COD and Coke

O.k so 1st topic. The release of  COD Modern Warfare 3 last week, Fifa 12 mid September, and a bucket load of other games in the coming weeks means the latter part of the year is a cruel time for the Gaming Widow.

My wife, her work friends and my colleagues' partners all fall prey to this problem at the same time every year. Hundreds of thousands of women like them from all around the globe find that instead of a loving, caring and thoughful partner they end up almost living alone.
Isolated to back bedrooms and friends houses while there partners and husbands spend hour after hour day after day and in most cases night after very late night, trying to defeat the enemy or beat that 'bogey' team.

Personally, I'm not a massive COD fan, but I do know of those who take a couple of days, even a whole week of leave around the release to make sure they get some good game time. So I have some advise for couples at this saddening time.

Men remember that invariably you will pay a price for your 'neglect' of duty as a boyfriend/partner/husband and that Gaming hours + irratability-sleep = 2 x Girly films and extra effort + gift.

Women, fear not, after your man descovers he is still not Rooney, Rambo or the ultimate hero, he will return and in the mean time, there is less chance of him noticing a credit card purchase when he's tired!

Secondly I am loving Him and Her. Not sure how much this comedy is appreciated but I doth my cap to BBC 3 for commisioning a second series. I love the way this show makes me both laugh out loud, at the "oh my god we do that" kind of moments between Steve & Becky, and cover my face and wince at the akward, cringe worthy comments and actions when Steve puts his foot in it.

Episode 3 series 2 The Get-Together was just brilliant, some of the looks and comments Steve got from Becky's dad Nigel got me remembering the moment I met my wifes family for the first time. Deciding to ease me in gently I only met her Mum initially which went great, but then meeting her dad, a part time magistrate, was scary as shit. This was closely followed by meeting everyone else, meaning all 10 of them got to gawp at me, and I promptly handcuffed my wife (then girlfriend) then realised the key was 10 miles away!
Embarassing!

Any embarassing stories of 1st meetings would be a great read, and make me feel less alone in the stupid stakes.

And a final thought.

Christmas is officially on the way, how do I know this? Well it's not because of the hundreds of adverts for Argos, Toys-R-Us and John Lewis, the fact that M & S have jumped on the X Factor band wagon or the tacky and frankly lackluster lights popping up in every shop. No it's because I have seen the Coke HOLIDAYS ARE COMIN' advert, with their famous truck! When this hits the Tele you know it's Christmas, and extra special this year, it is touring!! Check out the link. I for one am off to see it (with my nephew and nieces in tow, just so I don't look so sad)

Mouse Door and Beer

1st Ever blog. Musings on a Mo

Hello. Thought I would start writing a blog to give me something to do in my free time, instead of wasting it sitting on the sofa and forgetting to do jobs I'm asked to do around the house. This is my first attempt at a blog so bear with me, I hope it will be a least semi-interesting!

Lets start with the fact that it's currently Movember !

For those who don't know this is basically growing stupid facial hair for the month of November to raise money for research into male cancers. I first did this 2 years ago and raised a fair bit so thought I would do it again this year, however I'm not sure I shall do it again.

Not because it isn't a good cause or that it doesn't raise money but because I have come to know it as NO-NO-NO-vember, No kisses, No snogs and No sex!

My wife thinks I look ridiculous and that I'm so spiky with a silly tash that even kissing is totally out of the question, and it seems she is not the only one. My colleagues wives have taken the view that husbands who look like fighter pilots, D'artagnan and Magnum PI are not sexy. Maybe Tashes are best left in old photos or on Tom Sellecks face? Views please.

Secondly, it has come to my attention, that one of colleagues looks distinctly like a Chickaboo , a cuddly 80's monkey like kids toys, with rosie cheeks and a little brown button nose. He's not too pleased to be called Chickaboo and  is distinctly less pleased when we point it out to people. This got me thinking, how many people out there have friends/colleagues or acquaintances who look like toys, action figures, cartoon characters or kids T.V characters?

There must be a couple of Burt and Ernie's out there somewhere, sitting in an office having a pseudo-gay relationship across the desk from one another, maybe the odd Raggy Doll look alike, sitting sad and forlorn in a local post office perhaps. I'm particularly interested to find a Cheetara, Thundercats lookalike, though my wife isn't so keen on me finding one ;-)

and finally:

As New York clears out its Occupy protesters from Zuccotti park, it got me paying a bit more attention to my local protesters. I noticed they have a poster which reads "WORKING FOR A FAIRER WORLD", but then I noticed, if you are camping out for over 2 months to protest against social inequalities and capitalism, you clearly ain't working!

So 1st blog done, and hopefully more to follow in a similar vein, let me know if you like it.

Mouse Door and Beer