I haven’t been updating as much recently due to a bit of a persistant migraine I’ve had for over a week. Too much screen time as usual, I’m afraid, so I decided not to use the PC at home to help me get rid of the headache.
Add to this the sad news that Fliss‘ mother had passed away and there just isn’t really much to talk about with any enthusiasm at the moment.
Hopefully normal service will be resumed as soon as possible.
Senior Web Application Developer, Alan Green dropped me a surprise e-mail recently. A friend of the family going back almost 30 years, Alan was kind of responsible for getting me into all this computer crap before I was even in my teens.
Had he not encouraged me to use his ZX Spectrum and then followed that up ten years later by building me my first PC, I doubt I would have geeked out the way I have done.
Anyhow, it’s good to know that he’s alive and well, and senior too. Must arrange a meet-up at some point, for there is beer to be drunk and stories to be told. :o)
On the forums at WipeoutZone we occasionally have discussions which go waaaay off topic. When I say way off topic, I mean like this thread that was started regarding post counts which then became a debate on the merits of Britney Spears and Sophie Ellis-Bextor!
There are very few forums where folk are relaxed enough to allow this kind of thing to just wander off without being all arsey about it, in a “this is my topic” kind of way. It’s one of the reasons I’m so proud to be part of that community at WipeoutZone and help to play a part in its continuity.
The Britney discussion developed when a forum member justified his interest in Sophie by comparing her favourably to Britney. Like a mad man, I took the batton and ran with it, sticking up for Britney and putting my rep on the line.
Why? you might ask.
Well, the reason I stick up for Britney is because on a scale of one to Aguilera, Britney has done very little to be ashamed of. I find it truly startling that someone of her age can be subjected to some vicious critical attacks.
The abuse Myleene Klass received for being in Hear’Say got to the point where she ends up breaking down on national tv recounting a story of how she was jeered in the street. To para-phrase her, she didn’t kill anyone, harm anyone or do anything to any kind of extreme that should cause the hatred she was receiving. All she did was win a tv show competition to form a band.
The fact she is a talented classical musician who ended up in a manufactured band due to her vocal prowess was something that should give her a jot more credibility, I thought. But no – being absolutely stunning seems to make the fat, ugly bitches who write gossip columns turn on you with a vengance!
Sure, celebs are well paid and live very well for their troubles, but I don’t think you can judge someone until you’ve been standing in their shoes. Nor does their celebrity status give anyone the right to victimise or slander them.