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can England lose to Australia at football? Even in a friendly. Its like us beating them at cricket. Or tennis. Or swimming. Or skiing. Or luge. Or tiddlywinks.

Tis evening three of the edit the ninty page, which for varience I mixed up with doing a bit of cv work. I’m not looking but I get round to updating it once a year or so. Always good practice.

Tonight’s NHL Ice Hockey game is Ottawa vs Pittsburgh. “vs” was the very first difference between American and English I ever picked up on. I’d always written “v” as in liverpool v man.utd. Then I saw something in my Great Grape Ape annual that was a sign that said “The Great Grape Ape vs “something or someone or other. It became a personal affectation to always write vs from that point onwards.

Another US/UK sporting anomaly is that when we write liverpool v man utd, we mean that the game will be played at liverpool’s home ground (presently anfield, I suspect not for much longer). In America when they write “Ottawa vs Pittsburgh”, it is shorthand for Ottawa at Pittsburgh, i.e. the second team is the home team.

What does this tell us about the American people? After all, much of their culture originates from we English, but why is it all so different?

Why? because the American’s live to be difficult, awkward for the pure sake of being awkward? What was so fucking important that you had to take a u out of colour? less time writing so you could spend more time eating?

Let it be said that I am one of the biggest Americaphiles in the the western world, and yet they can exasperate the fuck out of me, never mind the leaders of France or Germany.

Still working on the Nintendo page. A labor of love (I borrowed the info from the american ninty site, so it can be a labor).

Chris Morris has a new dvd out. Which can only be a good thing. Its of Rothko, his new short film.

I am presently watching Boston vs Montreal, an Ice Hockey game. I like the noise.

I’ve been working on a new page for hours. It is a full list of every Nintendo game ever. It has been an absolute fucker to edit. My eyes are about to explode off my face. Or something.

let it be said, Mark and Lard are two of the funniest buggers it has been my privilege to hear in a long time.

Okay so Phantasy Star Online is out in less than a month here. This must mean I am about due some serious purchasing. I will need the game and the broadband adapter pretty much on day of release. I’m still searching for Pokemon Stadium, and still mainly playing Pokemon Silver on the GBA, and F Zero X on the N64. I did get a cheap 2nd hand 3rd party 2nd controller for the N64 today, just so I could play 2 player F Zero. It is one of the more complete games ever, I am very glad I got the N64, otherwise I might never have played it.

I think that I may get a Dreamcast later in the year, and will also consider getting a SNES, a megadrive, a Saturn, a Master system, a nes (maybe even with the robot if I can find it). I think I would ideally like to build a unit for them all to sit in. I have visions of a tall unit with a shelf for each system, maybe even painted out in appropriate colour scheme.

maybe that would a better project to go in a spare room rather than a living room. I could always get a second-hand tellie to go with it.

The other thing I’ve been wondering about was getting an adaptor to use the GC on the PC monitor. I can remember seeing Soul Caliber played on a monitor, and it looked awesome. I could easily be tempted by that, and its not too expensive either, I seem to recall.

Odd sort of spinny spacey day, but things got done so all good. Off to visit the flotskyfamily tomorrow, so will prolly be quiet for a couple of days. I note that I was wrong about a link to the Harry Hill Book appearing.

Bought the day before yesterday the harry hill book, Flight from Deathrow. Absolutely barking genius. Not a literary classic, but bastard surreal and funny. This time tomorrow there will probably be a link to the book.

i must confess to a passing fascination with kebabs and marinade at the moment. There doesn’t seem to be a meat in the land that cannot be improved by soaking it in yoghurt and spices for a day or two. They are never going to replace gaming in my life, but they are going to improve my meat flavouring.

I feel it is time to admit something, something I have only vaguely been aware of, and have slowly realised over the course of time. I steal pens.

A lot.

If I go to a desk, I use a pen. If I use a pen, I take the pen. I have ridiculous amounts of pens in my desk that I never intended to take, nor need. But take them I do. I honestly think it is absent-mindedness.

If you know me and you think I may have taken your pen, please let me know and I will return it if I have it. i never meant to take it. I just do.

I also have a belief that I have one good article in me about how the majority of what gives me hope for humanity can be found by watching Eurosport. More of that another day, I think it is best to take things one step at a time.

Strange drawn out day, hoping and waiting for a couple of things to happen so other things can happen. That sort of day. Have bought birthday cards aplenty for the official family month of birthdays (four of us including me, and Valentines Day also thrown in for good measure). I may be getting older, more stupid, less hair, more wrinkled, but at least I am learning slowly to write things down so I remember to do them (mainly). Stupidity and old age can bring wisdom in their own sweet way.

Went out with S for a walk today, ended up walking for 5 miles! Went down to Sandford along the river and back, with a stop off at The Kings Arms there, which I can recommend for many reasons, not least that it is the only place I’ve ever seen which has a Marine Fishing arcade machine. Bizarro game, with a fishing rod for a controller, but great, subtle in a bizarre Japanese way.

was really good to get out into the countryside for a decent walk. It was a really fresh gorgeous day today. Cold, but that didn’t matter. Muddy, but that didn’t matter. Just walking for hours, talking and relaxing. Good day.

I’ve just this second received the following
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