Saturday April 30th

Just a thought. If people are attempting to arrest judges for a number of offences that they deem these judges may have committed, does that mean if a judge orders that a hearing must be heard in one location and yet it is moved back to where he sits, is that a case of contempt? Just saying!!!!!

So today's early kick off in the Devon Derby looked to effect the Argyle team more than the Exeter City side. After all, travelling could not be used as an excuse could it? Exeter City took all three points to dent Argyle's survival chances. The result means that with two games to go Argyle MUST win both matches. The positive thing in this is that the last two matches are at home. Monday sees the reverse fixture of the first game of the season where Argyle beat Southampton and then next Saturday the final game of the season at Home Park is against Leyton Orient. Let's hope the crowd turn up for these last two crucial matches and get behind the team. It really is do or die time! 

Friday April 29th

So the big day has come and gone. William and Kate are finally married and the whole of Britain came to a standstill. It must have been some event as even Marks and Spencer shut their doors at lunchtime! If you are a Facebook user you could not escape it was the day of the Royal Wedding anyway as many people were giving minute by minute updates as their statuses. Now I am a proud Englishman don't get me wrong. AND I wish the couple all the best and every happiness, but there is a limit to what you can take in, and for me people watching things on TV and then giving running commentaries to all their friends as if they have no access to the TV is one of the things I get peeved about. If you are that interested in it you should not be bothering with Facebook while it is on! After all with billions of other people watching the same thing there is no point relaying updates every minute as your friends were probably watching it anyway and if they weren't they would not want your updates pissing them off all the time. Lecture over.

I spent the first part of the morning watching TV and then thought that if everyone else was doing the same I could go shopping and miss all the queues. As it turned up most of the shops were fairly empty but there were a few 100 people around the giant screen watching the event unveil itself. Cheers went up as the couple walked on to the balcony at Buckingham Palace and when they kissed there was a huge roar, hand clapping and flag waving.

This evening I walked up to the Hoe where the fair is on for another week. The sunset was beautiful. Given the photos of the full moon the other week and this sunset tonight I think the only thing I have left to get now is a really nice sunrise. Two things prevent this, the most important point being that I am never up in time for a sunrise, although I did attempt it the other week just to be let down by a cloudy sky.

Tonight there was a firework display to celebrate the wedding so I took my camera along to take some photos. Just before the fireworks started my attention was taken by a small crowd trying to light a number of sky lanterns. Having tried on the wind swept Hoe before I did not think they would have much luck. Sure enough despite getting three lanterns lit none of them actually made it up in the air. One hit a fence and burst into flames, one gained a little height but then headed in my direction just inches from the ground and promptly skipped over a wall and headed straight for the sea, never to be seen again. I think by then the group gave up and extinguished the last one they had lit and put the other unlit ones back in their bags!

To finish off the evening I walked around the Barbican and treated myself to a Jasperizer!! 

Thursday April 28th

Another setback for the city of Plymouth today as Plymouth City Airport announces that it is closing. For many it comes as no big surprise. For some of us that have used it, again it comes as no big shock. The writing has been on the wall for quite some time to be honest. With Air Southwest having financial problems and closing certain flight destinations, in particular the two London routes to Gatwick and London City Airport. It now means that Newquay or Exeter will be the closest airports but what that means for Air Southwest is a different question.

Wednesday April 27th

Well even more evidence that the world is fucked up! And I cannot even blame the twats at crapcass for this! It appears that it is now a criminal offence to sing Kung Fu Fighting in public, well on the Isle Of Wight anyway! FFS some people really need to get a sense of humour injection! 

http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/3549052/Cops-to-quiz-Kung-Fu-Fighting-singer.html

Maybe we should stop watching Father Ted as it might offend priests or Irish people in general. Stop watching Eastenders as it offends Cockneys! Heaven forbid we should carry on watching Emmerdale as that might offend Farmers! Can't sing "I Am A Cider Drinker" anymore as that may offend alcoholics or people from the West Country! And I guess "Gypsies Tramps And Thieves" is now off the play-list although that could so easily be dedicated to a few members of staff at crapcass! 

You know what........FUCK IT! I am putting it on here anyway now! 

Monday April 25th

Following on from the news regarding my ex wife's conversation with my eldest daughter's godmother a few days ago I wonder if she is thinking of the damage her solicitors have done to the children this morning. Not only do they not have Easter eggs from daddy but today is Parental Alienation Awareness Day! 

For more information click the link to find out more about Parental Alienation.

http://www.paawarenessday.com/

Below is an extract from the Parental Alienation Awareness Day website: 

WHAT IS PARENTAL ALIENATION AND
HOSTILE AGGRESSIVE PARENTING?

Parental alienation, sometimes called Hostile Aggressive Parenting, is a behavior by a parent, or an adult a child trusts, such as a grandmother/father, aunt, uncle, etc., whether conscious or unconscious, that could create alienation in the relationship between a child and a parent.

Parental alienation, or Hostile Aggressive Parenting, can be mild and temporary or extreme and ongoing. Most researchers believe that any alienation of a child against a parent is harmful to the child's emotional and mental health. Extreme, obsessive, and ongoing Parental Alienation can cause terrible psychological damage to children extending well into adulthood.

Parental Alienation vs. Parental Alienation Syndrome
Parental Alienation focuses on the parents behavior as opposed to the alienated children's conditions, which is termed Parental Alienation Syndrome.

Richard Gardner defined Parental Alienation Syndrome as 'a disturbance in which children are preoccupied with deprecation and criticism of a parent-denigration that is unjustified and/or exaggerated.'

Parental Alienation is damaging to children, whether or not they reject a parent. It's important to recognize and stop the harmful behaviors of the adults before any 'symptoms' develop in the child, and before the behavior escalates to Parental Abduction or Parental Homocide.


I also found this poem on another website opposed to parental alienation. 


An Alienated Child's Wish
Dear Mom and Dad,
Please remember me,
Think of my heart.
I love you both,
But I'm being torn apart.
I deserve to know,
I was created with Love.
A gift from God,
A shining star from above
Now Daddy has his home,
Mommy has one too.
When you fight over me,
I feel split in two.
Written by Jan Butler

Let's see how long these stay there for today and tomorrow! 

And the good news continues for Argyle. A superb 1-0 win at home to MK Dons means that the fight to survive goes on. Standing ovation at the end and I have to say although the crowd was about average for the season, there were not many early leavers as has been the habit of a few. In fact I could only see a hand-full of fans leaving before the full time whistle was blown. Most of the team returned the ovation and again a number of them walked over to the crowd. Today Rory Fallon came over to give his shirt to a supporter. The pride and the passion still very much evident at Home Park. 

This evening after the match and then having something to eat, as it was a glorious evening I went up to the Hoe for another walk. Trying to get photos of the sunset around the new visitor attraction we have that is a smaller version of the London Eye! It is supposed to be here for six months. After walking up to the Hoe I then made my way to Central Park and lit my two lanterns for Parental Alienation Awareness Day! 

Just before my mother went to bed she came into to ask if I could do a quiz relating to the upcoming Royal Wedding for her meeting..............................TOMORROW! So for the past hour I have been scrolling through various sites trying to find various questions relating to Royal Weddings. Deep joy! 

Sunday April 24th

And a very Happy Easter to you all! So what has been happening for the past week that I have been out of contact with the world? Well Arsenal's hopes of winning the Premiership title have all but evaporated following two rather poor results. First the 3-3 draw against fellow Londoners Spurs and then the disastrous 2-1 loss away to Bolton. As far as Plymouth Argyle go they had a good result against Dagenham and Redbridge which took them off the bottom of the division and we look forward to a great game on Easter Monday at home to MK Dons.

My eldest daughter's Godmother was in West Hoe Park a few days ago and amazingly she saw my two daughters and their half brother and my ex-wife. The ex went over to her and said....

"I feel so sorry for the children and their nanna as they are suffering through all this and it is NONE of their faults! I feel so upset that the solicitors have made such a big mess of the whole saga!" 

Again from her own mouth she (using terms associated with Easter) has crucified her own legal team! I just wish she would actually take the bull by the horns and tell them exactly what she wanted for the children. After all I was under the impression that the solicitor worked for you and not the other way around! Or is it that yet again, the lies spew from her mouth like the famous scene from the Exorcist!

So you really want to end this "saga" then put your money where your mouth is and put the needs and wants of the children in front of your sorry bunch of scumbag solicitors and that evil twat at crapcass! you know where I am if you really mean what you keep telling everyone outside of the corrupt court system!

PUT UP OR SHUT UP! 

Monday April 18th

I rarely watch the soaps here. The last time I saw any was prior to Christmas just before the storyline regarding the infant death and consequential stupid baby-swapping story! Now apparently on ITV's Coronation Street they are about to or already have started to tackle the subject of Parental Alienation! Let's hope those closer to my own case who do watch this programme will have a real crisis of conscience and realise the real damage they are doing to the children above all others! Doubt it somehow though! Need to have a conscience in the first place and we all know someone does not possess a bit of it! 

http://www.itv.com/itvplayer/video/?Filter=231291

Sunday April 17th

I know last month people were going mad about a "Supermoon!" In Plymouth I could not see what the fuss was all about anyway due to the cloud cover. However tonight is a different matter completely. I cannot remember seeing the moon this big before. Just to show what the camera can do I was able to get a few close up photos of the moon and it was as if I could reach out and touch it myself. 

The teams in the FA Cup Final have been decided by the result of the second semi final which was played earlier today. Bolton were beaten by Stoke very comfortably 0-5. A result which prompted the Bolton captain Kevin Davies to post an apology on Twitter to the Bolton fans. So in May Manchester City will take on Stoke in the FA Cup Final at Wembley. 

In the Premier League, Arsenal's title hopes took a little dent when they could only manage a 1-1 draw at home to Liverpool. The match looked like going to a 0-0 draw until deep into injury time Van Persie scored from the penalty spot and looked to have given Arsenal the three points they were looking for. Unfortunately "TWELVE MINUTES" into injury time Liverpool were also given a penalty and Kuyt was able to bring the sides level. Maybe the referee's watch stopped as nobody else quite knew how there was 12 minutes injury time! There was an injury to a Liverpool player however, it did not appear that he needed as much as 12 minutes medical attention! 

Saturday April 17th

Good news of the day, Manchester United were beaten 1-0 in the FA Cup Semi-Final against Manchester City. 

Bad news of the day Plymouth Argyle were beaten 2-1 by Peterbrough, despite taking the lead. The result for Argyle means they are desperately close to being relegated if they lose anymore games. 

In the National Lottery it was triple rollover. Unfortunately that meant nothing to me although four people do share the £16,000,000. 

Thursday April 14th

Today I wake up to the news that 11 babies everyday are stillborn! Six others die in their first 28 days of life. So nothing has really changed in 100 years and certainly not in the past 6 years! So much for progress. We can make changes to the death rate in cancers and other diseases and illnesses but we cannot help the 17 babies that die each day, some never taking their first breaths! The fact is that given the millions of £s that is being spent on finding cures for these well known diseases, a small percentage is being spent on real research into what are the causes of stillbirth or neonatal deaths. Blame it on smoking and drinking and obesity sure. Then again neither my ex-wife smoked or drunk and neither of us were obese then, Yes she may look a bit tubby now but not six years ago! 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-13068789

This news on BBC today started me thinking about the past 6 years. It was not until after the events of that July that I started falling out of love with her. Until then we could take on the world together. It was as the following years passed that I started to see her for what she really was. The lies and deception could have been overlooked. The gossip that while I was out at work she was seeing someone. (yeah that was one explanation I was given for why our daughter died!) The fact that even after the heartbreak of a stillbirth and the trauma after that trying to rebuild our lives, and the joy of having another healthy baby a few years later. The thought that maybe after the heartbreak that the baby would help to heal some of the unseen scars. Then the ultimate nail in the coffin of our marriage when she had an abortion.

It was at the point I knew the marriage was dead and from that moment on she became uglier by the day to me. Now when we go to court I look at her sometimes and do not see anyone who resembles the person I married and once fell in love with. Truth is when I see her now I feel lucky I do not have to live with her anymore. There was a time last year when we spent the day together on the anniversary of our daughter's death where even in the sadness of the moment a little light shone on her and for a moment I thought to myself "that is the person I knew and loved!" Then on my eldest daughter's birthday I have a photo of her and see the ugliness of the liar.

Wednesday April 13th

Just for the anonymous commenter a couple of days ago (maybe someone who backed the wrong horse on Saturday!) I am off to do an extra line for the double rollover lottery tonight. If I win I would like to thank you and make a donation to you but as you are anonymous not much I could do even if I did win! Oh well!!!

Tuesday April 12th

I keep getting anonymous comments, some are good and supportive and others quite rude and at times just out to stir trouble. I shall not post anything by anyone sending anonymous comments in the future. If you have something to say to me make sure you say it out in the open or keep your opinions to yourself. In answer to the last anonymous comment which seemed to imply that I spend a lot of money on gambling I give you an open reply. 

I do not drink alcohol and I do not smoke, in fact I have never smoked in my life. I do not go out much in the evenings, and when I do it is not to pubs or clubs etc. I have money taken out of my account for child maintenance which as a father I have no objections to although it would be nice to see the children and know what the money is being spent on, as I am aware that Christmas presents from two years ago had labels removed from me and magically had my ex's name put on them! I spend the money that I get on food and clothes and my ex has left me with an outstanding debt or two which I pay off each month as she is always moving around and those who are looking for money from her don't know how to trace her. as a matter of fact she gave my parents address for one debt and they had bailiffs around a few times threatening to take their property to clear my ex-wife's debt! In fact my ex still owes my mother and me money from three years ago! Something she has admitted to in court papers and said she has no intention of paying back, despite getting the money fraudulently! 

I buy a lottery ticket each Wednesday, and Saturday and I also get a Euromillions ticket on a Friday. Last Saturday was a one off event that takes places once a year and sometimes I put a few pound on a horse and sometimes I do not. This year I decided to put £10 on a horse which I was quite confident would win (and rightly so as it turns out!) That being said, I do not have to justify what I spend my money on to anyone, least of all an anonymous person, so in answer to your comment. MIND YOUR OWN FUCKING BUSINESS!

Just for the record! The winnings on Ballabriggs bought me a nice new camera! Not that it is any of your business either! A Nikon Coolpix L110 though if you must know! Will post some lovely new photos just for you! 

Sunday April 10th

Mixed day as far as sports go today. I woke up early enough to see the Grand Prix and cheer the British drivers on. As it turned out Vettel won for the second time and Button came in second. Hamilton ended up lower down the line after being hit from behind by Alonso and having a few more pit stops than he had wished for.

As for Arsenal. It seemed like busy as usual after a few poor results lately. It was good to see Jens Lehmann making a return to the goalkeeper position after leaving the club a couple of years ago but coming back to help out with the injury problems to the other goalkeepers. Actually the plan was for him to be substitute goalie but Almunia hurt himself during the warm up and Lehmann started in goal. Two goals in the space of a couple of minutes could have spelt a landslide for Blackpool but as it turned out Arsenal only added another after Blackpool had pulled one back. Final score Blackpool 1-3 Arsenal. The score keeps Arsenal in touching distance of Manchester United and they also have a game in hand.

Saturday April 9th

There are many other Saturdays that are commonly known as SUPER SATURDAYS, but today has to go down in history for me as a REAL SUPER SATURDAY! 

As I walked to Argyle today I felt optimistic but having felt this way before and at the end of the day felt completely down and depressed because of the scores etc. I did not know what I was to expect or if this feeling would stay with me throughout the day. The team came out to a standing ovation and they played their hearts out on the pitch. In fact it was hard to see that this team in green were the team that for the past few months have had to live off handouts and loans because there was no money in the pot. I cannot honestly remember too many shots on goal from the visiting team! As it was, Argyle took all three points with a very well earned and much needed 2-0 win. I have to also admit that for the first part of the second half I was a little pre-occupied with the radio in my ear as I listened to the Grand National. While Argyle were taking chances on the field I was watching the game with my finger on my earphones listening to the commentary of the big race, knowing I had a betting slip in my wallet with the name of a horse I have been talking to some people about all week! As the race was reaching it's climax so the match was heating up at Home Park. I was not only watching the game but by now mentally jumping over the fences at Aintree with my horse as it started to move ahead. Then it was Argyle 1-0.

Shortly after the first goal went in my attention was distracted by the news that BALLABRIGGS had won the Grand National! I took out my slip from my wallet and checked the odds I had taken and how much i was due to get back. £150.00! A little while later it Argyle 2-0 Walsall. I went down to the bottom as i normally do and cheered the team off, then I ran to the betting office in town to collect my winnings! 

I am sure these things happen in threes don't they? But surely a win on the lottery tonight would be too much and too greedy to ask for! 

Friday April 9th

Well today has been the hottest so far this year and apparently the weather for the weekend promises to be more or less the same. Just a shame that for a good part of it, I was stuck in the Salvation Army hall moving tables and chairs so that they can seat about 150 people for a "cabaret" style concert tomorrow evening by two founder members of The Joy Strings! I would not mind but because they have the children's club there in the evening, I had to go back at 8.30pm to finish off as they needed a few tables which then had to be transferred downstairs to the main hall! Oh and I also had to collect 150 pasties from the local supermarket and transport them over to the hall. 

So far so good.......!

When I returned in the evening to move the tables that were up in the young people's hall, my mum was upstairs so not at the front door to open it for me! Parents came and went and saw me standing outside, and still nobody held the door open for me. In fact most gave me strange looks. I would not mind but my eldest daughter used to go every week before the twat from crapcass did her dirty work so they must have recognised me! Ermmmm no! To make matters even worse, a woman who lives literally 2 minutes up the road from me and who has known me for about 15 years, came to the door and offered me a half eaten "Subway" sandwich and asked if it would be any use? I am aware that she is suffering from a type of dementia but to look at me and assume I was one of the local homeless people after I had shaved, had my hair cut and showered so didn't smell or look scruffy! 

Eventually I got in and was able to get the final tables sorted and then walked home while mum got a lift back. Yes I could have gone in the car but I had already been insulted by the driver's wife who thought I was a homeless person and while I was moving tables and chairs on my own everyone else was standing around chatting so I thought it best to let them all go and I would have a walk around seeing as it was a lovely warm evening. 

Just for the record, I used to be an active member of the Salvation Army until many years ago but have not been now for about 20 years although I did get married there and my children were all dedicated there. It's a long story and to be honest it does not retelling. 

I did manage to spend some time in the sun this afternoon while walking around after finishing the first part of the setting up. My first port of call was to get myself a cup of coffee. Then I walked into the local betting office to place a bet on the horse I think will win The Grand National tomorrow. I actually have my mind set on two but as one is owned by Sir Alex Ferguson, the \manager of Manchester United, I really do not want to have him to thank for a nice win!!!! So I chose the first option which happens to be the horse I have picked from the start of the week. 

I write this after the Euromillions Draw has taken place so I already know I am not a multi-millionaire. Oh well there is always the Grand National and the Lottery tomorrow!