By tim, on January 16th, 2012 at 10:28 pm I’m not what you’d call a football fan. Yes, I always listen out for Derby’s result and occasionally listen to Radio Derby’s commentary, though it really hasn’t been the same since Graham Richards retired. But I’ve probably been to fewer than 10 professional games in my entire life.
One of the reasons for my disenchantment with football is the constant nonsense spouted by many of the people running the game. Such as Paul Jewell’s recent pronouncements on female assistant referees or the ludicrous assertion by Adrian Bevington of the FA (and many others) that the next England manager should be . . . → Read More: Arsene Wenger and the fundamental attribution error
By tim, on June 23rd, 2010 at 6:25 pm So, the flags will be staying on my car for a few more days. Unless they manage to “fall” off on the way down to Bracknell tomorrow morning, that is …
You can have too much of a good thing, you know
By tim, on June 20th, 2010 at 9:43 pm I’ve been moaning constantly about the number of people driving round with England flags on their cars since before the World Cup started. Well, I need to have something to be grumpy about. I’ve been especially critical of people who have been flying cross of St. George flags with “England” written on them. A fellow blogger tweeted on 12th June that they reminded him of Kenny Everett talking about subtitles for the hard of thinking.
So, imagine my utter delight at receiving these beauties today. They are quite simply the best Father’s Day present ever. Thank you, Jessica.
The . . . → Read More: Father’s Day
By tim, on February 2nd, 2010 at 11:37 pm This week’s study has been a bit of a refresher on methods, statistics and getting to grips with SPSS again. I don’t think I’ve covered anything I didn’t already know (or should have known from DSE212/DXR222), but it was good to revisit the material after the mostly stats-free ED209 last year.
I really do need to get to grips with writing up TMA01 though. I still haven’t done this, although it should be fairly straightforward. However, I do need to find some time to figure out how I can work the material in Naish’s paper ‘The locus of the Stroop . . . → Read More: DD303 – Week 4
By tim, on May 4th, 2009 at 6:43 pm I’ve been to see the Women’s FA Cup Final at Derby’s Pride Park this afternoon, so perhaps it’s been appropriate that I’ve been working my way through the chapter on gender identity this bank holiday weekend. This study week also involved reading an introductory chapter on the early development of identity too, so it’s been a very heavy week for note taking.
The football was great fun (and the two chapters have been pretty good as well). Emily and I sat in the Sunderland end (I’ve always been a sucker for the underdog) and it was really good to see . . . → Read More: ED209 – Week 14
By tim, on March 29th, 2009 at 1:13 pm I went to see the Damned United yesterday lunchtime, in a cinema in Derby. There were less than 20 of us in the auditorium (perhaps the later showings are better attended), but nonetheless, we were treated to a glorious trip down memory lane – albeit quite a few of the memories are obviously fictional (Clough begging Taylor to forgive him at the end of the film – I don’t think so!)
The interviews Clough gave to Austin Mitchell on Yorkshire Television bracket the film(*), and as the originals are still available in the archives, they provide an anchor in reality . . . → Read More: Reflections on The Damned United
By tim, on February 20th, 2009 at 10:46 pm I’ve just come across the trailer for the film of David Peace’s book “The Damned United”, which was the most memorable book I read last summer. While the portrayal of Brian Clough in the book (and presumably in the film too) has provoked criticism in Derby, I’m certainly looking forward to seeing it, because if nothing else the book was a well written piece of fiction. Or fact. Or faction perhaps?
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