The Obscurer

• Although it’s on three times a day, my daughter still points in astonishment each time “In the Night Garden” comes on TV. And I play along. [#]
• That wooden board covering the smashed window at The Old Vine has been painted black. So temporary repair becomes permanent feature? Nice. [#]
• Almost worth starting a Telegraph subscription, so I can leave a comment saying I’m cancelling my Telegraph subscription. http://tr.im/j9GN [#]
• Listening to House Tornado by Throwing Muses. Utterly fantastic. I urge you to buy it at the first opportunity. You can’t be disappointed. [#]
• Our house has more lime juice than we’ll ever need. In that we have some. [#]
• I would “live tweet” the budget, but my radio seems to be switched off and I feel no inclination to switch it on. [#]
• Blimey. Phoned the council 20 minutes ago reporting a missing lamp post cover, and they’re already out sorting it. Well done Stockport MBC! [#]
• Shit! Is it that time already? But all I’ve done all day is a bit of faffing about! Quick: find something useful to do, before it’s too late [#]
• Ooh, Flight Of the Phoenix is on tonight. [#]
• Oh, it’s the remake. [#]

• del.icio.us/obscurer | The Economist: “63% of people think the economic situation is a major cause of fearfulness in others, but only 12% of respondents confessed to feeling “quite” or “very” scared about it personally “. Which pretty much supports what I’ve said all along about the media’s continued and distorting scaremongering. http://tr.im/jA0y [#]

• What is it with Macaroni Cheese in Scotland? Is there a single pub in the country that doesn’t have it on its menu? Not to mention the pies. [#]
• If you’re ever in fear of falling asleep at the wheel on the A74(M), try a can of Relentless and a Boost bar. Worked for me. [#]
• Is there such a thing as leftover bread? Or is there only bread we have yet to eat? Or feed to the ducks? [#]
• Another episode of Lewis, another bit of product-placement for The Randolph Hotel. [#]
• A house full of chocolate, and still the kids want to stop off at the sweet shop on the way back from the park. [#]
• Just deleted my intended blog post on the G20 demos, then all the other drafts I know I will never get around to writing. Feel better now. [#]
• Further to the last, those “fed up with blogging” moods of mine seem to be getting more frequent, and the gaps in-between getting briefer. [#]
• First mention of “you know, I don’t think I give a shit about this anymore” on #apprentice. By me. [#]

• del.icio.us/obscurer | Shuggy: “All [police] are not bastards – they're just like the rest of us, which is to say for the most part complete assholes.” Yup. http://tr.im/iz7j [#]

• RT @michael_dennis has a new ironing board. Without Twitter fewer people would know. Printed media FAIL. Twitter WIN! #newironingboard [#]
• RT @michael_dennis: Because you demanded it http://twitpic.com/2rcrd #newironingboard [#]
• Scotland’s not ready for my toes so I left them behind. They’re in the kitchen, third drawer down. [#]

• del.icio.us/obscurer | Local Libertarian Astonished By “Atlas Shrugged”: Flying Rodent: “When I read the 73rd contrived miniature morality play, unconvincingly deployed to illustrate the cruel persecution of a small clique of honest, beautiful, hard-working, plutocratic, billionaire capitalist ubermenschen at the hands of a horde of jealous, dim-witted, socialist ogres, I just thought to myself – this is my life I’m reading about here” http://tinyurl.com/d67kpa [#]

Shortly I will get around to posting something here other than a weekly Twitter digest. But in the meanwhile…

• Tory internet sensation Dan “The Man” Hannan’s had a rough life, hasn’t he? 37 years old you say? Yeah, right. And the rest! [#]
• Driving through the Cotswolds while listening to Fleet Foxes. [#]
• Just witnessed a dramatic harris hawk rescue at Warwick Castle in the blazing sunshine. [#]
• One of my WordPress plug-ins has a new version out. Hopefully I’ll remember how I hacked the old one *before* I install it this time. [#]
• My daughter has just spurned an own-brand Custard Cream in favour of a McVitie’s Jaffa Cake. Oh dear. It’s started. [#]
• Why was the bench still warm? Who had been there? [#]
• Chased after a woman to return her dropped baby sock, all the while fearful that as I reach her she may spray me with mace out of shock. [#]
• First mention of “passionate” that I’ve spotted in #apprentice. [#]
• You know, I’m not sure these anti-histamines are doing a damned thing. But then the pills do look disturbingly homeopathic. [#]

• @hackneye Great stuff. I’ve got “Kingdom Of Rust” going around on a constant loop in my brain. in reply to hackneye [#]
• The “Hoover”. The “Thermos”. What the hell is it about the word “vacuum” that means we run to the safety and comfort of the generic name? [#]
• God I hate card shops, and I’ve just spent a small fortune in one. [#]
• @michael_dennis Too true. Its my wife’s birthday *and* Mothers Day this weekend, so I need a flowchart to ensure I’ve covered all the bases. in reply to michael_dennis [#]
• We all have our irrational prejudices. One of mine is an instinctive distrust of anyone who likes Rugby Union. I hope to get over it in time [#]
• I think my addiction to Dime/Daim bars has returned, something I thought I had beaten, and which has lain dormant for some twenty years. [#]
• Unless “Piers Morgan On…” does an edition called “…Fire”, I’m not interested. [#]
• @gezd Agreed. I like Stewart Lee, but that skit was too long, and Richard Herring seems to have gone from comedy partner to imaginary friend in reply to gezd [#]
• Cheese-on-toast for lunch. Again. Sometimes my lack of imagination actually frightens me. [#]
• First mention of 110% on #apprentice. So soon! [#]