What’s gone on?

  • Pedro

    When I was at school it was clear from about second year juniors (no idea what year that would be in new currency) that I had an aversion to sporting activities. There were only ever two sport options for boys: football or football. The girls at junior school were spoilt for choice with such crafts…

    Read more

  • Neighbours

    Sometimes going outside of Gnomepants Manor is like running the gauntlet. A simple task, like mowing the lawn, popping the milk bottles out for the milkman, taking refuse out or a crafty smoke in the lane with no name can be fraught with obstacles.

    Read more

  • Curry

    Yesterday, all my spices seemed so far away. Now it looks as though they’re here to stay. At least now I’ve found a top traditional indian convenience store in Agbrigg in Wakefield. The shop might have been pokey but with HUGE bags of spices, rices and nices at stupidly low prices who am I to…

    Read more

  • Realisation

    I realised something today. One of the main reasons why I have been “off track” of late is because I took my eyes off the prize. The prize being a fucking good degree and a spectacular “more than I could ever have dreamed of” career. Most of this has been down to silly self wallowing…

    Read more

  • Stoppit & Tidyup

    I “man clean” apparently. “Man Cleaning” is where you wipe around objects on a surface rather than lifting the object and wiping the surface underneath. My theory is that as the object hasn’t been moved since the last time I wiped the surface the underside remains clean. I “man clean”. I apply this technique to…

    Read more

  • >Tonight I did something I haven’t done in a long while. I visited a supermarket. Asda in Barnsley to be precise. Now I know some of you will say “Ah but Stegzy, you go to the Co-Op and the Co-Op is a supermarket!” and some will say “Ah but you were in a supermarket with…

    Read more

  • Tonight I did something I haven’t done in a long while.

    Read more

  • There was a toad In the Road With no name I moved him away So he may Be in safety Oh little toad Sat in the road With no name Please dont get squashed Or even Noshed By a bird of prey Ah thankyou

    Read more

  • I interrupt my LJ abstinence to bring you some slightly smouldering news:- At 15:30BST on Friday 25th July 2008 a van containing cylinders of acetylene “mysteriously caught fire” in the Hill Top area of Brierley (which is about 1km from Chez Gnomepants). Of course this being the middle of hicksville doesn’t account for spontaneous hydrocarbon…

    Read more

  • National Service

    Some chief bigwig of the Metropolitan Police was on telly this morning suggesting that a spell of what he called “Compulsary Non-military National Service” would sort the youth problem in the UK. Short of breeding controls, I think it’s a damn good idea. Especially as now I’m not a teenager. I would suggest that “Compulsary…

    Read more