In my mind, there can only be one winner – the one true Bavarian beer & sausage stand.

• Jonathan Stewart issues – who said I ever had any, apart from the falling asleep issue?  And the forgetting stuff.
• Life size smurf – I wish I could get me one of these.  I know what you’re thinking though, and it’s not for that reason.
• I always fall asleep in the cinema – see my previous issues.  I’m glad I could help someone.  Couldn’t actually see the site ranking though
• Searchga.me answers – Goddamn David Naylor – I think I was number 1 for a bit!
• PVC moon smurf – I like this search term a lot
• Dog with diaper – wtf!

Sleep
Anyone who’s ever spent any time with me knows that I love sleep. BBC LOOOPER DOOPLE This has become especially apparent when I’ve gone on holiday with friends – I love to sleep at any given opportunity. If we’re flying somewhere I’ll sleep. If we’re on a bus somewhere, I’ll sleep. But I’ll never fall asleep at work. I’m not narcoleptic – I just love a good snooze every now and again. The only time it’s ever a pain in the ass is when I watch movies. If I put a good film on at home, chances are I’ll be asleep within 20-30 minutes. The worst occasion was when I went to watch Quantum of Solace in the cinema – I think I saw about 10 minutes of it. So on Sunday, I sat down to watch a film – my girlfriend was visiting friends in London, and she’s not a big fan of horror, so I decided to attempt to watch Saw. About 15 minutes into it, I was fast asleep – I just couldn’t stay awake. When I did wake, I decided to change the film to Top Gear on BBC 2, and I was fine. Why is that? Why do films make me fall asleep, but TV doesn’t? I have some bizarre theories, like perhaps films emit different audio frequencies that make me feel sleepy. Perhaps it’s frame rate related – I don’t know. Let’s park this issue for the moment.

Memory Loss
When I’m at work, at any given time I may be working on 10 to 20 different things at the same time. This makes life difficult. Anyone who’s seen my desk knows that I’ve got a crazy way of working that involves an extreme Post-It note solution – essentially I write everything I need to do on lots and lots of Post-Its, and then rearrange throughout the day as priorities change. I’ve tried various different solutions, but I always tend to find it’s the old fashioned methods that work best for me. Recently I’ve been having problems though – I’m not sure if it’s sheer information overload, but quite often something will pop into my mind – by the time I’ve found a pen to scrawl on the nearest Post-It, I’ll have forgotten that thought. Sometimes I think that if it’s really that important it’ll come back to me, but recently I’ve become aware that even the most important thoughts are being lost forever. And finally…

Information Addiction
In the old days, we didn’t have things such as the Internets, Twitter, or Facebook. Nowadays we do, and I reckon people are spending too much time on them. From the group of people that I work with, the best people are those that live and sleep online. During our dinner party, it got us thinking that perhaps today’s youth won’t turn out to be drug or alcohol addicts – they’ll be information addicts – people who just can’t stop reading, learning, and watching. The best way to treat this addiction, is, upon entering the Priory, to throw away iPhone / Blackberry / Mobile Web Device, and then lock said addict in a room without TV or internet, and just let them get on with life – perhaps introduce them to a spot of gardening and see how they get on with things.

So to conclude, and the general consensus from the blokes sitting around the table with me that regularly fell asleep, couldn’t remember things, and spent far too much time consuming information, is that we’re all information addicts. Watching a film just doesn’t provide enough information to keep me awake – it’s dull. I don’t want to sit and watch Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet acting out a marriage breaking down – there’s just not enough information there – of course I’m going to fall asleep. Similarly, of course I’m going to forget a few things every now and again when I’ve got so much to think about and remember. If anyone’s got a good cure, please get in touch and let me know – especially regarding the sleep issue – I really would like to see the end of 2001: A Space Odyssey one day!

Maunsell Sea Forts

There are several sound mirrors scattered throughout Kent, but the best examples are in Denge, near Dungeness:

Acoustic Sound Mirrors

These were used as an early warning system by amplifying the sound of approaching aircraft.  Again, these structured are really impressive.  The one on the far left of the picture is incredible – if you put two people at either end of it, and one person whispers at one end, the acoustics are such that the whisper travels down the length of the mirror, and the person at the other end can hear it perfectly.

Anyway, the point of all this is that someone pointed me in the direction of video for the new Prodigy song, Invaders Must Die.

For some reason, the guy in the video visits both the sounds mirrors and the sea forts, which is pretty random. If you ever get the opportunity to go and see these yourself, I highly recommend it.