Tadoos. Good Lord, get paid for having a temporary tattoo. I was incredibly tempted… until I read this.

I’m watching the closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games, which frankly is like watching 50000 people drowning in an enormous swimming pool. It’s in Manchester, it’s one of the wettest weeks on record in sunny England – surely brollies would have been on the shopping list? Oh no. All the officials stood in the centre of the stadium, pristinely ironed suits on display, hair gelled to perfection, bald spots combed over perfectly. As the head of the Manchester Committee made a Herculean effort of finding some of “the splendours of Manchester” (here’s one), the heavens opened royally, as if wholeheartedly disagreeing. They’re still there, bless ‘em, 30 minutes in, suits slowly shrinking and foreheads doing a commendable impression of Niagara Falls. Someone get them an umbrella, for pity’s sake!

Well, the “vile” green is out, and a nice minimalist theme takes over. Christ, you guys are hard critics. Oh, the comments system is now working splendidly again. And I’ve added a Comments Leader Board half way down the page – see if you can beat the wordsmith that is Jac…

The redesign debate rages on… I got an email tonight from a regular, praising my “brilliant blogging machine” (damn it, i didn’t even write that bit), but slating the new colour as a “rather vile shade of green”. Well, CHARMING, but it’s a view that’s becoming a tad common. What do you that of the colour? What should I change it to? Should I colour co-ordinate it with my underwear?