The wonderful world of Rik ‘Ranting’ Harris

Bank Holiday Monday was the day, Earls court was the venue, Janet and I were the spectators (among others..), and George Michael was the performer..
I had mixed feelings on what I was expecting.. I remembered George from back in the day, when Wham! were the in thing, and later in life I remember having his album, Listen without prejudice in my pile of all time favourites. But I also start to dislike celebrities that use their position to try and politically sway people.

I haven’t been to a proper concert in my life, well, I did go see jean michel jarre many moons ago but that’s just a big laser show with stoned geeks and I guess it cant really be used to draw a parallel. There was some discussion as to if I should drive, Janet suggesting that it would be far easier to get the numb-brain train. We ended up with a compromise which meant me parking my beloved at Newbury Park station.. you know that UNMANNED car park right in the heart of Essex Bronx, ala Ilford..

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Listening to the news this morning as i was getting ready (yes, this is a sure sign that im getting older.. no more big breakfast on channel 4, no more MTV.. just the news.. eek) and i hear that Mr Glitter has been released from jail and will be back in the UK shortly.

One has to ask, why the hell would he want to come back - surely hes better off just sliding away to a country far far away where people wont know him (or try to bottle him!). What the hell is there for him to come back to? - why have they even released him?

Glitter was found guilty in March 2006 of offenses against two Vietnamese girls, aged 11 and 12. He had denied the charges, saying he was teaching the girls English. Yehhh right… Perhaps he should have waited until they where old enough to be ‘taught’

2 years for raping 2 GIRLS is a piss poor piece of justice but even more sickening when you take their ages into consideration. The man should have fried for the offences he committed. Yet further evidence that it doesn’t matter what you’ve done wrong.. as long as your famous, you will be let off lightly.

_{** Update **}

_{Jokes added, with some amusing pictures too…}

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I want to thank the guys at radioactive fm for helping me track down some very rare mix cd’s that i owned back in the 90’s. I have searched high and low on p2p networks news groups and second hand record shops for years with no luck and suddenly, out of the blue i get an email from one of the site admins telling me they’ve sorted it for me.

Top blokes - also… if your into that kinda scene, oldskool mixes and the like, you could do a lot worse than logging on to their swanky new website and streaming some quality audio-idge.

23,654 miles, 3 door hatchback Honda Civic Type R, 2004, Night Hawk Black, petrol, manual, ABS, Air conditioning, electric windows, Alarm, Alloy wheels, Body coloured bumpers, Drivers airbag. 1 previous owner, Full Honda Service History, HPI cleared last year, 11 months MOT and 2 new Bridgestone tyres. Excellent condition throughout.

Phwarrrr!

Renault Laguna 3.0 24v V6 Dynamic (2003) 67,000 miles

• Clean, Comfortable and quick.
• E/M, E/W, C/L, Half Leather seats, Dual Zone climate control, ALARM,
• Trip computer, MFD, Automatic sports Gearbox with selectable tiptronic manual.
• Comes with professionally fitted Nokia 610 Bluetooth car kit (remote screen)
• 11 Months MOT and Tax + recent AC refill.
• Company van forces reluctant sale.
• 210bhp and your family can come too! 

£3200 ovno - Check http://www.pistonheads.co.uk/sales/661819.htm

 ^{Aired Sunday 10 August 9pm BBC THREE}

The year is 2013. Thames House is gone and regional MI5 Field Offices have sprung up in its place. Are six young new recruits tough, moral and clever enough to protect Britain’s future?
Spooks – Code 9 is a new six-part drama for BBC Three, allowing viewers to see the future of Spooks and to get even closer to the world of conspiracy and espionage.

That’s what the BBC says. This is what I say. Code 9 must mean ‘utterly wooden acting with a piss poor plot’ – or maybe its a tack-omiter, 1 being acceptable and 9 being ‘worse than watching dale Winton, wearing a pink dress presenting Jeremy Kyle’

It was awful, dire, poor, and vomit worthy. I loved the original spooks, having watched the entire back catalogue i was looking forward to some new material and as my other favourite Sunday evening shows have finished (24, lost, and Top Gear). I crack open an ice cold 1664, get comfy and start the sky+.

With in 10 minutes im muttering ‘what the fcnk?’ – its like the original script writers had gone on holiday and left their office unlocked and a bunch of school kids thought they’d have a go at making a quick series whilst no one was looking. Well, no one will be looking. Trust me.

To sum up..  If watching something that could be the love child of The Famous 5 and Bugs, then don’t miss it. If however you have some tiny desire to be entertained by your TV, avoid it at all costs.

Id rather let Gary Glitter babysit my children than watch another episode of that.

What did you think?

Startrek voyager is starting on Virgin1 soon, and you just have to love their trailers for it. Basically it goes like this..

Kathryn Janeway – is the first female captain of a star ship

They are Lost in the delta quadrant.

Coincidence ?

We don’t think so…

Being a scallywag in a previous life i love watching all the latest ‘fly on the wall’ documentaries like Road Wars, Interceptors and police camera action – I enjoy seeing the old bill with their latest gadgets and high powered pursuit vehicles and I also like seeing Mr Chav get his just deserts as he corners on the wrong side of the road and runs out of talent – imbedding the stolen chariot into what ever solid object that was unlucky enough to be in its path.

I have been finding myself less impressed with ITV4’s police camera action lately.. and ive come to the conclusion its that twat Alistair Stewart with his dramatic, patronising tone – whilst sitting in some rally car, in full rally gear (including his ugly mug squashed into a crash helmet..) telling us all what idiots we all are for taking our hands of the wheel for a second as we scratch our knees.

‘People who let go of the wheel whilst driving are all rapists and murderers, its precisely these people who will be responsible for killing you and your family whilst you enjoy a leisurely drive in the country side on a sunny, Sunday afternoon……’

I think the poor bloke is a little confused. – the latest episode sees his new co-presenter, (cant remember his name, and cant be bothered to look it up as he is as interesting as Jehovah witness at a Christmas party) showing us how dicking around with a sat nav device is ‘distracting’ whilst driving, and all that are caught doing this should be taken from their cars and have their family shot in front of them.

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The list of life changing things that we are, er, changing is growing. In fact we’ve pretty much decided to change everything.

Job, Car, Home, Plans. All changed! - The only thing left unchanged is Janets job.. thats staying put.. or is it?! *gasp*

All in the interests of moving forward, which is very much the new chosen direction for the HariMans. Done some number crunching and the Audi S4 that i was struggling to justify has now been dumped in favour of a smaller, lighter, more sensible hatchback to keep the outgoings lower than the incomings. - More on this soon.

In other news, ma widdle sister came to visit at the weekend. She lives somewhere south of the water now and has driven back to essex about 3 times since moving. I think the fact that shes never used the same route twice is noteworthy, and even more so how she manages to completely MISS the A12 after coming out of the blackwall tunnel. LMFAO!

Anyway, i realise this post was neither interesting or gross. Sorry about that, normal service will be resumed shortly when i explain my anger for ‘fem-fresh’ wipes. *evil grin*

Again…. its an advert that has driven me to blogging. This time however i believe the subject matter will be hard to top. Periods are one of the things that happen, we all know it happens, but we don’t need nor want to be reminded of it. Women bleeding from their lady garden to wash away unwanted / unused eggs. Dried, dirty blood mashed up in sweaty pubic hair and left to ‘bond’ for a few hours. Thanks for that image whilst I watch prime time TV and tuck into my mash and tomato sauce. Women need sanitary towels. Selling them must be the easiest job in the world.

If your a woman and you don’t have one of these devices you will simply leak out of your front bottom and onto whatever surface you happen to be standing over at the time, right? - So its within your interest to go LOOKING for these products. Advertiser’s don’t need to come looking for you. Using this theory, why cant women read about the benefits of the particular product through the wonders of a fact sheet, or even decent product labeling. NOT explained in full, gory detail to 5 million people eating their evening meal during the break of Coronation Street.

Just to add insult to injury…. what advertising genius thought of this latest gem? ‘have a happy period’ - yeh.. You soo know your target audience don’t you. How the f*** can anyone have a happy period?! - No one wants them; no one wants to be reminded of them.

Whatever next?!

 
Have a happy smear test…?!

URGHHHH!