written by Martin on Dec 31, 2001 Comments Off
Happy New Year y’all. I hope 2002 is a bit better than 2001 was, for despite the creation of The Copydesk I still think it was a bit of a duff year. Before you party tonight, better look over some hangover cures.
written by Martin on Dec 31, 2001 Comments Off
The first year of The Copydesk is coming to an end. I’m going out to a small party with Susan and the bump to see in The Bells.
I’d like to say a thank-you to everyone who helped out in some way over the past six months: the bodacious Mr Mark Fryer, the inimitable Mr Tom Hodgkinson, the inspirational Mr Jason Kottke, the unbeatable Mr Ross Patterson and the prolific Ms Nancy at JillMatrix for contributing in some fab comments.
A well-deserved thanks also goes out to all who have contributed to 200 Words. More to follow in 2002.
Happy New Year everyone – and could the last one to leave please zip up their flies.
written by Martin on Dec 31, 2001 Comments Off
If anyone’s interested, I’m 30 today.
Hogmanay is, without a doubt, the worst day of the year to have a birthday. People are normally too busy getting ready for The Bells, or they just plain forget. As a boy, my birthdays were usually crap.
However, we decided to have my birthday party last night instead of tonight, and it worked a treat. All of my friends, my sisters, my brothers-in-law – and even my neighbours – came over to help me celebrate. It was a great night, with loads of fab presents and lots of drinking. At midnight, Susan appeared with a cake in the shape of a pair of boobs and plenty of smutty jokes were metted out. My mum and dad are going to visit today.
The melody for the song, Happy Birthday to You was written by two sisters, Mildred and Dr. Patty Hill in 1893 as “Good Morning to All”, a song for children at the school where they both worked.
A chap called Robert H. Coleman added the verse ‘Happy Birthday to You’ without the Hill’s permission and got himself taken to court.
written by Martin on Dec 30, 2001 Comments Off
A first hand account of the incident on-board American Airlines Flight 63 when the rather dodgy-looking Richard Reid attempted to set off an explosion via Pentaerythritoltetranitrate (PETN) in his shoes. PETN is used to make the plastic explosive Semtex.
From Jason.
written by Martin on Dec 30, 2001 Comments Off
I just watched the ‘Top 100 TV Treats of the Year’ on Channel 4, only to be thoroughly disappointed right at the end when Jamie Theakston revealed that the “best” moment of the year was when England beat Germany 5-1.
Mr Theakston quite rightly announced: “For those viewers in Scotland who don’t want to know the result, look away now”.
And I did.
written by Martin on Dec 29, 2001 Comments Off
WebsiteTips.com. Some good advice, some bad. Make up your own mind.
written by Martin on Dec 28, 2001 Comments Off
Regulars will notice the sidebar link under ‘recommended’ to parallax view.
I can’t remember how I found this website, but it’s a great read. Full of the things we find interesting here at The Copydesk: news, popular culture, strange stories, arcana – and, of course, football (that’s soccer, to our American cousins).
Bookmark it – or better still, come to The Copydesk more often and you’ll find the link down the right-hand side.
written by Martin on Dec 26, 2001 Comments Off
How annoying. Blogger decided to reset everyone’s password to ’1′, meaning any Tom, Dick or Harry could get access to my account and wreak havoc. Not even so much as an email to inform the 800,000 or so users of the service.
Get along to Blogger and change your password back ASAP. You can change it by going to your “team” and clicking on your own name, then modifying your profile.
Sheesh.