at you rapidly.
15. Arachnoleptic fit (n.): The frantic dance performed just after you've accidentally walked through a spider web.
16. Beelzebug (n.): Satan in the form of a mosquito that gets into your bedroom at three in the morning and cannot be cast out.
17. Caterpallor (n.): The color you turn after finding half a grub in the fruit you're eating.
And the pick of the literature:
18. Ignoranus: A person who's both stupid and an ass.

Weekend at the Dudes

I suppose I should write about this weekend as well. Friday we went to Sarah and Glen's but we had to leave early again as Viv was working on Saturday. We're starting to have trouble with the car again as it's getting pretty cold. We played Buzz again, always good fun. I got quite drunk, but I seem to be getting less and less drunk recently, maybe its because I'm eating so late now... Oh well, I'll just have to drink more!

Saturday was uneventful, I did lots of washing and a few other jobs, like taking Blizzard for a walk. Played Quake 4, which is incredibly like Doom 3, possibly a bit too much... Went to pick up Viv and then we went to Jumbo's in town, an all you can eat Chinese buffet, which was very nice :)

Saturday night we were round at Jayne and Al's, but it was a shorter night as Viv was knackered. We played Buzz again, I did much better this time, nearly winning a round amongst the boys, until Player 4 joined in on its own and messed things up so we started again. We left quite early again as Viv was knackered from working.

Sunday we really didnt do much, except watch Ring 2, which isnt as good as the first one or the original. We didnt even pick up the car, it's still outside Jayne and Al's! We were supposed to go to the gym as well as I missed Thursday as I was knackered... Better luck next week!

I lost out on £100...

Last friday my mate offhand said, we should put a bet on the England Triple this weekend. "Ah", thought I, "What a great idea! At about 16-1 I think thats worth a fiver"

So the next day I looked up the odds on the net, a £7 treple spread would cost me £7 as it's £1 a line, and would net me £107! Bargain I thought, not really expecting it to happen, especially as england in the cricket were already down to pakistan 143-1 with odds of 10-1. But hey, I put the bet on anyway.

After driving all the way to Dover from York for a school reunion party, it was 3 o'clock and I was dying to find out the England Vs Australia score. To my disgust no pub in Dover has Sky so no game... After the game on BBC1 I was amazed to find out that we'd won! I was happy to say the least, the least likely result had come through, 1/3 of the way there!

Later that day I was watching the football. Still not really considering that my bet stood a chance. Then England went 2-1 down and I consoled myself with another beer. "Oh well, I wasn't really expecting much..." Then miracle of miracles! With only 3 minutes left to go of the match, Michael Owen smacks in 2 amazing goals and England win 3-2! I was beside myself! 2/3 of the way there, and England were making a comeback in the cricket!

For the next few days I paid close attention to the cricket, checking it at work, watching the live scores updates, seeing us creep back and then take the lead. In the second innings England seemed in commanding form, trouncing Pakistan and needing under 200 runs to win. Then everything started going wrong...

At the station this morning I listened on the radio, we only need 60 runs from 3 wickets, it doesnt seem like a lot. Then when I get to work I discover that England lost. By 22 runs. And I only won £9... Meaning I had lost out on nearly £100...

Oh well, at least I got my money back!

Old Boys Weekend

Yep, this weekend was Old Boys weekend and after drinking last night it's up at 07:30 to leave an hour late at 09:00. Viv drove to London, then I did the rest, getting to Dover about 15:00. We went to the 8 Bells to meet Dom and a few mates, then went to the Brit to see everyone else. Chris, Nick, Fulli, James, Olly and Gemma were all there, along with many other people I hadn't seen in quite a while. We got a lot of congratulations from people about our engagement. Eventually we left to go to Dom's room for a bit of smoke then we went back to our hotel to get changed. We then went to KFC for some food and then to the Brit again.

Although the Brit wasn't letting people in, so we met everyone in the Nelson round the corner. Sherwyn met us there as well. We then moved on to the 8 Bells again, eventually getting bored and heading back to the Brit. After a while we realised that we weren't going to get in and James was about to get his head kicked in, so we left and went to the Flotilla. Eventually loads of people left the Brit and came into our pub, so we had a good night of it, getting lots of drinks and talking to loads of mates.

Once Time had been called we went to Underage, or Studio 1 as it's now known, as everyone else had. I wasn't planning on it, I'd wanted to go to the hotel bar, but noone would've been there. After paying to get in and having a bit of a drink and a dance, Viv was very ready to leave, so I pretty much carried her back to the B&B.

The next day we got up for breakfast and made it to school for the parade. Afterwards we went to kitchener to see Dom and get some charity bands - Wear A Helmet. Then went to the Duke of York to say goodbye and went to get some food. Drove home between us and got back around 19:00. It was a very good, very expensive and very tiring weekend. :)

Buzz Again

Friday saw us once again round at Sarah and Glen's, we hadn't been there for quite a while, it's good to have more room, as they have a bigger house. Ben was energetic as ever, bouncing around and trying his hardest to crawl, although he can turn and apparently goes backwards, it's only a matter of time.

I drove there, but Viv wasn't drinking as she's driving tomorrow on the way to Dover. It was a good night, Glen got Buzz out again and we played Boys Vs Girls, I was getting a bit too into though and kept pressing buttons for people when it wasn't my turn. I think the score ended up 1-1, as we never had another game, the boys started playing Brian Lara Cricket instead.

We left quite early as we had to get up and got to bed around 01:00

Random Vin Diesel Facts: Top Thirty Facts

Random Vin Diesel Fact: Top Thirty Facts

This is hilarious, I've seen them in peoples sigs and stuff, but never knew where they came from. Read them, they'll make you laugh!

Overtime!

That's right, my first real overtime. We only had a meeting really, but it was 2 hours time and a half so I'm happy. We have another meeting next week, further discussion, and then real overtime will probably kick in later when the project gets going, I could be getting over a weeks extra pay!

However it did mess up my gym going, as I didn't go on the weekend, I won't be able to go till wednesday, which will be 5 days without excercise, not great really. The same is probably going to happen next week as I'm off to Old Boys this weekend and then no gym on Monday.

After the smoke has cleared

Friday was a good night. A good bit of drinking round Jayne and Al's, the usual.

Saturday we journeyed to Jonny's and lucky ended up behind Sarah's car on the A64, so she showed us the way. She did get a bit worried that we were following her, but then, we were! A great night, Viv pulled her party trick rather early, but she had been working that day and had only had 4 hours sleep. We set off some fireworks (that were a bit disappointing) and saw jonny's house and rabbit, both great. We went to bed about 3 after doing some nasty bongs in the garage, where you set up for the next person. It was getting a bit evil at the end, with thick yellow tinged smoke, I swear I started seeing spots...

The next day we all went to Burger King on the way home and then I spent most of the day playing Civ 4, which I got in the post on Friday and had been playing all weekend. I'm sure I'll post something else about that later. Viv spent most of the day asleep :) We watched Office Space as well, ace film!

Bonfire Night!

Booyah bitches! It's Bonfire Night this weekend, which also means, for us northerners at least, that there will also be mischeivous night (and thats probably spelt wrong). I'm not really sure what this involves, generally kids getting up to mischief, which sounds quite cheeky and cute, however nowadays its really just chavs being a pain in the ass.

I'm off to Leeds for Bonfire Night, this was supposed to be a trip to a park for a big fireworks display, but instead we're going to a mates and getting drunk instead, possibly with a few of our own fireworks, knowing Jonny.

Tonight should also be fun, I'm not sure where we're headed, to one of The Dudes' houses probably, but it'll be a good laugh, and I have to make sure Viv rations hereself or it'll be another short night and Viv is working tomorrow, I think.

My Nan is up in York at the moment, she got her yesterday. Gayle had today off work and was hoping she'd take her to Betty's in town, but she should be keeping her occupied.

Hopefully my copy of Civ 4 got her today as well! I really want a new PC game to play, and I can get some hours in while Viv's at work...

Groups of Girls

I don't know if anyone else has noticed this, but if there is a group of girls there are certain stereotypes that all of the girls in the group will fit into, this was particularly well illustrated to me at the train station this morning where I saw quite a large group of girls which appeared to exhibit ALL of these stereotypes:

The Gorgeous One - There is always one who is much better looking than any of the others in the group, most of the time this girl is 'The Leader'. And most of the time she's a bitch. The other girls look up to her and want to be her, but hate her. All boys will immediately talk to her, meaning the rest of the group don't like them either.

The Shy One - This girl is always reasonably good looking, but she hides away and doesnt say very much. It's also likely she's the most intelligent one of the group.

The Attached One - There will only be one boy with the group, and he will belong to this girl. She won't be the best looking girl, and he's gutted because he'll come to realise he has no chance with any of her better looking friends. She often gets excluded from group activites because of her boyfriend.

The Tall One - There will be a very tall friend, who, depending on the age of the group will either be very ugly or very good looking, but not better looking than the Gorgeous One, or she'd be expelled from the group.

The Emo/Goth One - Wheter or not they are really Emo/Goth or not doesnt matter, they will dress that way and the other girls will love her as she's so creative and artistic. However she will hate herself and ignore the fact she has friends and be convinced she's ugly, hates her parents and is completely alone.

The Chatty One - The one who talks to everyone and anyone and about everything, never stopping for breath. She is quite well liked amongst the group as she'll keep a conversation moving and always has something to say, she's just very insecure about herself and thinks noone likes her.

The Fat One - There is always, ALWAYS a fat friend. The one the girls keep around as they feel sorry for her, and she makes them feel better. They call her 'pretty' (this is girl-code for Fat, trust me)

There are of course a few others, such as The Chavvy One, or The Fashionable One, but these are fairly explanatory. Most girls can be placed in one of these categories, although it is possible to be a combination of two.

Of course boys have their own groups as well, but I'll save them for another day :)

Gamers Strike Back Part II

Penny Arcade

Further to my earlier post I've found this about Jack Thompson. I think it was Penny Arcade who put up the $10,000 he refused to pay after his bet was taken and won. Good on those guys I say, at least someone still has a sense of humour and the wit to make a decent point without being retarded about it!