The Ramblings of Guise Dugal

Girl Scout Cookies, a cultural icon from the US and finally in my possession to do a taste experiment on. Nom nom nom!

You may remember that I recently wrote (Got To Wear Shades?) about the temptation towards buying a set of sunglasses with in-built devices like MP3 player, Bluetooth and, most notably, a digital pinhole camera. Unsurprisingly, I caved to the urges – well, it’s one of the few urges I’m actually able to cave to on [...]

I was going to post a vlog about this on YouTube, I even got so far as to record a piece to camera for it, but I realised that I hadn’t written anything for quite some time and that despite being a dry subject, it could be interesting. I want to discuss two fairly seperate [...]

Wow, been a long time since I updated. In the meantime I’ve tried my hand at daily vlogging (which is a lot harder to do when nothing interesting has gone on), changed jobs and am still in the process of settling in to having the homestead all to myself. However, that’s the past and the [...]

If I had written a diary entry for Friday night, and obviously exaggerated in the much need high school girly way needed for any diary entry that starts with the words “Dear Diary”, it probably would have gone something like this: Dear Diary, Don’t tell anyone but tonight I was so scared that I almost [...]

One of the fun things that I like to do is find out and explore people’s fears, usually to take them to a twisting and turning degree of surreality. From fears of scorpions and squirrels that led to the creation of the Squirpion to old men with cigarettes that led to Old Man Stubbyfingers. It’s [...]

Hopefully going to have a proper blog entry tomorrow to go alongside a vlog I recorded today. For the time being, more filler. Find out my thoughts about peeling cows, being a sensation to the ladies, blogging, gyms, Halloween and complete assholes. Plenty of food for thought, feel free to leave a comment here or [...]

So, I thought I’d explain a little about why there’s a sudden abundance of vlogs cropping up on the blog. Put simply, I’m fairly busy at moment, but didn’t want to disappear in to the ether. Whereas a blog, however filler-ific it may, takes me ages to write or re-write, I can throw some clips [...]

Another video journal thing, this time I go on the Weston Wheel and you get to see the beach at Weston-super-Mare. Yay for filler content!

Just a little vlog I did because I haven’t been able to write much, heavy cropping due to cutting of coughing. Enjoy Weston-super-Mare sea front.

Ninja Night! Ninja Night! Ninja Night! Ninja Night! Ninja Night! Ninja Night! Ninja Night! So for Friday night I decided that I was going to have a night of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and wanted to write about something that always stuck with me about the movie. No, it isn’t a review of the movie, [...]

NaBloPoMo: Day Ten (Delayed to 18/07/09) I don’t know why I picked that title, but it seemed somewhat fitting and reasonably poetic. I’m going to share with you all a simple joy today, little more than filler, but something that always moves me in different directions. As many of you know, I’m a guy with [...]

NaBloPoMo: Day Eight (Delayed to 15/07/09) Heh, I channeled Dugal Dugal for a while there I fear…AND I LIKES IT! Hey, you try sounding imposing when you have a throat that’s been burning with bile. Must try again, must try harder. Yes, I realise I haven’t completely covered the first Ominous Box, but I really [...]

NaBloPoMo: Day Seven (Delayed to 14/07/09) As a bit of a filler for the day, I thought I’d share some British comedy with you. Alexander Armstrong and Ben Miller carry on the tradition of british comedy duos – something that has become almost institutional in the county and a source of much success for entertainers [...]

“What gives you the right? What’s the difference between you and me?!” “I’m not wearing hockey pads.” The Dark Knight If there is one thing that Higglytown Heroes teaches us, it is that everyone is a hero in there own right. Alright, so maybe doctors, police and firefighters train to hone their skills but don’t [...]

I haven’t really posted and the last week and a bit have been very draining and despairing, both work and personal life, so I haven’t felt like doing anything – well, I’ve wanted to do a lot of things that would be considered very bad ideas but nothing worthwhile. But, some things that I’ve done [...]

We don’t do Thanksgiving in the UK, this sometimes comes as a shock to some. Not too long ago, while booking at Hilton in the US for next year, I had a discussion with a very sweet young lady (ok, a cute girl) about the encroaching Halloween and the Christmas, and she was rather taken [...]

So, with the Advent looming like a creepy, slowly stalking fanboy in a Wampa Ice Monster costume on to the crossplaying fangirl in Luke outfit with a Tauntaun hobby-horse that is our friend, Calendar. I was reminded earlier of a little ditty that I wrote, or more a ditty that I mutilated to make another, [...]

Ok folks, I’ll level with you, I’ve been a bad blogger over the summer months – and not in the ‘ooer, naughty’ way, well not that much in that way – but I’ve been very remiss in writing much and let things slip. Part of this was working a new job – of which I [...]

I’ve procrastinated a long time on this one, I admit. I’ve been rather pre-occupied with other things and random thoughts. Some of you, I know, have been waiting patiently; others have been waiting impatiently; and, some couldn’t really care less. The latter will probably find this most appealing because I’m not quite sure how to [...]