Night & Day

2012 From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (16 hours old)

So the world is going to end in 2012 according to the film. The bad news is that its going to happen after the Olympics… more

Whiz Bang From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (18 hours old)

I think I may have done a better job of this that David Heathcote Two parts whisky One part white vermouth dash orange bitters dash absinthe dash grenadine… more

The way things panned out today From Znethru ^Pro in Aardvark Blog (2 days old)

Today had a kind of intense vibe to it. I wonder if the atmospheric pressure just seems to go up on days like this. Can't really think of anything mindblowing that happened today although I did go … more

Touched by History From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (2 days old)

A designer popped in to see me today. He's working on a project about Morcambe and Wise and had one of Eric Morcambe's BBC diaries. He let me handle it, what a thrill and an honour. … more

Shipscook is a Prize Winner From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (2 days old)

Howzabout that then - my travel guide to the Paris of Ernest Hemingway has been selected as one of the top Simonseeks travel guides for October and netted me a cool £200 in cash. Read it here if yo… more

Travelodges From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (3 days old)

I know they are cheapish but do they really have to be so scuddy. In the one I stayed in last week the fixtures and fittings were all so wonky that when I woke up I thought I was in a German Expressio… more

Leonard Cohen From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (3 days old)

£90 quid for a ticket plus £4.50 booking fee. Sod that if I want to listen to something depressing I can go to work and be paid to do it. … more

Train Announcements From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (3 days old)

These are genuine announcements made over the train tannoy on our very long journey up to Edinburgh the other week "There will be some sort of service provided" "There is only one piece of bacon… more

Edinburgh Fire Magic and Vodka From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (3 days old)

Well as regular readers know we have been up and down to Edinburgh for the last few weekends only I have been too lazy to post anything thanks to that bloody virus I had the other week. So trip one… more

True Blood From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (4 days old)

C'mon its a bit rubbish isn't it? and aren't you just bored to the pointy back teeth with those sensitive misunderstood vampire types. Bring back proper evil blood sucking vampires like this o… more

Waiting for the Man From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (4 days old)

I'm at home waiting for an electrician. He will be here between 8 and 1pm they say. Whats the betting it will be when I am in the khazi (for Americans that is a polite form of toilet he he). Any… more

Everybodies doing it From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (4 days old)

I'm knackered so rather than expend too much creative energy writing about the weekend I thought I'd give this a go 1. Is there anyone of your friends that you would ever consider having sex with? … more

? From Znethru ^Pro in Ask or Answer. (4 days old)

Should you do what people tell you to do or should you do the opposite?… more

Do things happen instantly? From Znethru ^Pro in Aardvark Blog (4 days old)

I expect things to happen instantly, but what I've discovered is that the only thing that seems to happen instantly are auto-reply emails usually from email addresses that are no longer working. I've … more

Lemmy Peerage News From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (8 days old)

I got a very charming letter from David Cameron this morning about my proposal for a peerage for Lemmy. In it he says "This is certainly an interesting proposal, and I am sure Lemmy would live… more

This is how its done From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (8 days old)

A lot of people round our way are whingeing about the local council having given us wheelie bins for food and garden waste. Personally I think they are much better than the bags because you can do … more

I Haz it Off! From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (8 days old)

Fat Munkey putz I in a box an takz I to the vetz thiz mornin. Vetman pokes me about an puts a cold fing on me chest then he sez I is much better, no mor flaky skin, so I'z can haz me trumpet off so… more

Four Great Religious Truths From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (8 days old)

My thanks to a Canadian friend for this Four Great Religious Truths During these serious and trying times, people of all faiths should remember these four great religious truths: … more

Gordon Brown the Nuttyness goes on From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (8 days old)

Hardly a day goes by without Boredom Groan digging himself deeper into this drugs nonsense. His latest offering on sacking Prof Nutt is that its dangerous to be sending out mixed messages about drugs.… more

My Deleted Tags From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (8 days old)

Only a few but still bloody annoying customer-don't-care-a-bit-thanks | peter-cushing-must-have-needed-the-money | let-the-train-cause-the-strain… more

More writing stuff From Znethru ^Pro in Aardvark Blog (8 days old)

Today was only notable inasmuch as I have made a decision to buy an extremely expensive pen (probably from eBay). I have whittled it down to about three choices including a Mont Blanc and a Montegr… more

99% Inspiration (for a few seconds) From Znethru ^Pro in Aardvark Blog (9 days old)

I am having a purple patch of inspiration. However it is 00.30 which is not the hour normally associated with inspirational moods. Listening to Schubert's String Quartet in A minor on CD and genera… more

Now Gordon Brown goes Nutts From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (10 days old)

I have to admit I have been enjoying seeing that class traitor Alan Johnson being exposed as the megalomaniac idiot that he is over his sacking of drugs advisor, Professor Nutt, for daring to disagree… more

Are post offices open tomorrow? From Znethru ^Pro in Ask or Answer. (12 days old)

Keep in mind that I could be asking this question yesterday.… more

Hammer Horror From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (14 days old)

I went to the opening night of the Hammer Festival at the Idea Generation Gallery in Shoreditch. It was brilliant as there were lots of photographs and posters from the Hammer Horror films that I grew… more

Oh no its Jim Carey From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (14 days old)

Well fuck me if the Christmas lights are not up in Oxford Street Its really just a puff for for that new film version of A Christmas Carol with the world's least funny Canadian playing all the … more

Alan Johnson - the Nutt Cracker From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (14 days old)

I see Home Secretary Alan Johnson has sacked his Drugs Advisor Professor Stephen Nutt over his recent statements about the reclassification of cannabis and the harmful effects of booze and fags compar… more

Paris the Hemingway Way From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (15 days old)

I have just had another travel guide published, this time about our crawl around Hemingway's Paris Read it here if you want to http://www.simonseeks.com/travel-guides/paris-ernest-hemingway-bar… more

Spooky Stuff Already From Shipscook in Ceridwenscauldron (15 days old)

We had fog last night for the first time in ages and when I left the house this morning all the spider's webs were covered in dew, the pictures don't really do them justice but they were mighty pretty… more

So that's how they do it From Znethru ^Pro in Aardvark Blog (15 days old)

This afternoon I am having a cup of tea without a biscuit.… more