http://www.jimmypagestrousers.com/blog Gerry Hayes' Blog Thu, 20 Nov 2008 09:27:41 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en For those of you who use them, or even know how they work, there are social bookmark links hanging around the bottom of each post now.  I don't use them, but all of the cool kids seem to have them, so, you know, peer-pressure and all that. Please feel free to ... http://www.jimmypagestrousers.com/blog/2008/11/20/i-become-socially-bookmarkable/ Two loads of washing wedged tightly into the machine.  Who says men can't do housework? In your face, naysayers.  I've just doubled my productivity.  Ha! I'm off to hoover the dishes. http://www.jimmypagestrousers.com/blog/2008/11/18/efficiency/ Is how my brother (who is among his biggest fans) refers to Peter Cushing. Partly because he read it somewhere, but mainly because, at six feet, he can lay claim to the, relatively dubious, distinction of being taller than him. I can't affirm the same fandomism (it's probably a word) as ... http://www.jimmypagestrousers.com/blog/2008/11/15/a-shade-under-six-feet/ ...You can put it down.  What's the big deal? My four year-old daughter is now giving me grief about leaving the toilet seat up.  I can't poo-poo* her views on it as flippantly as I do Mrs. Jimmy Page's Trousers. Bloody women. *Poo pun not intended. http://www.jimmypagestrousers.com/blog/2008/11/11/look-i-have-to-lift-it/ And down the tangled, boggy glen. So Monday should have been a reasonable stroll of a couple of kilometers and an easy climb to get back into hiking shape.  Park on the Military Road in the middle of the Wicklow Mountains, an easy walk to the top of Fancy Mountain (really, ... http://www.jimmypagestrousers.com/blog/2008/11/06/up-the-fancy-mountain/ Wow.  Last night, I saw one of the best films I think I ever have.  As part of the IFI's Horrorthon festival, the inimitable Night Of The Lepus was shown.  Astonishing, simply astonishing. The plot?  Simple.  Giant killer rabbits terrorise a small town. Rory Calhoun, Janet Leigh and, a very snappily-dressed DeForest ... http://www.jimmypagestrousers.com/blog/2008/10/25/how-b-can-you-be/ Today is my birthday. There are many cons.  Another year, another hole further on my belt.  Another few empty follicles closer to glabreity.  Another step away from understanding 'the youth of today' and what possible rationale they might have for listening to music through the tiny speakers of their mobile phones ... http://www.jimmypagestrousers.com/blog/2008/10/22/get-lost-grandad/ I am the quintessential procrastinator.  That Hamlet bloke has nothing on me.  What the hell is wrong with me?  I know I should be doing something a little more worthwhile (relatively speaking at least) and yet I don't. Instead I do other things.  I drink lots of tea.  I stare out ... http://www.jimmypagestrousers.com/blog/2008/10/21/heels-dragged/ The death knell has sounded for flickr. Its uploader for Mac was buggy - editing anything already typed in the text fields before an upload caused it to go mental and, after every upload, it made me login again.  It limited me to 100M a month, which isn't too bad on ... http://www.jimmypagestrousers.com/blog/2008/10/20/filckr-vs-picasa/ I am DIY-Boy again.  The bedroom this time as I continue my quest to make something presentable, and slightly less annoying, out of the odd collection of acute and obtuse angles, shit workmanship and general arse, that the builders piled up and called a house. There is an ulterior motive.  The ... http://www.jimmypagestrousers.com/blog/2008/10/12/well-someone-has-to-do-it-yourself/