It’s never a good sign when the Chairman of your cricket club approaches you at a pre-season training session, arms outstretched, bellowing “I take it your training regime is fucked then” before grabbing hold of your man-boobs and giving them a comedy squeeze. Read the rest of this entry »
It’s Saturday night. Whatshername is out, leaving me alone in the house. I’d make burgers, I’d decided. Chilli burgers, in preparation for a chilli burger-making competition (no, really). Two burgers: 500g of minced lamb, plus secret ingredients (I’ll tell you specifics after I’ve won the competition, as I know at least one of my rivals reads this thrilling and informative blog). That’s slightly more than two quarter-pounders’ worth of meat. That’s plenty enough for anyone’s tea, yes?
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This is the moment you’ve barely given a second thought. It’s time to see the graph. But first, what does the graph show? What does it tell us? It’s tells us that I’m shit at dieting. I’ve lost a rounded-up pound since last Friday. By rounded-up pound I mean that the little ticket the Boots weight machine prints out says I’ve lost a pound, but a quick sense check (looking at the change in weight in kilos) shows I haven’t. I’ve lost 0.3kg. 0.66lbs. 300g. The equivalent weight of a packet of Chocolate Hob Nobs, ironically enough an entire packet of which I’ve eaten in the past two days. I know what you’re thinking. I’m a useless, disgusting, greedy bollocks. Read the rest of this entry »
This blog will be a slightly disjointed affair, as I have several points to make; sadly none of them are of any real interest or importance. Read the rest of this entry »
It’s that time of year again. Time for reflection. Time, perhaps, for feeling guilty after the excesses of the past couple of weeks. It’s time for a new start. Yep, it’s time for new year’s resolutions.
But does anyone actually bother? I get the impression that most people talk about new year’s resolutions, but few ever actually see them through to any kind of outcome. Read the rest of this entry »