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Hartelijk Gefeliciteerd to my little brother Kevin Keegan Milton :O)

Lots of love.

Neill – Kasey – Skye – Tobias x

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Many happy returns of the day my bestest boy, hope you like the song, although Dave mentions a few things, don’t feel like you have to:

• Spit and chew tobacco
• Eat Butterflies
• Read the magazines in mummy’s draw (I didn’t know she had any?)

Lots of Love

Daddy, Mummy & Skye x o x

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We had a great time at Ash End House Children’s Farm on Saturday celebrating Tobias’ birthday (he is 5 on Tuesday, but this was the best day close to it) We would like to thank all friends from school and mums and dads for helping to make it such a great day.

Pictures posted up to our Flickr account, view them in the photos section of this site, or jump straight to our the flickr gallery SLIDESHOW HERE.

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Bought tickets for me and the old lady yesterday, Iggy & The Stooges @ Harewood House, Leeds, 31st August. Have not seen Iggy live for a while, and not impressed with the return of the Stooges (on new record at least), however, Iggy is the best live artist we have ever seen, so can not wait for this one to come round. Maybe he can hit Kasey on the head with microphone again (which he has done in the past :O)

Further details @ the Rock The House site: HERE

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Not a lot of Bowie news these days, but mooching about always brings up something new I aint seen before. Here’s Dave in and episode of the Adult Swim toon “Venture Brothers” where he appears as a bad dude, check out Iggy Pop right at the start as well:

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Jason McAteer has announced his retirement from professional football – BBC article.

So to celebrate, here are some great Jason McAteer stories:

Jason McAteer’s nickname before he went to Liverpool football club was ‘Trigger’ – after the Only Fools And Horses character because Jason isn’t very bright. However at Liverpool they give the least bright person in the team the nickname ‘Trigger’ and the person who had that name when McAteer arrived was Rob Jones. So after a short while at Anfield the players found out what Jason was like and decided to give him the nickname of ‘Double Trigger’

There are a couple of stories about Jason McAteer’s exploits. Apparently Jason was in a Dublin nightclub and saw Jimmy White and decided to say hello by yelling a catchphrase that Jimmy would instantly recognize and so Jason yelled out the cry of – ‘One hundred and eighty’

Another rumour is that Jason was filling out a credit card application and is confused as to what to put in the space marked ‘Position In Company’ his source of confusion is revealed when he says to a Liverpool team mate – ‘I’m a central midfielder but the boss is playing me at right wing back’

Another story has Alan Thompson an ex-Bolton team mate of Jason asking Jason to – ‘pass the tomato ketchup’ and the answer Alan gets back from Jason is – ‘Red or brown’

And finally, a quote from the man himself:

“From now on, I want to be known as Captain Sensible. I’m known for being a fool and they called me Trigger. I once bought a pizza and was asked if I wanted it sliced into four or eight. I said just four because I couldn’t manage eight slices!”

Jason McAteer retiring, jasus, now I feel old!

Jason McAteer @ Wikipedia: HERE

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I quit smoking today, well last night I suppose, but today is the first smoke free day. Why blog it? Well, it’s not for you but for me, so I can look back and know the date at some point in the future. Last time I quit for 6 mths, but after a while could never remember exactly when I stopped, at the time I thought this was a good thing, as it meant I was not thinking about smoking at all. On the other hand, knowing the amount of time can be encouraging, so here be the marker.

I got me Paul McKenna “Quit Smoking in 60 seconds honest” audio book thing, I bought a new pair of pumps (months ago), so I am going to get fit as well as quit smoking, yeehaa!

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I am watching MacRumors Apple WWDC (world wide dev conf) updates to see what new Apple gear I can spend my hard earned money on, this is indeed a new low. I will of course later be mooching about for a webcast of Steve Jobs keynote to see what the “secret” features of the new OS X Leopard are.

I will then go shave my head and paint myself green. I am an Apple whore.

UPDATE: OS X Leopard looking very nice indeed, have a look October can’t come soon enough, hopefully they’ll get the iPhone out in Europe by then as well.

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Must buy for the summer this, a JL421 Badonkadonk Land Cruiser/Tank, sod the family friendly urban utility vehicle (or whatever they’re calling them these days)

I particularly like the buyer reviews, for example:

“I’ll admit it. Shopping for a personal tank can be a bit daunting. Many times in the past I’ve purchased overpriced, so-called “battle tanks”, then driven them into battle only to be wrecked in ten minutes by the first blow off of some insurgents home-made morter.“

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UPDATE 23/06/07: Henry is off to Barca, egg, face, me.

Rumours are growing that Thierry Henry is moving to Liverpool, the usual “My nans brothers dog saw Henry playing keepy uppy in the car park at Anfield” started yesterday. I am not one for getting to excited about these things until there is a press conference, but the rumour is growing legs and starting to walk.

Apparently, according to various messageboards and local radio stations, Henry has had a medical @ Mellwood today, many posters with “contacts” state they have seen Henry @ Mellwood (although in this age of mobile phone cameras etc, no one seems to have had the prescence of mind to take a snap)

Apparently, bookies have stopped taking bets after a large wodge was placed from the Liverpool area.

Apparently, Henry has also been seen in the NW area looking at houses, and schools.

It’s all starting to add up, especially when bookies stop taking cash! As usual though, there is no point getting excited until it’s official, but what a coup for Liverpool if it’s true!

Henry has been quoted in the past on his admiration for Liverpool, Anfield, and the fans, so it’s not too much of a stretch to believe that this rumour is one that may bear fruit, maybe a lemon, but hopefully a big juicy peach.

Sources:

• This Is Anfield MB
• Readabet.com – Premiership: Thierry Henry Linked With Liverpool

UPDATE: tribalfootball.com are saying that Arsenal have enquired about Cisse as a replacement for Henry. Swapsies?

FURTHER RUMOUR: The Arsenal link continues with rumour that David Dein could be on the way to Liverpool after leaving Arsenal recently. Rick Parry is on the way out, and Dein has the experience of setting up a new stadium with Arsenal already, maybe he’d like to bring his friend Thierry with him as well?

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