TRF, Arsenal & Flickr

It's that time of year again. Yep, TRF starts tomorrow morning. (You can check out their hideous website for more info). This will be the first time in years that I'm not going down every weekend. Although Marita Beth is working it, I'm not and thus don't feel quite the need to be there. The reasons are many-fold.

• The TRF managmeent has so dramatically reduced the entertainment budget that I fear I won't be adequately, well, entertained. As much as I love Iris and Rose, I don't really see myself spending all day every day at the Sea Devil Tavern.
• Marita Beth is working. Kelly is working. Hell, nearly all my friends are working; which means they won't have time to hang out & drink with me.
• The drive is damned long.
• Boarding my Border Collies, 'Tia and Cormac, is getting prohibitively expensive. I can justify it a few times during the run, but if I do it every weekend, there goes the disposable income that I'm trying to set aside for Dickens on the Strand in December.

What a pickle, wot? Flagrant Disregard is brilliant! The Flickr tools built here are simply wonderful. I'm sure much of it is due to some SDK or other that Flickr/Yahoo has released, but the result is amazing. Below is my profile, as built by the FD Profile Tool.

Arsenal are going into the weekend without (again) their core defence. We sold Ashley to those fucks on the other side of London Chelsea and in return we got Gallas who's now out for a number of weeks with a hamstring injury. Senderos got injured at the World Cup and still isn't back and his compatriot Djourou is now facing a late fitness test. Arsene, for some weird reason, still has faith in that useless Song kid, and is talking about putting him or Gilberto in that centre-half spot. Gilberto I can deal with, he's capable enough, but Song *shudder*. If he plays Gilberto there, then hat could leave the door open to place Baptista and Fabregas in the middle of the pitch; that's a pairing I can't wait to see work. But, 10 years at the helm and he's not made that many mistakes. I've got to keep my faith with the man. Come on the Arsenal. That's it for today. Wastrel On! (Listening to: )Louie's Return by Brother)