Red, White and Brown: A Comedy Show by Russell Peters

January 26th, 2009

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Often times the comedians that reach the spotlight are white or Black, especially in America. Well, enter Russell Peters, a refreshing change to that trend. Born of Indian heritage, Russell’s unique brand of ethnic comedy will entertain you while challenging any former views you may have held of Indians or other races.

Russell’s most recent performance was Red, White and Brown, a comedy show that was performed at Madison Square Garden. He starts the show off by warning Asian techies to not be “downloading bastards” with the special.
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J. Medicine Hat — Comedian and Hypnotist

January 19th, 2009

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J. Medicine Hat has been on the comedy scene since the days of Star
Search. He has been seen on TV several times since then, on Showtime,
HBO, MTV and VH1. He has been seen on banners and building wraps around all the major cities in the UK. Most recently, he was seen in person by myself. I recently not only got to witness J. Medicine Hat’s hypnotism routine, but I actually got to take part in it.

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RyanAir: Where No Frills Means No Compassion!

April 12th, 2008

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Yesterday I was standing at my appropriate departure gate at London’s Stansted Airport where I watched RyanAir’s personnel efficiently carrying out their policy about refusing late passengers entry to the plane.  The passengers in this instance were a family comprising what appeared to be a mother, father and two young children (one of which it should be noted was a baby).

Having sat on a plane waiting for a last minute passenger needing hair restoration surgery who finally turned up with a bag full of duty free booze proclaiming why they were so late, I don’t have a lot of tolerance with people who can’t present themselves for their flight on time.  However there are situations which mean that sometimes you get held up and if you are moving from one end of an airport to another with small children these situations seem to be more common.  The first problem is the security checks where you must aid your children out of their jackets etc.  Even trickier with a baby!  Then putting these items back on whilst any buggy is thoroughly investigated for illegal substances and security measures.  Not to mention ensuring that your other stuff such as passport/travel documents and personal effects aren’t tampered with whilst your attention is on your children.  Following this, Stansted also wants to examine all shoes and so a parent travelling with children has to get their own shoes off, plus their child’s, and then of course put them back on again.  This is stressful because it takes time and as a parent you’re very much aware of the sighing businessman needing skin mole removal surgery for his face, standing behind you in the line, complete with his neat laptop bag, expensive suit and impatient expression.

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The stress doesn’t end there.  You can see from the screen that you have a departure gate number for your flight, and you know the direction to go, but then your child needs the bathroom, and as any parent is only too aware of the safety issues surrounding children in airports you must accompany the child.  Having seen to that child’s bathroom needs, and having got halfway to the appropriate departure gate – in Stansted’s case this involves negotiating the most crazy arrangement ever created of moving between floor levels at numerous points along the way – you discover the baby is stinking and the other passengers won’t be happy so you have to find a toilet area, and change the nappy.  Trying to make it to the plane is like trying to complete a cyrstal maze >treasure hunt test. No wonder parents travelling with small children look frazzled by the time they get to their appointed departure gate.

Yesterday the plane was still on the ground, the doors were open and the stairs were still in place.  Despite this, and the fact it would take less than 3 minutes for this family to board the plane, RyanAir’s gate crew declared the flight closed and the family was not allowed to board.  The mother was extremely distressed, her loud sobs echoing in the heart of any parent who knows how much effort it took for her to get there and how so easily a toilet visit could have put them in the same situation.  The little boy was crying.  The baby was crying.  The father looked completely devastated.  Meanwhile minutes passed while the crew outside located the baggage belonging to the family that had already been put into the plane, and removed it.   The time it took to locate and remove the baggage was far greater than it would have taken to show some compassion to an already stressed out family and allow them to board the plane.

I don’t know what the fate of this family was.  I don’t know if they were able to get another plane yesterday, or if they would be stranded overnight with a baby and small child to care for – as they weren’t English and probably returning home from vacation, they may also have been on extremely limited funds.  What I do know is that whilst RyanAir may be patting itself on the head for having the least number of cancellations when lined up against its competitors, they should be hanging their heads for creating this situation.   I think it would be a far better promotional point to be able to say that they were the best family orientated airline, especially when traditional family values are supposedly being bandied around at Government level.  At the moment, the attitude yesterday – coupled with their policy of people having to pay additional costs for priority boarding (RyanAir, as with some of their economy flight competitors no longer automatically allow people travelling with young children to board first) – this airline is ranking somewhere near the bottom of the family friendly airline list! 

Shame on you RyanAir!

Make a change

April 7th, 2008

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Mid life crises, faith no more

People say that I’m the perfect age to have a mid life crises. Well I’m staunchly saying that I’m NOT having any thing of the sort, I’ve just chosen to make a few changes in my life. There’s nothing wrong with that, is there? You have to seize the moment, do what you’re going to do now, make it happen or the window will pass and all you’ll have left is the thoughts of things that could have been.

So in my bid to change my life, I started by going to the internet. Where better to start than to source of all things? I started by looking in Google for search UK property to find a decent property website. Do you know the range of places that are available to live in? Just even knowing the possibilities excited me! I could do anything from live in an old church to a fully working farm. I didn’t buy online however, and I haven’t moved yet. I’m not sure I’m going to, but there is something about knowing that I’m not stuck where I am that changed how I view my situation. Rather than feeling trapped, I’m now glad I live where I live. What seemed circumstance beyond my control has become a conscious choice. Now, I am living where I want to live, and even though nothing has changed physically, I am so much happier with my life.

What I did end up buying from the internet however was a, well, a procedure in a clinic. I feel a little embarrassed to say it in a way, but I’m a little on the tubby side, always have been. It’s also always been something that bothered me, so I’ve done something about it. I’ve booked in for chest reduction at a place called court house clinics. I can’t recommend them either way yet, it’s scheduled for next week, but I think I’m actually looking forward to it.

My final big change was to buy a horse. Well, try and buy a horse! I used to ride when I was young, and I’d like to again. I actually found one that was both within my price range and a fine animal. However, it seems that keeping one is a little more expensive than I thought! The actual upkeep is substantial. You have to cover everything from the food and stables, to paying for equine liability and stable staff. In the end I went in on a horse share with someone! I own half a horse – hopefully not the back end!

So reading all this, do you think I’m going through a mid life crises? Whether I am or not, at the end of the day I don’t really care. I’m making some changed in my life that are making my life better for myself, and that’s the most important thing.

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