Author: richard

I managed to read a newspaper over the holiday (gasp) and there
was a story about the the results of
the International Rock Paper Scissors Championships. Yup,
there’s a championship out there. Although the World RPS Society talks about “wits, craft and ingenuity”,
I’m thinking it boils down to luck and a bit of speed. However, you might want
to check out the advanced guide, study the
gambits and maybe look at the FAQ for
advice on handling a “RPS match against a perceived psychic”.

It must be winter because we’ve mentioned TV twice in todays blogs….

The Web Review isn’t a particularly interesting web site but it makes strangely compelling TV (ITV, no idea when… probably the very small hours of the morning). They give a quick review of a web site and then chat about it. Sounds dull, but the presenters make it something I’d watch again.

I’ve been dragging the last bits of life out of my current phone, holding off on a replacement until the
P800 becomes available (originally due in September, now January).
Anyway, apparently it appears in the new Bond movie, Die Another Day. I’ve not seen the film yet, but I’m told the Bad Guy has one.

Brighton was packed with police yesterday. Back at home, I was flipping through the TV channels trying to catch the local news to see if they had any information (nope) but I found “What the papers say” on BBC2. Their newspaper photo of the year nominations are interesting. I think I’ll vote for the “John Major and his lady friends” photo (at the time of writing the “Argentinian handbags” has the most votes, just ahead of “11 September”).

I’ve just been out looking for the Leonid meteor shower, but I saw nothing. Brighton’s too bright, there’s too much cloud and having an almost full moon can’t help. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a meteor shower.

Now, do I set my alarm for 4am to see if the situation has changed? Mmmm… no.

Jane left the house at 5.30am this morning to head off up north for a bit of consulting work. Half an hour later than usual. Once the sun had come up, I headed out to grab a cup of coffee. With the sun shining and a lovely blue sky I had one of those great walk-in-the-city-while-no-one-is-about times. I headed down to the beach to see if there was any damage after the big storms, but there was nothing. There were some surfers in the sea, but it was pretty calm. Big empty beach, sun shining… it’s good living by the sea.

I saw someone get hit by a car yesterday. Actually, I heard a loud “thump” and turned around to see a car come to a halt and a man lying on the floor. He seemed a bit dazed but got up, but the driver of the car was hysterical. She jumped out of the car screaming and ran over to the man, and fell over in the process. The whole thing was surprisingly disturbing for an onlooker. On a plus note, an ambulance arrived very quickly. I don’t know what happened to the man — I think he walked away — but when I passed that way again the driver was being calmed down by the ambulance crew.

So: Take care when crossing between parked cars. And I think I’ll slow down in city traffic…. I don’t want to end up like that driver.

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Last night we went to see
the Brighton Bears
play the Thames Valley Tigers.
This is the first basketball game we’ve been to. Before the game I
had a quick look at the rules so we had a chance of understanding the game. Glad
I did because otherwise we’d have no idea why there was a clock that counted down
from 24 seconds. Still don’t understand what is and isn’t a foul, but there’s
plenty of time to read-up on the rules over
at the British Basketball League web site.

The Bears won 88-63, and all the players were impressive, especially the captain.

It’s fast, entertaining, and I think we’ll go again. And the crowd turn out was impressive, too.

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