The Ramblings of Guise Dugal

This was shared with by from a friends Twitter feed. A news story about a man from Las Cruces, NM, who lost a bet and had his drinking buddies set his fake leg (and the rest of him) on fire. TOASTY!

Leprechauns have always had a reputation for being mischievous and sneaky – a sort of squat ninja – but recently they’ve taken to being a lot more anti-social. Two news stories from the US tells of the darker side of the Fair Folk.

Long-standing readers of this blog will already have been subjected to my views on stealth recording, vlogging and hands-free filming. Usually this has been kept to the wishful thoughts on cambots or the real world’s spyglasses and extreme sport helmet cameras, however a recent story that I read on the website of The Telegraph had me in absolute awe and gave me a new hero.

Ok, so a guy walks straight in to a Hells Angels bar? Gutsy. Same guy moons a bunch of bikers? Tough. Same guy steals a bulldozer as a getaway car? Hardcore! Same guy threw a puppy at the bikers before making his escape? Wait, what?

I was saddened this week to hear of the passing of a very interesting gentleman who had been featured on this blog twice for his exploits. Mr William Lyttle, aka Mole Man of Hackney, passed away in the accommodation he had been moved to after being evicted from his home.

Arkham Countdown! Arkham Countdown! Arkham Countdown! Arkham Countdown! Sho: HI!! So, um, Dugal told me I should do an intro today to start this special week off. I’m kinda nervous, but he said it should be… Guise: Sho…hey…what’s going on? Sho: Hey, I’m here to introduce the first blog of the week. Guise: …and you [...]

It’s coming up to Easter and as is traditional thoughts are turning to fish suppers on Good Friday, mine certainly is because I’m going to see Ed Byrne perform his comedy gig in the local theatre and it’s a tradition that my brother and I have to always hit the chippy afterwards – yes, I [...]

In a not-so-secret lab in Scotland, scientists have seen the first results of a program to breed a covert bio-weapon. One ‘asset’ is capable of killing 200 using a highly honed death touch. Just what is Scotlands plan for these bio-weapons and what are our hopes for survival?

We are going to blow the hell out of those dumb bugs until we don’t have anything left to shoot ‘em with! And then, we are going to strangle them with their own-living-guts! – Sgt. Johnson, Halo Over a year ago I made a small promotional video that some of you might remember. DugalCorp had [...]

There was a recent news story that has such a level of pure awesomeness to it that it has to be shared, not least because I know our wonderful friend, Dio, will much appreciate the Nordical connection. Godly reckoning for home intruder An intruder received a taste of divine reckoning as he was chased from [...]

Almost a year ago there was a discussion in the House of Lords on a rather simple subject between just a few Lords, the date was the 23rd January 2008 and the discussion was on Squirrels. The Hansard record for the day follows those involved as they derail from the raised question of “What are [...]

The internet and common daily language has added yet another word to official language it seems. A word that harnesses and reflects the enthusiasm and rampant joy that is learning about a dictionary adding new words that everybody tends to use anyway. A word that one declares in such a way that it can rarely [...]

Remember the Burger King posh burger from the twilight of last month? Sure, I talked about it in the post Wasted Money Or Food For Thought? Well, I remember it and I remember saying at the time: they’ve even managed to ignore the outrage that spreads the UK from time to time whenever foie gras [...]

I don’t usually comment much on the passing of celebrities, but a most recent passing has really touched me. One of my favourite radio hosts, and an accomplished jazz performer, Humphrey Lyttelton passed away yesterday at the age of 86. Up until the very end he was still touring with his jazz group and hosting [...]

There had to be a ‘villain’ post today, I couldn’t just post about Loli and Fast Food. I needed to cover another arch-villain in the UK, and I chose Darth Vader! No, not the British giant David Prowse from down in Devon, but more a Welsh imitator. There is so much to this story, it’s [...]

I enjoy the PC game Civilization, it is one of the strategy games that I like the most and has perhaps remained one of the strongest of the genre after many years through its evolving technology in sequels. One of my favourite aspects of the Civ series is that you don’t have to resort to [...]

Watch this, I’m going to quick step round an issue that I actually have deeply conflicting views about. On one hand, I dislike chavvy families where the children are bought up as gym-slip lovers and sexualised from the moment they are out of Pampers, on the other hand, sometimes Japanese interests are quite fetching. Guess [...]

As if the Fantastic Fours foe, The Mole Man, wasn’t enough of a challenge for local councils to tackle in the UK, it appears the threat of evildoers undermining the bureacracy is spreading. Perhaps emulating the Captain Planet villain, Sly Sludge, a new contender has stepped out and only the anal retentive, ‘more than my [...]

In August 2006, I referred to a man called William Lyttle, who had been dubbed “The Mole Man” for his, some would say ‘eccentric’ behaviour. If you didn’t see it, it’s here. Mr Lyttle, at the age of 75, was ordered by the local council to leave his £1m Victorian property, originally two properties that [...]