Jesus Shows Up On Marmite Lid!

Could this really be the face of Jesus? A woman claims Jesus has appeared on this lid of Marmite as seen above. Claire Allen is the 36-year-old mother from Wales who discovered it and told the BBC, "People might think I'm nuts, but I like to think it's Jesus looking out for us."

Talk about spread the love...................

*PIC: BBC

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Teenagers Online Full-Time

Teenagers are spending 31 hours a week online, according to a study released this week. This includes nearly 2 hours a week looking a porn, another increasing problem as addictions increase. The full-time online generation have replaced watching TV or playing outside in a new virtual world.

The results of the 1,000 teenagers revealed that they spend three and a half hours on MSN Messenger, 2 hours on YouTube and in chat rooms. One in four spoke regularly to strangers but said it was harmless. A third said they try and hide what they are looking at if a parent walks into the room.

The www.cybersentinel.co.uk results were highlighted in the Daily Telegraph today, pointing out the dangers as well as showing how the internet can be used as a great source for educational purposes.


*PIC: Getty/ Telegraph

Rubik's 360

Rubik's 360

*PIC: David Rose/ Daily Telegraph

Remember the iconic Rubik's Cube from the early 1980's? Well, the inventor has returned with a new version set to take the games world by storm - the Rubik's 360. According to the Telegraph, "Players must get the coloured balls from an inner sphere into matching slots on the outer sphere by shaking them through a middle sphere that has only two holes."

Sounds simple but anyone who has tried to solve the original Rubik's Cube will know how difficult and frustrating it can be. The original had 43,252,003,274,489,856,000 possible combinations on its six faces yet only one solution.

The Rubik's 360 was revealed today (Feb 5th) in Germany at a toy industry fair and will be on sale here in the UK by August, with demand expected to be high as the invention received glowing reviews.

Professor Rubik said, "I feel that the 360 is one of the most innovative and exciting puzzles we’ve developed since the Cube – adopting elements of my original design, challenging the solver to use skill, dexterity and logic."

Will the new Rubik's 360 go on to beat the original Rubik's Cube in sales? Only time will tell but 350 million worldwide sales is a hard record to beat.........

*robmacca is on holiday in Ibiza until Sunday 28th September

robmacca @ Glastonbury

I'm away at the Glastonbury Festival for a few days and will be back to normal blogging when I get back. I've got a few surprise blog posts lined up so keep checking back for updates.

How To Get To The Enemy Gig At Ricoh Arena Coventry

The Enemy will be performing their two home coming gigs at the Jaguar Hall in the Ricoh Arena, Coventry this weekend. Eight thousand fans will be attending each night, with many travelling from around the country.

Details of The Enemy support acts at the Ricoh:

http://robmacca.blogspot.com/2008/03/enemy-ricoh-support-act-revealed.html

So here are the maps and directions to the Ricoh Arena:

For more travel information for the Ricoh Arena, Coventry visit: http://www.ricoharena.com/travel.htm

robmacca on holiday

I'm on holiday until 9th February, but will be posting regular video updates on:

http://robmaccaextra.blogspot.com/

So if you want to find out exactly what robmacca is doing in Australia, check out the short video updates.

www.theenemy.eu - My website dedicated to Coventry band "The Enemy"

The Teddy Teacher Story

This teacher - Gillian Gibbons could be charged with sedition or a months prison sentence with 40 lashes in Sudan.

The crime?

Allowing pupils to name a teddy bear "Mohammed".


Check out the story: HERE

Ironic that people were protesting angrily at the Oxford Union over the choice of speakers for the Union Society last night (BNP leader Nick Griffin and historian David Irving).

There will be no such protests in Britain for the teacher who is in jail for naming the teddy "Mohammed", at the request of the children. It amazes me how quickly protesters will jump on one band wagon but will suddenly become silent when it comes to the need for action.

My advice to all those who went to Oxford to protest at who was speaking as part of the free speech debate - get off your arses now and do something useful. Free speech, whether we agree with the person or not is enshrined in the British way of life - pity that such places like Sudan still lives in the dark ages and imprison innocent people.

My Website: "The Enemy" - Click to read the latest on The Enemy.

Royal Mail: "It's Not OK" - Part Two

*Previous video: HERE

The video above is not meant to be an attack on Royal Mail or the manager's who run the local delivery offices. The past few months have been difficult for everyone within Royal Mail and the future looks very challenging if it is to survive. Following several days of strike action, problems began to surface about the backlogs and delays in mail delivery.

This video highlights some of those problems several weeks later, as manager's try and cope with tight budgets and strained working relations. It exposes shortfalls as customer service slipped and highlights some interesting quotes from the media, Royal Mail and the Union.

Royal Mail does endeavour to make a daily delivery to each UK home as well as trying to exceed each standard laid down by the regulator Postcomm. The video needs to be taken in the right context, with the back drop of industrial action. Normal daily deliveries have returned to the vast majority of the country, any mail being undelivered is usually due to exceptional circumstances.

Since the Government raced into ending Royal Mail's monopoly, the postal market has transformed significantly. The public service, treasured by this nation is now under serious pressure. Is it all down to profits or about public service?

My Website: "The Enemy" - Click to read the latest on The Enemy.

Cadbury's Wispa Returns!

Cadbury's Wispa is BACK - according to Which magazine and my good friend Emma , who alerted me to the story. The chocolate bar was my favourite when it launched in 1981 and soon became a "rob loves wispa" logo all over my school books. I also remember eating at least 1 bar a day for quite a while - easy to do when you were head paper boy at the local newsagents!

The memories have all come flooding back, it's hard to believe Cadbury's had stopped making them 4 years ago, but now pressure from thousands of people on Facebook has prompted Cadbury to launch a "classic" Wispa bar, albeit just 23 million bars - that should be enough to last me until 2008!

My Website: "The Enemy" - Click to read the latest on The Enemy.

Britain To Get An Indian Summer

Forget the doom and gloom about postal strikes, rising petrol prices and England losing at sport because it looks like we could be heading for an Indian Summer by Friday/Saturday as temperatures look like rising to 19/20c, according to forecasters.

Now while we might not be walking around topless like Rebecca Gayheart (90210 star) and husband Eric Dane (as seen in the picture on the left), it will feel a lot more pleasant for this time of year where temperatures are normally averaging 13c.

*Picture from PopCulturePundit.com

robmacca random stuff

robmacca entertainment news

Rubik's Cube In 26 Moves!

According to the BBC website, the Rubik's Cube can now be solved in just 26 moves. This is all thanks to a super computer that can return the Rubik's Cube to its original state in no more than 26 moves (it took the computer 63 hours to beat the previous record).


There are 43 billion billion possible Rubik's cube positions but graduate students Daniel Kunkle and Gene Cooperman from Northeastern University in Boston were able to work out a short cut!

Over 100 million Rubik's Cubes were sold in the period 1980-1982 and has enjoyed various revivals over the years.

I Love HMV!

I reported a few weeks ago about HMV not sending me the signed copies of The Enemy single "Had Enough" (read about it HERE). Well I can honestly say "I love HMV" because first of all they fully refunded me when I sent the singles back. Then secondly, this week in the post I received the signed copies with a letter of apology for the delay (not HMV's fault) and I did not need to pay for the records.

My faith in HMV is now fully restored and I'll continue shopping online with them knowing their customer service is good. I've had very few complaints overall and now do the bulk of my music buying through HMV rather than CD Wow or Play.com because I trust the brand more. robmacca says: "Job done!"

Weather Update

The weather in Britain seems to have reached a new low today as yesterday's rare sunshine was once again replaced with continual rain throughout the day.

Up and down the country heavy rain has caused major problems, especially for road users and anyone working outdoors. All day the rain has been relentless and thunder storms have dominated the topic of conversation throughout the country as we try and work out just where the Summer weather has gone.

July is typically a hot month in the UK and I'm usually outside sunning myself in the garden or delivering the post in my little Royal Mail shorts, instead I'm sat indoors with the heating on trying to dry my uniform. After four hours outside in almost winter conditions, I had to strip off and actually poured water out of my shoes because I was so wet. Normally my heating is off from about March until late September but 2007 is the worst British summer I have EVER known.

According to reports on Sky.com, we could get up to four inches of rain in a relatively short period and it seems we are indeed getting two months of rain in 24 hours, with no sign of a let up in the down pour.

Just to think that this time last year we were reporting that temperatures had been expected to rise to 100F/39C http://robmacca.blogspot.com/2006/07/british-heatwave.html and we were enjoying a heatwave and walking around topless. This year we'll need our swimming trunks for swimming up the high street instead of trying to get a sun tan!

robmacca: Blog Visitors Increasing!

Eye Eye, seems like more and more people are visiting the robmacca blogs these days, as both "robmacca entertainment news" and "robmacca EXTRA" have now shot over the 20,000+ visitors and well over 33,000 page hits since its quiet humble begining back in 2005.

Considering the robmacca blogs are not about any one specific thing and I'm not anyone special, it's an honour to have so many people come over and have a read or look at whatever is grabbing my attention at the time. So thanks to everyone who has ever visited the robmacca blogs so far and a big shout out if you've left a comment - I do read them all personally!

Remember This?

Remember the sunshine?

Thought I'd just remind you all what we should be doing at this time of year and post a couple of pictures to jog your memory. I'm on holiday and stuck at home with rain, day after day. So I had a little google search to find a bit of sunshine and more suitable summer attire. This time last year I was sunning myself somewhere nice and hot. *Remembers some hot topics from last year on this blog ...........

*OK, I'm not sure this is "entertainment ", but I'm on holiday and can entertain myself with all this free time!

A Nation of Drunks!

It will come as no surprise that Britain has been branded as a nation of binge drinkers, who are fame obsessed. The Lonely Planet guide for Britain details how we eat more junk food than the rest of Europe combined and are devouring Internet porn at the fastest rate on Earth - making us a right bunch of wankers!

Interestingly, it is a well known fact that Britons are more likely to vote in a reality fame programme than in a General Election. On a positive note - diversity in cultures has given us a nation of good food and cities like London and Birmingham are praised in the guide. I wonder what the 24 million yearly visitors make of the UK, it seems a far cry from a generation ago when being British held a certain honour and dignity.

Quick someone pass me my Pot Noodle and can of Carling, I need to vote in Big Brother before I surf the net for porn................................

Stuart May Stunt Show

The Stuart May Stunt Show was a great way to spend Bank Holiday Monday, even if it did mean I had to venture out and face the extra long traffic queue. Thanks to my Lituanian friends Vilimas, Evaldas and Julius, the afternoon was a real treat. It was my first time at such an event and another demonstration of the vast variety of entertainment Coventry provides as a city.

Video collection of clips from the stunt show.

Koventry Kidnap Kommando

Miriam dressed as a Russian Spy as part of her mission while in Coventry!

The past few days have been hectic socially, so I've not had time to do my usual blogging or online reading.

Part of the week was spent hosting Miriam, who had flown in from Asia and was on her way home to Switzerland. She had an exciting plan while here and was on the same wave lenght as myself, when it comes to doing wild things.

The video below was recorded on Thursday and has Miriam dressed as a Russian spy, on a mission to "kidnap" a guy called Ben. Miriam's plan was to take him back to Switzerland with her on Saturday.................................

* I can't believe how many hours I just spent trying to get this video to work and upload correctly!

Miriam out and about in Coventry during her stay as a HospitalityClub member.

Holiday Weekend

It's been a busy week, as I've been hosting a girl from Switzerland for a few days and now I'm about to head off to London as part of my holiday weekend. Meeting up with friends and going out to a special gig tonight.

BBQ on Sunday and lazyness on Monday............... Holiday weekender all sorted.