The Doricle

Currently reading Resistance:Memoirs of occupied France by Agnes Humbert. She was middle-aged when paris was occupied, and it details her work for the resistance distibuting info & propaganda, before being arrested, imprisoned, put on trial and despatched to a labour camp in Germany. Very readable and personable writing so far, if a bit distressing in some places, as it really describes the situation quite vividly despite fairly short entries at some points.

This is actually making me wish i had sky sports.

Main fitba gossip bit on bbc site says: Aberdeen will let defender Richard Foster leave the club after another fall-out with manager Jimmy Calderwood. (Daily Record)

Indeed, in fact, the rules were so suspended that Andy Dow was lauded for one season as well, before reverting to type! I suppose he did help us beat hibs in one fo the cup runs, but man he was painful to watch on a regular basis.....

Currently reliving my youth having bought metallica's eponymous lp off ebay. It came out just as i was resolutely distancing myself from my teenage metal angst phase, so never really paid it much attention at the time. Quite enjoying it just now, i must say.

Just watched the highlights online, well taken goal. Hopefully he'll score quite a few more like it!

That was an interesting read Reekie- explains a bit how he went from having such a massive impact to fizzling out of the picture altogether. Not a large surprise though that the supporters club shindigs have fairly risible behaviour though. It astounds me that these folk can see nothing wrong in acting that way at all, and especially in front of their own catholic players. Yet the media lets both of them get away with their supporters shit time and time again. I'm sure there are some decent old firm fans out there, but i've not met many of them.

I have to say that with the flaming lips, super furries, orbital and basement jaxx rockness is looking pretty good. Placebo, i tend to view as more of an actual medicine than a placebo. They remind me of a suppository- not much fun to experience and generally pretty shitty (IMO)- but then i just can't fucking stand brian molko's whiny voice and reckon he's an arsehole of the highest order.

Caught a bit of news on the telly this morning while having breakfast. Reporter in SE england claims 6-7 inches of snow there- it was barely over the toes of her boots. What kind of fucking inches was that then? 6 cm maybe, but even that looked like it would be at a push.

Either buy a seat in the main stand and shout *really* loudly, or possibly apply for the caley managers job- if you can cope with waiting until april the 11th to meet him. Failing that get a job delivering UV cabinets, or working for whichever airline flies aberdeen-> majorca/ the surface of the sun or wherever he goes for his holidays.

Just now it's neil young's - sugar mountain, once that's done it'll be the smiths- strangeways here we come. Off work this morning due to the bairn being unwell- still sleeping at the moment, but i'll have to get them up soon. The missus is at work and i have free access to listen to some music & read the paper. Bliss. Simple pleasures are where it's at!

Just seen the goals online, they are wondrous things of beauty every time you see them. My missus' eldest brother is a big celtic fan, normally he'd have been rubbing it in big style if they won, but oddly enough, i haven't heard a thing as yet. I may be reasonably quiet about it and try to take the moral high-ground and not be as smug as him, but then again......

Made me laugh. +1 for you It's been a happy, smiley today after yesterday's results!

Currently, Jesus & Mary Chain- Darklands after listening to Neil Young- everyone know this is nowhere.

Another miller goal.

Hurrah! Has Lee miller added another zero to his prospective price should anyone come sniffing?

Although, i seem to remember he wasn't particularly great at hibs either- especially not latterly, so we should have known what we were getting into. However, the mists of time had dimmed my memory of how bad his spell actually was. I'd forgotten it was him that had such a clear-out of our strikers- dodds + cash for winters being especially galling at the time. All i can remember is that he virtually destroyed the club and my utter hate and contempt for the man. To my mind, Aitken effectively started the rot by squandering heaps of cash for not much output of players too numerous to even bother listing and started our (major) debt issues, but by god alex miller did his best to bring the club down. I think that was as low as i can remember seeing us, although good ol' uncle ebbe and patterson did their bits too.

Booooooooo. This is just not on for an allegedly 'SPL' club. At least it looks like there might be an inquiry http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/7768881.stm EDIT: D'oh! Apologies for double linkage. Looks like i shouldn't have taken so long to make my post- serves me right for not checking the post before me!

Aye Manc_don, i'd agree with you there. To my mind, rather than just try to win a cup, he should really be looking to try and consolidate third place & regular euro jaunts rather than win a cup & then bail out. Like you, i think this attitude is more C.V. motivated, rather than trying to do a good job for the club. Maybe a bit of the lack of ambition he always bemoans about in the players, or merely fed up of the 'jimmy out' brigade?

The following is on the bbc sport fitba gossip for friday: Aberdeen boss Jimmy Calderwood would consider quitting his post at Pittodrie if he wins a cup. (Daily Record) I realise it's probably the usual shite from that rag (which i will never ever buy). But has anyone read the article? Is this actually claimed in it? I'm actually surprised this wasn't published this time last week, but it was no doubt full of the usual tiresome simmy/durrant, 'fixture of hate' shite, plus an incident timeline.

+1 for you BB. That made me laugh out loud.

Please don't remind me- i was almost in tears watching leighton get stretchered off in his final game. And with no keeper on the bench, the loss of any hope as winters changed to the kepper's jersey......

Aye he's on to other stuff now, but in a similar vein i think. I was going to buy one and check it out last month, but I still haven't got round to reading the last two Rebus books. To my shame, since i used to buy them as soon as they were out and just read through them in a few days, but the missus pinched both these ones to read before me, so i lost the impetus a bit and haven't got round to them yet- maybe xmas holidays if i'm lucky. Once i read my first one i think i ended up buying them all in order from then on and each new one as soon as they came out- which is a bit sad, but the're usually a great read.

Saves them having to admit that 'We don't really know what we're doing, but we think you might be shit', i guess. Shame they've done that with a lot of decent players- was Shaun Maloney not allegedly on the books and given the heave-ho with the same facetious excuse?

That noise i just heard was a nail being hit on the head!