Never search for yourself on Facebook...

If you look on Facebook for people with your name you will wonder at the lives of the OTHER Steve Williams's that you find.  In my case there are more than 500 other Steve Williams's

Isn't it a lovely day?

Isn't it a lovely day?

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Joan Armatrading concert

Last night I attended a Joan Armatrading concert at the Aberdeen Music Hall.

I got lucky because I went to the Box Office at the last minute to buy a ticket and ahead of me was a guy who was not able to attend and he was trying to get his money back.  They would not offer him a refund but I got the ticket for £20 which was a good saving for me.

Joan Anita Barbara Armatrading, MBE (born 9 December 1950) is a British singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Armatrading is a three-time Grammy Award-nominee.  On March 29, 2010, she released her latest album, "This Charming Life," widely viewed as a return to her guitar-based pop-rock roots. The album debuted atop the Amazon.com mp3 download charts. She has embarked on an international tour to promote the album.

Steve - you are attending so many nice events just now... you are acting "like there is no tommorrow!"

Murder at Tesco

Murder at Tesco

Tired of constantly being broke & stuck in an unhappy marriage, a young husband decided to solve both problems by taking out a large insurance policy on his wife with himself as the beneficiary, and then arranging to have her killed. A 'friend of a friend' put him in touch with a nefarious dark-side underworld figure who went by the name of 'Artie.' Artie then explained to the husband that his going price for snuffing out a spouse was £5,000.. The husband said he was willing to pay that amount, but that he wouldn't have any cash on hand until he could collect his wife's insurance money. Artie insisted on being paid at least something up front, so the man opened his wallet, displaying the single £1 Coin that rested inside.  Artie sighed, rolled his eyes, & reluctantly agreed to accept the £1 as down payment for the dirty deed. A few days later, Artie followed the man's wife to the local Tesco Super Store. There, he surprised her in the produce department & proceeded to strangle her with his gloved hands & as the poor unsuspecting woman drew her last breath & slumped to the floor........ The manager of the produce department stumbled unexpectedly onto the murder scene. Unwilling to leave any living witnesses behind, ol' Artie had no choice but to strangle the produce manager as well. However, unknown to Artie, the entire proceedings were captured by the hidden security cameras & observed by the store's security guard, who immediately called the police. Artie was caught & arrested before he could even leave the store. Under intense questioning at the police station, Artie revealed the whole sordid plan, including his unusual financial arrangements with the hapless husband who was also quickly arrested.   The next day in the newspaper, the headline declared .. (You're going to hate me for this .... )   'ARTIE CHOKES 2 for £1.00 AT TESCO!'

Eenie, Meenie, Mynie, Mo?

Eenie, Meenie, Mynie, Mo

Today I will vote in the 2010 election.  I hope my vote can swing things away from the usual Blue to Red ... and then Red back to Blue (!) way of things.

So far this week...

We went to the Student Show at the local theatre.

Then our friends arrived from Denmark and we went to Balmoral - the home of the Queen on Royal Deeside.

High Definition video experiment

I got a new camera that can shoot at 1000 fps.  Check out this video that I took...




It needs a bit of work to improve the lighting but neverthless I was pretty pleased with the effect.

Bond Bug

The Bond Bug was a small British two seat, three wheeled sports car of the 1970s. Following the purchase of the Bond Motor Company, Reliant commissioned Tom Karen of Ogle Design to design a fun car. It was a wedge-shaped microcar, with a lift-up canopy and side screens instead of conventional doors. The Bond Bug was based on the Reliant Regal chassis and running gear.

The engine was the front mounted 700 cc Reliant light-alloy four cylinder unit which protruded into the passenger cabin. At launch 29 bhp was claimed for the less expensive 700 and 700E models. The more up-market 700ES incorporated a redesigned cylinder head which permitted the compression ratio to be increased from 7.35 to a slightly less modest 8.4. This provided a power increase to 31 bhp as well as improved torque for the then range topping 700ES.

Here is a snap of a bond Bug:

And here is a picture of the rather less glamorous and more beaten up version of MY Bond Bug.

The picture was taken in the car park of Brighton Marina.

Squirrel picture...

er.  A picture.  Of a squirrel.

Thanks.

An evening stroll, a bit of history...

We went on a short stroll this evening.  A nice spot to look across the river Dee.  We found a small monument at the top of the hill.

The pictures are just mobile phone snaps - sorry about that.  The inscription reads:

"In remembrance of the visit of HRH (His Royal Highness) Albert, Prince Consort to this spot..."
Not sure what the year was though, I had to look it up on the internet... I discovered it was it 25th September 1859.  (Thanks to: http://www.guernsey.net/~sgibbs/roman.html )

I looked Prince Albert up on Wikipedia.  "Recognised as a supporter of education and technological progress, he was invited to speak at scientific meetings, such as the memorable address he delivered as president of the British Association for the Advancement of Science when it met at Aberdeen in 1859. His espousal of science spawned opposition from the Church. His proposal of a knighthood for Charles Darwin, after the publication of On the Origin of Species, was rejected."