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Interesting to see I was calling Chris Maguire shit back then and he's back on the hate radar again. There was a time in between where we quite liked him. Alan McGregor seems to have been given the number 99 at Besiktas. Could be based on the average number of birds he shags a season or his expected number of minutes he'll play before he somehow fails to settle into Turkish culture and comes back to the UK. Fa's going to Simmie's testimonial the nicht?

Mine are starting to encroach into the day after the day after the night before, particularly that feeling of impending doom.

A signed photo of Steve Guttenberg urging the recipient to "think peace"

My other half made me watch the closing ceremony. It was bad but I don't know how it compares to others. This was my first Olympics really. I caught quite a bit of the sports and enjoyed most of it. I also cried quite a lot throughout for the sheer joy on the winner's faces. Here's a video that I found funny. http://www.thatvideosite.com/v/5852

Oh definitely too far? Honestly, this must refresh every couple of days rather than going back months... :-/

Edward Norton from new horror movie "Pinkeye"

E.C. said it right at the start. I felt a bit creepy with his bird's sister so I'm just going with a Rathen of the Day approach from here on in (until he defriends me on Facebook). Here's a young Lucky at a wedding somewhere. Awwww.

My avatar is Lucky Rathen's latest squeeze (I assume) away to gulp down some of his 'product' Too weird?

I wouldn't describe myself as a musician or a chef, more a muso and a foodie.

Can't see it happening pal ;-)

My apologies. I too was shaking my head at that piece of commentary. I thought it was a bit like Pro Ev or Fifa where there are certain programmed soundbites that don't always make sense. I think that 45 minutes is probably enough to sum up an SPL weekend but it could certainly be done better. The BBC interview all managers for the radio afterwards. Can they not just take a video camera? They might miss something as quality as this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_kNwsui1JY

Great players. What contracts are they on? A friend of mine observed last season that Sportscene was becoming 40 minutes of shite and 5 minutes of Mackail Steven.

This may be a re-post but when I hate it when you go out in a big group for a meal. The waiting staff all appear with various dishes but nobody pays them any attention except me. Waiter: Macaroni Cheese? Me: (shakes head) Waiter: Macaroni Cheese? (chatter) Waiter: Macaroni Cheese? (chatter) me: WHO's HAVING THE MACARONI FUCKING CHEESE??!?!?!?!

Yet you can get away with it at the Portlethen and District Rotary Club! Aberdeen-Music prudes!!! It was a great night Graham. You mentioned that you'd been contacted about contributing stories to a biography of Jerry. I think you've enough material to write your own book.

Well, I am not long back from Gothenburg where I was Bruce and the E Street band play an incredible show to 66,000 people. He didn’t leave the stage for over three and a half hours and in that time there wasn’t a second where I was anything less than enthralled. The energy and sometimes pantomime-like camaraderie of the whole band just blows me away every time. I wondered how the dynamic would be without the Big Man and although he was sorely missed in spirit, there were 3 moments where his memory was honoured, the music did not suffer. His nephew Jake Clemons took over on sax and was supplemented by a new brass section. We were even lucky to get the first rendition of ‘Jungleland’ on this tour and Jake absolutely nailed the solo. Lots of hugging and tears between the band at the end of the song proved how much it had meant to the band members as well as the crowd. Particular highlights for me were ‘Out in the Street’ (3rd song in the set which really kicked it all off), ‘My City of Ruins’ and ‘Where the Bands Are’. I suspect his ‘Twist and Shout’ encore went on a little too long but it was almost like one of those Family Guy moments which isn’t really funny but goes on for so long that you somehow start to laugh. Even the proper Springsteen geeks who follow him on every tour are putting this down as the best show in years. I honestly can’t see that there will ever be the likes of a live performance by Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band again (certainly not in terms of consistent value for money!) An added bonus was that the concert took place in the stadium where the Dons won the ECWC in ‘83. I actually stayed behind at the end to re-enact Hewitt’s winner. It was a spiritual event for me. If there is a God, it’s the Boss.

What is the first one in Fatboy's recent post from? It looks hilarious based on that alone.

It is the function room downstairs that you hire so the locals aren't an issue. It was a punk rawk night we put on, I don't think they care as long as the bar takings are decent (no straight edge!)

Agree. We hired the Malt Mill recently and it worked out pretty well. They don't have a PA though so you need to take everything. It's bigger than Cellar 35 but with 40 odd folk there would have a pretty busy feel.

Went for my annual trip to the cinema yesterday and saw The Angels' Share at the Belmont Cinema. It is a Ken Loach film about a group of Glaswegian community service cons who become interested in whisky leading to some high jinx. I thought it was absolutely brilliant. It has some quite gruesomely violent scenes and also some laugh out loud moments, particularly around a character called Albert who was the funniest character I've seen in years. I'd recommend going to see this but don't read too much about it beforehand. The story of the actors is quite fascinating also as few of them are trained professionals. I thought the dialogue was very realistic, perhaps as a result of this. 9/10.

Josh Homme. I'm not even gay or a huge fan of his music, he's just a big sexy man.

All the statements I've seen from Aberdeen FC, whilst making some comment about integrity and listening to the fans, have been ambiguous. I suspect they'll vote to keep them in. I'm kind of hoping they do because I've made it make or break for me decision on whether I can finally free myself from Scottish Football and do something fun and worthwhile instead.

It's pretty techt like

I went through similar ups and downs. I just don't know what I want anymore. I think I hoorayed all 5 goals. Now that the English football world seem to understand reality they are far less objectionable. Quality goals and an exciting game.

I love the little details.

Well, like I say, that's what she tells me. That was in the middle of May and we booked it in January. She does spend days on these sites.