Stars continues to kick me in the junk on a nightly basis.I've only played 100 sngs there this month and just can't seem to get going at all.( down $120 ) It seems every single time I sit down at Stars I'm destined to get screwed over.I don't like complaining after one bad night or a few bad sessions as that's just the way turbos roll, but this is just relentless.If you play a couple of games per evening, imagine running like this over the next 50 nights... Aq losing to QJ started Monday night off.Of course I folded 108 on the very next hand and watched nearly the whole table ( maybe just felt that way!) going all in on an A 8 8 flop.Next up was AK losing to A9 ( 9 on river ) and late on in my next game I had 44 beaten by AQ rivering an Ace.I made it as far as the bubble in my last game...
5pm last Saturday. George Burley is being hailed by the press for the double substitution that led to Chris Iwelumo's debut goal, the winning goal.
Somewhere in a darkened corner of Hampden Kris Boyd decides to turn his back on his national team. Nobody cares.
One moment of inexplicable madness can, of course, change a lot of things. Iwelumo was to be fall the guy. Burley the incompetent,...
Marta spotted this one... ... [4 words]...
There's been a fair bit of blogging about Twitter and people 'getting it' or not. Sure, it is a great networking site and far more fun than the likes of Bebo but that's not Twitters strength which lies in its API which makes a great platform. ... [211 words]...
A tree fell down in our nearby parky. Oddly it wasn't windy but probably the cold that brought it down, the inside of the trunk was hollow near the base. ... [43 words]...
Scots and Irish come secondThe bloggee who not so long ago drew Huttonian's attention to Englands's defeat by Scotland at rugby has been somewhat reticent over this afternoon's result from Rome. The same reticence may also apply to the events at Twickenham where England had a good day at the office. The Bhoys in the Pubs in both Drogheda and Dundalk will be crying into their stout, poor lads. There are other things than being good at Rugby.As both the Irish and the Scots have known for some...
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The widely reported invasion of a Northern Ireland salmon farm by billions of small jellyfish known as stingers may be bad news for the twelve workers who may lose their jobs as a result of the deaths of the 100,000 fish involved, but it's good news as far as I'm concerned, and I cordially invite the wee stinging creatures to Visit Scotland, especially the West Coast, where 100,000 victims would be, pun intended, just a drop in the ocean.The farm salmon is an artificial fish, and the salmon farming industry is a disaster for the marine environment, with diseases and parasites such as sea-lice and escapes of farmed salmon damaging wild salmon and sea-trout populations in the West Highlands and Islands.Hundreds of thousands of farmed salmon escape from their cages every year, and compete...
My cousin came over last night to watch Scotland fall at the final qualifying hurdle as we went down 2-1 to an injury time Italian winner.We were a bit lucky at times as Fergusons equaliser looked offside and the Italians also had a good goal ruled offside but the freekick the referee gave which led to their winner was a joke by any standard.The only bright spot is that our fine recent performances mean we should ( in theory) get an easier draw for World Cup qualification.Roll on!What else has been going on? Well the ex Mrs A called last night at 3.30am to say she has smashed up the living room and felt like she was cracking up in sheer frustration and anger at the her neighbour "getting away" with torching her car the other week.I was seriously worried about her doing something silly and...
Whoever says that growing old can be a good thing should be shot at point blank range. Seriously! Yesterday (27th Oct) was my 29th birthday and although I had a really good day...it means I'm one year older and one year closer to hitting the half way mark in my life. Sucks, I tell ya. Birthdays just aint the same like when you were a kid. I wish I had those days again. I mean who would really pass up the chance of living your childhood again? If you really think about it, and there was the option of knowing what you know now, you would do things a whole lot different. Just think of what you could achieve by making sure you paid better attention at school (like I wish), dating that guy/girl you lusted after...the list can be endless. I wish I had done things a whole lot different. Maybe I...
Why, I would like to know, was a man who had sex with a bicycle hauled up in front of a court in Ayr, Scotland, and put on the sex offenders' register?Did the bike complain, say no or scream rape - or was it an underaged bike, groomed on the internet and lured to the man's room?More importantly, I would like to know HOW one has sex with a bike of the two-wheeled variety and, while on the subject, may I enquire about the methods employed in having sex with a pavement which, by all accounts, has also brought the wrath of the law courts down on poor Karl Watkins who was caught in the act in Redditch in 1993. He, apparently, was jailed for his amorous advances but that was obviously in a public place, where most willing pavements are.Robert Stewart and his bike were not in a public place, but...
A damning indictment on Labour MinistersDouglas Alexander, UK Scotland Minister at the time of the Scottish elections in May this year and the fiasco of the 150,000 rejected ballot papers, took decisions on the running of the election based on party political interest."What is characteristic of 2007 was a notable level of party self interest evident in ministerial decision-making (especially in regard to the timing and method of counts and the design of ballot papers)," wrote Ron Gould, the former Canadian election official who investigated the Scottish vote for the Electoral Commission.In other words Labour in London did their best to rig it.Alexander is the brother of Wendy, Labour group leader in the Scottish Parliament, notable by her face and her silence when things don't go her...
It appears our UK Prime Minister, ex-Chancellor and man who knows a lot about money, may have broken the rules about sub-letting his taxpayer-funded office in Kirkaldy - the rules which state that an MP "may not sublet accommodation which you lease and pay for out of the allowances".Now, is it just me, or does this not sound familiar?Was one Henry McLeish not forced to resign as Scotland's First Minister in 2001 because of something similar, paving the way for the joys of Jack McConnell's disastrous reign?There is, of course, a major difference between the two cases in that, whatever the outcome, Hell will freeze over before we see Brown...
Scottish Government First Minister Alex Salmond has written to the representatives of 189 countries signed up to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, seeking support in his campaign against the deployment by the UK government of Trident nuclear warheads at Faslane on the Clyde.He is asking them to back his bid for Scotland to have observer status at future treaty talks."In May, for the first time since the nuclear age began in 1945, the people of Scotland elected a government that is opposed to nuclear weapons," he declared.The Scottish government was planning to do "all that we can" to persuade UK ministers to change their mind on Trident, said Salmond. "The majority of Scottish people and their elected representatives oppose these deployments."An anti-Trident summit organised by the...
The UK government is looking at ways to turn the bus pass which entitles one in four people in Scotland to free travel and reduced price access to leisure services, into an ID card linked to the National Identity Register.The Home Office in London see this as a way to push forward the ID card scheme at a reduced cost, a sneaky move that will be strongly resisted by the Scottish government and a majority of MSPs at Holyrood, who have long made it clear that any ID card introduced by London should not be used north of the border to link devolved public services.Bus passes could be used, say London think-tank New Local Government Network, to document citizens' mental health and their "reporting a crime, attending an accident and emergency department or claiming benefits.The Scottish...
PER LITRE The point nine nine, of course, really makes 99.9 £1.00 for petrol and £1.04 pence for diesel, and the pricing by litre is little more than a scam considering we still work out our vehicles fuel consumption in miles per gallon.Over £4.50 per gallon, and high miles are inevitable getting round our remote Scottish areas.Americans are unhappy at their 'gas' prices approaching $3.00 per gallon.Just as a rough guide, because maths are a mystery to me, I paid for a wee computer application this week in dollars, and $10 converted to UK pounds worked out at £4.73, or just over the price of a gallon of diesel.If you're American, and planning a visit to the Highlands to find your ancestors or the Loch Ness Monster, you know what to expect.The $10 gallon- and...
SNP ministers have been quick to respond to a letter written by Scottish Labour leader Wendy Alexander to First Minister Alex Salmond, accusing him of picking fights with the Westminster government in London.Moray SNP MSP Richard Lochhead, Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs, said: "It is quite incredible if Labour's leader in Scotland believes that the role of Scottish Government is to hide in a corner rather than stand up to be heard."Wendy Alexander should be adding her voice to Scotland's case for the UK Government to get behind Scotland's farmers, particularly at this crucial time, and for UK ministers to accept their responsibility."He said Ms Alexander appeared to think her role was to "take the heat off the UK Government".SNP's Dundee East MP Stewart Hosie said: "What we're not...
Or perhaps that should read 'raises her head above a pile of bricks,' given the ominous silence [another of her famous huffs?] since Scottish Labour leader Alexander's disastrous and laughable confrontation with the SNP government's First Minister Alex Salmond on the 4th of October.Wendy has now surfaced, via a letter written to Salmond, accusing him of being more interested in picking fights with Westminster than running the country. This of course refers to the row over compensation for Scottish farmers, or lack of it, to deal with the consequences of the foot and mouth outbreak in England earlier this year, when restrictions were put on the movement of livestock.She has also, apparently, published a list of promises which, she says, the new Scottish Government have failed to...
Sun columnist and former editor Kelvin Mackenzie yesterday voiced his offensive and ridiculous opinions about Scottish people on the BBC's Question Time from Cheltenham in England, and was booed and jeered by the audience for what were disgraceful racist remarks.A Thank You to the Cheltenham audience for their reaction.When police are visiting wee boys for the 'very serious' [ the stormtroopers words, not mine] homophobic crime of calling his 10-year-old classmate gay, and threatening to arrest eight year old boys for playing with toy guns, surely Kelvin MacKenzie's comments deserve serious attention by the police.Of course MacKenzie isn't eight or even eleven years old, which complicates matters for police who, increasingly, avoid dealing with serious matters while picking on easy...
A vulture known as Wee Man, who escaped from a rescue centre near Kinnoir, near Huntly in north-east Scotland on Saturday, has been found sitting in a tree close to home, and is in good condition, with no injuries or broken feathers.Volunteers spent the day trying to tempt the bird down with offers of food, but have so far been unsuccessful."He must be hungry, after getting away on Saturday," said Centre volunteer Patricia Downie.Wee Man is not an attacking bird as he feeds on dead animals. Wee ManThe other vulture, known as Prime Minister Maggie 'Feartie' Broon, is still on the run after escaping from the dangers of a recent general election, and was briefly spotted today sitting in the House of Commons being mauled by opposition leader David Cameron who, until only a few days ago, Broon...
I recently suggested in this post that the fingerprinting of young children in schools was an easy and convenient way of fostering meek acceptance of identity cards, government databases and loss of civil liberty, by getting kids used to submitting to fingerprinting and biometric scans in schools at an early age.A handy technique indeed, for those beaurocrats and state officials who would control a surveillance society.Now, in Scotland alone, it appears that fourteen educational authorities have already introduced biometric ID systems, with at least two others planning them.Despite assurances that information is retained only on local secure servers, not shared with any external bodies, and that the data will not be compiled on any national database, all the systems are potentially...
Wendy Alexander, Scottish Labour's recently crowned leader, is feeling the pinch.In a letter to the Holyrood allowances review, her party has pointed out that while the opposition leader at Westminster gets an allowance of £644,000, poor Wendy has to make do with a paltry £22,000 a year from the taxpayers pocket.Hardly enough to buy a bag of sweets, never mind pay for a private secretary.Not enough to keep Wendy sweet, anyway.Poor wee dearie!Talking about that - she's been very quiet since her embarrassing speech at the Labour party conference in Bournemouth the other week, when she made that grovelling apology for her party losing to the SNP at the Holyrood elections in May, and making the weird and wonderful claim that SNP First Minister Alex Salmond was in cahoots with David Cameron...
A primary school in Inverness has installed a £1,000 biometric system to track library books using pupils fingerprints.Drakies Primary School is the first in the Highlands to make use of the 'Junior Librarian' biometric system and the children, in their innocence, have taken to it, seeing it as more like a game.The human rights organisation Liberty questions whether the introduction of such systems can be properly regulated. A spokesperson said: "Unfortunately these fingerprint schemes may be using technology just for the sake of it and without proper regulation."Before schemes like this become the norm we must question if the biometric data of children is being shared, has permission been sought from parents, and is there truly no alternative?" Of course there are plenty other less...
AOBEWatching the crushing of Wales by Fiji and the narrow escape from humiliating defeat by Scotland at the hands of Italy (It's about Rugby I am talking, Anxious of Ayton)I recall the tee shirts sold proudly in Souvenir shops in South Bridge Street, Embra, with the message 'Any One But England' at the time of the last Rugby World Cup. Not just a Scottish phenomenon -Irish Pubs are full of jeering punters egging on any side England are playing at any sport. What a bad time both nations had in 2003.And doubtless the Welsh are no different. Despite being about 25% Scottish myself via my Ulster Settler background I still find such petty and mindless anti-Englishness highly irritating. Mind you this built-in national inferiority complex is deep rooted and in the case of Scotland goes back...
According to a survey by the BBC, Scottish Labour MPs don't want a general election this autumn.TEN said yes.NINETEEN said no. TWO wouldn't say..Some were worried about voter fatigue, and others were concerned about the strength of the SNP.The Labour MP for Livingston was worried about the weather.He said there was likely to be a foot of snow in October stretching from Aberdeen to Aberystwyth!Either he has a hotline to a higher being [and I don't mean Gordon in London] or he just doesn't live in this world - it's been many, many years since I've seen a foot of snow anywhere in Scotland in October, even in the Highlands.Those who want a poll now think the SNP are more of a threat to the Liberal Democrats than Labour.While I agree that the Lib Dems deserve, and are likely to get, a...
Independent, Labour and Liberal Democrat councillors in Angus have voted to spend £4,500 on a new flag to be flown on council buildings, replacing the saltire.Apart from the fact that council tax payers will be footing the bill for what seems no more than a petty and vindictive ploy by these elected numpties, the flag, consisting of Angus Council's coat of arms, looks like something the Queen would award to the suppliers of her toilet rolls.While recognizing the stress and anguish these inconsequential officials must suffer at the mere sight of the present flag as they enter and leave their place of work, they should be reminded that the Saltire is not the Nationalist flag, but the National flag of Scotland.Fury Over Town Hall Plan To Replace...
My little “rush” continued and I felt a big wave of positivity over the past week. I bashed on with my new website but unfortunately stayed up and got absolutely wasted on Saturday night. I spent all night drinking a box of red wine and wrote a lot of bitter, selfish crap about my life and the huge chip which resides on my shoulder. Fortunately, I dashed out of bed, hungover on Sunday morning and wiped it all. I have since tried to write something hopefully more objective. I started work on a new track in the studio and I tried to visit some old friends (most of whom weren’t in) but managed to catch up with a couple and have some positive chat and reminiscences which was nice. All was going well with my little rebound high… well at least, until I fell back into the clutches of...
Cò chreideadh e? Rinn Alba an gnothach air an Fhraing ann am Paras 1-0, taing do thadhal mìorbhaileach math le Seumas MacFaidean. Bruth air tiotal na h-aiste seo airson an tadhal seo fhaicinn! (Bhideo ann am Frangais.) Chuir e an 15,000 luchd-leantainn Albannach am-measg na 78,000 luchd-amhairc anns an lann-cluiche, Parc des Princes, gu bocadaich le mòr-ghairdeachas! ‘S e seo an dàrna thuras a ghlèidh Alba na trì puingean ann am bàir ball-coise ris na Frangaich. A’ chiad uair, bhuannaich iad 1-0 aig Pàirc Hampden, Glaschu, na bu thràithe san iomairt airson Euro 2008 a ruigsinn. Tha fhathast trì bàirean eile ri chluich, ach tha na laoich sin air an cothrom a b’ fheàrr a thoirt dhaibh fhèin leis a’ bhuaidh...
We'll be coming,We'll be comingWe'll be coming down the road!When you hear the noise of the Tartan Army boys,We'll be coming down the road!In the toughest qualifying group of all for the European Championships next summer, Scotland sit top, ahead of World Cup winners Italy,runners up France and quarter finalists,Ukraine!We beat France AGAIN tonight!! 1-0 in Paris (James McFadden 68mins)! I can hardly believe it! We came to France only five short years ago and were soundly thrashed 5-0.There was never a danger of a repeat.It's still a tough task to qualify as Scotland always seem to find a way to blow it, but this will probably go down as one of our best ever results! In fact it is THE best result ever!!Not bad for a country with a population of five million!! European Championship...
