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Top five fart foods!

Craig — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 19:35:54 +0000

Fart here

Eat these foods to guarantee the stinkiest guffs!

1. Cheese
2. Eggs
3. Curry
4. Sprouts
5. Cabbage!

Seriously though – I have an issue with Mushrooms, and the wilder they are – the Wilder the Wind..

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The A-Team Trailer

Craig — Tue, 12 Jan 2010 10:35:48 +0000

Well -- logging onto Twitter this morning, I found an update from @PearlAndDean -- the New “The A-Team” trailer..
So -- thought I’d check it out…
Man that looks soooooo cool…
So we’ve got Bradley Cooper from “The Hangover” (brilliant movie again) as Faceman
Liam Neeson as Hannibal
Sharlto Copley as Murdoch
Quinton ‘Rampage’ Jackson as BA
and the ever beautiful Jessica Biel (hubba hubba)

I’m not always one to say go see a film, but this looks like a seriously cool film…

Snow on Cars…

Craig — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 23:08:20 +0000

Car - in the Snow

Right folks, if there is one thing you should do this winter when you are driving about – CLEAR THE DARNED SNOW OFF THE ROOF OF YOUR CAR.

It’s annoyed me for absolutely ages, however, after reading about someone in the US being hit and nearly decapitated by a slab of snow/ice from the car infront, it’s prompted me to blog this. I know you’ve all seen it, the car in front driving round a corner and a big wad of snow just slides on off… Now put your child on the corner of the pavement, and a car comes round the corner with a driver who couldn’t be bothered to wipe the snow off the roof, and whooosh – wallop – comes off straight onto your child… you ain’t gonna be happy are you? NO…

Don’t DO IT!
Clear the snow off the Roof of your car.
IT’S DANGEROUS!

However, don’t clear it off with an umbrella, unlike the Mrs did with mine, and kinda scratched the windscreen… (thankfully she noticed before starting on the roof) Use a brush, or just bite the dust and wipe it off with your hands… Or better still – if you have a GARAGE – USE IT!!!

Rant over…

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holy shit its COLD

Craig — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 23:07:30 +0000

Well, I didn’t realise it’s been 6 months since I last posted a blog..
Eeek!

I’ve been majorly busy with The Green Welly Stop, their whisky shop, and their gift shops in the run up to Christmas, however – hopefully they have seen the benefit!
So I’ll be getting back to blogging very soon..
I also managed to get my Daughters blog online too – so visit : http://www.carmenmarie.co.uk for her little bits of blogs – all supported by mummy and daddy of course! – Here you’ll be able to see all her carry on etc..!

So – Stay Tuned!

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New Websites

Craig — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 07:52:42 +0000

Hi folks,

Well – what a few weeks, I’ve managed to complete 2 websites in the last 2 weeks… and had 2 great responses from the people involved.

Both were built on Wordpress, with re-theming over an existing one, updating, adding pictures and galleries, with various different slideshows… now whilst they are both running of the “initial” theme and coding, they both look excitingly different and the similar – both at the same time!

during design – “Who the man!!!!! You the man. I’ve only seen it for a second on my phone but it looks awesome.”
After design – “Wow, it’s looking great, you’re a Star”

Bernd Clayton – Bernd Clayton Edinburgh Photography – www.berndclayton.co.uk

After initial design – “Oh, My God! Just come back from a 10 mile run so looking through sweaty eyes but even at first glance it looks amazing!”
After request to put the site live – “Go, Go, Go! It’s Fab!”

Ellen and Andy – Glengarry House Bed and Breakfast – Tyndrum – www.glengarryhouse.com

So – if you are looking for a website – then let me know!
Just send me an email – craig @ craigdearden.co.uk

Have a fun day!

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Twitter Follow Me Badge

Craig — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:23:08 +0000

Hi folks, – a very quick and very pressing post…
Information on a Follow Me or Follow Us on Twitter Badge for your website, really handy piece of code to use, I’m not using it yet, however – I will be very soon!

goto – http://www.go2web20.net/twitterFollowBadge/

This badge calls your users to start following your twitter account.
Twitter has proven itself to be a great communication channel with your site visitors.
This badge can be installed almost on any site. Just customize it a bit and take the code.

Just visit the site, enter your account details, choose your colour, choose what you want it to say – ie follow us, follow me, or just follow then wallla!, a nice bit of code for you to add.

Brilliant. Well Done Go2Web20

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2 Weeks Ago

Craig — Sun, 09 Aug 2009 09:04:36 +0000

Well, it’s been 2 weeks since I was across in Dublin seeing U2 with 3 of my Pals, (2 of them being my bosses) (and 1 of them being my better half). We flew in to Dublin on the Friday, and got to the digs about 12noon, 1pm ish,… I can’t actually remember to be honest…!

Can you guess what we did first of all after dumping our gear (and a quick unpack and change of clothes)?
No?
Well, where are we? Dublin… What happens in Dublin? Guinness…..

So – there you go – straight out to the Temple Bar area of town, (which luckily was a stone throw away)..
Now this wasn’t the only reason we were in Dublin, it was obviously to go and see U2 on their 360° tour – however – that was on the Saturday night..
Friday therefore was Guinness and Cider..
And then we realised we hadn’t had any tea – so there was Pizza at the end of it..!

Anyways – back to Temple Bar… I actually lost count of how many bands we actually saw over the course of the day..
but I do remember a few songs – The Irish Rover, The Wild Rover (No Nay Never), and of course – they played many many U2 songs – such as one which you can see in the YouTube Video!

There are a few dodgy pictures too, including me, the Mrs, and Fiona (@geeketteFi ) +hubby (Ed)

Fiona and Me...!

Fi and Ed on the Way Out - literally

Temple Bar welcomes U2 Fans..!

THE Temple Bar

All the Gang

This singer was absolutely amazing

the Mrs and @geeketteFi (Fi)

Temple Bar at night

So I guess after all that, there’s really only Saturday to go – and that means one thing – U2, Live, Dublin, Croke Park… and as I’m a die hard fan… it means Queuing from 9am, however – by the time the girls get up and dressed we get to the stadium at 10.15am, with a brief stop at the cash machine after spending 200Euros the night before.

So – Taxi driver calling us mental for going so early, however we want a good spot in the Inner Circle. we get there and there’s 600 peeps in front of us! – eek! – my number is 613, so, we get to the queue… more photos:

Queue Dublin II

Prawn Cocktail Crisps

Herded into the Inner Circle

My View look Up

Soooo after the queue around about 3.30pm – we were herded into the Stadium, and yes – straight into the Inner Circle – how tremendous! – we didn’t get a great spot – however – after looking at videos on YouTube etc, I’m glad we weren’t half a stadium away in the middle of the crowd…

now as for the gig itself, it really started around 6.30, when some band called The Republic of Loose arrived on stage, and I have to say – the lead vocals looked drugged up to the eyeballs… After them it was Kaiser Chiefs, I’d heard from the night before the main Support act comes on stage at 8pm… so I thought – (at 10 to) time for a Pee… So – off out the Inner Circle, and as I’m walking out – I happen to notice Kaiser Chiefs coming on Stage…. aarrgh – run!!!!
Managed to get back half way through their first song… and what a show they put on, very pleased they were supporting, Ruby Ruby Ruby Ruby! I predict a Riot, lead singer even managed to do a bit of Crowd Surfing around the inner Circle – tremendous!! – I was jumping everywhere – indeed there is a YouTube video where you can see me jumping up and down!

So of course – after that – It was the main event, and oh my god what an event it was.
U2 360° Tour – In Dublin – Croke Park – Brilliant.

There’s nothing really much else that can detract from the fact that it was a truly stupendous concert.

the Videos on YouTube are amazing.

Especially this one of I still haven’t found what I’m looking for – I totally remember singing this to the Top of my voice!!!.

I’ve also got more pictures…

Kaiser Chiefs

The Crowd

The main man - Bono

Larry Mullen Jr

and yes – unfortunately at that point was when my battery started to decline – aaaaargh – blackberry madness, it was probably because I was twittering as well, darned battery – next time – note – buy another battery too…

U2 played 23 songs, only themselves on stage – no sexy dancers, only the backdrop of their massive – no – ENORMOUS stage… it was truly amazing – and to be sooo close in the Inner Circle – at their home town gig was just truly brilliant…

Sunday – bloody Sunday – in Dublin – we were going to do a bit of the touristy thing… however – that kinda got blown out the water once we got near the bars!
Guinness was the order of the day! As you can so blatantly see below:

Guinness

Guinness and Friends

Giunness

We love each other really

So – that was pretty much the weekend… Digs were good, food was good (apart from the Saturday) when all we ate was shite, Friday was Guinness and Magners Cider, Sunday was the touristy bit, (with a little drink thrown in) and then of course we had a superb Chinese as well – all in all a great weekend – it was a pity we had to get up early on the Monday to come home..

We are going to see U2 again at Hampden on the 18th of August, however – I feel that won’t live up to Dublin for some reason… and we won’t be queuing from 9am, we’ll be somewhere on the outer reaches… It will still be good though – seeing it from a different angle…

Still can’t get over how good u2 are live – especially after 30-odd years together… wow…

One Love, one Band, One Stadium, U2 / U2 / Croke Park 25th July 2009 – will be in my memory forever. brilliant.

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Peter V Brett Fantasy Books

Craig — Sat, 08 Aug 2009 18:37:48 +0000

Peter V. Brett

Hi folks, well, it’s been while since I last posted…

So I have a little conundrum, I really fancy designing a new website, and try to make a wee bit of money from my little investment!
There is an author out there called Peter V. Brett, he wrote The Warded Man, also known as The Painted Man. I read the book in a week (which for me is pretty quick – as I wasn’t on Holiday)! Wow – what a book, it was engaging, enthralling, and was probably the 4th or 5th Fantasy book I had ever read. (behind the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit)

Peter V. Brett

So much to my surprise when I had a quick look online to see when the next book in the trilogy was coming (as the last time I looked it was the first week in August 2009) so you can imagine my disappointment when I learned that it had been put back until April 2010, wow – another 8 months to go… darned tootin – I’m going to see if I can keep my interest in the book and buy a website. So after looking on the Domain Name Registration website I use, I found that www.thewardedman.co.uk AND www.thedemontrilogy.co.uk were both available… it got me thinking.. should I – or shouldn’t I…

Well, I think I should, so if anyone wants to buy it for me – let me know! (though – if you want to buy it for yourself – fire away – I’m not stopping you), it just goes to show how many websites that are still available out there…

I really need a book to read, and I just don’t know what to buy…. if anyone fancies buying me a book, carry on… email me and I’ll send you my address!

Anyways – bye!

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4 Rounds of Golf For Charity (in one day)

Craig — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:12:24 +0000

Longest Golf Day Challenge

Hi folks,

Now, I’m not always one for playing lots of golf, however I’ve been persuaded to complete 4 rounds of golf in ONE day…
Yes – I’m a nutter, I know… (or stupid) one of the two…

So – all in aid of Charity – Macmillan Cancer
We haven’t managed to setup the Justgiving page, as it’s tomorrow we are playing…

So… with that in mind… donations will be welcome through my Paypal account, which is:

craig@ukwins.co.uk

Please please please help a worth cause!
http://www.paypal.co.uk
Make donations to craig@ukwins.co.uk – and mark it donation.

Thanks in advance to everyone who helps out… and remember – you don’t need a paypal account to pay money in.

FYI – we are playing 4 rounds of Golf at Troon, with the first tee off time at SIX AM – 6am yes, that’s 6am… eek…
(that’s the challenge for me)!
With the last round starting at 7pm..
some time for dinner.. lunch etc… eek….
and the weather forecast???
TORRENTIAL RAIN…
joy.

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Confederations Cup Sunday Night

Craig — Sun, 28 Jun 2009 21:14:43 +0000

Confederations Cup

I’ve said for around 4 or 5 years now that USA will become a major force in Football, and when I say Football – I mean Soccer for all you yanks out there! So – half time – it was USA 2 Brazil 0, and what a game…. final score just in USA 2 Brazil 3.

The only issue with USA was stamina – it’s probably too many MacDonalds!

USA 2-3 Brazil

So – this is South Africa’s warm up for The World Cup next year, not many reports coming about security… however England aren’t there…. It’s funny when people (us here in the UK) talk about the Media – and when they say the “world media” – it’s really british…! We are going to be reporting on everything that we can to save reporting on the home nations… Any other news is applicable..
England to win in 2010?
I think not.

Michael Jackson BAD

So – next up on the agenda.. wow… nothing really bigger than this over the last week.

MICHAEL JACKSON
THE KING OF POP
IS DEAD.

RIP.

Holy shit – where were you at the time?
Well, I was through in Edinburgh on a wee holiday… turned on the news before heading off out and shouted – holy shit Michael Jackson’s dead… Cheryl turned round and said – no way…

50 Dates at the O2…. I’m so glad I couldn’t get tickets…
(and yes I tried)
Holy shit – I still can’t believe it… what a legend.

Anyone have a favourite song? I’m sure most of you do…
Mine? well – it probably has to be : Man In The Mirror, superb, then closely followed with Dirty Diana and Thriller, then Billie Jean.. His best songs, man, so many to choose from.. what a shame – absolute scunner to the people who had tickets for the O2 arena….

What else has happened this past week? Well – Farrah Fawcett also passed away – I was looking forward to re-runs of Charlies Angels, and all her other 80s shows! Or why not even a replay of The Cannonball Run… She was another true great sadly taken from us at a relatively young age.

So – as I said earlier I was through in Edinburgh this week – through on Wednesday night, The Royal Highland Show, and the Zoo…. both were really good – free tickets for the Highland Show, and tickets bought online for the Zoo… so all nice and easy…

Carmen with her Dads' hat on

Stayed at a friends flat, which literally was a throwback to my student days in Edinburgh, (which I really miss) and would you believe it – but the flat is a stone throw away from my old flat in Scienna Gardens, wow, truly amazing!
Anyways – the big news… if you’ve ever been to the Royal Highland Show – you will know that the parking, and resulting entry and exit into the carparks is in a field…. along with 60,000 or so other cars… Of course our car boot was packed to the brim. So – when I got home, I thought, I’m a bag missing… but I didn’t take it out… however – I’ve come to the conclusion that I took it out to put the Camera back inside, then put the buggy in… got in the car and promptly drove off.. And yes, I think that’s where my camera is…along with the laptop, clothes, deoderant, smelly underwear and a downloaded DVD…. hmm, how do I explain that to the Insurance company… fuck fuck fuck springs to mind, so many pictures on the darned laptop, pictures of holidays from years ago… and I’m pretty sure I don’t have them here… a few are on facebook, and a few scattered about.. aararghh… that’s the worst part for sure… I managed to get a few photos with my phone though! (pants)
And do you know, this will be the second time that I’ve lost pictures.. the last time was when my hard drive packed in..

Well, that’s my news for this last week – it’s been good, it’s been shite, it’s had it’s highs, it’s had it’s lows….
Hopefully the next week will be just as good!

Michty Me…

Carmen repeated me saying that during the week, and it was soooo funny… Michty Me…
I bet you’re saying that right now…

Anyhoo, I’d better go – bed is calling…
and I’m working in the morning..

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Craig | Dearden | Online

Top five fart foods!

The A-Team Trailer

Snow on Cars…

holy shit its COLD

New Websites

Twitter Follow Me Badge

2 Weeks Ago

Peter V Brett Fantasy Books

4 Rounds of Golf For Charity (in one day)

Confederations Cup Sunday Night

MICHAEL JACKSON THE KING OF POP IS DEAD.

Michty Me…

MICHAEL JACKSON
THE KING OF POP
IS DEAD.