Out!!

So long and farewell to PwC, I am officially out of here. Sorry it didn't work out, but not a lot can really be done anymore. Many interviews in the pipeline, but I think I really need to sit myself down and work out exactly what I want to do in life!

It's been unemotional

Countdown to Iona and Eddie's Wedding

Apprentice rip-off

I'm a big fan of the original apprentice with the King of unintentional humour, Mr Donald Trump. However, the British version is rubbish, doesn't have nearly the same high profile Business celebs (They got the dude who won the superbowl to interview them in the USA's 2nd series) and Alan Sugar is a fanny and a Spurs fan/owner to boot. Enough said!

You just can't beat a bit of conversation with Mr Trump and George for some sure fire good times.

Arsenal do a Bolton on Real

What a result for Arsenal at the Bernabau last night for Arsenal, with Thierry Henry's second half strike giving the North Londoner's a slim 1-0 victory. Arsenal wee fantastic and probably should have had more, Reyes should have scored in the early stages of the first half and Henry at around the 20 minute mark with a header. Arsenal came with a plan, stuck to it and executed it clinically, they basically did a job on Real, similar to the one Bolton, Everton et al. have done on them this season.

Looking forward to the big match tonight, although am sick of hearing about the state of the park. Barca, get over it, Chelsea can do what they like, it's their pitch, look after the Nou Camp, it's the reason the games are played over 2 legs.

Aside from that, Liverpool have it all to do now, and Rangers will need to be on their mettle tonight.

It's a posh sport no?

So we won a silver medal in the skeleton. I'm certain we invented this sport and all the posh folk go to St. Moritz to try and kill themselves on the Cresta Run.

Olympic Action

I have totally been enamoured with the Winter Olympics so far this year, from the classic alpine downhill skiing disciplines to the more energetic and off the wall events such as the speed skating, ice dance, luge and cross country skiing. I've been amazed at the simplicity the athletes have made their task appear, despite the fact they clearly are not easy. I'm still awaiting Dick Cheney to learn how to ski though, with his new found reputation he is more than capable of scaring his contemporaries into handing him a gold medal. Been quite nice that the Danes haven't had to deal with too many countries from the Muslim world too, the global winter games certainly is still missing a large participant contingent from Africa and the middle east. My favourite non-story of the games so far is 'grandma luge' of the British virgin islands who is 50 and was planning on sliding in her 6 games, but she managed to break her wrist during training and won't be riding the icyhighway this time. Top 'shows' so far both American half pipers and the Russian gold winning pair. How this bunch won silver after a horrendous accident I've no idea. There you go though, wouldn't be an Olympics ice skating competition without any controversy.

Fixtures

Provisional Euro 2008 Qualifying

6th September - Scotland v France
7th October - Scotland v Italy
11th October - Lithuania v Scotland
15th November - Scotland v Faroe Islands
28th March - Ukraine v Scotland
22nd August - Scotland v Georgia
8th September - Faroe Islands v Scotland
12th September - Scotland v Ukraine
13th October - France v Scotland
17th October - Georgia v Scotland
17th November - Scotland v Lithuania
21st November - Italy v Scotland

Wow, so quite a tough start where we need to ensure we get either 2 or 4 points I would say i.e. not lose! Hopefully the French and Italians are slow getting out of the blocks after the world cup, but it would be terrible to be sitting on a big fat zero after 2 home games. Also, have to say a tough run-in too aside from Lithuania at home with 3 out of our last 4 games away. Does mean that Paris and Italy are likely trips and may head out to Lithuania or Ukraine as my other trip!

Frozen Flame

Well I’m quite excited about the Winter Olympics that start today in Torino, even if I suspect the British Press manage to turn it into a bit of a circus as they get on at an unsuccessful British team and poke fun at many great athletes. I am looking forward to quite a few events too, obviously the skiing will be great, and it’s hard not to enjoy the luge, Bob and skeleton events. I also want to see the hockey, speed skating and endurance skiing events, those dudes are hard as nails/mental, depending on how you want to look at it. I’m going to go for the first one, although I have the right to change my opinion as and when one of them crosses the line with snot hanging icicle-like frozen from their nose , face redder than Sven Goren Eriksson as he reads the News of the World and lungs busting with frozen air. Please, please, please BBC, don’t subject us to hour after hour after hour of bloody curling. It is the worst excuse for the sport ever, with no tension, hype or excitement whatsoever. No thanks, not for me.

Almost Over it

I am sick and tired of audit now, it is a job where you really get absolutely no fulfilment whatsoever and no matter how good or bad you are, it has no effect whatsoever on when you finis, if you are stressed, pushed for time, as detailed as you should be etc. I am as happy as a pig in the proverbial that I am getting out of it in less than 3 weeks now, although the no job, no flat saga is still a little worrying to say the least. The fact that I am sitting here now is not the problem, but once again you have no expectations of why and until when you are required to stay. I am not overly keen on staying that long obviously, it’s not like I have some one to impress now is it?

Glory, Glory Golden Boys

Look at how my Hornets are flying, or as Tim Lovejoy from Soccer AM would call them, the Glory Hornet Boys, with a magnificent 4-1 away win against 2nd in the League Sheffield Utd. The Golden Boys 5th win on the bounce pushed them above Leeds in the table on goal difference into 3rd place, but still leaves them 11 points adrift of the automatic places. You never know what might happen, but at the very least it seems to be underlying the fact that the play-offs are a probable and perhaps we might put enough pressure on the Blades to catch them.

Anyways, working in a very strange business park at the minute on Vue, the cinema chain. It’s called Chiswick Park out by Gunnersbury and is only half finished at the moment (although the 7th of 12 buildings is in the process of being completed). Its full of people cutting the lawn brushing the paths and so forth, is always spotless and full of futuristic buildings, but it cannot rid two points, firstly it is in Gunnersbury, secondly, the Futuristic roof means that instead of stopping you getting wet when it rains, it means that you alternate between walking through a torrential drips or permanent dryness. Very Strange, if this is the future you better hang on.

Down The Tube

Absolutely sick and tired of the bloody tube now. Definitely one thing I am not going to miss at all about having to change digs for a while and head back to sunny Harpenden. Last night it took 1 hour for the journey from Embankment to Clapham South on the tube and in all I was on no fewer than 4 different tubes. Yet, the unions still hold LU and the customer to ransom as and when they want.





Absolute scandal by the way!