http://www.mongooseholly.co.uk Release the Mongoose! Although there will probably be very few mongooses actually present. Mon, 21 Dec 2009 23:33:45 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Image by law_keven via Flickr As many of you will know on Sunday evening it was announced that Rage Against The Machine's song 'Killing in the Name' had made it to the number one spot for Christmas. At the time of the announcement I was sat in a restaurant with Gareth ... http://www.mongooseholly.co.uk/2009/12/well-we-did-it/ Image via Wikipedia This will be the smallest and most ineffectual blog to mention the Christmas number 1 race but I have to get my words out there! I will be buying 'Killing in the Name' on monday and I will urge everyone I know to do the same. Not because I ... http://www.mongooseholly.co.uk/2009/12/why-i-care-about-ratm-and-christmas-number-1/ I've noticed that some people (mostly the kind of people who write into national newspapers) seem to think that sites like Facebook, myspace, bebo and twitter are evil and that the only solution to these hotbeds of paedophiles and sexual deviants is to rely on the government to clean it ... http://www.mongooseholly.co.uk/2009/04/were-asking-for-trouble/ I feel the need to spread some musicy love. I have seen the band The White Coats twice now by accident and both times they have blown me away. They are a Portsmouth band that embrace classic ska music. They play really well together and are a smart band. Their ... http://www.mongooseholly.co.uk/2009/04/quick-little-post/ Image via Wikipedia So i can tell you about my superfuntime in Ikea! First a quick warning, my C key is being rubbish so if I miss any, thats why! I've been buying these big glass jars from Ikea to put sweets in at the wedding but I didn't quite have enough so ... http://www.mongooseholly.co.uk/2009/04/a-break/ Image by The Infatuated via Flickr Wetlands by Charlotte Roche is marketed and described as erotic literature or even thinly veiled pornography. Honestly, this is why I bought it! I read that it was so extreme that at public readings women had fainted in shock. I wanted own a book that ... http://www.mongooseholly.co.uk/2009/03/second-review-wetlands/ Image via Wikipedia I thought I'd take the time to tell you about some things I've done/read/seen recently. I can think of at least 3 things to tell you about so I'll do a post every couple of days about each one. Today I'd like to talk about Watchmen. I saw the ... http://www.mongooseholly.co.uk/2009/03/reviews-part-one/ I hate my job, I hate that they can call me in on my day off for a meeting, I hate 2 thirds of the people I work with, I hate that no-one cares, I hate that no matter what I do for them it's never enough, they always want ... http://www.mongooseholly.co.uk/2009/02/i-hate-my-job/ Image via Wikipedia My name is Holly and I use StumbleUpon. I am an avid Stumbler. I can spend hours clicking that special little button built into my firefox browser, laugh at the cute pictures, be inspired by the short stories and amazed by the scientific discoveries that it brings me. ... http://www.mongooseholly.co.uk/2009/01/holy-crap-a-blog-post-not-about-twilight/ Image via Wikipedia Making my own wedding invitations is nowhere near as fun as making Jemma's was? Even though these are easier and quicker with no room for artistic differences and I can knock out them out faster than one a minute, making Jemma's wedding invitations was just so much more ... http://www.mongooseholly.co.uk/2008/11/how-come/