tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-266566832024-03-23T18:24:16.992+00:002 Darts - will he ever use the Third ?Darts player extraordinaire. Doting Dad to my cats. And an awfully nice chap. Welcome to my blog. I hope you find my observations at the very least challenging and at the very most amusing.
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Enjoy!2Dartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04674708299545709524noreply@blogger.comBlogger343125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26656683.post-12360790194307446882007-12-04T22:39:00.000+00:002007-12-04T23:12:40.411+00:00AliensWhen I was a kid I dreamed of aliens landing on our planet and making contact. I also believed that it would change humanity. Then I realised that bills, mortgage, career and women sprang to mind. Now I've got used to those things being more or less a neccesity in life I ponder yet again about life on another planet. So do scientists. Amusingly I watched a documentary justifying the need to send people to Mars. Mars. Once the confident source of the home world of an alien race hell bent on the destruction of earth...that is until a little bit of tin landed on the surface of the red planet and concluded that it was nothing more than a very cold and barren planet with little atmosphere.<br /><br />The evidence is clear. There is no life on Mars. But scientists want to prove that life did exist once upon a time. Why bother? If there was any then it has long since gone. Whilst we consume huge amounts of natural resource not to mention the economical dent on tax payers money on pursuing something that will reveal or not reveal themselves to us, shouldn't we be taking care of our home? Have we forgotten that our planet needs looking after like a child does?<br /><br />Just reading today about the amount of sun lotion spent on in a month should be better used to help reduce our carbon output and to help developing countries do the same too. Why do we persist in chasing something that is nothing more than a remote possibility. Even if we were to find life on another planet. What would it do for us? Would it cure pandemics? Solve world poverty? No. Of course not. We are destined by our very nature to suffer these things due to over population, artificialising medication and manufacture with products not naturally synthesised to help humankind. Just as with any dominant and enlarged entity, humanity will implode and simply disappear for another emerging species to do just the same. Again and again and again. I'm sure this cycle of self destruction will never end. Its just a pattern of life on this planet. Should we fear the end of humankind? I don't think so as I believe we are just a part of a repetitive cycle of a produce of this planet.<br /><br />Another interesting point make in this documentary was the assumption that carbon and water and amino acids are building blocks for like. Says who? As we may not detect other comibination of chemicals to be catalysts for life, where there are possibly chemicals in existence not on this planet that may interact with traditionally benign earthly chemicals that could create a different kind of life and perhaps on different path of time not familiar to our own.<br /><br />We really do make too many assumptions to think that we believe what the basic building blocks of life really could be somewhere else.<br /><br />A rock to us could be a form of life on another planet. But not as we would know it.<br /><br />TwoDarts, having a tiring day, signing off.2Dartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04674708299545709524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26656683.post-28802612365128189042007-12-03T21:28:00.000+00:002007-12-03T22:08:19.492+00:00How's your Father?Has this country gone mad??? Sperm donor pays for child.<br /><br />A spokesman for Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) said: "The law says that men donating sperm through licensed fertility clinics are not the legal father of any child born through that donation.<br /><br />....yet the consequence of a civil marriage breaking down is that the male donor has to pay for the children. Am I missing something here? Isn't that the best excuse ever to get divorced and still have your kids looked after ? By someone who legally isn't entitled to anything other than the payment of the child. How emotionally barren is that ?<br /><br />My reaction is purely emotional and devoid of the legal authority that exists. Sometimes I wonder where the respect for basic human rights have gone? If the father is emotionally detached from his paternal instincts to donate a "child", why should he be penalised for a marriage breakdown not of his own making ?<br /><br />Or maybe the very idea of donorship is wrong if this is what the law of the land demands in such a case. Would the consequences be the same for an adopted child? Who would be responsible for the child's well being financially if a same sex partnership fail? or indeed a hetrosexual partnership?<br /><br />The mechanism for sperm donor's should promote an emotional detachment from a very natural process of giving life for the donor and in this respect the detachment should also apply financially and morally.<br /><br />My question then is, what has this case done to the numerous donors; out of the sheer selfless act of donating their sperm or egg affected a childless couple some hope of having a family of their own?<br /><br />Everyone who wishes to have a child of their own but cannot may wish to pursue this avenue, but because the law wishes to make the accountable not accountable and vice versa at times, where is the acceptable middle ground?<br /><br />The problem is with what marriage means to people these days. Lets not make children an excuse or a reason for our own failures.<br /><br />Marriage in any sense is a commitment for life just like a child. Why do we persist these days to make it a convience when we find it convinient? and a legal "get out clause" when things get a little rough?<br /><br />Bring up a child when your ready to bring up a child and not because its a fashionable statement.<br /><br />Note: By no means do I suggest that this is biased to a gender partner preference. Grow up and remember what it was like to be a child first before you realise how much love you can give them.2Dartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04674708299545709524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26656683.post-8820925194169677352007-11-14T18:40:00.000+00:002007-11-14T18:59:15.940+00:00GodAs some of you know, my opinion of religion can rub certain people up the wrong way. Once upon a time I knew of a lady who had a particulary close association with the guy/gal in the sky who told me that one day I would return to believe in God. It was a casual comment. Yet somehow this stuck in my mind. Every so often I think of what she mean't by that. I was brought up to believe in God and for reasons mention in previous entries I don't. I do however think about what she said. God has a mention in Wikipedia. One line in it says "the source of all moral obligation". Would it be inappropriate to say that individuals are sources of moral obligation? Surely the leaders of our land are obliged to fulfill a moral obligation if there was an alternative arguement. Whatever the arguement, I have discovered a book by Richard Dawkins which seems to provide a solid debate on the issue. I have yet to read it. Scientists continually through their own practice try to dispprove of the notion of a higher being. Could it also be by their own actions that they are by the sum of all their discoveries prove that God does indeed exist but not in the way God is traditionally protrayed? Just for a moment, put on a different hat and perhaps realise that the language that we speak may not always be so accurate to describe a higher being. What if either through ancient text or mathematics we are all describing the same thing? I think that inside our hearts and soul that there is a force that breathes life into every component of everything.....absolutely everything.2Dartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04674708299545709524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26656683.post-21618478584206238932007-11-14T18:11:00.000+00:002007-11-14T18:36:10.153+00:00Test of TimeIts been a while since I've written something on this blog. A lot of time seems to have passed and yet hardly any time at all. Some of my fellow bloggers have long since left the blogging scene in favour of Facebook.<br /><br />I too sucumbed to the temptation of Facebook. As it has matured and gone are the people's idea that to be popular is to have a zillion "friends" listed on facebook, its has become quite an important tool for communicating with long lost friends and family or for friends and family that live too far away to be practical for a visit.<br /><br />Update so far in the world of 2Darts:<br /><br />Lewis Hamilton didn't win this years grand prix. If he did then the world would truly be a perfect place to live in but alas this isn't so.<br /><br />Gone is the single life for 2Darts. And I might add I announce this with much celebration. Gone are the hedonistic days, the days of kebabs are but a distant memory. As is the many nights of boozing and shameful behaviour. Yes, I've joined a convent. No. Actually it is the love of a good woman that should me the righteous path.<br /><br />Has blogging had its day with me? I don't think so.<br /><br />I've spent the last couple of months catching up with the real world and the real world is full of friends getting married and having babies. Its a joy to hear one friend of mine has recently given birth to a son. And I feel chuffed to bits as she and I grew up in the days of reckless behaviour and to find a real life outside the now senseless partying that once consumed and apparently fulfilled our lives. Everybody moves on. For some it takes a life time and for others it is now. It must be an inbuilt mechanism that tells us when we are ready to do the right thing. Are we pre programmed to follow this path? It seems so when you believe that is the way forward. I used to think that you could predict the future. Cover every eventuality; but even then, something out of the ordinary happens, something you think may never happen and it suddenly does. I guess sometimes we wish to think that our lives are set before us and then........and then.2Dartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04674708299545709524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26656683.post-88794139456750542762007-09-13T19:55:00.000+01:002007-09-13T21:01:19.611+01:00A Dark Day for Formula 1 Grand PrixAm I a McLaren fan? Yes. Do I think Ron Dennis is an honest man? Yes. Do I think the penalty given to the team is unfair? Yes. Do I think the World Motorsport Council has got it wrong? Maybe.<br /><br />I was shocked to hear amount of the fine imposed on McLaren. Then I found out that the team would lose all its constructors points. Even worse. $100 millon. Will we ever hear about how the WMC came to its conclusion? Probably not. I for one would think that the public need to know about the why's and what, and how's to better understand the judgement. The team by virtue of the huge penalty imposed on them will certainly take away sponsorship for the team. How on earth can they send the most competitive team to the gallows? It is a complex turn of events leading to the risk of undermining the pinacle of motorsport that is F1. What does the FIA now need to do in order to ensure the integrity of the sport. A single engine manufacturer sport? Not likely. F1 allows car manufacturers to advance motor technology and feed their technology to the everyday man. Think BMW with the development of F1 technology into road cars. V10 engines in their M Sport division. Suspension geometry to the masses. Braking technology saving peoples lives. And lets not forget tire technology. Although it is a sport, it is an advancement in motoring technology that benefits all. The last time we had a huge technological leap in transport was through several furious wars. Do we really need to do that? No. Sport provides much the same for improvement and innovation in technology.<br /><br />Hopefully history will see this as a blip in F1 and not a turning point in the degeneration our approach to what we gain from a very interesting, strategic driven sport.<br /><br />F1 does not appeal to everyone. And nor is it supposed to. Football, Rugby, Tennis, Basketball to me is akin to Street Fighter, Doom, R-Type (for those old enough to know) and Pac man. A quick fix of competitive sports. F1 is more like Age of Empire and other suitable strategy based games. There is plenty of chess play involved in F1. The subtle psychological battle field played both on and off the arena. Where for the ill informed or uninitiated, its a bunch of fast cars going round and round a circuit. Some may say that the sport has been diluted and that the spectacle of a car bursting into flames was part of the excitement is lost. This isn't a sport of brutality. It is a game of the utmost in professionalism. Of course there are the diva mentalities of the drivers which is part and parcel of the sport.<br /><br />This years competition and competitiveness of two great drivers in McLaren should not be overshadowed by the spy scandal that looms over what has been so intriguing so far. What F1 has been missing is not the overtaking and sheer speed of old but the rivalry of totally brilliant and engaging driver personalities. Does this sound like a formula for a sporting soap opera? Of course it is. It is very much like a drama unfolding over a year and not like the total orchestrated dominance of one driver and one team that was Ferrari. The FIA listened to the paying public in our outrage of unsporting behaviour withing Ferrari and changed the rules accordingly to provide a fairer racing spectacle. Irvine and Barichello suffered at the hands of a team in love with a driver who although was somewhat of a miracle and a natural successor to Senna, discredited the sport. This recent event is clearly not on the same level. Espionage has been part of the make up of F1. How else would it have worked in the first place?<br /><br />Another thing to consider is how this has come to be. Well into this years season and some wrong doing was discovered by who else but Ferrari. Miffed at not employing the world champion, although supposedly doing well to poach Raikkonen from McLaren, Ferrari knew from the start of the season that the opportunity to stamp their dominance on the sport was to be an aborted re-birth. Seeing the new talent Hamilton, a loyal servant to McLaren steal away points right from the start, initiated an intensity of suspicion that would accumulate in this terrible mark on the sport. Can I be bold enough to even suggest that Ferrari made a sacrificial lamb of Nigel Stepney. With his knowledge of intent to deliberately entrap McLaren to be a suspect of spying on Ferraris technology and strategy. Would Ferrari be willing to win the title by delibrately framing McLaren to win this years title? As distasteful as it may sound and also as biased as it may sound from me (after all we are all faced with taking sides now), could it be possible that Ferrari would stoop so low to win a title after the embarrassment of Renault winning twice.<br /><br />On track form would suggest that McLaren had a rubbish time of it for the last two years. They could have done with a helping hand to be so successful this year. But just look at McLaren's conservate strategy for the times they did dominate the sport. Yes, through fairness towards its drivers and compliancy through the regulations and rules put to the sport. Ferrari regularly would push the boundaries of acceptable behaviour ultimately undermining the rules of the game. Some might say that they identified the weaknesses of the rules. Others might say that they took advantage of the bias of the members of the council. Let us be clear that Ferrari have always been close to being the death of F1. It is through their own arrogance that we are in the position that we are. Ever closer to F1 losing its identity and authority in the world of motorsport.<br /><br />Most of all I feel sorry for Ron Dennis. A man greatly regarded as the most professional team bosses in Formula 1. His reputation more than tarnished. A man who has built career, reputation and "family" on the one thing special to him. You only have to look at how he has shaped the career and future of a young man from child to adulthood. Why? Because he believes. There are those like me who only believe in one thing about Ron Dennis, that he is the most sincerest operator in Formula 1. I hope this judgement will not see out an amazing man's career. The sport needs Ron Dennis. The sport needs McLaren.2Dartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04674708299545709524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26656683.post-50330867746349774992007-09-10T22:01:00.000+01:002007-09-10T23:15:22.564+01:00The Spanish InquisitionSpeaking to a friend of mine this afternoon he mentioned his trip to the Belgium grand prix. His first trip to see one. A virgin. Good for him I say. I hope to do so one day too. We moved on to the subject of our favorite racing driver Diva, Fernando Alonso. It is absolutely scandalous in my opinion to think that McLaren, a team of great integrity has been already tarred and feathered with allegations of cheating. A couple of weeks ago they were aquitted for involvement in espionage. Ferrari naturally not happy with the outcome were keen to pursue this case. I for one believe that although justice should be served if there was evidence of wrong doing am satisfied by reputation alone of McLaren that no cheating was involved.<br /><br />So now we turn to recent eveents that once again threaten McLaren's reputation as an honest F1 team. And what better starting point than a communication between the World Champion and the reserve driver. Alonso has never hidden from the fact that he believes the team favours the british driver (Hamilton), because the team is essentially British and that Hamilton has been bred since he was a little acorn (awww) to be "The One". His miserable attempt to sabotage Hamilton's Turkish grand prix was nothing but childish. His arrogance to suggest that any team on the grid would be willing to give him number one status in their team is nothing short of laughable. Sure Spyker would do it......for the money, but for reputation? Not a team like McLaren. Does Lewis Hamilton's performance have something to do with the car? Yes. Favoritism? No. They have a world champion driving for them after all. What would be the better bet at the begining of the season? Alonso of course. But Hamilton is something of a miracle.Ok. Not a miracle, but something unexpected. Jenson Button had and has comparable talent too. McLaren are all about exploiting the natural ability of its drivers. Each driver has his own dedicated engineering team and both have an overall strategist to squeeze the maximum performance from the team as a whole.<br /><br />Lets not forget Hamilton's proven ability to succeed. McLaren want the constructors title. To do that they need both drivers to excel in every race. Why on earth would they favour one driver to the detriment of the other? They'd want a 1-2 in any combination.<br /><br />So to the latest. Alonso has been implicated in the scandal. Was there a secretive pact to obtain and use information from Ferrari to gain the upper hand. Maybe. One man's selfish desire to win? With Alonso's recent admission to preferring to land the drivers championship over the constructors title surely alludes to a lack of team spirit and being disassociated with the amibitions of the team. A very disappointing attitude indeed. Would Alonso be content in the dismise to a great team's reputation? Questionable. His ability to publically exercise his lack of loyality to the team that have paid him to work for them is not good. McLaren would be better off trying to poach Button.2Dartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04674708299545709524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26656683.post-7172915759134040222007-09-01T07:04:00.000+01:002007-09-01T07:18:32.556+01:00One of Those DaysWaking up to a hangover is never fun. Hangovers are either bad headaches and sore limbs or that fuzzy, still a little pissed feeling. I recall the moment I began stumbling down that boozy road. Bad day at the office and in need of a drink. Seemed like a mate of mine needed one too. So off down the local boozer for beer and a whinge. Fast forward to this morning. Check the phone for evidence of boozy texting or calling. None. Phew! Bruises? Nope. Bank balance? Not sure. Getting too old for that kind of lark? Definitely!2Dartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04674708299545709524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26656683.post-62560965763731216262007-08-26T18:33:00.000+01:002007-08-26T18:40:45.710+01:00Having something in CommonWhilst watching wife swap and its interesting ability to pitch people together with totally different social extremities noticed the bit with the inevitable boozy party. Posh family against working class "mum" and vice-versa. Once everyone has had a couple of shandies, everyone seems to make a complete twat of them selves on the same level. This also extends to weddings, funerals, birthday's etc. Does booze bring people together onto same level? Seems like it.2Dartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04674708299545709524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26656683.post-5510752859737367642007-08-09T09:35:00.000+01:002007-08-09T09:36:49.228+01:00Harry Enfield.What's happened to that genius of a comic. I found this YouTube clip for your amusement.<br /><br /><br /><br /><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/SjxY9rZwNGU"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/SjxY9rZwNGU" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object>2Dartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04674708299545709524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26656683.post-40051186063741828162007-08-04T14:58:00.000+01:002007-08-04T15:27:57.523+01:00Scientology....makes yer skin crawl<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCsOag1BV14AcJqV8vcsGkI7ZkMfbivKqp9WdwoWpVBWOmWZZjQnMWqA3IUFokFVAFIq-5G0VWQsAyfUXRgzrJF4t4eMuMFWUm4Ll4CNbbGfiEC4ib-GTTZSB1UlY49B6-UZ1K/s1600-h/scientology.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5094851371098813154" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCsOag1BV14AcJqV8vcsGkI7ZkMfbivKqp9WdwoWpVBWOmWZZjQnMWqA3IUFokFVAFIq-5G0VWQsAyfUXRgzrJF4t4eMuMFWUm4Ll4CNbbGfiEC4ib-GTTZSB1UlY49B6-UZ1K/s320/scientology.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>I've spoken about Scientology previously. This cult, erm religion has caused a lot of controversy.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Whilst basking in the warm of the first proper summers day in good old blighty I mentioned noted that a friend of mine had jokingly inputted Scientology as his religion of choice. More orignal than putting down Satanism. I mean that is sooooo old religion/cult. So we discussed the strangeness of the whole idea behind Scientology let alone the theory about how humans were created from bits of alien flesh fused together by an exploding volcano.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>So this morning's hangover cure was a dose of the Panorama programme about Scientology. A friend had recommended that I watch it. After close to thirty minutes of watching the creepy man in black harrassing the poor BBC reporter, I too felt like I was being watched.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Scientology adopt a fair game policy which means tha anyone who actively speaks out against the cult, erm religion will be subjected to intrusive harrassment and targeted for defamation of character or worse public humiliation. Good enough reason not to piss them off I suppose. As I watched more of this it occurred to me that if they are left alone then they pretty much keep themselves to themselves. Am I being a little sympathetic? No, not at all. Give them an inch and they will quite possibly take a mile.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>As you know I am not an advocate of religion as I find the whole idea of it segregates people rather than integrates them. Whether Scientology is a religion or a cult, it still amounts to the same thing. Like any young religion, it feels threatened and encourages paranoia within. They film ever encounter with non believers who supposedly give them a hard time. Laughable really. But then you think about the Crusades. What was that all about but to protect the Christian faith. Hindu's and Muslims have fought each other for centuries. Religions mature eventually into peaceful ways of life. There will always be a few nutters who claim to be the protectors of the faith through violence and intimidation. But those are few. Scientology in its infancy just has a lot of them at the moment. Of course I don't blame them for being paranoid. But I do think that they just do not do themselves any favours whatsoever in their agression and verbally threatening manner. What is more useful for them, to coin a phrase from some other loony religion is "to turn the other cheek". It works for a few million of them. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>After watching the programme and a couple of other more amateurish anti-Scientology clips, the phone rang. Expecting it to be my parents I was greated by a bloke with a dodgy northern accent. He was calling from Consumer Awareness or something like that. The cynic in me said sales person. It was at the point when he asked for the value of the property that I got a little paranoid. Have those creepy men and women from Scientology tracked me down already? When can I expect posters of me and details of my misdemeanours be put up in shop windows?</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Scientology doesn't like being referred to as a cult; its more like a religion. But I'm afraid that it has already reached cult status. Much like Mulder and Scully.</div><div> </div><div>Have you noticed the Scientology symbol? Why on earth is it similar to the Christian symbol of Jesus's crucifiction cross? Not very original is it. Especially for a cult, erm religion that claims to originate from outer space. Where are the UFO's and laser beams?</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>One last thing. When will they start doing door to door rounds? I don't see my regular Jehovah's gang these days? Where have they gone? What have they done with them? Creepy.....</div>2Dartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04674708299545709524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26656683.post-31310141807574384692007-07-30T09:14:00.000+01:002007-07-30T09:17:03.970+01:00Frank Butcher DiesMike Reid who played Frank Butcher died. Hats off to a fine actor and most remembered for me in Runaround.2Dartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04674708299545709524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26656683.post-77632261391595415612007-07-29T12:15:00.000+01:002007-07-29T21:55:06.351+01:00Pot, Kettle, Black?Dunno. Kettle?2Dartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04674708299545709524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26656683.post-11017473383023142352007-07-25T07:36:00.000+01:002007-07-25T08:14:42.016+01:00Super HeroesFor a while, in the back of my mind I've been thinking of Super Hero names for my friends some of who have been mentioned in my blog. Everyone deserves a super hero name.<br /><br /><ul><li>The Fox</li><li>Romeo Tony</li><li>Sambuca Girl aka The Babe aka Maggie</li><li>Mr Magners</li><li>Darsh Vader</li><li>Angelic</li><li>The Boy (his own contribution)</li><li>The Leaf</li><li>The Mother</li><li>The Dom-inator</li><li>Fire Fly aka Scoobz</li><li>Smoke and Mirrors</li><li>Exxon</li><li>Hub Cap</li><li>Freezer Frost</li><li>Logic</li><li>The Bull</li><li>Guiness</li></ul><p>I'll think of some more later.</p>2Dartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04674708299545709524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26656683.post-78205129498156627232007-07-24T08:11:00.000+01:002007-07-24T08:31:00.761+01:00WeatherI rather foolishly thought about being in Britain and being subjected to torrential rain and widespread flooding wasn't so bad as being hit by hurricanes or unbelievable droughts that have hit parts of the African continent. My neighbour and I spoke briefly yesterday morning about the virtues of living in a first floor flat and how this years flooding of our road was a little more hairy than before. Oh how we laughed.<br /><br />Then I saw the pictures and film footage of flooding in parts of the country. People have lost their lives. People starving, and people believe it or not are thirsty. All that water and not a drop to drink.<br /><br />One thing I will say to those Chavvy kids with their Pitbulls letting them crap on pavements and peoples lawns. That'll teach you to think twice about doing that again. Think about every time you've seen a dog, cat, fox, squirrel or person, piss or shit on the pavement or shop enterance or lawn and then think about the fact that the stuff never goes away. Then think about having to wade in knee height water.......hopefully without any cuts or grazes.<br /><br />The entire public transport system grinds to a halt, people stranded for days in areas they would rather not be without warmth, food or water. Property destroyed. We seem so protected from natural disasters that affect other parts of the world. Its only when it comes/floats to our doorstep that we finally understand what other people have felt.<br /><br />Is the recent flooding a consequence of mankind? You betcha!2Dartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04674708299545709524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26656683.post-17710234289960206172007-07-08T22:48:00.000+01:002007-07-08T23:06:36.162+01:00Being ContentContentment is something that is easy to come by or very elusive. Some people find contentment in the very simplest of things. Some people find it bettter to create something complex perhaps because they want it to be that way.<br /><br />Drink or drugs or both at the same time can make a person feel content. Running for twenty miles may do it for someone else. What ever the resolve, it works. I've been wondering what truly makes someone happy. Is it the company they keep? The copious amounts of stimulants? What is it? And why sometimes does it feel like a temporary fix? I think everyone has a desire to attain this nirvana. Not the temporary bit but the permanent bit.<br /><br />I don't think that life ever delivers exactly what we want or desire on a permanent basis. Usually through our own imperfections I think that sometimes we desire for those cosy, nice things to be just temporary. Is that more of a reflection of a desire to live our lives more in a society so regimental and strict that occasionally its okay to fuck things up once in a while just so that it challenges our characters?<br /><br />When wars don't happen, we want war. When its the other way around there is nothing more desirable than peace. Is it human nature to have these little wars? Or big ones? Sounds like sometimes its a desire to feel noticed. Or loved in a twisted way.<br /><br />Even the most comfortable position that we can be in sometimes falters a little. Maybe to fuck up is to improve. With every iteration of cocking something is only for a desire to be better than we are.<br /><br />2Darts not on drugs but just thinking very deeply about things. Oh and a crap week.2Dartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04674708299545709524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26656683.post-20890899603690639402007-07-06T12:58:00.000+01:002007-07-06T13:03:00.810+01:00Weddings and TerrorI pissed myself laughing at the following news snippet.<br /><br />President Musharraf, presidental plane was shot at by an anti-aircraft gun as it took off from a Pakistani airport.<br /><br />A journalist interviews a local resident in Pakistan asking him about the gun shots. The man replies,<br /><br />"I heard the gun shots and at first I thought is was a wedding......then I realised it was a terrorist attack!"<br /><br />Clearly anti-aircraft guns are all the rage at pakistani weddings!2Dartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04674708299545709524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26656683.post-11458590805696996652007-07-06T09:59:00.000+01:002007-07-06T12:15:32.335+01:00Losing My ReligionActually I don't have one to lose. I had a moment of inspiration the other day but it took me a while to get round writing this one down.<br /><br />Can a person have more than one religion to follow? Here are some interesting cominbations:<br /><br /><ul><li>Mormon and Paganism</li><li>Jainism and Taoism</li><li>Rastafari and Hinduism</li><li>Islam and Judaism</li><li>Baha'i and Sikhism</li><li>Christianity and Santeria</li></ul><p>Your wondering why I've paired them up. To add a little controversy. There's clearly one that screams controversy. Or does it?</p><p>Many of the faiths believe in a higher being. So there's a common theme. Theoretically, both religions should happily co-exist. So in their purest form and to follow what those religions dictate to the letter and without interpretation would mean we would all live in peace and harmony. Not so fast.</p><p>Its the manipulation of religion that makes a point of segregation. Our wonderful land is a testiment to all followers of all religions who don't do the "my religion is better than your religion" trick. We all live happily ever after. Its those who choose to play that game that ruin the party. </p><p>Personally, I think that if I join every single faith, then I should be okay with everyone. Where do I sign?</p>2Dartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04674708299545709524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26656683.post-41681586241042613142007-07-05T08:46:00.000+01:002007-07-05T08:59:49.818+01:00ClimateGreat Britain and in particular London has had the most freakish of weathers this week. One merry afternoon whilst enjoying a tipple of the finest in my local drinking establishment, I noticed the clouds darken and the day turn to night in just a few minutes. The last time that happened, a tornado struck London. This time, it was, rain. Lots and lots and lots of rain. Then multiple lightining strikes within seconds of each other. Hail stones. Is this the beginning of more to come? For all the creative licence the director and producers had of the film "The Day after Tomorrow", through exaggeration they clearly knew how to make a point. Most adults living will have noticed how the weather patterns have changed dramatically over the last twenty five years. I have. First it was the snow, then the sunshine, the lack of rain one moment and then the sheer quantity of the stuff. Droughts in a country that has seen more rain than ever before? For once, I think mother nature is on top of us and I suspect that the political will and economics of this country will be too slow to adapt to the new minor natural disasters we will face. Millions of pounds have already been lost in just a few days of heavy rain. And I still am grateful that at least we aren't as hard up as some other countries which have huge problems with prolonged flooding and drought. I find that although we are experiencing mini versions of them, we can at least appreciate what it is those poor souls have been through.2Dartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04674708299545709524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26656683.post-25352385087038549722007-07-02T07:12:00.001+01:002007-07-02T07:20:53.486+01:00Stay of Execution for the Sports and Social Smoking ban<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9bLzvE5tczk9lShCcEV6-uk3Kl8e-6fLwenaHfp2ZFprzySSnNyyf_hgVN2gIp7c11YldKf45quM80hKJSak8a1PNJywl7vZ8sAx5G43D2U2aFmpk9_803PvQM5d340UNL5MO/s1600-h/SportsandSocial.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5082480574540183442" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9bLzvE5tczk9lShCcEV6-uk3Kl8e-6fLwenaHfp2ZFprzySSnNyyf_hgVN2gIp7c11YldKf45quM80hKJSak8a1PNJywl7vZ8sAx5G43D2U2aFmpk9_803PvQM5d340UNL5MO/s320/SportsandSocial.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>HOT OFF THE PRESS. The Sports and Social is now an outdoor pub....All the lines are being re-worked out in the court yard. Extensions of the bar at the designated smoking outlets. Shouldn't these reserved smoking areas have kiosks selling cigarettes too?</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>As the A-Force quite rightly said in his article about our friendly barmaid now denied her favorite past time of cleaning the ashtray's every five seconds. What is there to do? I see constructive dismissal here. Bring out the lawyers! Unions Reps! Injury Lawyers4U! Come to thee!</div>2Dartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04674708299545709524noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26656683.post-86434072663171999202007-07-02T06:27:00.000+01:002007-07-02T06:43:29.678+01:00Paris HiltonIs the whole jail thing yet another publicity stunt for a gullible American audience? I say America, and it only happens in America, a current affairs programme decides to lead in the day's news with the story of Paris Hiltons release.<br /><br /><object height="350" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/6VdNcCcweL0"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/6VdNcCcweL0" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" width="425" height="350"></embed></object><br /><br />The most irritating thing about it all is the fact that as the poor lady protests (I'm 100 percent behind her), her wimpy anchor man not only takes the piss but sounds so condescending I'm totally suprised that she didn't slap in the face. Oh and to top it off, he has to cheek to mention that her Dad thought she was a mouse and this was her way of proving the opposite! Go get some balls man and back up your team mate!<br /><br />The thing that makes it all the more ridiculous is they were adament on showing the Paris Hilton clip when the following news was of a more important nature...Watch the YouTube clip and see for yourself.<br /><br />The only other really good thing about mentioning Paris Hilton is that I might get a slightly above average readership, probably mostly from spotty teenage geeks or fathers in mid-life crisis though.2Dartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04674708299545709524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26656683.post-37508873733907218502007-06-30T10:32:00.000+01:002007-06-30T10:51:35.112+01:00A Twist on the Nigerian ScamWe've all heard of them. Been approached by them, and maybe even been tempted by them. Yes, its the old favorite. The Nigerian scam. Money either won/inherited/aquirred somehow is ready to be collected. Cool. Hopefully most of my readers are not stupid enough to fall for it. I know it looks a little long but trust me, you'll love it.<br /><br />Internet dating has advanced this scam. It has evolved.<br /><br />I'll make the introduction to this tale brief so you can read the juicy bits.<br /><br />Day 1:<br />2Darts sign's on to a dating site. Within three days a hot looking lady approaches me. Flattery gets all men everywhere. So brilliant. In there, loving the attention.<br /><br />Day 4:<br />More conversation. The poor cow hints that she is about to come into a lot of money from Nigeria and she doesn't have a bank account so she needs to fly out there. She's also about to be kicked out of her friend's flat. She doesn't have a job either. After much discussion I tell her that the whole Nigerian thing is a scam. After much convincing she says no more about it. I know she's on to a scam by this stage.<br /><br />Day 5: Kicking out day. Panic sets in to the silly tart and she begs me for £350. No I say but being the kind Dart that I am I feel the need to give her some advice. Clearly in one ear and out the other.<br /><br />Day 6: Nothing<br /><br />Day 7: Email to say she's at a hotel packing for Nigeria. She leaves that day. I am pissing myself laughing.<br /><br />Day 8: In Nigeria, going to get the money soon she says.<br /><br />The rest is documented below.<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><em>Show Recent Messages (F3)<br /><br />BUZZ!!!<br />Kelly lauren: hello babe<br />2Darts: hello<br />Kelly lauren<strong>:</strong> gudmorning babe<br />Kelly lauren: hw was your night<br />Kelly lauren: i missed you<br />2Darts: Good thanks.<br />Kelly lauren: that means yu really enjoyself last night<br />Kelly lauren: i was indoor after i got back from the lawyer babe<br />2Darts: Yes. Sorry. So tell me what happened<br />Kelly lauren: he said ,he will need to collect part of his payment before he can render any<br />services<br />2Darts: And wat did you do?<br />Kelly lauren: i explained to hin but he wouldnt listen babe<br />2Darts: and?<br />Kelly lauren: he said ,he must collect part payment before anything can be done and i went<br />back to the company but they also said i must get a lawyer before anything can be done<br />2Darts: So what are you going to do?<br />Kelly lauren: i dont know babe<br />Kelly lauren: i was just indoor since yesterday crying babe<br />2Darts: Can you not borrow money from your step mum?<br />Kelly lauren: dont even think about that babe<br />2Darts: Sounds like you're going to have to come back to England and start looking for a<br />job.<br />Kelly lauren: even to fly back is a problem bcos i only buy one way ticket<br />2Darts: Looks like you're stuck in Nigeria.<br />Kelly lauren: i will do anything to get the money out of this country babe<br />2Darts: My advice is to go to the British Consulate or Embassy and they will be able to help<br />you get back home.<br />Kelly lauren: even if we be for me to sleep aroound ...i will get that money out of here<br />2Darts: It just show's what more important to you in life then. Clearly it isn't your<br />dignity.<br />Kelly lauren: i know you can help me but you will want to ...which i dont know why<br />2Darts: You have shown your true colours Kelly. The only thing important in life to you is<br />money. Good luck with it.<br />Kelly lauren: nope babe<br />Kelly lauren: hw could you say that 2Darts<br />2Darts: Because you said that you'd even sleep around to get money. That makes you a<br />prostitute. Don't you get it?<br />Kelly lauren: you know i will never do that babe<br />2Darts: You said you would. Look. Just follow my advice and find the British Embassy.<br />They'll give you a free ticket back to England. That's of course if you really are in<br />Nigeria. Good bye.<br />Kelly lauren: for you leaving me ...that really showed that you are a good friend<br />2Darts: No. You aren't listening to a word I have said.<br />Kelly lauren: i did babe<br />Kelly lauren: dont you know that since yesterday even have not eating bcos i cant afford it<br />Kelly lauren: i dont have a dime with me babe<br />2Darts: Kelly, go to the Embassy, get back to England. Go home to your step-mum and find<br />yourself a job. Act like a grown up.<br />2Darts: Do you know what an Embassy is?<br />Kelly lauren: ok<br />Kelly lauren: i know babe<br />Kelly lauren: 2Darts,can you do this for me this morning<br />2Darts: How Kelly? You have no contact details. No address in Nigeria. How would they know<br />where you are?<br />BUZZ!!!<br />Kelly lauren: i will go there and meet them babe<br />Kelly lauren: but the hotel that i lodge sized all my travelling document bcos i want to pay<br />them<br />2Darts: Which city are you in?<br />Kelly lauren: ota<br />Kelly lauren: babe,i need 100pounds from you this morning babe<br />2Darts: How would I give that to you?<br />Kelly lauren: let me ask the hotel accountant that my fiancee what want to pay there bills<br />from uk ....that how they get it babe and i will find my way to the embassy babe<br />2Darts: I'm not your fiancee<br />Kelly lauren: pls do this for me 2Darts<br />Kelly lauren: sorry my friend<br />2Darts: The embassy will pay for your hotel too. Just get yourself there.<br />2Darts: What is the name of the Hotel?<br />Kelly lauren: cant you do this for me instead of telling the embassy for evertyhing<br />Kelly lauren: the name of the hotel is travellers hotel<br />2Darts: That is what the embassy is there for Kelly. Its quicker. What are the full address<br />details.<br />Kelly lauren: i know you really want to help me babe<br />Kelly lauren: but i will get to the embassy myslef and i will explain things for them babe<br />Kelly lauren: i just neeed to pay the hotel so that i can get out of here<br />2Darts: Phone the embassy from the Hotel.<br />Kelly lauren: i need to pay what i owed them<br />2Darts: The Embassy willl pay them.<br />2Darts: Explain to the hotel that you need to phone the embassy because of your situation.<br />Kelly lauren: i cant be requestion for 100pounds from the embassy<br />Kelly lauren: they will not allow they disconnected the phone room babe<br />Kelly lauren: pls help me with 100pounds babe<br />Kelly lauren: let me know if you can do this for me babe<br />2Darts: Ask to use the hotel phone.<br />2Darts: Explain your situation to them. Be absolutely truthful and they will understand that<br />you need to call the embassy because you are in trouble.<br />Kelly lauren: ok.....can you help me with 100pounds this morning babe<br />2Darts: I will phone the Embassy in Nigeria to help you. Thanks for telling me where you<br />are. I will tell them that you are staying at the Hotel in Oka and tell them of your<br />situation.<br />2Darts: They will then come and get you. You see. Problem solved.<br />Kelly lauren: i still need to eat this morning babe.....i am not feeling ok<br />Kelly lauren: i need this 100pounds from you and i want you to give me babe<br />2Darts: They will me there within half and hour after I have contacted them.<br />Kelly lauren: so you cant help me on your own....right?<br />2Darts: I'm too far away....Someone will be at the hotel in half an hour. Promise. They will<br />pay the hotel and give you food and a ticket home.<br />2Darts: I have already help you by contacting the Embassy. They will be on there way now.<br />Kelly lauren: i just tell the account just now,she said if you can send the money via<br />westernunion that i will get it in 20mins babe<br />2Darts: I've already phoned the Embassy while I've been typing. They are already on there<br />way to see you. So pack your bags. Your going now! Isn't that good news?<br />Kelly lauren: good news but if they are not here<br />Kelly lauren: cant you help me with 100pounds?<br />2Darts: Can you ask the reception to give me correct address just to be sure.<br />Kelly lauren: can you help me with what am requestion from you now or not?<br />2Darts: Give me the account details.<br />Kelly lauren: let me ask her<br />Kelly lauren: wo you want to help with 100pounds or what<br />2Darts: Just give me the account details<br />Kelly lauren: 2Darts.....do you want to help me with the 100pounds or not?<br />2Darts: Why else would I ask for the account details.<br />Kelly lauren: ok....let me go nd get it for you 2mins<br />Kelly lauren: i got it babe<br />2Darts: Ok.<br />Kelly lauren: Name: MATTHEW JONES<br /><br />City : Oka<br /><br />State : Ogun<br /><br />Country : Nigeria<br /><br />Text Question : Who Care?<br /><br />Answer : 2Darts<br />Kelly lauren: this what she said i shuld give to you babe<br />2Darts: ....and I need the address too.<br />2Darts: The money transfer people over here will not do anything without the address.<br />Kelly lauren: he said that is all you need babe<br />2Darts: The man at the shop needs it for his records. He said to me that sometimes people<br />accidentally give the wrong information so he has to cross reference it.<br />Kelly lauren: let me ask<br />Kelly lauren: wait<br />2Darts: ok<br />Kelly lauren: Address: 10,david close,oka,Ogun<br />BUZZ!!!<br />Kelly lauren: you get it?<br />2Darts: Yep.<br />Kelly lauren: what do you want to do now?<br />BUZZ!!!<br />2Darts: I will have to go to the shop now and give the details. How does he want it? Cash or<br />Cheque?<br />Kelly lauren: cash ..will be fine babe<br />Kelly lauren: but am not sure you are going to help me<br />Kelly lauren: i doubt it if you are going to do it<br />2Darts: Why do say that?<br />Kelly lauren: that is what i just felt babe and i will be glad if you can do this for me<br />babe and let me get out of this country ...pls<br />Kelly lauren: all i need is just 100pounds babe<br />Kelly lauren: tell me the truth 2Darts.....are you going to help me with this money?<br />2Darts: just a minute..<br />Kelly lauren: what?<br />2Darts: just a minute.....I need to feed the cats<br />2Darts: Ok. Back now.<br />2Darts: are you still there?<br />BUZZ!!!<br />BUZZ!!!<br />Kelly lauren: talk hun<br />Kelly lauren: so i will know what to do<br />2Darts: I need to go to the shop. So I will be about an hour as there a lots of people<br />sending money to Nigeria. I shall contact you soon.<br />BUZZ!!!<br />Kelly lauren: dont bother sending it bcos i know you are not going to send it<br />Kelly lauren: take good care of urself<br />2Darts: Why are you being so mean?<br />Kelly lauren: its bcos i know that you will not send the money<br />2Darts: I'm not stupid enough to fall a scam like this. Not only that but I am reporting you<br />as well. Its been enjoyable leading you on though. Thanks.</em><br /><br /> Scamtastic eh!2Dartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04674708299545709524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26656683.post-60515068255164081682007-06-24T11:08:00.000+01:002007-06-24T11:15:49.780+01:00Ricky Hatton<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ_S9Iw1xgg-mV8xKSUS60QEACJUMTCaLD62ks-W2YaQ0Kq4FXZshmLGzXrn68nOG0IcJbJk0qFiQxkypq6ZWPw7Hp4xabGU8L2fNM6HxN4ELhoiLzZAsOO3onR7MV_Nbkx5tP/s1600-h/rooney_hatton203.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5079572445364505522" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJ_S9Iw1xgg-mV8xKSUS60QEACJUMTCaLD62ks-W2YaQ0Kq4FXZshmLGzXrn68nOG0IcJbJk0qFiQxkypq6ZWPw7Hp4xabGU8L2fNM6HxN4ELhoiLzZAsOO3onR7MV_Nbkx5tP/s320/rooney_hatton203.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Well done Ricky Hatton (British Boxer for those who don't know) for knocking seven bells out of Jose Luis Castillo. I currently don't have those great, but over priced sports channels at home at the moment so I missed the occasion. Never the less, another loose tongued, hot aired boxer hits the canvas at Hattons feet. Floyd Mayweather has surely got to be the setup of the year should it happen. Most likely it will. You may have noticed other another great fighter in the picture, no, you thought I was going to say out lad Rooney, no. Barrera. Incidentally, what is Shrek doing there anyway? And why has he got his fist up like that? Does he want some? eh! eh! eh! Probably one of his more embarrassing photos I think.</div>2Dartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04674708299545709524noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26656683.post-72781437936436032252007-06-23T14:05:00.000+01:002007-06-24T11:07:44.651+01:00Face Book groupYo! Yo! Check it out.<br /><br />Face Book group called "The Greyhound - Streatham"<br /><br />I bumped into this group accidentally whilst laughing at the crap alternative entrance Opening of Streatham Common courtesy of a friend of mine who announced she group the group.<br /><br />Urban patois I didn't think could ever be put into a written form unlike Patois but then this is what I discovered in the group mention earlier.<br /><br /><em>"lol fair play keep doin wot ur doin famzi itz good to rep yer yer the place woz gd init i told peeps in the endz about it stil but lol just havent reached the extent u hav lol. Keep it up!! "</em><br /><br />Erm.....I'll have an ice cream with that. Actually I do understand what it means. Sort of.<br /><br /><br />Oh. Incidentally, the person replying to the above message strangely wrote in regular English. Truly a multi-linguist.2Dartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04674708299545709524noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26656683.post-48917203302685188432007-06-23T08:59:00.000+01:002007-06-23T09:12:02.472+01:00The FB...ieeeee!!What a phenonenomenomn. Hell I can't spell it without looking it up. Not only that, it's the weekend and in the tradition of a Friday night one got a little hammered last night so I cannot be bothered. Although these day's 2darts is trying to be a little kinder to himself. Less of everything. Moderation is the defining word for me.<br /><br />FB; or as we know it, Face Book. The huge success that allows people to communicate with each other. Some people may ask, "waz wrong with using a telephone aye? aye?". Its voyeuristic appeal for one. Finding long lost friends and family members, people who owe you money or indeed you owe them and stalking are some of the things that people can do with Facebook. Its other appeal is to arrange big social occasions sucessfully because people are always on it.<br /><br />I attended such an event, three friends celebrating their birthday. Pretty good event too.<br /><br />I am currently seeking out family members. Not as easy as it seems but with the help of my trust sided kick, my aunt, I have managed to find a few. Most of whom I haven't seen since they were in nappies and terrorising 2darts.2Dartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04674708299545709524noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26656683.post-72138477142870952232007-06-22T11:18:00.000+01:002007-06-22T11:31:46.671+01:00Looking for a......"Hi my name is liz9834 and I'm looking for a real man." - Discuss.<br /><br />One of the worlds most ridiculous things to say on a dating site. Clearly this person saw the error of her ways and never realised that all the card board cutout geezers, and the inflatable man from the tyre shop were just not going to provide her with the support and love she needed. Finally, a friend stepped in and suggested that she should find a real man instead.<br /><br />Hell, that's my interpretation to the statement.<br /><br />"Mustn't have a face like a number 92 bus." - I've never seen a number 92 bus. I shalll find a picture of one....just in case. Are the men in this world going to hold up a picture of a Number 92 bus in front of a mirror and then finally decide whether or not its fine to reply to this lady?<br /><br />As I'm getting a little tired of the tedium of dating sites, as a parting shot one day I shall change my profile to an alter ego and request the following just to see how many replies I get.<br /><br />"Hi may name is evil2darts7654. And I'm looking for a woman with fake boobs, streaky fake tan. I find those tide marks around the neck line especially attractive. Must have had botox in the following areas, bottom, lips, forehead and chin. Anymore is a bonus. Should have an interest in spend loads of my money. Preferrably on the first date."<br /><br />Me grumpy? No.<br /><br />Where's that beginners guide to celibacy?2Dartshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04674708299545709524noreply@blogger.com0