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My Reading List:-
1. Fatherhood : The Truth by Marcus Berkmann - read
2. THUD! by Terry Pratchett - read
3. The Colour of Magic by Terry Pratchett - read
4. The Light Fantastic by Terry Pratchett - read
5. Equal Rites by Terry Pratchett - read
6. Hells Angels by Hunter S. Thompson - read
7. Mort by Terry Pratchett - read
8. Sourcery by Terry Pratchett - read
9. The Rum Diary by Hunter S. Thompson - read
10. Wyrd Sisters by Terry Pratchett - read
11. Animal Farm by George Orwell - read
12. Pyramids by Terry Pratchett - read
13. Guards! Guards! by Terry Pratchett - read
14. Black Coffee Blues by Henry Rollins - read
15. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling. - read
16. The Secret of Crickley Hall by James Herbert - read
17. Faust ERIC by Terry Pratchett - read
18. Moving Pictures by Terry Pratchett - read
19. Artemis Fowl : The Arctic Incident by Eion Colfer - read
20. Reaper Man by Terry Pratchett - read
21. A Short history of tractors in Ukranian by Marina Lewycka - read
22. Edens Gate by David Hagberg - read
23. Werewolf: The Story of the Nazi Resistance Movement 1944-1945 by Charles Whiting - read

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and my Listening List:-
(unabridged unless otherwise stated)
1. Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince by J.K. Rowling (read by Stephen Fry)
2. Torchwood : Another Life by Peter Anghelides (read by John Barrowman)
3. Torchwood : Slow Decay by Peter Anghelides (read by Burn Gorman)
4. Artemis Fowl by Eion Colfer (read by Nathaniel Parker)
5. Out of the Silent Planet by C.S. Lewis (Read by Geoffrey Howard)
6. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows by J.K. Rowling (Read by Stephen Fry)
7. GUARDS! GUARDS! by Terry Pratchett (BBC Dramatisation)
8. Doctor Who: The Last Dodo by Jacqueline Rayner (Read by Freema Agyeman) 
9. Doctor Who: No More Lies (BBC Dramatisation)
10. Doctor Who: Human Resources (BBC Dramatisation)
11. Doctor Who: The Sirens of Time by Nicholas Briggs (BBC Dramatisation)
12. Doctor Who: Phantasmagoria by Mark Gatiss (BBC Dramatisation)
13. Doctor Who: Whispers of Terror by Justin Richards (BBC Dramatisation)
14. Doctor Who: The Land of the Dead by Stephen Cole(BBC Dramatisation)
15. Doctor Who: Fear Monger by Jonathan Blum (BBC Dramatisation)
16. Doctor Who: The Marian Conspiracy by Jaqueline Raynor (BBC Dramatisation)
17. Doctor Who: The Genocide Machine by Mike Tucker (BBC Dramatisation)
18. Doctor Who: Red Dawn by Justin Richards (BBC Dramatisation)
19. Doctor Who: The Spectre of Lanyon Moor by Nicholas Pegg (BBC Dramatisation)
20. Doctor Who: Winter for the Adept by Andrew Cartmel (BBC Dramatisation)
21. Doctor Who: The Apocalypse Element by Stephen Cole (BBC Dramatisation)
22. Doctor Who: The Fires of Vulcan by Steve Lyons (BBC Dramatisation)
23. Doctor Who: The Shadow of Scourge by Paul Cornell (BBC Dramatisation)
24. Doctor Who: The Holy Terror by Robert Shearman (BBC Dramatisation)
25. Doctor Who: The Mutant Phase by Nicholas Briggs (BBC Dramatisation)
26. Doctor Who: Last of the Titans (BBC Dramatisation)
27. Doctor Who: Storm Warning by Alan Barnes (BBC Dramatisation)
28. Doctor Who: Sword of Orion by Nicholas Briggs (BBC Dramatisation)
29. Doctor Who: The Stones of Venice by Paul Magrs(BBC Dramatisation)
30. Doctor Who: Minuet in Hell by Alan W. Lear and Gary Russell(BBC Dramatisation)
31. Doctor Who: Loups-Garoux by Marc Platt (BBC Dramatisation)
32. Doctor Who: Dust Breeding by Mike Tucker (BBC Dramatisation)
33. Doctor Who: Bloodtide by Jonathan Morris (BBC Dramatisation)

 

First up.....
MILO is over 5 months old now. Doesnt seem that long ago that we had him in the hospital for his Jaundice. Hes bigger than 98% of babies his age and longer than 75% of them. So I am destined to be the midget in this branch of the McDade family tree.

Secondly.....
Been reading as much as possible; doing the 50 book challenge this year. On book 15. Now looking like I will hit 50. Thats what having a slow reading pace and doing night feeds at the weekend will do to your reading. :(

also......
I have been mostly listening too...

Well the little man went back in to Hospital because of high Jaundice levels. He was on Phototherapy for quite a bit and is now in a room with Jen. His tests for all the usual causes have came back clear and his liver is fine so they are doing blood culture tests to see what they can find.

He has dropped below 300 today and they start treatment when they pass the 350 mark, so if he continues to drop that will be great.  He was all the way up to 470ish so its a good big drop.

I will update when I find out whats causing his jaundice.

....Milo Thomas McDade!

Why you should never take drugs.

Bad music and crazy dancing!

I have lost faith in the man as a fottballer after his superb diving ability proved that this is his better occupation. Fucking shoddy referee not able to see the lack of contact on both occasions. Shevchenko I used to admire you....but scoring from the spot isn't how I remember your flair!

So Amsterdam has been and gone and what fun we all had. I trired my best to take some good photos, but alcohol has a funny effect on the good old camera finger. But here are the ones I got with a brief description of what was going on...etc, etc....hic!!

(note: these pictures are from Thursday night onwards..the cat being the only picture from the thursday..we sent the most part of the night looking for the Hard Rock Cafe...what a jaunt that was)
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So I did try to keep this place updated more than it has been, but with the new work i've been given comes more and more responsibility and less time......so here it is flash int he pan styleee:-
Since May I have.....been to Download festival and had the best time yet..finally got to see Gn'R..not up to much, Tool also disapointed. Metallica stole the show with the track by track performance of MASTER OF PUPPETS...got promoted at work. I worked a lot of the the rest of June and most of July with only stopping in between to get a few new albums and my nice shiney XBOX 360!!! get in! Actually a wonderful machine and the graphics really need a HDTV but with the news to follow you'll understand why i am holding back....done some artwork for a band that got fucked due to my base unit at work going tits up, so I am reworking that in my spare time, which has taken another hit due the wife not being able to do much these days..COS SHE IS PREGNANT!! YAY!! WOOP!! So with my daily routine verging on the get up, goto work, get home, do housework, have food, go to bed...you can see why i have no spare time. We recently got the scan of the baby and it giggled about as if it was trying to replicate my 'dad dancing'....find out the sex in a month or so....efven with the lack of spare time I recenetly managed spent a glorious weekend at a caravan park with the inlaws....had a really good time, which I thought I might not...ha, the culture shock....this weekend (actually this thursday) i jet out to Amsterdam until Sunday. So i'll have some catching up to do when I get back to work on Tuesday. Monday I will be crecovering and doing housework (more than likely). Woo how exciting do I sound.

I also have started jamming on acoustic covers with an old friend and we seem to be good so far. Once we get great then we can get some of out own shit out there.....If I remember anything else from the past 3 months that warrents an update i'll let you know......

Commiserations to Thierry Henry for last night. I was sure you'd fulfil your dream, maybe next time.

The little documentary about him before the game got me thinking he deserved to complete that medal collection on home soil.

Also gutted about the Lehmann decision, but hey, he deserved what he got. Silly cunt, is Pires still talking to you?? Last game at Arsenal and you fuck it up for him.....Oh, and, that goal should have stood. Remember the 'advantage' rule Terje Hauge you wank.

Actually, I'd agree with Henry that you didnt do your job last night, but in someways that was good. Eboue should have been booked in the second half for persistant fouling as should Puyol. But for Eboue that would have ended in a red. There where guilty parties on both sides and they kinda ruined a game that I thought was gonna be amazing considering the talent on show. Ljunberg did prove to me why he is one of my favourite players last night...total workhorse.

Congrats to Barca, they did deserve it in the end...but one final question...what the fuck has happened to Ronaldihno?? He was shite last night...even larsson outshined him.