Hopkins the Bonk Legged

I am afraid the publicity the bonk leg is getting is causing untold problems for me on the rugby field.

Twice in as many games the Bonk has been needlessly targetted and has been stamped on, leaving me in unable to carry on due to damage.

The Bonk has had to reschedule two public appearances, an opening of a knocking shop in Troedyrhiw and and “Songs of the Shows” evening in Caerphilly Social Club.

The Bonk’s agent is not happy.

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I have just had my all my bumph back from joining the Britsh Humanist Society. I have been an atheist since I was 8 (about the same time I stopped believing in Santa Claus).

I think that the grip religon has on an seemingly enlightened scientific age is wrong and very sad. I wished I joined along time ago.

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Facebook, Twitter and Blogging sites are more popular than email according to the The Daily Telegraph today (Tuesday March 10th 2009).

How many Welsh businesses have overlooked the social networking.  Many fail to see the point of social networking,  its so often claimed that “it can’t be monetised”, or “its just a fad” “traditional marketing is more tangible”.  Social Networking played a large part in Barrack Obama’s successful Presidential campaign.  Though on as little as an hour a day,  business owners gain significant brand exposure,  serve the target market and most importantly enhance customer experience.

Get on the Social Networking Bandwagon!

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Today I was feeling sorry for myself, I was hobbling in the rain to work after hurting my bonk leg paying rugby against Caerphilly. I was constantly thinking about my poor mother who is going into Hospital to have a big unpleasant operation which will hopefully catch the cancer in time.

I realised how lucky I was that science has progressed  to such a degree that, my mother is being treated (for the second time) against a disease that only a few decades ago would of been terminal. To an extremely lesser extent the fact that I am walking on my foot, never mind playing rugby, is down to scientific progress.

Religous people just pray and ascertain that whatever happens is their Gods will, the outcome is what was decided at the inception of the universe, their fate was already mapped out.  Atheists like myself are thankful that people of reason and logic fight against what first seems, improabable and progress to solutions or treatments than people can now take for granted.

Im joining the British Humanist Society now.

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In 2009, a crack commando unit from Tracesmart is going to be sent  up the Welsh Three Peaks by the Hospice of the Valleys for a crimes they are yet to commit. These men (and a lady) promptly escaped from their Electoral Roll and People Search duties to the Cardiff Bay underground. Today, still needing to raise money by the Hospice of the Valleys, they survive as Soliders of Sponsorship. If you have  cash, no one else to spend it on, and if you can find  them, maybe you can sponsor.. The trAce Team.

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This is one of the funniest things I have heard in a long time. It makes me proud to be Welsh. Click on the link below:

Best Asda Customer Service Call

I encountered the best Asda customer service in Merthyr Tydfil ASDA.

I bought a £5 Superman box set, the box set consisted of  Superman 1 with a sticker on the Disc and Superman 2 without a sticker. When Superman 2 failed to work I decided to take it back.  I returned it to customer services where the woman who checked the disc accused me of putting a blank disc in the box set in order to  swindle the Supermarket giant out of £5.

She called over Jeff the Chief announcer of reduced food who through using his experience of using a microphone to say plums where now down to a 4op each, concurred that I was the mastermind of an elaborate Superhero DVD counterfeit smuggling ring.  In my defence I pointed out that I had spent over £5 in purchasing petrol  and returning the said DVD,  also it was alot of trouble to go to to heist a 1980 superhero sequel.

Jeff and the customer service woman had seen every type of scumbag chancer pass his reduced cheeseboards and special offer scotch eggs with a aim to rip ASDA’s off,  I had fallen into that category.

Desperatley trying to clear my name I asked the Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson of the retail world to open a different Superman 2 box set. The untampered blank Superman 2 disc in the freshly opened box set concluded that all the Superman 2 Discs were stickerless, I breathed a sigh of relifef as my name was cleared, leaving me in awe of Asda’s cunning and astute customer service staff.

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Its madness after getting up 6 and travelling the train for hour, getting home with the kids wanting you to watch a film, then going chase a synthetic plastic egg around a muddy field in nearly freezing conditions in a pair of shorts for Beaufort RFC

That first bump on the head or nice catch and thats it, Crazy Monkey mode, the bullshit of budgets, web site stats, all go out of the window. All I want to do is get bruised and want to smash whoever we’re playing Saturday.

It cant be normal.

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Well Josie went up the Domen like she was taking a stroll in the park, the wind was amazingly fast, at one point I tied Josie to my arm and used her as a kite. (I have tried to upload the video but I cant convert the video from my phone).

It took us about an hour all in all. Hopefully this may plant the seed to get her loving the outdoors which may lead to her becoming the first woman to wrestle a bear to death (a dream I’ve had since I first looked into them blue eyes).

I went out on my mountain bike after the walking up the mountain bike up Bryn Bach Park and then on the kettlebell. I was like a better looking version of Bear Grylls today (obviously considerably more clumsy).

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Somehow I am writing my first blog post squashed up in bed having a lie in with my missus and the two kids.

The tribe are in varying states of consciousness (its lovely mind) . My pantless boy Thomas is awake and staring at the ceiling, soon a Hulk-like adrenaline surge will course through his veins causing him to kick his long suffering sister in the face, and make me end the writing of this post for fear of him kicking my laptop of the bed.

Josie and myelf have planned to walk up the the tricky east face of the Domen today. I am going to buy her and myself some new boots for her first folly into hill walking, shes already talking about the next hill to climb after this one, but let see how she does with this one first .   I need to break my new boots for Three Peaks Challenge to climb Snowdon, Cadair Idris and Pen Y fan in just two days which I am doing with a gang from work in August. Please donate here

Well like I thought my post has come to quick end as Tommy had to go down the stairs cos he was peeing himself (his words not mine) and Josie wants me to play in her Guitar Hero band. It will be interesting today to see if like yesterday Tommy will describe his breakfast as a disaster because the toast was cut into squares and not triangles.

What a lovely start to a sunday

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