Month: June 2012

Bill Bailey

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Katy and I saw Bill Bailey in London a few weekends ago. It was a good show, as usual :) Some quotes from the show:

Rejected BBC Shows:

  • Arab Spring Watch
  • Rhetorical Question Time

    • Heckler comebacks (there was a really, really annoying woman in the front row who thought she was hot shit):

  • You’re as insignificant as a like a cress leaf in a vindaloo
  • Talking to you is like catching the bouquet at a funeral

    • BB: Which one came first? DNA or proteins?
    Heckler (me!!): RNA!
    BB: You know, that’s why I like doing shows in London. You get a better class of hecklers.

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    Father’s day weekend

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    Katy and I had tickets to go see Bill Bailey’s Qualmpeddler in London on Friday night, so the oldies came down for the weekend to babysit on Friday night while we ate nummy japanese food and took in the show. For the rest of the weekend, we basically slobbed around, ate lots of BBQ’d food (curried chicken boobs, several kinds of sausages, venison leg steaks, buffalo burgers, pork & apple burgers) and let Bean play in the garden to his heart’s content. Katy and I topped the weekend off with a nice fire in the chimenea last night. It was a nice relaxed family weekend. The only downside of it was that my allergies are rampant at the moment and I was sneezing my ass off :(

    More pictures here: http://www.flubu.com/various_pics/various_june_2012

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    Weekend art project

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    I’m really proud of my first tries at stretching canvas prints. My corners need a bit more practice, and I need to get all of my prints in a standard size so I don’t have to faff around building custom frames, but as a first go, I’m really happy with the results!

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    Tragic news for Chilford Hall

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    Two men have been arrested on suspicion of arson after a wedding venue in Cambridgeshire was destroyed by fire. Sixty firefighters from three counties were called to Chilford Hall, Linton, from about 03:15 BST.

    Firefighters managed to save the house, wine store and shop, but the 18th-century Linton Barn and the Grade II-listed Great Hall, which dates to 1820, were both lost, as were the adjoining Pavilion and Gallery.

    Simon Alper, part of the family which has transformed Chilford Hall since acquiring it 1965, said he was “devastated”. He said: “There’s a building in the middle which is made of wood and you have a very short space of time to get to it if it catches fire, so in the middle of the night it caught hold.

    “The fire brigade have been brilliant to save the winery and the study centre.” Mr Alper said the buildings would be hard to replace, and that cherished family heirlooms had been lost to the flames. “It’s a terrible sight. I grew up here, so I’ve known the place and a lot of different aspects of it. It’s not something you ever expect to see. There are a lot of memories in there – those memories won’t go away but it’s pretty horrid.”

    The men, aged 26 and 27, both from Haverhill, Suffolk, are due to be questioned.

    A statement on the Chilford Hall website states: “We are extremely sad to confirm reports of a serious fire at Chilford Hall during the early hours of the morning. The fire has affected the Linton Hall barn, gallery, great hall and pavilion. We are working on re-establishing our communications system and phone lines as quickly as possible – the events team are contacting clients to inform them of the devastating news.”

    Chilford Hall is licensed for wedding ceremonies and hosts receptions for up to 500 guests. It also has catering facilities for up to 700 people and an 18-acre vineyard, which celebrated 40 years of wine-making last month. Its pavilion was used for corporate events, including car shows and the annual Tastes of Anglia food fair.

    From: BBC, ITV, Cambridge Evening News

    Katy and I got married at Chilford – they were brilliant. We’ve been there several times since for Art shows, Craft fairs and most recently the Tastes of Anglia. We wish the the best. Why would somebody do such a thing? People suck.

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    ID-10T Errors

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    User support is a painful side-effect of software development. Thankfully, it’s a small part of what I do because, while most users are fairly technically competent, it’s the truly moronic ones that make we want to shoot myself. Also, telling people they’re morons, while fun, is less than tactful (which I am not) and not good for career progression.

    Comics from User Friendly

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