Want a handbag? Try Buy-Bags-Online

A bit of publicity for a mate of mine who's just taken over a handbags website. It's called Buy-Bags-Online.

So, please check the website: buy-bags-online.

You can also find them on Facebook. Please like the page at: facebook.com/buybagsonline.

All prices seem pretty good to me (but what do I know about handbags?)

Here's an example:

Thanks for your support.

Let's get the Olympic Stadium used again

I read on the BBC website that a House of Lords Committee on Games Legacy said the £429m Olympic Stadium was a "national asset that should be used to the full".

But it isn’t.

This is beyond disappointing. After the fantastic success of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games of 2012, it is unacceptable that the Olympic Stadium has been under used since.

The Lords’ cross-party committee says there has been a loss of political impetus and a "lack of ownership" from the government on building on the Games legacy, which was spoken about so loudly before, during and shortly after the Games.

Despite the fact that I’m a football fan, I hate the fact that the stadium will be turned over to football for use as West Ham United’s home ground from the 2016-17 season. Rather that, though, than nothing.

I feel a sense of betrayal that the stadium is under-utilised. Look how people flocked back there to see the Anniversary Games Diamond League meeting in summer 2013.

Athletics, Rugby, Football, Pop concerts – let’s get the stadium used again.

How we used to use forests of paper!

I'm ploughing through some old paperwork of my football club, Weysiders FC.

It certainly gives you cause to think.

A typical season from mid-90s, say 1996-7 consists of a two inch-folder of paper. In those pre-Internet days, everything was done by paper and phone.

Three seasons:

So all the weekly fixtures, doubling later as weekly results, league tables, committee meeting minutes (from club, league and Surrey County FA) were all on paper. Player lists, signing-on forms, team sheets, club newsletters: all were done on paper.

Players were phoned up to ensure their availability. In fact, I remember one season in the 1980s when the Reserve Team manager (who did a great job) sent a weekly team update and selection notice by post. More paper.

These days, of course, it's nearly all done by e-mail, via th website or social media (https://www.facebook.com/Weysidersfc and https://twitter.com/weysidersfc).

We must have saved a few trees in this move. Also, I'm dispatching about an inch and a half of that two inches per season to the recycling bin.

Save the world!

The Serial Thrillers - When The Sun Goes Down

Ah, what the hell, a bit of shameless self-promotion for my band The Serial Thrillers.

http://www.youtube.com/v/ikPDelF7_-I?autohide=1&version=3&attribution_tag=EcqW4rwFkRxabfox6SlaxA&showinfo=1&autohide=1&feature=share&autoplay=1

Catch us at https://www.facebook.com/TheSerialThillersBand and http://www.lemonrock.com/theserialthrillers