Monday, 11 February 2008

Throbbing Toe

My clumsiness appears to have returned with a vengence.

For years I have routinely managed to break most valuable posessions in our home. Whether it be glasses, Vases, Windows, Mugs or plates, I had become an expert in the fine art of breaking them.

I can remember a time when my good lady asked me to hoover the flat but requested that I shoule "be careful of the ornament on the coffee table". At the time this didn't seem like an unreasonable or even diffcult request, but low and behold I managed to break the quiant porcelain display piece without even noticing. It was only after I had finished hoovering and was feeling rather good about myself in a new man sort of way that I saw the carnage around the coffee table. Needless to say - she wasn't very impressed.

But I had thought all that had changed and that I could now get through the day without any sort of calamity.

During the course of my working day last Wednesday, some of the lads were erecting a setion of racking where I can keep all of my essential techy things. Being a helpful sort of chap I thought I would volunteer my services (truth be told I was sick to death of looking at a computer screen and wanted to do something more physical than walking to the coffee machine). All was going well until we came across one particular piece of racking that just didn't want to slot into place. What was needed was a good dose of brute force.

Unfortuanately all this did was dislodge the aforementioned cross beam diretly through my shoe onto my big toe.

After much cussing and frenzied bandaging it was time to retreat to the nearest A&E which happened to be around 15 miles away.

As i write this, some days later, my big toe acts as a throbbing reminder of my clumsiness. With everything else that I have going on at the moment, the last thing I want or need is to be hobbling around like an old war hero!

Tuesday, 5 February 2008

Depressing reading

Following on from my last post, I decided to find out what type of blogger would find my ramblings interesting.
I happened to come across this nifty little tool which I thought would give me the answers I seek.
blog readability test

As a man who hasn't set foot in a high school for nearly 15 years I find this rather depressing.

I had hoped that my blog's reading level would be a little higher than this as I haven't written it in text speak, I don't possess a hoddie, and I carry neither guns nor knives innit.

Friday, 1 February 2008

What type of blogger are you?

I enjoy flicking through the seemingly never ending selection of blogs. I have noticed that there are several different categories of blog, all of which have their own distinct quirks. I have made a note of some of them.

The everyday blogger. These blogs are great for reading whilst havng a quick cup of coffee. They are usually light on content (like mine) and have an easy going feel to them.

The Everything is marvellous blogger. No matter how hard or horrible life gets, these eternal optimists are the lifeblood of society. these people would say something like, "Today my Hamster died, but I dont feel down because now I can get a new one. YAY!"

The "oh my God, I wish I wasn't born" blogger. There's just no pleasing some people and there's no point in even trying to get them to look on the bright side. I quickly skip these blogs as life is difficult enough without reading about how depressing it is waking up in the morning.

The "If only everyone would listen to me the world would be a better place" blogger. Surely these people have missed their calling in life. They should be working for the Red Cross or the UN. Quick, the world needs you!

The thesaurus Blogger. Some people just love to fit as many weird and wonderful words into their blog as possible. I have real problems reading these posts as my limited vocabularly is no match for the intellectual prowess of the author. I now keep a dictionary close to hand just in case I come across one of these writers!
I'm sure there are many more that I have not yet come across. Feel free to add any that I might have missed in the comments section.

Happy reading!