Entries by David
Today a young man on acid realized that all matter is merely energy condensed through a slow vibration, we are all one consciousness experiencing itself subjectively, life is only a dream and we are the imaginations of ourselves. Here's Tom with the weather. - Bill Hicks
The death of a nightclub bouncer. A man, we’re led to believe, with a history from an early age of bullying, violence and intimidation of others. A man known to mental health and social services for refusing to take up the offer of the help that he had asked for. A man with connections to [...]
Dear Amazon, I just wanted to let you know that the courier firm you use for next-day delivery of Amazon Prime ordered goods are completely incompetent. You know them as CityLink. I call them ShittyLink. I timed my order so that delivery would be on a day when I was at home. They were supposed [...]
If England’s game against Algeria had been a Wimbledon tennis match, the two sides would still be at it today with the Dutch Master Johan Cruyff declaring it the greatest example of Total Crap Football ever played. Both sets of players would be awarded (honorary) knighthoods for their part in simulating Barnsley versus Grimsby Town [...]
Fabio Capello’s master plan to take England to the World Cup final is finally taking shape. On the evidence seen so far, truly it is something of a fantasy. The sorry bunch of posers (Wayne Rooney, our only hope and Sid Vicious-like talisman ready to self-destruct at any moment, excepted) that represent our once proud [...]
Dear Theresa May, Please grant Kiana Firouz refugee status as soon as possible. As a lesbian, she would be in danger of flogging and execution if she is sent back to Tehran. The Conservative and Liberal Democrat coalition agreement states that the government will “Stop deportation of asylum seekers who had to leave home countries [...]
On Another Planet this week: controversial new government plans to tackle ever increasing worklessness using waterboarding. Techniques refined and perfected by secret military personnel known only by their codename ‘Our Boys’ are being piloted by the NHS in an effort to ‘encourage and empower’ people claiming statutory sick pay to return to work. One persistent [...]
Last week I met a beautiful young hispanic woman and we spent the night together. She cared for me deeply and, well, carefully and I gazed upon her lovingly as the morphine (d)ripped through my veins. She checked me out and made sure that everything seemed to be in working order. ‘Hi, I’m Sofia,’ she [...]
Thanks to Dan Lynch’s reminder, guidance and example, here is my own effort based on the 38Degrees letter template (the bits I added are in bold). I’d strongly encourage everyone to write to their MP, too, but read Dan’s article first! He has some good advice on how to do it as well as background [...]
Warning! This post contains large amounts of text. I’ve included a song, some pictures and a video to try to make it more palatable. If you think that lots of text might not be quite your cup of tea – or perhaps you are looking instead for a radical critique of blogging quackery – please [...]
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1. We don’t have any goalkeepers who are not proven to be accidents waiting to happen. James, Green, Foster, Robinson. OK, so there is the untested Joe Hart. 2. We don’t have any defenders who are fit or in form. Johnson, Ferdinand and Cole all injured. Terry playing like he has his pants down around [...]
Time is running out for Akmal. Please join the campaign to try to save Akmal’s life by writing to Gordon Brown and the Chinese Ambassador to the UK Madam Fu Ying using the text below: “Dear Prime Minister Brown and Ambassador Fu Ying, I write to express my deep concern for Akmal Shaikh, who faces [...]
Last season I was very pleased with my August predictions for the 2008-09 English Premier League. OK, I admit that I was a couple of points out with Liverpool’s lead at Xmas. But still, extremely satisfying. To give myself more chance of being right this time, I procrastinated long enough for almost half a season [...]
Tomorrow Later today, I’m giving a talk to EMU (Enfield Mental Health Users’ Group) on the subject “A Day In The Life” of David Marsden (that’s me), Chief Executive of Enfield Clubhouse (my day and night job). Their request, not mine. So I thought I’d better think about what I’m going to say. I could [...]
Please write to the Lords about the Digital Economy Bill, today Jim Killock, 01 December 2009 Tomorrow, the Digital Economy Bill is debated by the Lords in its Second Reading. This is the first serious discussion of the contents of the Bill: so we need to make sure the Lords know that this Bill is [...]
Recently, I’ve been spending time going through dusty boxes and transferring to my hard drive demo and rehearsal tapes of my old bands. Such was the lack of acclaim and clamour for more – strangely reminiscent of the actual times themselves – I decided now would be as good a time as any to upload [...]
I posted yesterday about a visitor to my home – a golden Autumn leaf specked with raindrops – and took some nice photos of it. I connected it to some reminiscences I’d had about a crying boy in my childhood. During this time, I also had to reset the time and date on my camera [...]
Yesterday, I took some photos of the golden Autumn leaves outside my window. This morning, it was miserable weather, rain and wind, and there were more leaves than ever before on the ground as well as swirling around. Overnight, the leaves seem to have become even richer in colour (or is that just me messing [...]
Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10 is released today, Thursday 29 October. Ubuntu has been around for a while, of course. I’ve been using it as my operating system of choice for about four and a half years and I’m writing this post because I’m so totally impressed with the new version. I just want to say [...]
How To Make Pizza (In 36 Easy Steps And Two Hours!) http://post.ly/95kR Uncle dmarsd : How To Make Pizza (In 36 Easy Steps And Two Hours!) Splendid! Apologies in advance for auto-posting twice everywhere my next dent/tweet #idiot #sorry dmarsd : Apologies in advance for auto-posting twice everywhere my next dent/tweet #idiot #sorry Time for [...]
I’m posting this to give people who want to write some idea what you can say to personalise your email. The quoted bit is Reprieve’s standar email. I added the bit below in bold. From David Marsden <david.marsden@enfieldclubhouse.org.uk>To Andrew Love MPSubject URGENT: protect Akmal ShaikhMessage Dear Andy Love, MP I am very concerned at the [...]