I have a team called
Peter Ridsdale's Goldfish in
Hattrick, the world's largest
online football (soccer) manager game. I started my
team in June 2003 and have now reached Division II in
England. This theoretically puts me in the top 40
teams in England out of a playing population of
12,000+.
I now also have a team called Headingley Clouds in
Hattrick's sister online cricket management game,
Battrick.
Both of these games are highly enjoyable and I recommend
them to any sports fans or nerds! If you sign up, let me
know and I'll give you some guidance on how best to start.
I challenge you to watch this YouTube video of
Love Song by the
incomparable Bill Bailey without cracking up. It's one
of my favourites.
Although this is not new, I have only just discovered
it. Fake right-wing commentator Stephen Colbert skewers
Bush (with him sitting mere feet away!) at the 2006 White
House Correspondents' Dinner. Don't let the audience's
muted reaction put you off. They can't laugh when their
lower jaws are lying on the tables in front of them! Note
that it's a four-part speech - a link to the next clip
should appear once you have played each part.
