Archive for the ‘General’ Category

They weren?t even real people?Tim Kitrew and his partner Jim Shorts I am not lying

Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

They weren?t even real people?Tim Kitrew and his partner Jim Shorts I am not lying, his name was Jim Shorts. After taking a 12-0 lead, the Red Storm didn’t allow a bucket until about seven minutes into the game. No one could get going for the Cardinals. Y2J – He would make the best opponent for [...]

Either team winning will make a good story though I’m inclined to pull slightly harder for the Saints

Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

Either team winning will make a good story, though I’m inclined to pull slightly harder for the Saints, knowing that they have never won one before. White grew up in Mesa, Arizona, and is the first native Arizonan to be elected to the College Football Hall of Fame.From 1971-73, Danny White quarterbacked Arizona State to [...]

Teacher shortages have jeopardised the Government’s chances of achieving its literacy and numeracy targets

Saturday, October 23rd, 2010

Teacher shortages have jeopardised the Government’s chances of achieving its literacy and numeracy targets in primary schools, the schools watchdog Ofsted said. Headteachers have been forced to spend an increasing amount of time searching for staff, causing them to neglect their leadership of the literacy and numeracy strategies, said Mike Tomlinson, the chief inspector [...]

That is not how things are done in this country -

Saturday, October 23rd, 2010

That is not how things are done in this country – or, at least, not how they have been done these past 150 years. How much worse for Cherie, unelected and unaccountable, to have sought such assistance”Who is he trying to kid? What we have here is an example of something that has been [...]

You are welcomed with a ghastly corporate video but things take a turn for

Friday, October 22nd, 2010

You are welcomed with a ghastly corporate video, but things take a turn for the better when you get to the hands-on gadget centre and learn about the history and the future of car production.Then it’s on to the business end of the trip, a guided tour back and forth along the assembly lines. [...]

When he sings She Is Beautiful his new single you know he means that she is beautiful

Friday, October 22nd, 2010

When he sings “She Is Beautiful” (his new single), you know he means that she is beautiful.The infamous sleeve isn’t the only time he’s deliberately drawn blood for a photo shoot, and head injuries at gigs are not uncommon Does he get a kick from it? “I definitely benefit from it. Sometimes when I [...]

When it gets stories that chime with the audience it does very well indeed he said

Thursday, October 21st, 2010

“When it gets stories that chime with the audience it does very well indeed,” he said.The future of Richard and Judy was raised at the launch of Channel 4’s spring and summer schedule, which was notable for a line-up of programmes likely to rattle the Establishment.Mo Mowlam, the former secretary of state for Northern [...]

Once he had unleashed the full scope of his spleen he realised that

Thursday, October 21st, 2010

Once he had unleashed the full scope of his spleen, he realised that there was no going back to the purported objectivity of serious reporting. The books, he says more than once during our conversation, were a kind of psychotherapy for him. “The novels were always, to my mind, something I did on the [...]

He is a player who will always score goalsBent made an immediate impression but Marcus Stewart and Marcus Bent Burley’s

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

He is a player who will always score goals”Bent made an immediate impression but Marcus Stewart and Marcus Bent, Burley’s first choice pairing in attack, were guilty of wasting glorious chances before being withdrawn midway through the second half.Darren Bent arrived to hand Burley and the Ipswich faithful a lifeline. He is unlikely to [...]

It isn’t just what they say everything about them seems so alien to

Wednesday, October 20th, 2010

It isn’t just what they say; everything about them seems so alien to anyone normal. The trouble is they’re so soullessly, passionlessly, obsequiously pompous, but they seem to think that to reconnect with the people is a matter of style, like wearing short-sleeve shirts or riding a skateboard on regional news. They might as [...]