David Reviews...a random topic chosen by wikipedia

As you may or may not know, wikipedia has a random article function.  So I shall review something very random.

Namely this.  A book called "Out of the Ashes".

Firstly - not about cricket - this should be the title about the history of Anglo-Australian sport.  Disappointing.

Secondly - novel about end of the world and its aftermath - yes, something I like.  More of this is good.  I remember reading the Chrysalids which was amazing, and Z for Zachariah which was not and seemed very meh.

Thirdly the main character is called Ben Raines.  I like this name, sounds interesting.

I shall give this book 6 spoons - If I see it in a shop I'd consider buying it, but not interesting enough to get online.

David Reviews....July 6th

July 6th is not independence day.  It is in fact, a dull day.  True fact, currently the wikipedia article for it shows: "July 6 is the 187th day of the year (188th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. There are 178 days remaining until the end of the year."  How dull.


Other historical things on this day of "interest"


Some dude called David signed the Bayonet Consitution - 1887
Pomeroy, Indiana is not destroyed by a tornado - 1893
Malawi became a republic - 1966
Euan Blair got arrested for being drunk - giving a false name of Euan - 2000
Nobody cool was born - ever


This day deserve nothing more than one spoon.  Be gone with it already!

David Reviews...¬

Does anyone know why there is a ¬ button on the keyboard?  No, of course not.  It is pointless.  The only thing worse than it is the ¦ symbol - which is like a bastardised version of a colon.

Therefore my mark for the ¬ symbol is of just two spoons.

David Reviews....Tax

Tax is good.  It pays for things.  Things YOU want.  Like schools.  And hospitals.  And not being invaded by the French.  If you try to avoid paying your share of tax then YOU are a cretin.  Also, just because something is legal does not make it moral - so no excuses about it being avoidance and not evasion.

Therefore tax is good.  Nine spoons!

David Reviews....his car

My car is good, except when the brakes stopped working properly.  And it can go on long drives with no problems.  Woo!

Eight spoons!

David Reviews....Prometheus

Was good, but not great.

Four spoons.

David Reviews....Morse Code.

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David Reviews Lords

Pretty Ground.  Not as nice as I expected, but I want to be a member of the MCC and sit in the Long Room.  

Six spoons.

David Reviews...Nothing

Bored now.  Stopping.

David Reviews...David Reviews Stuff

Well I've made it to five reviews.  And so I shall review what I am reviewing.

This could get very recursive very quickly...

I like my site.  It features things I like (and a cat), plus I can rant a lot since virtually nobody (other than Ellie) knows about it.  And it gives me something to do at 00:16, when I can't be bothered sleeping.  The site could do with more images.  Or content of any sort.  And needs some sort of collection of what has been reviewed.  But I like it (as said before) so I rate as being deserving of eight spoons*.

*Yes, an asterisk right after is silly.  But if you enjoy rating things in spoons then read Shades of Grey.  Also note - not 50 Shades of Grey, that is quite different!

David Reviews...A Sad Image

Below is an image that is sad.

I did warn you this was sad.

The rain.  It never ends.  And the frown.  AND THE FROWN!  This image just makes Eeyore look cheerful.  However as it is successful at being sad it is good.  In a way this is senseful (yes, senseful is a word which has sensefulness [as is that {I like brackets}]).

Overall I'll give this image six spoons out of ten - I don't like the sad image, but it is a well made sad image.  Poor Mr Tennant :(

David Reviews...Afternoon Naps

Now this is something worth reviewing.  In list form.

Good things about Afternoon Naps
1: You get to lie in bed
2: You feel refreshed
3: You don't need to watch Deal or No Deal
4: You can stay up longer and post blogs just after midnight
5: You wake up just in time for dinner

Bad things about Afternoon Naps
1:

So there we have it - an Afternoon Nap is a good thing.  And worthy of a strong eight out of ten spoons.  Huzzah!

David Reviews...a cat

I don't normally like cats.  They aren't as nice as dogs.  They scratch.  They try to kill Tweety Pie.  However, where I am currently living there is a cat.  I don't know its name.  I'm not sure of its gender.  But it is better than most cats I've seen.

It hasn't tried to kill me yet; at least not overtly.  It has only tried to scratch a few times so far.  And it likes cuddling into me. (Although, I am pretty good at cuddling so you can't blame the cat for that!).

Overall I'd give the cat 4 spoons out of ten.  It isn't as good as a dog, but then again no other pets are.  This mark will be reduced by 2 if it attack me again!

Me with cat.  

David Reviews...the M25

Hello, in what will (probably) be a series of posts I shall review stuff.  In this case I shall review the M25.  This is an orbital road going around London.  I've had the chance to drive on this now and it is very useful.

However there needs to be more ability to cross the Thames at the east end as I hate sitting in parked traffic.  I recently spent an hour sitting in a car waiting to get over the Dartford Crossing.  For those who do not know, this is a combination of a bridge and a tunnel going over/under the Thames.  The bridge is quite nice, but not as pretty as the Forth Road Bridge.  And the tunnel reminds me of the Clyde Tunnel.  There appears to be bottlenecks there all the time so I'd quite like more roads over it!

Overall the M25 is quite good from my experience - it means I don't need to always drive through London and it has a good selection of radio stations to listen to in my car when driving past.  I shall rate it as 7 spoons out of ten.  Yes, spoons shall be my usual measuring method - don't question it.