: Out of - and into - nothing
Seventeen years ago, Durham were playing Minor Counties cricket. Eight and a half years ago, they were still obscure enough that someone who's since posted on this blog was offered a million quid if he recognised that they played at Chester-le-Street. Now they're county champions. I'm not sure which is the most remarkable of the two prior data points, or whether the latter merely reflects a lack of interest in county cricket at the turn of the millennium. Or ITV wanting to get shot of the jackpot.
Anyway, I'm back on the radio, and have also been flyering on behalf of both Surge and the nascent television society (which I am now part of in earnest). Decidedly draining, and I took an afternoon nap for the first time in a while afterwards. On air again tomorrow, 11-1.
And as for into nothing, Bradford and Bingley looks bound as I type for nationalisation. I briefly thought that meant we'll now not only have two government-sponsored Division I teams, but a government-sponsored Division IV ground. Then I found that Valley Parade has got a(nother) sponsored name. I've actually lost track of them now.
Seventeen years ago, Durham were playing Minor Counties cricket. Eight and a half years ago, they were still obscure enough that someone who's since posted on this blog was offered a million quid if he recognised that they played at Chester-le-Street. Now they're county champions. I'm not sure which is the most remarkable of the two prior data points, or whether the latter merely reflects a lack of interest in county cricket at the turn of the millennium. Or ITV wanting to get shot of the jackpot.
Anyway, I'm back on the radio, and have also been flyering on behalf of both Surge and the nascent television society (which I am now part of in earnest). Decidedly draining, and I took an afternoon nap for the first time in a while afterwards. On air again tomorrow, 11-1.
And as for into nothing, Bradford and Bingley looks bound as I type for nationalisation. I briefly thought that meant we'll now not only have two government-sponsored Division I teams, but a government-sponsored Division IV ground. Then I found that Valley Parade has got a(nother) sponsored name. I've actually lost track of them now.