2008-11-14UTC02:54:07Something to push my desperate ticket touting from the top of the blogTerrible day of trains yesteray, have been training it in most of the week as my friend and neighbour who gives me a lift in has been off. Yesterday, morning train in CANCELLED! Started walking to look for a bus with a fellow commuter, and luckily we... 2008-10-16UTC07:52:03Lone Star Comedy Saturday 1st NovemberThe Lone Star Comedy Club returns to the Tower Theatre on North Road at Shorncliffe Garrsion in Cheriton – on Saturday November 1st The line up consists of Quincy, Ed Aczel, compere David Whitney, plus a newcomer’s act. Quincy Quincy is a remarkable ... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11633/Lone+Star+Comedy+Saturday+1st+November">Rated 5.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-09-25UTC09:01:08Massive hen party descending on this week's Lone Star ComedyBig hen party booked in for Lone Star Comedy this Friday, a few tickets remaining though! Single tickets available online at Online via www.lonestarcomedy.co.uk but for two or more best call Richard on 07810 864228 or email lonestarcomedy@hotmail.com... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11595/Massive+hen+party+descending+on+this+week%27s+Lone+Star+Comedy">Rated 5.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-09-17UTC01:07:25It is about the Whole World Cafe in the Old high streetwhen you go in the cafe you do not know what to do i.e self serve or be sit and be served.. it turns out it depends on the mood of the owner. The eldery Irish lady seemed bored to be there but i did order my food which was hard work as the black boar... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11577/It+is+about+the+Whole+World+Cafe+in+the+Old+high+street"><img alt="It is about the Whole World Cafe in the Old high street" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3072/2580400301_d2b526002b_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11577/It+is+about+the+Whole+World+Cafe+in+the+Old+high+street">Rated 4.29/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-09-04UTC08:05:41Lone Star Comedy returns on Saturday September 27thThe Lone Star Comedy Club returns to the Tower Theatre on North Road at Shorncliffe Garrsion in Cheriton – on Saturday September 27th.The line up consists of THE AMAZING MR SMITH, SHELAGH MARTIN, compere TIERNAN DOUIEB, plus a newcomer’s act. THE AMA... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11553/Lone+Star+Comedy+returns+on+Saturday+September+27th">Rated 5.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-07-02UTC01:17:57Zoo9 tickets!Just saving a space on the site for next year! Was the festival a success? I hope so, and I hope it returns. (UPDATE: it was not a success, no-one hopes it returns).Ticketmaster have tickets for this year's festival, hope this link is still valid for... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11383/Zoo9+tickets%21">Rated 3.57/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-06-25UTC06:22:51CLUB CHICKEN ROYALE WEDNESDAY 16TH JULY!Club Chicken Royale returns at the Dry Bar on Wednesday 16th July with a sizzling lineup of live bands and DJs! LIVE:MOLLOY! effin' brilliant angular electro pop rock!GLUCKSKINDER! progressive, alternative, visual!FALLING MAJESTIES! psychedelia, elec... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/11356/CLUB+CHICKEN+ROYALE+WEDNESDAY+16TH+JULY%21">Rated 4.57/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-06-13UTC06:04:27Too boringLess posts about PHP, javascript and KML to come, as my friend - let's call him the cowardly civil servant to offer him some anonymity - found it boring. While he was reading at work. How do you find the time mate? I'll tell you what's boring, it's m... 2008-06-10UTC01:38:58LONE STAR COMEDY CLUB – FRIDAY 27TH JUNE 2008 AT 7.30Following a triumphant show on 31st May The Lone Star Comedy Club returns to the Tower Theatre on North Road at Shorncliffe Garrsion in Cheriton. The line up for the new show will be EARL OKIN, JAMES SHERWOOD, compere MATT PRICE and a newcomer.Earl ... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11312/LONE+STAR+COMEDY+CLUB+%96+FRIDAY++27TH+JUNE+2008+AT+7.30">Rated 5.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-05-15UTC09:15:55Lone Star Comedy moves to the Tower TheatreThe Lone Star Comedy Club returns at a new venue – The Tower Theatre on North Road at Shorncliffe in Cheriton, near Folkestone – on Saturday May 31st with MITCH BENN, MICHAEL FABBRI, compere MAFF BROWN and a newcomer’s act.Now the home of FHODS, the ... <br /><a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com/m/11264/Lone+Star+Comedy+moves+to+the+Tower+Theatre">Rated 5.07/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2008-04-10UTC12:04:59HAZZARD Genealogy9 April 2008Dear Pauly:Has anyone that has posted or who reads this blog ever heard of a man called "Rhodes Hazzard"? He is my GGG-grandfather who was b. 11 Oct. 1806, he turns up in Sussex County, Delaware (U.S.A.) (ref. "The History of Delaware" J... 2008-03-21UTC08:53:0938p reflects the quality of my TV GuideSo yeah it turns out it IS only the "making of". Bah humbug.2008-03-03UTC08:56:29Canterbury, but not house huntingNot a bad weekend. Started on a bum note, with a death, my sister's ma-in-law passed away unexpectedly on Friday, so thoughts with all the families involved obviously. Saturday we stayed local, didn't go to Canterbury as Clare was having lunch with h... 2008-02-12UTC04:17:11Weekend! Curry! Spazzy twitches! Everything!Great weekend, bailed out of work slightly early and got the train to Mum and Dad's, for a nice long relaxing weekend. As previously mentioned, Clare was in London drinking and dancing with her friends, and definitely not lighting fires, and I was he... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10953/Weekend%21+Curry%21+Spazzy+twitches%21+Everything%21"><img alt="Weekend! Curry! Spazzy twitches! Everything!" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2275/2258161390_90d4f60c86_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10953/Weekend%21+Curry%21+Spazzy+twitches%21+Everything%21">Rated 6.28/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-12-10UTC02:12:55Free bonus bit of decorationGot decorators in right now, finally getting our earthquake damage done, and they've done a nice job so far. They just came back for a couple of hours finishing off today, and one of them confessed that he'd broken one of our pictures. "No problem, w... 2007-12-02UTC07:55:28Very interesting, and turns the whole Morrissey / NME thing on its headI had requested my byline be removed, but not exactly for the reasons the Morrissey camp are spinning... The piece was very critical and NME decided to tone it down, something I didn't agree with. They showed me several rewritten versions, some of wh... 2007-11-05UTC01:16:29Short weekendWhere did that go then? I'm sure I was only at work an hour or so ago and now it's time to go back again... Tired today, had quite an action packed weekend that just went too fast. Started off with work drinks in Trashford, a couple in the Phoenix (S... 2007-10-29UTC02:12:21Splendid weekendedGreat weekend, went to visit the folks and we got down in plenty of time to go to Portsmouth Dockyard and see the Mary Rose and the Victory. The Mary Rose was more interesting than I thought, it's not just a big lump of driftwood, but the Victory was... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/10627/Splendid+weekended">Rated 6.43/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2007-09-21UTC05:16:52Site's been away for a few hoursMaybe it's still away now, maybe you can't read this, maybe no-one reads this anyway, whatever, the site has been away for a few hours because the hosting company have moved me onto another machine because I was getting too many hits and that.Funny o... 2007-07-16UTC08:31:08And another; DexterAl says:Here's one for your diaries ...Dexter returns in the States on September 30th !!!That's series two, if you are in some way able to get American TV, hmm... Series one is just starting on terrestrial TV here, you should watch it it was GREAT. A... 2006-12-04UTC04:41:53If only we'd known that iPods would unite and overthrow the very humans they entertainedFrom The Simpsons, via Wired:A citizen of the future laments: If only we'd known that iPods would unite and overthrow the very humans they entertained... HEY! My IPOD has come back to life now, I think, I've managed to restore it and get it talking t... 2006-10-03UTC09:39:26FinallyInstalling linux on my ipod... been meaning to do this for ages, but been having trouble connecting the IPOD to the pc for a while, turns out to have been some sort of conflict with the tv card I was trying out. Taken that out, as it never worked any... 2006-08-30UTC01:32:24Flickr, now with built in geocodingOrganize your flickr pics here, see, now you can map them direct from Organizr. Shame it's Yahoo maps (Yahoo own Flickr, they don't have detailed coverage of the UK.Back to my PHP - I've just rewritten my AJAX popup menu thing so the backend is now s... 2006-08-05UTC10:52:59RE: The announcement no-one was waiting for*wipes tears from eyes* This is so wrong. I know that I was only there intermittently, but I just assumed that Popex would always be there.Bob, Ian, Daisy and I were canting the other week and realized that our gang was basically formed from Popex... 2006-05-30UTC11:37:16Welcome to Miami!Or, rather, from Miami, or even (by the time I write this up) hello from England, Miami sends its regards. Just BACK from a trip to the US of States to visit Clare's bro and sister-in-law in the pan-handle bit of the Americas. Tiring flight over to M... 2006-04-24UTC09:32:56All mine all mineJames Herbertesque sort of weather today, very foggy at home, and all the way into London... makes things seem a bit quieter, I wonder if the fog is really absorbing sound...Great weekend, tiring though, I could do with being asleep right now. After ... <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/8192/All+mine+all+mine"><img alt="All mine all mine" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3178/2560500855_ac2a665c97_m.jpg" /></a> <br /><a href="http://www.clarkeology.com/m/8192/All+mine+all+mine">Rated 8.02/10</a> on <a href="http://www.folkestonegerald.com">Folkestone Gerald</a>2006-04-05UTC09:32:20I just found an affilliate scheme I can join selling scootersTurns out to be mostly these bad boys though, would I sell many?<br /><br /><img src="http://www.wholesale-scooters.com/images/MobilityScooter4wheel.jpg" />2006-04-05UTC08:32:56Yep, sure I couldI want to squeeze every last penny out really though, so in years to come when it turns out <a href="http://www.popex.com">Popex</a> is the only thing I achieved, I can say "at least it paid me x pounds". <br /><br />Or should that be pence?2006-04-02UTC03:04:32Chops!Started the weekend with a super rarity, drinks in Farringdon. Been trying to meet up with a couple of the Fareham boys who are commuters too and work in the area, and this week no-one had a good excuse not to do it, so it's all on - To The Eagle. It... 2006-03-08UTC03:11:04On my own todayWork's been a bit hectic, my IT colleague is out sick, so I'm fielding all enquiries (though generally just batting them back with "dunno, turn it off and on again"). Also Clare is working from home today, so I had to commute in on my own, I think th...