Carr not in top gear

We expected to see a great show when we went along to see Jimmy Carr, the Joke Technician but he just didn't deliver. The funniest people there were the audience with their weird comments and questions. Jimmy kept asking "Have you got any questions?", as if he'd ran out of material and the audience kept asking him "Are you gay?". They must've been getting mixed up with his brother, Alan.

Cooked Butt not cooked

I was kindly invited to go along to HanaHana, a Japanese restaurant where they cook your food on a big hot plate in front of you. The last time I went, the food seemed better I must admit but that time I’d had a bit to drink and would probably think eating the sole of my shoe was nice. This time I got up to do the trick where you put an egg on the hot plate, take one of the spatulas and throw it in the air catching it in your chef’s hat. Sounds hard, but I did it without falling back onto the other hot plate and cooking my butt. Sushi was nice, but the fish didn’t seemed cooked ;)

Tardis makeover

I've never managed to see an episode of the new Dr. Who, but I've just found out that David Tenant is going to be replaced. I got thinking who could take over, and the perfect Time Lord candidate is Laurence Llewellyn-Bowen (not Jim's son), surely. Imagine the cushions in the tardis. I got off the bus the other day and was behind the old Dr Who from my day and took a photo of him just before that ray of light cut him in half!

Comic Black Books

What a great night out it was to go and see Irish comedian Dylan Moran. Genius comedy, a look at the world, relationships and life in general. He wrote and starred in the sitcom Black Books which was just as good. Dylan ate chocolate and sipped on Rose wine while doing his act. What a great job, if only I was funny and could get away with drinking Rose in front of a packed audience.

Andrex curries

Well I continue to get more involved in food, buying local food, cooking with it, writing and reading about it (particularly the new local Flavour magazine). My new cookery course is an Asian one where I learn about and cook Asian food funnily enough. Curries will of course be on the menu for 10 weeks or more. That's a lot of toilet paper.

Mother of all ships

Look at the size of this thing docked in Northumberland Quay in North Shields. It's the QE2 on its last voyage before being converted into a floating hotel and sailing on to Dubai. There were fireworks and deafening horn noises to celebrate as it sailed away up the Tyne. It goes faster backwards than most big ships go forwards. Must be a bugger to reverse park though especially if the captain is female.

Getting to the bottom

It's strange knowing you are at the bottom of the country. It makes it a lot better when the weather in the UK matches what you would expect on a holiday. We were lucky to visit Torquay and Dartmouth for a few days and stay in a great hotel overlooking the sea with hot sunny weather. When I was a child I remember being there when the comedian Jim Davidson was there getting off a boat on the harbour. No celebs this time, just me and Lilly Allen.