HelloToday I started a new website, this is it. It's going to be a kind of weblog, a place for me to post links and stuff, and if anyone else likes it, in the words of the song, that's a bonus.Today I am mostly liking this house more than this, this, and ... Mmm, bus funThat route that the 106 takes, it needs to have all the parking spaces trimmed off the side of it, there's no room for two busses to pass at once. Saw a nasty accident right here yesterday, a motorcyclist was knocked off.Got to spice this thing up, I... The Joy of HooversIs £209 a good price for one of these? That's how much they are in Stoke Newington Safeways right now. We're going back to get one, hopefully we will see Nigel out of 'Stenders there too.... No sign of Nigelbut the Dyson was fine - one pass of the living room though and the chamber (there's no bags in these non-hoovers) is half full, it's disgusting. Going to hoover all my clothes next.Big up to the wanker security guard in Safeway who challenged me for... One band was goodcan't remember the name though, three piece from Newcastle, and bullandgate.co.uk is no use...Off to either the Defoe or the Wheatsheaf later to play pool... the Defoe is nicer to take our guests to, but the Wheatsheaf is only 50p a game, choices cho... Badger CamDisappointingly seen no <strong>badgers</strong> yet in <strong>Abney Park</strong>, only people, and birds. Will keep watching though.Pool rulesWitnessed a bizarre pool foul in The Defoe last night (we getting back on track with the Stoke Newington theme now) - ball is over the pocket, guy shoots gently towards it, but before the white makes contact, the ball falls into the pocket. So is it ... Stoke Newington ActionNo Stokey action for several days now, stayed in last night, tonight going to Highbury Garage for *cough* some band *cough* because Corporation:Blend are supporting and a chum is involved in some managerial way...On the bus on the way in this morning... Birdcage was too loudThe music's good, but maybe we were just sat at a shitty table, sound was a bit crap. So where tonight? Not back there, maybe to The Fox Reformed or whatever, the wine bar down the bottom of Stoke Newington Church Street, it's about the only bar we'v... arcade gamesWalked the long way round Listria Park on the way to Church Street today, and saw two magpies and a squirrel raiding someone's bin. They weren't at all bothered by me walking so close to them.Also saw a discarded arcade machine on the road, all it's ... Royal BengalAfter a very short pub crawl yesterday (couple of smashing pints in The Defoe, then no drinks in Bar Lorca, as their "all cocktails £9 a jug" offer turned out to be a lie, then the Coach and Horses]]) we did end up going to The Royal Bengal in the en... LinksHmm, The Royal Bengal's menu advertises http://www.theroyalbengal.com but it's going nowhere at teh time of writing... http://www.barlorca.com doesn't work in this browser and didn't come up when I searched for them on the web... in MSIE it works and... Patrick JosephNow this is a bad website... am quite disappointed with myself that this blog thing was meant to be about how ace Stokey is and how much I like living here, but mostly today it's about how shit the community's websites are. Anyway, looks like the sit... Stoke Newington car crashMore local news now, there's a car gone into a lamp post at the end of <strong>Manor Road</strong>, we get a lot of joy riders round here... might take a picture of it tomorrow, it's quite a twatting...Il BacioNext time I'm trying to find the number for Il Bacio, hopefully I'll find this page as their takeaway number doesn't seem to be online anywhere... it's 020 7249 2344 for the best garlic bread in town... The restaurant itself is at:61 Stoke Newington ... Holiday readingWhile I was away I read Matthew's Prize: Being the Tale of a Whitby Orphan Boy's Longing to Navigate the Broad Seas though I didn't know the title was so long at the time... it's about PIRATES, and it's quite good, if a bit of a blokey version of a m... StokefestThat website is all about looking for sponsorship, there's not a lot out there for punters in terms of lineups etc... Hank Wangford played at the Vortex on Friday, didn't know about it until we went there for breakfast yesterday though... Well recomm... Stoke Newington TrafficHey, they're clearing away a load of dumped cars on Manor Road, lifting them onto the back of trucks... not sure all of them were actually dumped, none were wrecks or burned out. Didn't take a picture as I was afeared of either being chased away by t... Overgrown Stoke NewingtonDozed off for a mintue and thought I was on the wrong bus earlier, Lordship Park seems to have wildly overgrown while I've been at Glastonbury... must have been the little burst of really heavy rain and hot sun, it's made all the trees and the plants... Stoke Newington For SaleHouse next door seemed to have been taken off the market, the for sale sign's gone, but now it's BACK... but with a different agent, with Right Move who have the rather nifty domain name stokenewington.co.uk... thought the price might have come down ... New properties in Stoke NewingtonJust signed up at that website and got sent this:New property matching current search criteria County : LONDONNORTH Address : Shakspeare Walk N16Bedrooms : 2 Price : 225000 View : http://www.hol365.com/?http://homes-on-line.com/cgi-bin/hol/disp... TRAPPED!I had a JOYOUS afternoon yesterday... I was working from home, nipped out for some lunch, got into our communal hallway and realised I'd left my keys in the flat - both doors were locked needing a key to get out, so I was shut in the hallway until ou... Why I can't stay in Stoke NewingtonThis place looks nice, very nice, out of my league though, shame.Today, hopefully:Finish moduling up my library of stuff, to make it properly reusable on BarflyMore admin, so many mailsFixing some stuff on Barfly, never should have started on it...Sa... Darkness December datesSMART, new Darkness tour:[quote]The Darkness @ [[Plymouth Pavilion, Plymouth, Devon (Wed 3 Dec)The Darkness @ Bournemouth International Centre, Bournemouth, Dorset (Thu 4 Dec)The Darkness @ Brixton Academy, Brixton, London (Fri 5 Dec)The Darkness @ C... PEACE!The nephews have gone home, it's been a fantastic week, but tiring... haven't spent that much time with them both, EVER! Looking forward to our family holiday we've just booked for 20 of us in Greece somewhere.Today; washing, tidying, sitting, watchi... SuedeSuede play London, 12th of December, bit steep though... do I do nothing but complain about costs? Am I mean? At least it's a proper gig that we have a chance of getting tickets to, after the fiasco that was the ICA.Latitude Festival 2012: Weekend in... Doctor DoctorHad a great weekend, Chambers let me down a bit though, or I let it down, it was too smokey in there, so I was sat there being a bit quiet with streaming eyes, and feeling guilty for getting everyone else to go there. No-one else seemed to mind, or n... Stoke Newington CinemaWhile I'm in this thread I should give a mention to the Rio Cinema, 103-107 Kingsland High Street, London E8 2PB (Telephone 020 7241 9410).It's the nearest cinema to stokey, but it wasn't showing the mighty mighty Pirates of the Carribean...... Popbitch Karaoke FalloutPopbitch Karaoke was "genius" say the XFM Remix chaps, I like to think they're referring just to me there, everyone else was rubbish...They have Banana Bread Beer on tap in The Defoe now, it's tastes more watery than the bottled version, which is a b... A night out in Stoke NewingtonWe replaced the cancelled gig with a night drinking beer in the Defoe (they still have Lock Stock on), and also Rose wine. I'm really into it now, whereas before I only used to drink red. I tried to get into white, but have settled on Rose, I love it... Fulham v Stoke City - Riverside Restaurant Hospitality PackageDara O'Briain in Basingstoke44.00Bryan Adams in Stoke-on-Trent137.50Jason Manford in Stoke-on-Trent82.50PiNK in Stoke on TrentBorn: 1979 in Doylestown, USA Style: Rock / Pop Check out: "Just Like A Pill" "Get The Party Started" Pink TicketsPink announces her first UK...Just the Tonic Comedy Club, Jeff Innocent, Matt Kirshen, Chris Stokes,Derek Acorah in Stoke-on-Trent60.50Stokes Bay FestivalManchester United vs. Stoke CityOne Night Only in Stoke-on-Trent60.50Kevin Bridges in Basingstoke78.75Nils Lofgren in Basingstoke115.32The Wombats in Stoke on Trent62.95Lenny Henry: Cradle To Rave - A Musical Journey in Stoke-on-Trent70.40Derren Brown in Stoke-on-Trent65.99The Charlatans in Stoke on Trent62.95Micky Flanagan in Basingstoke55.00Alton Towers Live: JLS, McFly, The Saturdays & Eliza Doolittle in Stoke on Trent108.90Frank Turner in Stoke-on-Trent30.80Derren Brown in Stoke-on-Trent76.99Derren Brown in Stoke-on-Trent76.99Alton Towers Live: Black Eyed Peas in Stoke on Trent154.00Omid Djalili in Basingstoke70.40Slash in Stoke-on-Trent328.90Morrissey in Stoke-on-Trent130.90Rumer in Stoke-on-Trent66.00Alan Carr in Stoke-on-Trent70.00The Osmonds in Stoke-on-Trent99.00Australian Pink Floyd in Stoke-on-Trent79.20