So I went to a party on Friday, which was a leaving do for a Western Telegraph reporter. Now, for a while I have had a friendly ongoing spat with reporter and ex-colleague Simon Carr. Two examples of online Simon bashing :

Simon and I take up a Hallowe'en gauntlet

We go on a new rollercoaster at Oakwood

Now, a while ago, my rival started an ongoing column called '100 Things To Do Before I Die', which - rather than following the book of the same name to the letter - was an excuse to write features on more fun stuff. Although this bore a slight conceptual resemblance to my 'Challenge Owe' feature series on PembrokeshireTV, I didn't think much more of it.

Back to the party. Simon tells me that he is now working for the Milford Mercury. He wanted to keep up his column (no sniggering, please), but that he would have to change its title. I imagine you can probably tell wot's coming next... Yip - it's 'Challenge Simon'. The motherfucking cheek!

This rivalry is about to become considerably less friendly. Starting with a letter to the Mercury, 'Challenging' Simon to come up with a more original title for his column. Possibly 'Shameless Fucknut'.

I've been wondering for a while what to do with a MySpace blog. Then it occurred to me... I could review my 'friends'. Very soon I will have none. But I'm prepared to live with that.

Here's the link to my MySpace :
www.myspace.com/subideal

If one person reads it, follows the link to Cain Is Able, listens to his cover of 'The Scientist', and laughs as heartily as I did, then it will have all been worthwhile.

In other news, I'm still looking for a job. This sucks. Today is appointments day in the Western Mail, and the paper boasts 35 pages of juicy positions just pleading to be eaten up. 34 of these pages now have biro crosses at the bottom.

I can't imagine wot hope I have, given that I don't even understand half of the job titles. For example, 'Domestic Violence Advocate'. Who in the name of Zeus is gonna want to admit to being one of them ?

I'm looking for a job. I just ran a search for work in Media / New Media on Wales's largest paper's website. It returned one result for the entire country :

Do I really want to pursue a career in publication distribution solutions ?

Joy and jubilation here :

www.pembrokeshiretv.com/content/templates/v6-article.asp?articleid=1875

'Challenge Owe' seemed like a great idea for getting material to write about for the website I work for. However, my employer is PembrokeshireTV, and the clue was in the title all along. I am now crossing over from getting paid to make graphics and blog (surely the perfect job ?), to becoming an unwitting and reluctant anchor. But if you want to see a camera-shy gobshite ham it up, then go to http://www.pembrokeshiretv.com/content/templates/v6-article.asp?articleid=1801.

I half expect any comments to be along the lines of 'How come your hair is brown, but your beard is ginger ?'. So, to save you the bother, it is because I'd just had a bowl of tomato soup, but was furnished with no spoon.

I just spoke to my dear chum Watson on the phone, and I haven't spoken to him since I came back from New Zealand. That was getting on for two years ago. Anyway, he came up on the MSN radar yesterday, so I got his number off him. He told me that I had been in a dream of his, only a few days ago. In the dream, he was being sick on my tattoo.

The universe is trying to talk to us. And it's saying some pretty weird shit.

I was pleasantly surprised to find this on the web :

http://beardcommunity.com/forum/read.php?f=5&i=41694&t=41694

Although slightly disappointed when I realised that the 'rabid pogonophile' referred to wasn't actually me, but the community member's e-signature. No matter. I am both honoured to have been recognised by The Beard Community, and thrilled that it even exists.

A question for beardies. Which are you ?

Although once a sporter of fine Mutton Chops, I am now definitely in Short Boxed Beard territory.

Come here! Quick! Suggest random acts of kindness I could perform! And try and get the site up to 1000 visitors before one o'clock (we're about 45 short)!

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Because - obviously - I am THE world authority in romance, I have published this.

So read and learn, you loveshy fucks.

xx

...been having cosmetic surgery.

The results :

I've been BA for a week. See here. And here. Thank the stars it's over, though. Now I can shave. w00t!

A traffic warden in Haverfordwest :