The Final CountdownWhat's this?P I A N O M E N USo farewell then Richard Whiteley. I wouldn't have thought this was front page lead story on Metro, but then again I have nothing else really to say today, so maybe they all didn't go to Glastonbury either. Nice weekend, went to Hythe and had christm... It's the vinyl countdownYou've obviously not forgotten that The Darkness album Permission To Land is out on Monday. Popex' very own copy is apparently winging it's way to the office RIGHT NOW, so another sort of review of it tomorrow... Anyway, the album is also out on VIN... Apothecary cabinet went for £395See it here, wonder if it will reappear on the listings again. Could have been a proper bargain, but that picture looked suss, like someone had revarnished it themselves.Speaking of REVARNISH, well kind of, I keep looking at words and thinking "that'... Susie Dent's coming to FolkestoneSusie Dent of Countdown's "Dictionary Corner" is coming to Folkestone as part of Folkestone Literary Festival 2008. At least I hope it's the same Susie Dent. We watch Countdown every day on 40D, so this will be nice.She has a regular publication call... bah can't even post on my own blog using safari4OD's annoying-to-use desktop client is off! No more (I hope) endlessly confirming I'm over eighteen and reentering the password just to watch a few episodes of Countdown...You may have seen or heard rumours in the press about changes to 4oD. As a va... Retired ottoman!The retired ottoman! Rarely seen! This piece is no longer available! Am I sounding like one of those mad beanie baby collectors?Also just listed two of those chairs I want, collect from Reading, collect the Ottoman from Poole.Harry has apparently bee... Nice one ERNIE!I had a win on the premium bonds, and about time too! We've both been buying some by standing order for about five years now - so far the prize money is not a good alternative to bank interest I don't think. But, next time maybe it'll be the big one,... Last night I dreamt...Actually it was two nights ago but I thought I would report, as it was WEIRD. I was helping Mark do some flyering for his gig, but it was actually stickers he wanted me to put up. All the stickers were just single letters though, rather than anything... New king of quiz showsI have a new favourite quiz show, Pointless, and it is ace. Presented by Alexander Armstrong contestants have to try and come up with an answer that as few of the one hundred people surveyed did as possible. Possibly the same one hundred people that ... Countdown in a parallel universeWas I hallucinating or was Countdown weird on channel4 yesterday? We watch on 4od / channel4.com most days, and they had taken a break from the recent series tournament for a one off. OR, I dreamed it. Several changes, first they brought back the two... I think I saw an otterWorked from home yesterday, and took a walk down to the canal at lunch. I was watching the ducks when I saw a loch ness monster, only smaller, swimming straight across the canal. Not a duck or a coot or anything as it was 90% under the water. Not an ... OctochampNot that I goon unneccesarily about what a genius my boy is, but today he said EIGHT WORDS in a row, two sentences, without a break. Up until today I think the most has been three words "daddy read it" and "daddy fix it". This morning I turned the mo... Mark is selling comics:IN OTHER NEWSI am going through one of my periodic COMICS PURGES over on Ebay at the moment, trying to make space for MORE COMICS. I mention this here because there is a piece of GENUINE ROCK HISTORY (hem hem) in there this week, the ACTUAL copies of... The final countdown200 days to go, until my 40th birthday. Just been reminded by an olympics email (start of the olympics is on the same day). Nice.More importantly, only 18 days to go until BOOZE! We're not drinking for the whole of January, but, we're saying the end ... The final countdownNot sure why my weekly chart that I'm getting from the http://last.fm api is not the same as the chart showing on my last.fm page right now (Smiths, Pixies, Cure, Suede, Beatles, Joy Division, Beach Boys, Eagles, Pulp, Blur) - must be because that ch... Susie Dent[abe=Susie Dent]Her[/abe] off <strong>Countdown</strong>!