The online manifestation of Bret Painter

Not my first blog

Posted Mon, 08/03/2009 - 09:39 by PAINTERCOM

This isn't my first blog but it is my first blog with Drupal implemented on my home page and this will be here until I import my wordpress onto here

Boris you schlep! - Picking on Boris ('cause it's easy)

Posted Thu, 05/14/2009 - 15:33 by PAINTERCOM

This article on the Evening Standard website
I'm not entirely sure how Boris finds time to write these articles, I thought being Mayor of London was a full-time job!?

Is Boris talent? Or did he go to the right school?

Posted Thu, 04/23/2009 - 16:17 by PAINTERCOM

The story in the Standard


There are plenty of people who will take those positions and can do them successfully regardless of the Tax implications because of the preference for this country and it's capital. We need to drive out the greed and this measure will help ensure that.

New website for Fixed Gear enthusiasts in Hertfordshire

Posted Wed, 04/15/2009 - 22:17 by PAINTERCOM
Here's a new venture and something to look forward to in Hertfordshire: www.hertsfg.co.uk

This chart shows...

Posted Mon, 08/18/2008 - 19:08 by PAINTERCOM

the correlation between my age, the exponential growth of my cynicism, number of brands emblazoned over this years fesivals and UK citizens £'s going towards the Republican Party.

How George W is coining it in from Britain's music festivals

I thought I was just being an arse but now I have a URL.

Hell

Posted Thu, 05/29/2008 - 22:03 by PAINTERCOM

This was supposed to be about how differently Channel 4 News and News Night covered the Chapman Brother's 'Hell' at the new White Cube but I couldn't work out how to imbed the videos and subsequently lost all interest. From what I remember the BBC's was disappointingly stuffy or vice verse.

Soul Traders

Posted Mon, 04/07/2008 - 18:33 by PAINTERCOM

Today The Metro featured an artist on page 3. There were a number of points that were particularly interesting to me, not just because I'm an artist (failing). Sarah Graham, the featured painter, is from Hitchin, Herts, I am from Stevenage, the new town next door neighbour. We went to the same University, De Montfort in Leicester, she graduated the year before me (only because I dropped out 'to find myself' for three years) 2000, we never spoke.

Fear not Konnie, you are not alone.

Posted Mon, 04/07/2008 - 17:07 by PAINTERCOM
"The International Olympic Committee has expressed its serious concern and calls for a rapid peaceful resolution in Tibet," Mr Rogge said. He condemned the attempts to disrupt the torch relay, saying violent protests, "for whatever reason," are "not compatible with the values of the torch relay or the Olympic Games". As the BBC reports it, it seems IOC President, Jacques Rogge, condems violent protests but immediately calls for "a rapid and peaceful resolution in Tibet,".