The Rodeo http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog Because illogic is a lifestyle choice. Wed, 26 Aug 2009 04:30:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 en hourly 1 This feed works MUCH better in an RSS reader - then you will be told whenever I add anything. Try GreatNews ( www.curiostudio.com ) Lunch With a Hobbit http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/2009/08/lunch-with-a-hobbit/ http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/2009/08/lunch-with-a-hobbit/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:55:51 +0000 RodeoClown http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/?p=504 I just got back from lunch with Ben, who described himself in an email to me this morning as a ‘painfully handsome hobbit with a chip on his shoulder’. That description made him extremely easy to spot when he came round the corner.

We had a nice lunch, ended up having a drink and chips at Sweeney’s, and while we were talking they came round with a plate of fruit for us. That was odd.

Anyway Ben, thanks for making the trip – I hope you didn’t get fired for getting back to work late!Piratical

RodeoClown: pensive pirate.

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There, there, it’s not so bad is it?

RodeoClown: hear hear!

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First: Kseniya Simonova wins Ukraine’s Got Talent and when you watch this, you will see why.

So, you just watched Germany conquering Ukraine in the second world war. IN SAND. I got it from The Guardian.

Second: Stand By Me. Played by a bunch of street performers around the world. Much cheerier that video 1, but just as amazing.

From Gizmodo

RodeoClown: has talent?

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God will give you plenty of opportunities to learn once you ask.

RodeoClown: not there yet.

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I’m a little conflicted as to whether I should be worried or proud that the first word Matty learnt to recognise was “Loading”…

RodeoClown: no longer loading.

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RodeoClown: thought that I posted this yesterday, but apparently I didn’t…

]]> http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/2009/07/blonde/feed/ 1 John Jenkins, I Have Your Classmates.com Account Right Here… http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/2009/07/john-jenkins-i-have-your-classmates-com-account-right-here/ http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/2009/07/john-jenkins-i-have-your-classmates-com-account-right-here/#comments Wed, 08 Jul 2009 08:31:38 +0000 RodeoClown http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/?p=483 I’m not sure why, but your account details landed square in my inbox, password and all*. If you want them back, let me know. Otherwise I’ll just assume your identity, send disturbing pictures to your old Pelham High school buddies, get access to your credit card and go on a spending spree, living your life for you until a US government agency shoots me in the back, then dumps me in a maximum security prison where I’ll spend the rest of my days making humourous licence plates and avoiding large, lonely men archive the email and do nothing at all.

RodeoClown: wouldn’t do that. Would he?

* Oh, and I checked, the email/password combo works, the account is legit.

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One of the new controllers stopped working, so I rang Nintendo about getting it fixed, and while I was on the phone, I asked if I could get some replacement straps for the old controllers.

Today I got a pack in the mail, and they had sent me 4 of the rubbery jackets that go over the controllers to stop people smashing other people and their stuff with them. I’ve already got 4 though, so if anybody with a wii needs a couple of covers, let me know.

RodeoClown: appreciates the thought…

]]> http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/2009/07/wii-jackets/feed/ 2 I Didn’t Win $90 Million http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/2009/07/i-didnt-win-90-million/ http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/2009/07/i-didnt-win-90-million/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:41:53 +0000 RodeoClown http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/?p=478 But I did find $2 on the step at Town Hall station!

RodeoClown: winner!

]]> http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/2009/07/i-didnt-win-90-million/feed/ 0 Glorious http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/2009/06/glorious/ http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/2009/06/glorious/#comments Mon, 22 Jun 2009 05:52:42 +0000 RodeoClown http://www.the-rodeo.com/blog/?p=476 It’s been raining a lot lately, and Jen discovered today that we have a child who is afraid of the resulting mud. Fortunately for him, he has a caring younger brother who decided to help him fight his phobia.

By throwing mud at his face.

This is one of those tricky parenting moments, where an immediate judgement is required, and may shape the life, and future patterns of behaviour of both children. So, with that in mind, what is the correct course of action?

RodeoClown: thought it was pretty funny.

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