Tagged by Tim Hall. In my first year at University, I had a lecturer who was male. When I returned for my second year, he was a woman. My first brush with the police was at 14 when I crossed Chester Road against police orders and a copper said ‘Think that’s funny, eh ? Would you still think it’s funny if I took you into that van and kicked your head in ?’ I have seen United win (1977), draw (1983) and lose (1995) in an FA Cup Final. The Hillsborough disaster saddened me but when The Independent posted photographs of people crushed against metal fences, gasping for breath, dying, I broke down and cried like a baby. Most of the people I care about now live in Australia. Slowly but surely, I am getting the message. I am the only person in my family not to have broken a limb. I have stood on the top of Ayers Rock. I joined a gym on 1 December 2007. Since then I have lost 1 stone q but I’m sure it will turn up somewhere.

After thoroughly enjoying watching Arsenal defeat Sunderland at the Emirates, I resolved to get off my barstool and try to get to see more live football in 2008. Consequently, I have just purchased two tickets (South Level 5) for England versus Switzerland in a friendly on Wednesday 6 February. Of course, I already know what the outcome will be but I am keen to visit the new Wembley Stadium and show Norman Junior what real England supporters are like. ...

Upgraded to WordPress 2.3.2 Plaintxt theme upgraded to v4.0. The main change is tag support which I don’t currently use. Reinstated the ‘Related Posts’ plugin because I couldn’t understand why people looking for information on Virgin Media/V+ don’t scan other relevant posts. Already seeing a benefit. Added useful plugin to support embedded YouTube videos to liven up my monochrome posts.

Not many things make me laugh out loud. Especially about Oracle. With enough preparation, a Siebel installation (Next-Next-Next) could use a similar technique which is something I would dearly love to accomplish.

You can take the lad out of Liverpool but you can’t take Liverpool out of the lad.