Roll up! Roll up! British identity for sale! Get ’em while they’re hot!
I am selling/leasing my British identity to the highest bidder. Unfortunately, the buyer will only own it for a limited period of time (probably will expire sometime after 2008) as the UK government will be nationalising it at that point and placing all details of the said identity onto a national database, for which privilege the owner will have to pay an exhorbitant fee.
Half of all proceeds from the sale will go to www.No2ID.net, the remainder will be used to get a new identity
Best before 2008.
(You can use eBay’s “Watch this item” functionality to see how much it goes for.)
As today is both the second anniversary of this blog and the first day of the new tax year, I’ve decided to make more an effort to improve my lifestyle, with the aim of making myself healthier and wealthier.
- First off, no more Twixes. I’ve got into a bad habit of buying a Twix at Haymarket in the evening if I feel peckish. No more. That’s 286 calories and 48p saved each time (65p for a King Size).
- Start exercising again. Target: an hour a week in total on the exercise bike.
- Walk more at weekends. Go out of the house at least once, rather than vegetating in front of the TV. Even if Doctor Who is on.
- Cut down on bottled water, although continue to replace snacks with water. Instead, fill a bottle with water from a tap. Potential saving of over £100 a year.
- When it’s a bit warmer, walk up Arthur’s Seat.
- Eat more fruit.
- Deliver more LibDem leaflets.
I’ve also applied for a short course in Mandarin, as you do.
Reuters: Man held as terrorism suspect over punk song:
The taxi driver had become worried on the way to the airport because Mann had been singing along to The Clash’s 1979 anthem “London Calling,” which features the lyrics “Now war is declared — and battle come down” while other lines warn of a “meltdown expected.”
In other news, Sir Tom Jones has been shot in the head by police who suspected him of carrying a “Sex Bomb”. The IPCC labelled it a run-of-the-mill killing, saying, “It’s not unusual.” (Via.)
Update: I see from my sidebar (at the time of writing) that London Calling was one of the last four songs I listened to. Man the barricades!
This being this blog’s second anniversary, it’s time for some gratuitous navel-gazing with a points update system. Here be the blogstats – last year’s figures in brackets.
- 2 (2): number of servers this site has been hosted on
- 2 (2): number of blogging applications used
- 588 (226): number of posts
- 774 (444): number of comments
- 1.32 (1.96): average number of comments per post
- 192 (119): number of number plates spotted (playing since May 2004)
- 43,016 (6,322): unique hits (counting since May 2004)
Top seven referring websites:
Top five referring blogs:
Top ten search terms:
- 10 (7): geek
- 9 (-): blog
- 8 (-): number
- 7 (6): island
- 6 (-): independent
- 5 (-): doctor
- 4 (-): who
- 3 (-): guardian
- 2 (-): kakuro
- 1 (-): sudoku
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