Kevin

Apparently the government (and the National Union of Students) are suggesting graduates leave the country, the argument given apparently to avoid the woes of the recession. This puzzles me as the government are also frequently telling me that Britain is coping with the recession very well, better than the majority of the world in fact. If we're doing so well why will these people avoid the worst by moving elsewhere? Surely, if we're doing so well graduates from other countries should be coming to the UK.

Oh wait, if we ignore the government's inability to decide if we're beating the recession or struggling more than average maybe, just maybe, the government want graduates to leave the country because then they won't count towards unemployment figures when they can't find work. Instead, we can have all these people being unemployed elsewhere! "No job prospects? Go bum around Thailand for a few years and make us look like we have an economy!" If we're really lucky these people we're chasing out of the country might even make other countries look like they have even higher unemployment, and we get a double bonus!

Today I undertook a right of passage - I got my very own barbecue! Sure, I've cooked on them before, even had a few disposable ones, but now I have my very own. I am a real man now.

The problem with the Telegraph's report on MP expenses is two-fold. Firstly, this story is now getting a little tired. We're getting less and less shocked by these claims as the story drags on and soon we won't really care about these abuses. Secondly, like every other story these days, they're trying too hard to grab headlines. The story is big enough by itself, why flog it?

Wibbling:

I love cooking, yet I don't really get on with recipes. So I've done the only obvious thing I can do, I'm writing a cookbook! I was going to call it Kevin's KookbooK until I realised a) Kook implies a degree of crazy and b)
the capitalisation implies the book may be about White (Flour) Supremacy, so it's currently without title.

Wibbling:

Something I keep forgetting to write about is that I've been on a Segway! Last year Cathy got me a voucher for a rally day as a birthday present and last week we toddled off to claim it and have some fun and games, and boy were there fun and games.

Wibbling:

Didn't you know I'm heartless?

If you've ever wondered why people would do tilt-shift photography, it seems that this time-lapse video might explain it.

I think this is the kind of person I want serving my food.