Archive for December, 2005

Merry Christmas

My creation Originally uploaded by edinburghsteve.
Dear All,
Whatever part of the world you are in, whatever you want, and whether you are celebrating the birth of Christ, or just taking advantage of a mid-winter* festival, I hope you are having, have had, or are about to have a very happy christmas.
I will be spending Christmas [...]

December 25, 2005   Posted in: Personal  Comments Closed

Bloody Disney.

I have lovely memories from childhood of my mum reading me the story of ‘Chicken Licken‘, who was bonked on the head with an acorn, and took this to mean that the sky was falling.
He told all his little friends about the sky falling, and got into all sorts of adventures with Hen Len, Duck [...]

December 21, 2005   Posted in: Whinge  Comments Closed

Kilty-Cauld-Bum

EarlyChristmas05 017 Originally uploaded by edinburghsteve.
There’s something about wearing a kilt which makes one feel decidedly Scottish!
I’ve never really been one for kilt-wearing until recently. The occasional hired dress-kilt outfit for special occasions was as far as I went. The main reasons being a lack of occasions to wear it, and the prohibitive cost of [...]

December 19, 2005   Posted in: Personal, Photos, Wibble  Comments Closed

Boring Blogging

In preparation for you all reading my lovely profile in the Jan 5th issue of the Big Issue, I thought i’d tell you a bit more about myself by nicking this meme from Liberal Elite:
1. My uncle once: let me use his Paul Reed Smith guitar – after that I was hooked on playing the [...]

December 15, 2005   Posted in: Blogging, Meme, Personal  One Comment

Another Exciting Morning…

After the fun and games of STV last week, this week I’m getting even more exposure!
I’ve just been interviewed by a journalist from the Big Issue. The profile piece in the first edition of the new year is going to be about little old me. The organisation I volunteer for had arranged this, and needed [...]

December 13, 2005   Posted in: Personal, Wibble, Work  Comments Closed

Quick Polish Update

Yes, I’m becoming a stat-tart, but since I wrote about Deli Polinia a few weeks ago, my search strings have been tied up in knots with queries about the place and what they sell.
To answer some of the regular queries (in case they ever come back again)… Deli Polonia is a lovely little shop at [...]

December 8, 2005   Posted in: Polski, Review  4 Comments

Why Cameron Should Win

So, the Tory leadership winner is announced later today.
I’ve already mentioned that I think Cameron should win to return a bit of centre-right moderation to Politics.
However, I have since discovered another reason why Cameron should win. Davis has a giant-mutant-sized left hand – noone would take him seriously in debates in the house waving that [...]

December 6, 2005   Posted in: Photos, Politics  Comments Closed

Red Diamond?

BBC NEWS | World | Europe | Red Cross mulls ‘neutral’ emblem
Hmm… ‘red diamond’ they say’?
The angles and sides look pretty equal to me, which in my mind makes it more of a red SQUARE! Which conjures up images of Soviet power or vodka-based alcopops!

December 5, 2005   Posted in: Wibble  Comments Closed