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Mr Daz merchandise

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I recently set up some Mr Daz merchandise that you can buy from CaffeePress, and also ordered some myself to see what the quality was like. It has now arrived, so I can drink my coffee out of my very own Mr Daz mug and wear my Mr Daz T-shirt.

Nothing sad there.

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The quality on the mug is excellent, as you can see, and it fits right in with my Tardis, collection of Home Delivery Network failed delivery cards and HTC Touch phone. I also ordered some badges (not really sure why).

The quality of the printing on the T-Shirt is also excellent, though I’m questioning the wisdom of buying a ‘fitted’ T-Shirt when I’m so woefully out of shape.

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Home theatre projector

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I was watching the first round of the Carling Cup last night and the unthinkable happened, my TV started to go on the fritz (I say my TV, it’s not, my TV has been borrowed by someone else and this TV belongs to another person again) very confusing I know, but the fact remains that I’m down a working TV.

Now, I usually buy a new TV just before every World Cup, which would put my TV buying ritual into action some time next May. However, this may have to be brought forward somewhat.

Cop on the EdgeI have been thinking though; do I really need a TV, when a data projector might be better? We used a data projector when we screened our film Cop on the Edge in the cinema in Newport way back in 1998, and despite the technician at the college claiming that he didn’t have any projector lamps powerful enough to project the film onto the forty foot screen, it still worked and looked great.

With this in mind, and coupled with the fact that projectors are much cheaper now, could I not make do with a data projector rather than a TV?

I’m not sure my front room is big enough, but that’s never bothered me before (I have an arcade machine in there) and I’d need a pull down screen, but what a way to watch movies and sport.

I shall have to take a look at the latest Sony and Toshiba projectors, see what they’re able to do and how they compare with an LCD Sony TV.

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Mr Daz T Shirts for sale

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JF_lookingforperfect_ftIf you’re a fan of Mr Men you’ve probably noticed the Mr Men T Shirts that have been cropping up everywhere over the last few months. I have a few myself, including Mr Strong, Mr Lazy and Mr Messy (all pretty apt ;)) and the not so apt Mr Perfect (so
I’ve been told).

However I wondered if it would be possible to get a Mr Daz T Shirt, after all it is the most appropriate for me!
Mr Daz T Shirts

With that I created some personalised T-shirts, in a variety of colours and sizes, and have them available via my Café Press shop to buy. Now you can sport your Mr Daz T Shirt and show the world you’re a fan of angry opinions.

I’ll also add some more merchandise soon, including some mugs (as I’ve always wanted one of those anyway).

Click here to view the shirts available.

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I’ve been watching cricket, forgive me

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The last few weeks I’ve done something I never, NEVER, thought I’d do.

Relax, I haven’t quit drinking. I’ve been watching cricket. I’ve always considered cricket deathly dull and switch off whenever it’s on. I didn’t even watch any of the Ashes in 2005 when England won it, such was my disinterest in the ‘sport.

However, I’ve been watching the current Ashes Test series and am actually starting to get into it, even though the first Test was a very predictable draw. I can’t explain why I’m watching it, I just am.

With that in mind I found this latest advert featuring every cricket fan’s favourite drunkard, Freddie Flintoff. If you head to eBay afterwards you can even bid Freddie’s boat from the video.

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Jabula South African restaurant

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This weekend I finally went to the South African restaurant in Ellesemere Port, called Jabula. I’ve tried to go here several times in the last few months but as they’re always booked up on a Saturday night, unless you book at least seven days in advance you won’t get a table, or you’ll have to make do with one very late in the evening.

So, once again I didn’t bother booking and instead went on Sunday morning for a breakfast cheesecake. I know you’re not really supposed to have cheesecake for breakfast, but we only went there for coffee and were offered something from the desert display. They had at least three different cheesecakes and I can never turn one down.

I opted for the summer fruits while my girlfriend had the baked toffee, and I have to say these were probably the best presented cheesecakes I’ve ever seen. They came with ice-cream, cream and fresh fruit.

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It probably wasn’t the best tasting cheesecake ever, that honour goes to an Italian restaurant in Ealing (where I should have been going tomorrow morning after the Michael Jackson concert tonight).

The cheesecake at Jabula was certainly enough to make me want to go back and try some of the African food, such as the crocodile stir fry, which hopefully I can do soon.

In case you were wondering, yes this idea was John Chow’s and yes I did keep the receipt 😉

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Revels chocolates features two typos on its packaging

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I’ve already posted on this website about my annoyance of people who can’t tell the difference between ‘loose’ and ‘lose’, but I didn’t think a professional company such as Mars would make that mistake on the packet of one of its chocolates.

I was wrong, and Mars really needs to proof read its products more carefully.

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A recent promotion on Revels asked people not to ‘loose hope’ when it came to the coffee flavour being replaced for a limited time only… except it wasn’t for a limited time only, it was for a ‘lmited time only’.

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Not one, but two typos in one sentence. That’s pretty damn poor and the sort of errors you’d expect from a primary school kid rather than a major confectionery giant such as Mars.

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23rd Stockport Beer and Cider Festival 2009

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daz-choosing-a-pintAs part of a tradition stretching way back to, well, 2007, I attended the spectacular drinking session that is the Stockport Beer and Cider Festival. This one was the 23rd festival, and was just as full of high APV ales as previous festivals.

It was also full of beards, men who had worked all of their drinking lives on their guts, and backpacks. Just why do people insist on wearing backpacks? All that happens is they smack into others when they turn around.

Anyhow, we typically started with the high APV drinks like the Old Tom and worked our way down, though mercifully the Ring of Fire wasn’t on when we went on Thursday. Ironically, the Ring of Fire hadn’t settled!

Really must stop going on the opening night as most of the potent brews are still gestating.

It was a much calmer event this time. No thievery, no falling over and attempting to walk home (like I could have made that this time). Previous Stockport Beer Festivals have been more incident filled.

We did carry on our much coveted tip of selecting a pint glass and asking for a half pint as many of the ‘volunteer’ bar staff are blind as bats. Look at the ‘half measure’ in the photo for example, you’ll easily get an extra half pint during the evening.

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Sex tips for cancer sufferers

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I know this sounds like I’m about to write one of my usual ‘very bad taste’ posts, but this is actually genuine. Macmillan Cancer Support has released figures that show cancer can have a negative affect on people’s sex lives, and as such have launched a website to aid people in this regard, so I wanted to share it heare.

Stuart Danskin from Macmillan stated:

“Cancer can leave a lasting impact on a person long after treatment ends. People usually think of the hair loss and other side effects of cancer, but often it is how it affects a person’s feelings about themselves that can be most distressing. It can leave people’s confidence shattered, body image low, and make it psychologically or physically difficult to have sex at all.

This video on sex tips should throw some light on the subject.