David McFarlane

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My God.

Both Newcastle AND Dunfermline both got royally fucked yesterday. I honestly can’t believe that Newcastle were 1-0 up at half time, but managed to get humped 4-1! And as for Dunfermline, 3-0 away to Hamilton would have been unthinkable this time last year - now it’s an unfortunate reality.

I think that the reason both teams are doing so badly is obviously down to a lack of confidence. It was obvious that as soon as Aston Villa scored the equaliser, they would go on to score again.

I’ve got bog all else to say because I’m bloody annoyed, so goodbye!

Sorry about the lack of a post yesterday (if you even noticed!) - had absolutely no time to do one and WordPress, along with some Plugins, needed updating.

Enough of this boring crap, and on to another rant. This time it’s about work ethic, or the lack thereof that quite a few people seem to have.

I’ve noticed in both the online world AND the real world that many many people seem to want to do as little work as possible, but have dreams and aspirations of bettering themselves in some way. I have news for you - it ain’t going to happen.

You have to work real damn hard to get anywhere in life, no matter what you want to do. Do you honestly believe someone like Richard Branson became successful overnight? Of course he didn’t! He worked his balls off for many years (and I believe he still does) to get to the stage he’s at now. If he had decided to just do the bare minimum he would probably not be anywhere near being a billionaire, believe me.

It all comes down to how badly you want it, whatever "it" is. You have to be prepared to give up lots of things in order for your dream to become a reality because in this life there isn’t anybody who can do it apart from YOU.

I think it really goes back to a previous post I made about hard work equalling success, as anybody who really REALLY wants something while more often than not work their socks off to make it happen.

It also comes down to getting stuff done without putting it off. W Clement Stone, who built an insurance empire worth hundreds of millions of dollars, would make his employees recite the phrase "Do it now!" again and again at the start of each workday. Action is far more important than thinking and planning - remember you don’t get paid for your thoughts and plans!

To add some impact to this, simply add the word "fucking". Yes it’s a a strong word but you need that impact, that call to action, that kick in the arse to get you moving.

Dreamers don’t make a money, doers make money.

Remember, "do it fucking now!"

Even Mr.T agrees.

Vanilla Ice has never been relevant, even when everybody was "getting down" to Ice Ice Baby.

I mean if you actually disect the lyrics of the song they make absolutely no sense whatsoever. I thought I would highlight some of the shit he goes on about during his hit.

"Flow like a harpoon daily and nightly": Correct me if I’m wrong, but a harpoon goes quite fast in a forward direction. Why would it take a whole day and night?

"I rock a mic like a vandal": I see. What you’re telling me is that you’re using your microphone as a tool of destruction. How ruddy bloody hard you must be.

"Wax a chump like a candle": You’ve lost me here Vanilla.

"Love it or leave it you better gain weight": So your song will make me fat? How rude!

I could go on for ages, but I won’t.

The sad thing is that I quite like some of The Iceman’s stuff (seriously - "Cool As Ice" and "Ninja Rap" are both good), so this demolition of his most popular work might seem a bit weird. I just get confused by musicians who make up crap just because it happens to rhyme. I’m also confused by the fact that Rob Van Winkle seems to believe that he was once important, when really all he did was knick a sample off of Queen and speak bollocks over the top of it.

If you want REAL rap, seek out Louis Theroux.

He’s straight up gangsta.

Yes, I realise I’m a couple of days late - Groundhog Day was on the 2nd of February.

As Punxsutawney Phil, the Seer of Seers, Prognosticator of all Prognosticators proclaimed we’ll have six more weeks of winter it got me to thinking about how much I love the film.

I have a weird semi-obsession with Bill Murray films that has lasted almost my entire life. I think it started with the original Ghostbusters film and has just snowballed from there. I can’t actually think of any films he’s in that I dislike (I’m not counting the Garfield films, so there!), which is unusual for me.

Anyway, got off on a bit of a tangent there - back to Groundhog Day!

I like the fact that Phil Connors doesn’t stop himself from trying new things (OK he has a seemingly endless amount of days to do this in, but you get my point!) or meeting new people.

I also think it’s interesting to see how one person can change his attitude and totally transform his life. To go from being a very negative and dour person to one that can inspire everyone around him is a great thing to watch on screen.

But the thing that I love most about the film though is the message that’s conveyed throughout the film, which is that we should look at every day as a fresh start - forget about what happened yesterday and go into every day as though it was the first day of your life. It’s a good way to go about things as instead of letting trivial incidents fester in your mind, you force yourself to forget about them almost instantly.

I’d recommend that you do this yourself - no matter what has happened yesterday, today is a brand new day full of opportunity and promise.

I’ve given this site a bit of a new look, for reasons unknown at this time.

I shall return with more nonsense in the morning!

Wowsers, the Superbowl last night was a really great game.

This suprised me because the New England Patriots were overwhelming favourites to win - just goes to show that every underdog DOES have his day!

I have to say that the New York Giants were very impressive. I thought that they also had one of the most amazing plays I’ve ever seen in a Superbowl (Eli Manning looked like he was about to be taken out when he rolled to his right and heaved the ball 32 yards downfield to David Tyree, who pinned the ball to his head and brought down both the ball AND two Patriots with him), as well as defending like Arsenal used to do in the late 80’s.

I’m by no means the world’s biggest American football fan, but this is one game I’ll never forget.

Even if I do wish that the Green Bay Packers were there instead!

So, Brock Lesnar loses to Frank Mir in his first big UFC fight.

Am I suprised?

No.

After reading what certain people had to say about the matchup I had a little chuckle to myself - no offense to Brock Lesnar, but he isn’t good enough to be considered a genuine threat in the world of MMA.

Don’t get me wrong, in a few years time he might be up there but for now he’s simply an ex-professional wrestler getting paid a crapton of money based on his name.

See you in TNA Brock.

Why is it that in the UK we get taxed on everything?

Every single thing you spend money on, you get taxed to some extent - I couldn’t believe it the other day when I heard that you even get taxed on things like electricity and phone line rental (yes, I still live at home like some sort of lazy bastard student).

There was a bit on the news last night about lorries in London getting charged £200 a day, which is sort of like a tax I suppose.

£200 a day! Surely a bus has the same kind of engine size as a lorry, so will they have to pay the same amount?

This country is absolutely fucked.

It really disappoints me to say that, but it’s true. We pay tax through the arse, have a bit of a crime problem, too many people spunging off benefits and too many health and safety laws to stop people from having a bit of fun.

I’m pretty sure that within the next 5 years I’ll be gone - it’s a shame, but I’m not prepared to sit around while this country goes to shit.

I can’t wait.

So, the football transfer window is now shut until the Summer.

Fantastic.

I’m not sure which simple-minded idiot came up with the idea, but I’m certain that he should be hung. Harsh, but fair. It essentially contravenes European Union laws by restricting trade (i.e. the players themselves moving between clubs), but do we hear anybody even mentioning this? Do we feck!

It wouldn’t suprise me one bit if that prize prick at FIFA, Sepp Blatter, was the person who came up with this ridiculous notion that players should be happy to either sit on the bench or languish in the reserves for six months if they fall out of favour.

We really need to scrap it - and at the same time go back to offside being offside (not this nonsense about interference with play).

I doubt that with Herr Blatter at the helm we’ll see any changes any time soon.

And he wonders why people don’t like him?!?

Jeez, not another person who’s dead.

Jeremy Beadle is probably best know for either Beadle’s About or You’ve Been Framed, which were both hugely popular shows for ITV.

I can remember watching You’ve Been Framed on a Sunday night and thinking it was the funniest programme I’d ever seen (I was about seven), but for some reason I never really liked Beadle’s About.

The thing I always admired about Jeremy Beadle was that he was able to make people laugh at themselves - indeed, he was quoted as saying that he didn’t care if people hated him for doing it, as long as they watched him.

It’s a crying shame that he left this place at only 59, which is really no age at all.

Even though he hasn’t been on TV for ages, he’ll still be missed.