Gene_Clark

To get everyone back on his side, Abramovich needs to appoint a woman bishop as Chelsea manager

Ryder's 2 big problems, apart from being as thick as pig shit, are his inability to adopt a professional attitude towards the general public & his boozing. It's bad enough when he goes off the deep end when he's sober, but him drunk (especially still pissed the morning after). There's simply no way George Culkin, Martin Hardy or any other NUFC supporting journalist (even Ian Murtagh and he's a complete clown) would go on the way he does.

Lee was at Hillheads tonight for Whitley Bay v Blyth. Stevie - you're not the only person he's followed around Twitter acting the chap towards; a lad I know who is involved with Hebburn Town but used to be home & away NUFC until 2008 got the same treatment a while back

December 20th iirc - went to see The Bhundu boys at the Riverside afterwards

yes; thanks

i'm 48

Music peaked last month with "Mladic" by Godspeed You! Black Emperor

you spelled "dirge" correctly; the problem is that it doesn't make any sense in this context. apology accepted; no hard feelings

agreed also Peter Mullan - just so brilliantly brooding

didn't realise there was an official musical accompaniment to the games......

excellent choice

Neil Young & Crazy Horse "Psychedelic Pill" - predictably fabulous

Tyrannosaur - brilliantly bleak

In the East Stand for this one, so I'll be taking a tartan thermos

it's taken over from "moral," which was last month's buzz word about the Wonga deal, when it should have been "ethical" Next month we'll be using "complaisant" when we should be using "complacent"

The grass may not necessarily be greener elsewhere; Percy Main Amateurs 1 Whitley Bay A 6

Fucking shit; like the bastard offspring of Pat Heard & Archie Gourlay on ketamine

fulham have a fearsome squad as well....

agreed. we've lost a league game, not had a season fall to pieces; perspective is needed

Ferguson missed our best chance; he should be ashamed

i used to wear one of those as i'm a pacifist

he's shit

Thankfully Ferguson didn't get on.....

A sense of relief that Obama won; I suppose we're all that bit less likely to die in a nuclear holocaust during the next 4 years

After my dad died in 2009 (day after Bobby Robson), I had bereavement counselling through CRUSE, who are based at St. Gabriel's in Heaton. It was 6 group sessions of talking through what the grief actually meant; it was really helpful (& free, though donations keep the organisation going). It was non-judgemental & entirely reflective & supportive. It stopped me from becoming medically depressed I'm sure, as it provided timely intervention, halfway between a formal medical referral (waiting list; stigma etc) & family discussions (fraught with difficulty as everyone is involved in the same grieving process & reacts differently). If anyone ever needs this, the contact details can be found at http://www.crusebereavementcare.org.uk/LocalCruse.html