I want to confess to an addiction. It’s been going on for months now, and sometimes I stay up way into the night getting my fix. It sets me apart from my friends and family, who struggle to understand why I am so compelled. I know that my habit is certain to get worse over the next two months, and I don’t think that there are any support groups I can turn to. All that I can do … [Read more...]
Ebbsfleet United – A Different Kind of Football Club
Possibly as an antidote to the increasingly pervasive influence of big business in football, I have recently joined the over 30,000 football fans from 122 different countries that have invested the modest sum of £35 a year to own our very own football club, Ebbsfleet United. The members of MyFootballClub.co.uk bought the club for £600,000 in February 2008 and just three … [Read more...]
Football is Big Business
Three years ago I started a tiny blog all about Manchester United, the World's Greatest Football Team (copyright © 2008 Christopher Rose), stunningly titled About Manchester United. Due to a whole ton of reasons which will one day be chronicled elsewhere, I haven't been keeping About Manchester United (™) up to date, but it features match reviews and news stories about the … [Read more...]
Hardware Review: iPhone 3G
By now, it's quite possible that the whole world (plus dog, cat, or other assorted pets) has reviewed the new and improved Apple iPhone 3g. I, however, decided to wait and see; to use the device for a few weeks and determine exactly what it offers before offering my opinion on it. Read on for the results. First off, a short history lesson entitled "My Mobile Life" by yours … [Read more...]
TV Tomb: Combat! – Season 1, Campaign 1
Combat! was a sixties American TV show that ran for five seasons. This 4 DVD set contains the first half of the inaugural season, kicking off with the D-Day landing in “A Day in June” and covering the push through France, culminating with the liberation of Paris. The show focused on King Company, with the late Rick Jason (Lt. Gil Hanley) and the later … [Read more...]