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Wednesday 29 April 2015

89 Year Old's Touchdown

I had to share this story with you:

An 89 year old former University of Kansas football player returned to the field to play a game, and even made touchdown. There may have been a little assistance along the way but the look on his face is priceless. I particularly like the footage of opposition players diving to the ground in their efforts to 'stop' him.

Hope that put a smile on your faces.
K.

Wednesday 22 April 2015

Technology Breakdown

A man in Colorado Springs became so enraged with his misbehaving computer that he took it outside and shot it. Eight times. According to the Colorado Springs Gazette the computer is not expected to recover.

The man's relief was short-lived as he was arrested for discharging a firearm in the city. Perhaps a sledgehammer would have been a safer bet, legally at least. Still, it's hard to imagine any judge punishing him too harshly. After all, haven't we all dreamed of wreaking similar vengeance on our baffling technology at times?

K.

Thursday 16 April 2015

Back to School?

Oh, how I remember that feeling - arriving at school in the full and despairing knowledge that the homework due in the first period lay in my bag, untouched, blank, a glaring testament to my utter inadequacy. Ah, that ten minute panic before registration, trying to find an obliging friend who would let me look at their diligent and carefully crafted efforts so I could attempt to throw something together that would pass muster. And the recriminations, the self-loathing, why was I such a flop as a pupil? Well, actually, it was because I could always find something much better to do with my time than homework, but such self knowledge was little help in those desperate minutes.

So it was that I read of Ben Bloom's disastrous live blog with tremendous sympathy. I imagine he was experiencing the pre-registration panic ten-fold. You see, he was attempting a live blog of a footbally type press briefing (don't ask me, I'm even worse at football than I was at homework), only to discover that the entire thing would be delivered in German, something his GCSE study of the subject had left him woefully ill-prepared for. The result was wonderful. What Ben Bloom lacks in international linguistics he more than makes up for in humour. How he kept his head in the circumstances I have no idea. According to the Telegraph, he has now gone home to start his German lessons and they have, thankfully, decided not to sack him. Well, they obviously recognise a star when they see one.

Tip: scroll down to 12:37 of the Telegraph's link and work your way up from there - Ben's blog reads from the bottom up.

K.

Tuesday 7 April 2015

Public Service Announcement!

In the interests of preserving sanity, this blog shall be a strictly PFZ (politics free zone) for the duration of the British election. I can't take any more of it! I may have to emigrate to escape it! Or perhaps I'll settle on just sticking my fingers in my ears and 'lah-lah-lahing' very loudly.

Just to let you know, all my books are on free promotion this week. Tell everyone!

K.