Grim

Oh dear god.
The following story is anecdotal. It allegedly happened to someone on the third floor, who told a friend of one of my colleagues. If it's true, most of the other grimness that you've read about is positively tame by comparison.
I suggest that if you are eating, or intending to eat any time soon, or you are simply of a delicate disposition, then you read no further.
This friend of a friend of a colleague was walking to the bus stop about 20 yards from the main entrance to our building. This stretch of pavement is quite public and is well trodden.
Waiting at the bus stop was a woman accompanied by around six children... one of which was taking a dump on the pavement!
To make matters worse than they already were (and you have to admit, it was already pretty bad) the mother, rather than scolding the child or at the very least, taking the child into the bushes to do it's dirty business, was chivvying the child along saying 'Haven't you finished yet? The bus will be here in a minute'.
Needless to say, the friend of a friend of a colleague took the wise decision not to wait for the bus at that stop, or, indeed to catch the same bus as this family from hell.
Now, it all sounds just a little far fetched, but on my way into the office this morning I pass that bus stop and I do recall having to side step what I thought was a dog turd...
What the hell is wrong with people? I mean, there's a public loo a few hundred yards down the street - was that too far to go? I'm sorry Stead. Your crossbow just won't do this time. We need to nuke Bedminster. Right now (actually, give me about 10 minutes to get out of the target zone)!

The Jammie Dodger Bored Board Ain't on top no more! Oh noes....

Uh oh. The Jammie Dodger Bored Board (the message board that I run for bored people - think of it as a support group) has dropped from it's prime spot at the top of a google search for 'JDBB' to half way down the third page! Argh! Whatever will I do? Well, according to a couple of web pages I found on the subject one of the best ways to keep a web page well represented on Google is to link to it and mention it by name on a few blogs.

I have a blog. This is it. And this is me mentioning the Jammie Dodger Bored Board (aka the JDBB by name. And here's a link. And another one just to be thorough.

You may now go about your normal business!

Bristol Balloon Fiesta

The weekend just gone played host to the Bristol Balloon Fiesta, which I attended for the first time. And I used my new video camera to record the proceeding. And here, courtesy of youtube is the finished product (in 2 parts!).

This footage is mainly of the evening mass liftoff which took place at Ashton Court at around 7pm; however the shots over Clifton Suspension Bridge and any really long shots you see were taken of the morning liftoff at about 7am on the same day from the area around Clifton Observatory and Clifton Village.



And this is the night glow!