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Heading out of Tesco tonight with a pizza and some lager, I happened to notice that some poor bugger had left their lights on; “That’s a shame” I scoffed, heading back to my unlit vehicle. Yet then I stopped, and decided to head back across the car park to the store and report it. That […]

So my namesake Barry George has been released from prison having obviously been not guilty of the dreadful crime of murdering Jill Dando. The fact that he was even arrested in the first instance shows a state of panic amongst the senior policemen on the case, and the pressure put upon them by the tabloid […]

Last weekend saw me visit Blackpool to celebrate the stag weekend of my cousin and close friend Neil ‘Chin’ Tomkins. On our trip were a few celebrity snooker players, a HGV driver, a large Ginger Welsh man, a car appearance technician (valeter) and the owner of a large car sales lot. This rowdy and yet […]

What a day yesterday, I woke to find that my car and most of our household possesions had been stolen whilst we slept. We were not insured for the contents and thus are massively out of pocket- lesson one learnt! The thieves managed to climb in through the tinniest window, one which I am not […]

Step, row, cycle, run a few km, home, shower, healthy food, bed- that is now my life. Having hit the gym 5 of the last seven nights, with only a small break to fall off the wagon at the CIPD awards, I feel great. The very nature of pushing yourself as far as you can […]

“You’ll feel better for it”, the words of a many a friend when I told them I was to start hitting the gym and “Bollocks” I replied in turn. I feel better watching Fraiser on Paramount TV2 with a bottle of wine and some cheese traditionally, but that has now changed. Having sweated my proverbial […]

Its bloody June! Where did that come from? The last thing I remember was ho-ho-ho’ing my way through a party at Christmas, and consuming huge portions of turkey and whatever wine was closest. Now however my weekends consist of BBQ’s, cricket, beer gardens and sleeping with the window open.
I remember my Dad saying when I […]

Interesting point- for the last couple of years I have noted that who is actually in love (yes I am watching the film at the moment)? My parents of course, a couple of friends and colleagues but that’s it: we were all single merry men.
Now however, but a few short months after, I am the only single […]

It’s hot, its humid and I have no idea what to think about it. Having spent this afternoon mowing waist high grass and sweating like a Turk’ s jockstrap I long for the cold wet winter months.
Yet now as I enjoy a cold beer in the late afternoon with the sun going down the scene […]

It is September 11th 2001 and four plane crashes iniated by radical muslim fundamentalists have shaken the world, aftershocks from which continue to be felt everyday since. A day that saw New York, the US and the World pull together in a way that lives on for ever saw a recovery from the attack on […]