Adam G Newton

Deep Fried Guinness

admin — Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:59:26 +0000

Visitors to the forthcoming

will be able to enjoy* what can rightly be described as a culinary first – deep fried Guinness.

Texan chef Mark Zable says he has wrestled for three years to encapsulate beer in a ravioliesque packet of pretzel-like dough which will survive 20 seconds in oil at 190°C.

More at The Register

Fat-fingered sumo wrestlers given iPads

admin — Fri, 27 Aug 2010 08:14:34 +0000

The Japan Sumo Association (JSA) said it would distribute 60 iPads among all of the sport’s 51 training stables.

The announcement comes as the JSA outlined measures to deal with a series of recent scandals.

The ancient sport has recently been rocked by allegations of an illegal gambling ring.

Source: BBC

My nephew’s first birthday

admin — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 14:54:15 +0000

Can you guess where we are?

When life was simple

admin — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 20:11:51 +0000

Original Nintendo Gameboy cart…

The Magic Touch…

admin — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 09:16:39 +0000

…oh yeah, it’s what I’ve got!

It seems a large proportion of hits to this site come from people search for “WWE Wrestler Kane” or “WWE Wrestler Kane with his fans” – interesting, as I only made one post about him ages ago…and seem to have magically misplaced it! I’m sure it’s on the backup, so if you end up reading it on here later, then I must have done something right. Or not, depending on how you look at it.

Anyway, back to the magic touch. Since encountering The Big Red Machine in ASDA (of all places), he’s gone on to bigger and better things – not least winning the World Heavyweight wrestling title. I like to think I had something to do with that.

Here are a few other photos from that meeting:

But it’s the law! LOL Jk I’m stoopid…

admin — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 19:33:34 +0000

It’s amazing how many people in so many different levels of business are ignorant of the law. I’ve had several cases in the past few months where people have stated what they claim to be a fact, only for me to do a tiny bit of research and prove them entirely wrong. Maybe it’s because I’m a pedant, or just like to be right – who knows?!

My favourite has to be a guy in a finance company who quoted a piece of “law” he knew, and directed me to a case with a judgment that supported what he claimed. Unfortunately, if you read the first three lines of the judgment you could see his point – except that the whole supporting 84 page document put it in to an entirely different context, and actually proved the exact opposite of what he was saying.

Keeping it short, just don’t always believe what people tell you – and if they tell you it’s the law, put it to the test – you might be pleasantly surprised.

Back to the Future

admin — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:14:26 +0000

Now here’s something tasty. Whilst attending a Korfball training session with my youngest, I was tasked with buying refreshments of the liquid variety. That means a Powerade for him….and a ginger beer for me! Not had any for ages, but every time I do, I feel like I should be in a book or film set in the 1950s!

Ginger – it’s good for you, and tastes great!

Free!

admin — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 20:07:54 +0000

Global Warming – fact or fanta…

admin — Mon, 29 Mar 2010 19:14:59 +0000

Global Warming – fact or fantasy? More evidence for fantasy here! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/8589512.stm

The days are getting longer. A…

admin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:55:04 +0000

The days are getting longer. And some days seem longer than others. So much to do, so little time…