Beer


xfm Manchester

XFM Manchester started broadcasting in anger yesterday, but I completely forgot about it until this morning. I have now been listening for precisely 16 minutes, which isn’t long enough to form an opinion, but the first song they played for me was my BeerFest request, so they’re off to a good start.

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C'mon Barbie let's go Guantanamo

Once upon a time, at a Beer Fest long, long ago, I raised over £100 to drive a nail through the CD of Barbie Girl (does anyone have pictures?) A recent survey of 11 year olds has revealed a similar attitude to the doll itself, with many of them being tortured and dismembered.

“The girls we spoke to see Barbie torture as a legitimate play activity, and see the torture as a ‘cool’ activity in contrast to other forms of play with the doll,” said Dr Agnes Nairn, who headed the study.

“The types of mutilation are varied and creative, and range from removing the hair to decapitation, burning, breaking and even microwaving.”

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i need a beer

i need a beer
i need a beer,
originally uploaded by spinneyhead.

Informal hosting solutions are great. Until someone comes in and turns off the power in the room that houses your server, as happened to spinneyhead this week.

Hello everyone, i’m back, more or less. There is no internet at the new casa spinneyhead yet. I need dial up to order broadband, so that’s the first priority- the hell with the unpacking.
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Rag Time

What is the Bogle? I’m impressed, posters have been popping up around UMIST (and elsewhere I assume) advertising next year’s Bogle. This level of early promotion hasn’t happened for the last few years.

Rag’s own gallery of BeerFest pictures, including yours truly sketching yet another beer barrel sign (and 2, 3, 4). I’ll get the rest of Sabs’ pictures put up asap, honest.

On the subject of the unique spinneyhead created beer signs, there’s a free listing day on EBay tomorrow and I’ll be selling them all. Money raised will, naturally, go into the Rag coffers.


The Great Manchester Cheerleader murders of 2004

Beerfest pictures from Sabs’ camera. This is the first batch, featuring all the custom signs I made for the various ales, more to follow.

Update I have been ordered to say “Thank you Clare.” for inspiration and muse like stuff provided whilst designing some of the signs. She’s particularly responsible for making me think of beaver.


Housekeeping

“Beer is evidence that God exists. Pilsner is proof of the Devil.”

It’s been an interesting week on Spinneyhead mountain. Tasters-

Team Spinneyhead is down a member. I’ve been meaning to hit the delete button for a while, and finally took the symbolic move last week in preparation for the Small Claims bitch slap. And after I’d made him a millionnaire as well. I may recruit a replacement (or more)- CVs, covering letters and bribes to the usual place.

The Small Claims Experience is temporarily stalled. I can file the claim for free if I fill out a form about being on Jobseekers and provide a letter proving it. Except that the last letter I have from the JSA is to tell me they’re suspending my payments. I started doing part time work a few weeks ago, ferrying drunken students home from the Union on Friday and Saturday nights. Friday is part of my social life, I know most of the people I transport, Saturday is quieter and better for sitting in the bar and getting coursework done.

So far I feel like I’m doing it for love, however. It was three weeks before the University’s pay department bothered to pass on down the line that they needed more info than they had originally requested and they’re not going to pay until it’s provided. Which wouldn’t be so bad, it just means that I get my pay in one big chunk. But I made the foolish mistake of telling the JSA that I’m doing part time work. Now they won’t pay out benefit until I provide them with payslips to prove my wage. Because I’m not getting paid, I’m not getting the benefit I should be getting because I’m not being paid.

I think I need to have a chat with Gerald.

Went XBox hunting with Damian on Saturday. It was an adventure in itself, involving car crashes (oh, okay, we saw a low speed collision in the Big W car park), misdirection and an industrial amount of toilet roll. I forced him to bring it back to casa Spinneyhead and unpack it so I could play Halo. It’s a good job I’ve got no money, really, because I’d just have spent it all at Costco and the European markets.

There are more little tidbits of news, but I’ll save them for later.


It's Alive!!!!

The other reason for non-postage was a temporary lack of broadband at casa Spinneyhead. But it’s back now and I’m a happy bunny.

Beerfest-



Setting up on Monday.



Lady-like behaviour from Lesley



Chris gets his bra size measured.



And then has an out-of-body experience.



Last night was the only one I’ll be drinking at this year- tonight I’m driving the safety bus. Magically, my phone could sense my inebriation and, as the evening wore on, took pictures to reflect it. (Though I have to say, I was very focussed on the lapdance I got from my potential nude model.)

And finally, cheesey dancing behind the vodka bar. It’s .3gp format, Quicktime should be able to play it.


Beer Fest 2004

No posts yesterday, due the drinking game that is Beer Fest 2004. This years theme is hammered, and Ian has been busy putting up his ‘art’ work and talking someone in to posing nude for him….

The Beer Fest Home Page

or just turn up at UMIST (sorry, University of Manchester, northern campus), and ask George (the man at reception) for directions. Tell him we sent you.