tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-193514212011-11-27T23:24:46.206ZFlashlights, torches and whatever else is going on in Bulbboy's life.Bulbboynoreply@blogger.comBlogger1741100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-89025823457359138242010-12-26T10:21:00.002Z2010-12-26T10:49:18.019Z

the day after the night before for many. hope you head doesn't hurt too much and your vision isn't too blurry. i hope you had a christmas.

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-47340040404045533652010-10-26T21:23:00.004+01:002010-10-26T21:56:57.202+01:00

the happy day has passed and the loved up duo are now husband and wife.BBFK may have captured the heart of Lever but he has no captcha image when leaving a comment, so i have to offer my congratulations to the transatlantic bloggers here.i hope your wedding day in Canada went swimmingly (but not in niagra falls) and the rest of your days together will be full of bliss.

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-56832282575360146752010-08-20T02:46:00.005+01:002010-08-20T04:18:24.223+01:00

question: what's worse than getting cancer? (sounds like the start of a bad joke i know, but bear with me).answer: getting cancer twice.question: what's worse than getting cancer twice?answer: getting cancer a third time.imagine how getting leukemia in your teens could really put you off your stride. imagine getting rid of cancer and it coming back. imagine having cancer and continuing to work at

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-61576514988181666012010-03-02T00:26:00.002Z2010-03-02T00:31:56.944Z

quick post asking for some help please. could you vote for my competition entry here if you like? i entered the competition to design a dream camera bag rather late, actually on the last day (today), but better late than never as they say. one can win a bumper load of camera goodies and get their bag made for them, so again if you would be so kind i'd be much obliged. link

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-22204375691193695132009-04-21T03:34:00.007+01:002009-04-23T07:57:11.742+01:00

a couple of hours ago i went outside for a breath of air and to peek at the stars. at that very moment on the tail end of ursa major, near the bright star arcturus, there was as bright light. initially it seemed like a star, then it moved so it seemed like a plane. too high up. a satellite probably.if memory servesi write probably because upon viewing one for the first time years ago, ideas of

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-90791965322652027502009-04-20T01:28:00.003+01:002009-04-20T01:34:37.687+01:00

Bathtub IV from Keith Loutit on Vimeo.Music:'Clementine' by Megan Washington

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-11803157211622280492009-04-03T22:09:00.006+01:002009-04-03T23:34:28.055+01:00

i swore at a child today. not my child though. does that make it okay?not very grown up of me but i would probably do it again. losing one's temper isn't good but it was in defence of a loved one.after making my way to a local supermarket to buy some cat food Moby, our cheeky little cat, had followed me further than his little legs should have. he can be quite dog-like following people. we were

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-83446479501405304062009-01-01T22:35:00.004Z2009-01-01T23:09:04.883Z

today was the first day of the year, and today was also Moby's first full day of having no balls. he was taken to the vet yesterday and "done". having been snipped and chipped, i thought he would be moping about and wondering where his gonads did go.what prompted the castration was a cut on his paw pad. there was a little trailer of bloody footprint, which led up to the top of the white washing

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-83661591146813620602008-11-29T15:03:00.003Z2008-11-29T15:11:15.804Z

today marks my 33rd trip around our sun.another scot trekking across the universe is not really scottish at all. Simon Pegg has come under some flack for his role of Scotty in the new star trek movie. this clip shows the old Spock:it's hard to tell from that tiny clip if Pegg will be any good or not. he's been great in many other flicks so i'll hold back judgement til the film is out.

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-116597257897262622008-11-12T09:16:00.005Z2008-11-22T00:47:02.273Z

success. Bulbgirl has sold her flat. in this time of financial uncertainty (when you can't trust banks and financial wizards with your cash who can you trust?) she was lucky to have been offered pretty close to what she wanted for it. the deal is now done, the payment has gone through and the new owner has moved in.apart from a text from him about how to use the oven (he's a man), he must be

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-85909096029369856112008-11-04T22:12:00.003Z2008-11-12T09:18:51.794Z

this has to be seen to be believed.obama vs mccainpost election edit: i guess Obama had better moves.

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-81808657439822879232008-10-21T18:23:00.005+01:002008-10-21T18:54:16.245+01:00

i want to kill myself. not the happiest thought in the world but there you go. can't say it hasn't popped into my head more than a few times.why would i want to pop my own clogs? well, chronic pain gets you down. it's hard to communicate to someone who hasn't experienced it, even doctors. they just seem to want to hand out pills and that's you. they feel they have done their job, but you still

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-89324002357321912442008-09-24T03:14:00.004+01:002008-09-24T05:12:18.564+01:00

i'm a mutant.after years of various pains, i finally have a diagnosis: ehlers-danlos syndrome.not entirely unexpected but still a little surprising. a rheumatologist told me that i was hypermobile last year. i eventually got an appointment down in London last week with professor Rodney Grahame of university college hospital.the professor spent over an hour with me! Bulbgirl, who accompanied me

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-66736115066823696532008-09-08T08:58:00.006+01:002008-09-08T09:38:16.896+01:00

meet Moby, our latest addition. he is nearly 17 weeks old, and we got him when he was just a 10 week old kitten. he is bulbcat #4, a little black and white cuteness exuder. it's almost a years since we lost Raku so should he be called #3 (moving up the rankings) or #4 (chronological)?. a slight hint of bluishness in the eyeswhere did we find Moby? in a supermarket. there was a notice that

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-83942310259842633322008-09-03T04:34:00.008+01:002008-09-03T06:30:20.063+01:00

slogan means war cry apparently. i found this intriguing.The word slogan is derived from slogorn which was an Anglicisation of the Scottish Gaelic sluagh-ghairm (sluagh "army", "host" + gairm "cry")do we go into battle everyday trying to be heard, remembered, loved, feared or admired? what is your war cry? how do you project yourself. how does the world see you?slogans are very closely linked to

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-27116724179939289562008-08-08T05:00:00.009+01:002008-11-12T09:22:46.915Z

capacious. that's a word you rarely hear, unless of course you happen to be interacting with an estate agent. they have their own lingo, most of which is lies. maybe not quite lies, but not exactly truthful either.i had no idea how much you had to lie when selling your home. small things that haven't bothered you at all, ever, suddenly jump out at you. little cracks in the paintwork, right angles

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-82224131383624491792008-07-16T20:45:00.006+01:002008-12-09T22:22:02.566Z

after having an endoscopy a couple of weeks ago, i got the results. apparently there is bacteria in my stomach. i got a call from the gp confirming this and telling me to come to the health centre to pick up my medicine. the girl on the phone sounded really young then mentioned "irradiation." it must be pretty bad if i have to pick up the medication at the health centre "i thought to myself",

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-90789920404988160732008-07-04T20:38:00.005+01:002008-12-09T22:22:02.844Z

yesterday i didn't eat much. i had a light snack, or a snack of light. i had to have a medical procedure at the southern general hospital: an endoscopy. that's the one where they put a camera down your throat, not the other end. they need to give me this as my stomach has i've had some trouble with keeping food down and acid reflux.it was scheduled for 8.30am, and i last ate anything about 6.30pm

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-67110567964969734712008-06-16T07:21:00.004+01:002008-06-16T20:11:41.127+01:00

i love this clip from good will hunting. good movie. check it out if you haven't already. other related apple info: i've got apple.la on auction on sedo here if you want to make a bid. less than 4 hours to go.

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-51633578494094159102008-05-28T01:10:00.013+01:002008-05-28T01:57:19.917+01:00

my father is in barra. he went up on saturday, 4 years to the day he had triple heart bypass surgery. his brother died today, technically yesterday, 12 hours ago.the rest of the family will join him tomorrow, in preparation for the funeral which will probably be on thursday.i have no uncles left now. Archie is my third uncle to pass away this year, after my mother's brother and mickey joe just

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-56417765167860592772008-05-24T04:41:00.004+01:002008-06-04T06:08:04.503+01:00

just spotted this trailer on yt. it's for the talented david fincher's new movie: the curious case of benjamin button. it won't be out until december 19th, just in time for christmas.the film is about a man (brad pitt) who is aged 80 and ages backwards. you may have noticed that this is the spanish version of the trailer, i don't think an english one is available yet. it looks amazing and seems

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-50789797374970513002008-05-15T03:38:00.003+01:002008-05-15T06:02:20.409+01:00

this isn't a pre scheduled blog post. i got back in late this evening with my ears ringing. a friend gave me a free ticket to go and see Joe Satriani at the Glasgow concert hall. it was a pretty great seat as well, up in the balcony facing the stage.the reason why i was lucky enough to receive the ticket: i don't like football. rangers were playing a team down in Manchester for the uefa cup. it's

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-12003733273699440292008-05-11T23:16:00.005+01:002008-12-09T22:22:03.270Z

on friday i went to the opticians to have an eye checkup. he wanted a good look inside so dilated my pupils by putting some drops in them. this stung for about 10 seconds. your natural reaction is to shut your eyes tight, but the optician said you have to blink to let the air at your eyes and the stinging soon stops. you then have that "pitch black" look.he made me stick my face in another

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-26831449015440917232008-05-04T22:00:00.003+01:002008-05-04T22:00:00.439+01:00

just testing the new future posting ability of blogger. the Blogger Buzz site informs us that we can now schedule posts to be published at a future date and time. this means that you can go on holiday, go to the shops, or just write up all you posts for the month in one day, then take a break from blogging.i'm pushing the boat out here and publishing a whole 15 mins into the future. it's 9.45 pm

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-90687422887467101852008-05-01T02:33:00.005+01:002008-12-09T22:22:03.472Z

my family and I went to Eriskay for a few days. it wasn't for a holiday or a little break away. instead it was to bury my mother's brother, Ken. you may have read that he was already cremated in melbourne, Australia, but he wanted to be buried in Eriskay where he grew up. why choose between cremation and burial when you can have both! Ken wasn't the biggest of guys but even transporting a small

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-76558070547370568082008-04-06T05:59:00.004+01:002008-04-06T06:46:58.170+01:00

since just before christmas i have been visiting a hospital and getting hydrotherapy. before you get pictures in your head of me doing aquarobics with elderly ladies, it's actually a small pool in which a physiotherapist shows me gentle exercises. i say gentle, but actually mean "harder than one first suspects."when i saw a physio at my local health centre she asked me to mark on a diagram where

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-53732535787548097302008-03-19T05:09:00.004Z2008-03-21T19:01:56.118Z

politics doesn't interest me very much but i love this barrack obama video i discovered on seobook last month.Yes we can lyrics:It was a creed written into the founding documents that declared the destiny of a nation: Yes, we can.It was whispered by slaves and abolitionists as they blazed a trail towards freedom through the darkest of nights: Yes, we can.It was sung by immigrants as they struck

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-35665627821055906672008-03-17T06:00:00.005Z2008-03-17T06:41:23.264Z

Summer has tagged me and i have to give you some titbits of info about me. here goes:What was I doing 10 years ago?... in 1998 i was 22 and nearing the end of a 4 year degree course in fine art. it was in dundee and i specialised in oil paintingThings On My To Do list... get a "to do list" :)... get healthier... see a specialist... float more... swim more... spend more time being creative...

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i was at a funeral on saturday. another of my uncles died last week. his name was Michael. i didn't know him very well as he had separated from my aunt a long time ago. he had isolated himself from people he knew over the course of his life. by all accounts he was difficult to live with, but towards the end of his life, and his battle with cancer, in the final few weeks he made his peace with his

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-86054602542824531922008-03-03T03:23:00.010Z2008-03-06T02:52:56.373Z

i'm a mummy's boy, and apparently have the perfect tongue for piercing.mother's day, or mothering sunday was on the 2nd of march here in the uk but is on the second sunday of may (11th may in 2008) in the states. everyday is mother's day for me, but it's one of those days when we have to be extra nice to our mothers. that means not telling her you just got your tongue pierced. on her return

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-85789871738346029232008-02-21T07:00:00.005Z2008-12-09T22:22:03.911Z

my mother just returned from oz . she hadn't planned the 3 week visit down under: at the end of january she received a sad call from her eldest sister to say that her brother, Ken, had died. he was 72, the eldest of her siblings.the neighbours hadn't seem him for a while so the police broke in to his house where he was found in his bed. it's unclear how long he was there for, it could have been

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-19764873225481733842008-02-09T06:57:00.000Z2008-02-09T07:52:02.349Z

just because.

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-71824513321294741052008-01-07T06:13:00.000Z2008-12-09T22:22:04.304Z

so the 12 days of christmas came and went, and so did the feast of the epiphany (and i didn't have a good idea that day). it was time to take down the christmas tree.last year we didn't put up a tree. in it's place, or so we thought, we placed a wicker-type reindeer, christened, of course, "robbie." we did have a tree this year, but the our little wicker friend also made a reappearance. Bulbgirl

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-68270985850748397152008-01-04T01:07:00.000Z2008-01-04T01:35:18.870Z

happy new year all! what did you do on the first day of the year? Bulbgirl and i got half way through day 6. before you have any ideas that we have perfected time travel, or, more likely, are having a nervous breakdown, i'm talking 24.if you are a fan of 24 starring keifer sutherland you probably call it day 6, non-fans tend to call it series 6. as the powerbook screen is still out of action, we

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-23707462988788439472007-12-30T20:21:00.000Z2007-12-30T20:25:38.140Z

the science of spinning and some pre new year humour.Teesway 1 9 9 :)

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-78166647133002763092007-12-01T01:51:00.000Z2008-12-09T22:22:04.479Z

for my birthday, Bulbgirl took me to see romantic comedy, a play directed by, and starring one of scotland's best loved actors, Tom Conti. she surprised me on the way there, as we were supposed to be going to the cinema. calling her bluff i said aww, i was looking forward to american gangster. her face dropped, and i smiled saying only kidding. she's easily fooled that way. i was fooled too, but

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-52942035135209940312007-11-29T00:29:00.000Z2008-12-09T22:22:04.667Z

this worked for another someone i know so i thought i'd try it. :)32 years ago today, Graham Hill (pictured left) the motor racing driver was killed in a plane crash in England.32 years ago today, the name "Micro-soft" (for microcomputer software) was used by Bill Gates in a letter on the 29th november (so says Wikipedia).32 years ago today, Bulbboy was born (don't remember which hour i was born

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-19928355997039327432007-11-28T15:13:00.000Z2007-11-28T15:34:07.350Z

it's that time of year when everybody is coughing and spluttering and talking about the bugs and colds that are doing the rounds. most people i know have had an awful cold, but i have managed to dodge it. how could i be so fortunate?my immune system was quite low a few months back, a midge bit me and my forearm swelled quite considerably, not what you want happening during Scottish midge season.

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-62493892304465834102007-11-09T15:02:00.000Z2008-12-09T22:22:04.837Z

help! the picture above of my powerbook is not a lovely stripy desktop background, a la Paul Smith but a picture of my wonky powerbook screen. last night while watching a film, labyrinth starring David Bowie, it developed some weird brown stripes, which looked great but gave me just more than a little casuse for concern. the right half of the screen is separated into a light half and a dark half,

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-28293954274755383242007-11-02T04:18:00.000Z2008-12-09T22:22:06.054Z

Raku's remains were returned to us from the pet crematorium. my sister wanted that done so we can scatter his ashes on the heather where he used to lie. there is still a patch there which he carved, or nudged out for himself. we used to look out the window and laugh to see his little head pop up from the rockery.i would have been just as happy burying him out in the back garden, with a little

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-67652224871401378202007-10-23T08:28:00.000+01:002007-10-29T21:17:07.366Z

Summer blog tagged me for a second time with a meme:from answers.comIn modern times, the advent of the Internet — and more specifically of email — has provided memes with a high-fidelity propagation medium that enables highly prolific memes to propagate quickly. Chain emails furnish a significant example, and in-depth studies have examined their evolution and mutation based on their differential

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-23465230452927255142007-10-21T08:34:00.000+01:002008-12-09T22:22:06.252Z

barberphobic. i don't know if that's a real word but it should be (quick check on google looks like it's not). fear of barbers is what i would imagine it to be. having not visited a barbershop or hair-cutting-specialist since 1992 (or 91? so long ago my memory has blanked it out) i don't see any reason to stop now. usually once a year i give my self a little trim, but this time i lopped off a

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-15581442714481530632007-10-18T16:13:00.000+01:002007-10-21T08:34:10.674+01:00

i purchased a lifetime reseller hosting account from webberco.com via the b/s/t forums on digitalpoint. unfortunately this was on the 2nd march, 7 and a half months ago! i have not received any login details whatsoever, or any service of any kind. what i did receive for my $155.96 is a negative iTrader. iTrader is just like your ebay feedback rating, and just like the ebay system, some don't want

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-18568749033230778372007-10-17T05:30:00.000+01:002008-12-09T22:22:07.248Z

here is some artwork that i had on display in my studio just over a week ago. posting them here because i lost my compact flash reader, but now i've found it you can see the oil paintings and polymer clay sculpture in all their miniature glory.nothing sold but i left my studio open and went round other studios in the building. no artwork was stolen either. i tend to open the door and use the

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-66119827433286156862007-10-16T04:03:00.000+01:002008-12-09T22:22:07.454Z

i came across this amazing basejumping video today. you have probably seen basejumping before and you have probably seen wingsuits before, but have you seen them together? watch these guys skim passed rocks just a few feet away! it must feel incredible swooping at incredible speeds like a huge flying squirrel. .more basejumping in Norway below by Robert Pecnik. at the end of the vid the jumper

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-2272174349414241652007-10-05T16:08:00.000+01:002007-10-05T20:26:56.395+01:00

my brothers and i saw the best band in the world a couple of days ago. Rush were playing at the Glasgow SECC, we saw them not so long ago on september 14th 2004, but my first Rush experience was april 15th 1992 on the roll the bones tour (also at the SECC).here is master drummer Neil Peart doing his thing. his drum solo has been evolving over the years, and this time seems to have been changed

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-77672940171605431772007-10-05T04:29:00.000+01:002008-12-09T22:22:07.733Z

an artist friend of my told me her exciting news a little while ago. yesterday morning she happened to see a chap with a case that seemed one of those heavy duty bombproof types for storing important documents. she had seen lecturers and people holding talks using them before. the chap seemed to be struggling with getting it out of a car, but then went into a building in west regent street,

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-31790440499207218002007-09-26T07:09:00.000+01:002008-12-09T22:22:07.900Z

here is a pic of my gargoyle wings. they protrude more than your average human's. imagine a cat walking along, how it's shoulder bladers slink in an out. mine can do that.everyone's shoulder area moves to some extent, but these scapula of mine just go a little further than most. now only if they were useful and could grow a little more then i could glide on a windy day, an inbuilt gliding system

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-16939538923221961942007-09-20T06:31:00.000+01:002008-12-09T22:22:08.093Z

sad news. Raku is dead. Raku was bulbcat #2, my flashllight protector, and one of the nicest, coolest cats you could meet. so otherwordly in fact sometimes i'd think of him as a little man in a cat costume. he really was that different. he had such a sweet nature and never clawed at anyone that i know of.he displayed some breathing problems at the end of August standing with his elbows out. his

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-67410355198534202692007-09-17T00:30:00.000+01:002007-10-05T06:32:37.451+01:00

Bulbgirl and i went to a talk on zen buddhism on saturday, although we did turn up a little late. there was a traffic jam on the road into Glasgow, it's a bad sign when your bus driver gets out of the bus to take a look, multiple times! a lot of people were getting agitated and Bulbgirl said more than once "this is ridiculous." if there was anyone who needed a spot of zen meditation then, it was

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-89809308925526823252007-09-15T14:13:00.000+01:002007-09-15T15:50:44.029+01:00

bizarre, but after posting about blogrush and posting it, blogger gave me the message:Your blog post published successfully! Blog anzeigen (in einem neuen Fenster) Need to change it? Edit post | Create a new posti don't speak much German but wondered if this is something to do with the interconnectedness of blogrush. who knows? maybe it will flip you for real? =)here is Benicio del Toro who

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-51509240997449291252007-09-15T14:07:00.001+01:002007-09-15T14:12:40.710+01:00

just added the Blogrush widget to the sidebar. have you heard of it? if you haven't i'm sure you will soon. John Reese (of income.com) feels that he and his programmers are making internet history. sounds like internet marketing bull, you may think, but this is from the guy who made over a million dollars in one day. i know it is sometimes difficult to believe anything that comes out of a

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nuditywho is Vanessa Hudgens? i had no idea until she set some pulses racing on some blogs. nude photos of her appeared online, and she has since apologized for this 'lapse in judgement.' that sound a little premeditated. she appears naked in a picture, doing nothing much at all, just standing naked as millions of lifemodels have done before her.what is special about this case is that she has

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-88560027916315617982007-09-09T15:09:00.000+01:002008-12-09T22:22:09.409Z

the explanation given by Trinity in the matrix as to why we experience déjà vu, is one of the best i have heard.a déjà vu is usually a glitch in the Matrix. It happens when they change something.Neo explains that he saw a black cat go by, and then he saw another one go by that looked just like it. when asked was it the same cat, he says it might have been, but he wasn't sure.the same

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-52672380571479858312007-09-06T06:05:00.000+01:002007-09-06T06:40:52.987+01:00

Bulbgirl returns from Spain today. in a few hours she will be back in Glasgow. where was she? Barcelona, doing a language course and learning new stuff. that's what she does, she teaches English. meanwhile i've been plodding along slowly but surely with diy, and catsitting bulbcat #3, Gizma (originally Bulbgirl's cat) and looking after bulbcat#2, Raku who is pretty poorly.Raku had an x-ray taken

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-36688009845539674182007-08-11T05:32:00.000+01:002008-12-09T22:22:09.714Z

normally humans don't hibernate, but that's what i feel i've been doing of late, the last 4 weeks to be more specific. 4 weeks ago was when i was at a friends house, learning to play cribbage of all things, and over the course of the evening a tickly cough started. over the following few days my body started to ache a little more than normal, and a heavy cold developed. it never quite reached flu

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-1517387656634252672007-07-12T16:47:00.000+01:002008-12-09T22:22:10.472Z

being primarily a painter, sculpting doesn't come too naturally to me. the first thing i made from sculpey was a baby head so i thought i'd continue with a head with no hair. working in 3 dimension requires more than one photo of a subject so i thought i'd use Jeremy Schoemaker, a.k.a Shoemoney, as a subject for my second head sculpt. Jeremy has a shaved head so that deals with the hair problem,

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pencil drawing selling 70 artworks in one night is the dumbest thing i've done. you might think to yourself: wow, 70 paintings in one night, that's pretty good. no it wasn't. noticing that self-representing artists didn't seem to do so well on ebay, i thought that people had to really see fine art in front of them, and appreciate the quality before it sold well. also i had read an article on

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my first floatation tank experience was at willow trading near the botanic gardens in Glasgow. my sleeping pattern the previous week was dreadful, but it has been a little better since my flotation experience. a little better is an understatement, much better would be more of an accurate description. i can sleep a whole night! this might not seem much to you but if you've suffered sleeplessness

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i am very tired. the picture to the left is a diagram of my sleep pattern over the last week. each square is an hour block, red represents a more full sleep, and the chequered blocks are broken, unsettled sleep. white is hours awake.feeling like a zombie isn't good. to top it off some of those waking hours have been put towards trying to get a refund from a chap from whom i bought hosting (nearly

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when i quit my day job, and left where i'd worked for nearly 6 years, i auctioned off 3 paintings for a good cause. when Christine died she was cared for by the staff of the southern general hospital's neurology ward. another colleague, Katrina, ran a half marathon and donated the money to them, so that gave me the idea to post an auction just for staff to say goodbye, to remind many of the staff

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here a few pics, taken 12 hours apart, today on this longest day of the year.7am towards the east. 7am towards the east. 7pm towards the west with thunder rumbling.

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i made a baby.not a real one, goodness no. i can barely take care of myself let alone another human being. cats are my limit. they kinda take care of themselves anyway, or just tell you what they want (sit by the food bowl, sit by the tap).after thinking i'd try my hand at sculpture i ordered prosculpt from eBay to try modelling a few figures or suchlike. prosculpt is a plastic modelling clay

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-33005627532701983072007-06-16T03:59:00.000+01:002008-12-09T22:22:12.217Z

i want them. wait a minute, let me explain.today for most of the day i was up a scaffolding tower helping out a friend to de-moss some roof tiles, and fit new soffits and fascias just below the tiles. my friend did the heavy lifting but it has still taken quite a bit out of me, getting up and down ladders.having had only 46 mins of sleep in the past 40 hours doesn't really help matters much. my

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someone asked what Gemma's poem was. it was called (a little melodramatically) The Agony of Losing a Yellow Shirt with Character. here it is.Never did I leave your presence in a dull way,You brightened up everyone's day,With a knowledge that thrilled,You leave a space that can't be filled,You had a rota of your own,With you a different name was prone,With everyone you've left a mark,Your own

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does this look like a spam blog to you? well it officially is not. who said so? Google did. that's right, big G. they emailed me this: Hello,Your blog has been reviewed, verified, and cleared for regular use so thatit will no longer appear as potential spam. If you sign out of Blogger andsign back in again, you should be able to post as normal. Thanks for yourpatience, and we apologize for any

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friday the 1st June was my last day in the lighting department. i had been with the company for nearly 6 years. time flies when you are having fun. it wasn't a full time job, my hours varied from week to week. sometimes i would work full-time (over 40 hours), and others i would only work a minimum of 12 hours. 99% of the time i would be in the lighting department, but now and again i would help

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thinking of you at this time.

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animals are nice. i feel quite calm usually in the company of animals. this evening Bulbgirl and i jumped off the bus one stop early, and went to see some horses in a field near home. we fed them some grass mostly to the very large stallion who called the shots in the field. as twilight fell, we spent a little while with them before moseying on back to the flat. i didn't show them grass lit by

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i handed in my notice and resigned today. the HR lady asked if it was something nice as i handed over the envelope. "that depends on your opinion" was my response, and left her to read the message. every bulb has a lifespan and mine has been just over 5 and a half years in the same job (albeit part-time). my last working day will be on 1st june so it's time to look for something new.why am i

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-67973353169380250482007-05-05T03:14:00.000+01:002007-05-05T03:40:34.067+01:00

Scottish Parliament results: SNP: 47Labour: 46Tories: 17Liberal Democrats: 16Green: 1i hope everyone voted.

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today Bulbgirl and myself went to see a flat slap bang in the middle of Glasgow. we want to move there, and leave the lovely view of the Erskine bridge behind, but need to sort out financing first. the problem though is that it looks to be a cash only purchase. does this flag up warning bells to you? the selling agent said that was only one surveyor's report, and another surveyor might think

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-9780651146943802972007-05-02T05:45:00.000+01:002008-12-09T22:22:13.719Z

rather than relocating (to another planet) another way of dealing with overpopulation and crowding is to shrink your living quarters. admittedly most developers are doing that nowadays anyway, to make more money rather than for any kind of environmental reasons i imagine. a lot of modern homes are more like hampster cages compared to the older style tenemant flats of yesteryear. one man has taken

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one out, one in. i wrote before about the declassification of the planet Pluto in our solar system. now scientists have found a new planet, though not in our solar system. quite far away actually, 20.5 light years away. it is in the goldilocks zone of it's nearest star, which purportedly has the ideal conditions for human life to flourish. the boffins have given this earth 2.0 the rather catchy

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when shopping for lights (or anything else for that matter) customers often bring along a relative or friend to bounce ideas off. usually the relative isn't too bothered about shopping and wants to get out of there asap, so quickly finds a shop assisstant to help their wavering friend. they will point at you and say in a loud confident manner: he's over there, or there's a guy that'll help you

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-77168028625605393082007-04-20T05:26:00.000+01:002008-12-09T22:22:14.644Z

here are some more pictures of St.Monans taken when i was acting as wedding photographer.this picture show the minister, who was an incredible 6 ft 7, blending into the church doorway, with a fiery burst of red hair.this image shows the surreal fog, that comes from being right beside the sea. this was shot in the town of Elie, very close to St.Monans.we were sitting on the beach in Elie and heard

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-50167721091407290182007-04-16T16:33:00.000+01:002008-12-09T22:22:15.251Z

on friday 13th Bulbgirl and i went to a wedding. it was in Fife. St.Monans to be precise. my friends Steven and Susan were getting hitched in a place that is dear to their hearts. they don't come from that area but have been there often enough on holiday to fall in love with the place. i can see why. the town has a very dream-like quality.they are both talented artists and are well matched. here

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so Easter this year has come and gone. my mother was going to mass, so Bulbgirl and i decided to accompany her. amazingly i didn't get hit by a lighting bolt as a entered the church, or even when the priest made eye contact. a brief flicker of recognition passed appeared on his face (it's been a while since i visited).we were all given candles to share the light from the paschal candle. the

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sleeping in the bath: don't recommend it.this last week hasn't been so good body-wise. sleeping patterns have been a little out of whack and when i do sleep a lot, i don't seem to get any rest. one night i thought i'd relax my aching bones in a warm bath. previously i was more of a showering type than bathing type, but Bulbgirl has converted me of late. baths are just so comfy though, i tend to

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last night bulbgirl and myself took ourselves off to see some sunshine. sunshine at night? preposterous i hear you exclaim, but it was Sunshine, the latest movie from Danny Boyle, where light rays from a projector gave the illusion of watching a wall-sized sun.despite having only 4 hours of sleep over the previous 2 nights, i went along. sometimes you can nod off a little in movies if you are

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wandering around Glasgow over the last few days has been a little surreal. it started on monday when a little girl with the most outrageous curly hair passed by with her parents. odd hair, i thought. a few minutes later, it happened again but this time there were 2 of them side by side with their guardians. a double take was necessary, to make sure i wasn't suffering the effects of sleep

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Rocky Balboa may have said "let there be light" but God someone else said it before him. a chance meeting with someone on the way home from work tonight prompted this post. i don't mind sitting next to strangers on public transport, and even engaging them in conversation, but sometimes you just don't click. the stranger to my left seemed normal enough. i'm not quite sure how we got from small

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-50514313372671272182007-03-28T05:06:00.000+01:002007-03-28T06:12:40.805+01:00

went to the hospital on monday. my appointment was in the rheumatology department. the visit was pretty short and the doc thinks she knows what i've got. she doesn't think i have fibromyalgia, but a classic case of joint hypermobility.this sounds quite cool, like i can move really fast. afraid not, bulbboy is closer to rather than stretchy boy rather than the flash. stripping down to my undies,

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-30292526865358348282007-03-25T05:11:00.000+01:002008-12-09T22:22:17.242Z

it''s that time of year again when we lose an hour of our sleep and have to put the clocks forward.BST, british summer time (or uk daylight savings time) is here again.i wonder if it's done on a weekend so that millions of britons don't have the excuse of saying i didn't know, having the whole of a sunday to work out why all the clocks in the house are wrong.this brings to mind a while back when

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i hope you enjoyed St.Patricks day at the start of this week. it brought back memories for me of a decade ago when i went to New York on a college trip. a bunch of us from art school went to the big apple for a week in 1997 and it was fantastic.we arrived on sunday 16th and the next day enjoyed the St. Pat's parade. it seemed funny to travel thousands of miles to hear bagpipes. i have a

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-6215118844907721822007-03-21T23:59:00.000Z2008-12-09T22:22:17.525Z

a longtime friend of mine is a model maker. not the long leggy types but the small card, plastic or wood types. with everybody designing models on computer and doing computer simulated fly-throughs (should that be walk-throughs?), he went the traditional route and stayed with making the models by hand, even putting small lights which can be switched on and off. while computer work is great, when

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-2001022940798032262007-03-15T03:02:00.000Z2007-03-15T03:18:35.137Z

the red eyed monster in question is Bulbgirl. red eyed not because she was angry at all but because she has infected eyes with something that has a long name she can't remember. i was in the waiting room at the hospital for over 2 hours and shen she finally did show her eyes were more yellow and orange due to the dye that 2 opthamologists squirted in there. cry me a river, cry me a rainbow more

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-10405430211156355772007-03-15T01:55:00.000Z2008-12-09T22:22:17.795Z

let there be light. who said that? God, maybe but not recently.in fact it was Sylvester Stallone in the recent movie Rocky Balboa. now he's a man who can appreciate the importance of a good porch light. in the flick he does a good neighbourly turn and fixes the light on the doorstep of Little Marie. although, one could argue it is too bright.you have probably walked passed a house, even on the

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-15628243363114763892007-03-13T05:55:00.000Z2007-03-13T06:39:56.066Z

don't worry, this has nothing to do with splitting my tongue or splitting my sides with laughter or bisecting any part of my anatomy for that matter. it should really be called rib popper, but splitter sounded better. ribs popping? can they do that? well this is about the fourth time it's happened and i forgot how painful it was. the chiropractor i used to visit said that's what it was, that the

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-76371864375294105932007-03-07T15:16:00.000Z2008-12-09T22:22:17.994Z

or how to lie about a customer and ruin their reputation.having been on the receiving end of thousands of questions from customers wanting lighting advice, over a period of years, many of them the same question, you get an idea how customer service works. like bawbag #1, bawbag #2 is a little confused as to how customer service works.in this case, however, i was the customer. i've been buying a

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-31132823782586666952007-03-07T03:56:00.000Z2008-12-09T22:22:18.188Z

my inova radiant flashlight arrived and then promptly disappeared. i don't know where it went. oh, woe is me. :( have you ever gotten a new toy, just and lost it the next day? so annoying!i only got to play with it a day really, and was about to take some beamshots and post them on here for all the world to marvel at. alas it was not to be. hopefully it will turn up soon around the flat and

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-23987347750712266102007-02-28T05:41:00.000Z2008-12-09T22:22:18.371Z

i bought another flashlight. don't look at me like that. i deserve it. you would too if you had dealt with the narky customer. this time it's an inova radiant torch. unlike the inova x5 the radiant takes 2 aa sized batteries. it also has a plastic body so it's cheaper than the x5 models. the body also has a squarish shape at the bezel end that should prevent it rolling away. will let you know how

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the customer is always right. not always. whoever wrote that was probably a customer and did not have to deal with the general public. a gent at the weekend was annoyed that his kitchen light was faulty. fair enough. he was given a refund and wanted a replacement.unfortunately the whole store is undergoing a refurb and the lighting department has shrunk to about 25% of it's normal size. only the

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-74957929298449187162007-02-18T04:26:00.000Z2008-12-09T22:22:18.747Z

i have of late, but wherefore i know not, lost all my mirth. well not all my mirth but a good chunk of it. i've not been as happy of late but i'm taking steps to change that.is there a direct correlation between flashlight carrying and inner happiness? who knows? maybe not for everyone, but possibly for myself. there are things that you do and all is right with the world. certain routines and

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-21683969302328153722007-02-17T03:42:00.000Z2008-12-09T22:22:19.358Z

my split tongue is almost all back together. admittedly it was only 10mm i cut into it but the speed at which it healed up really surprised me. what surprised a few others was that i sliced my tongue with a stanley blade in the first place. Bulbgirl is among the surprised. she said she'd leave me if i did it, but did not. to her it is akin to self mutilation but i see it as aesthetically

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-1171174766095355162007-02-11T06:12:00.000Z2007-02-12T08:56:14.083Z

this video i found on on Seth Godin's blog is by Michael Wesch, and shows us how the web can link people together, getting us to: rethink a few things, rethink copyright, rethink authorship, rethink identity, rethink ethics, rethink aesthetics, rethink rhetorics, rethink governance, rethink privacy, rethink commerce, rethink love, rethink family, rethink ourselves. i really like the way it's just

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tatoos, earrings, nose-rings, studs, extreme body modifications, none of the aforementioned do i have. so far all i have is a minor body modification: a forked tongue that is no longer forked. possibly since seeing the first xmen movie, when one of the younger students sticks out his (bifurcated) tongue in response to a girl sticking her tongue at him, has the idea been implanted in my head:

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today (1st feb) our friend Christine was buried. there was a funeral mass first with standing room only. many of her schoolfriends were there. the church had light spilling in from both sides. it was quite possibly the most brightly (day)lit church i've set foot in. many have a gothic gloomy nature but this gave quite a different mood. her parents requested that people wear some item of green

Bulbboynoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19351421.post-1170130396026822102007-01-30T03:20:00.000Z2007-01-30T16:57:05.750Z

where do we go when we die? into the earth? into the ether or the heavens? are we recycled and are reincarnated again, or is our energy turned into something else? Stefan made a comment and mentioned this hopi prayer: Do not stand at my grave and weep I am not there I do not sleep. I am a thousand winds that blow, I am the diamond glint in the snow, I am the sunlight on ripened

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today at work was a very strange day and a very sad day. we lost one of our co-workers: a young girl called Christine. she only started a few months ago but was friendly and made an impression. yesterday she went to school as normal, but later suffered a brain haemorrhage, and passed away. she was only seventeen. within minutes of going in to work i found out about her death but decided to

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