Selling Out


As some of you know, I got married dressed as Darth Vader.While we were on honeymoon, Liz and I were hounded by the paparazzi. Well, they rang while I was lounging by the pool.The Newbury Weekly News were invited to the wedding and made us a spectacular wedding video. Also, The Sun and The Mirror ran little pieces. First to offer us untold riches for our tale were Full House Magazine. Click the picture to read the article. A few weeks ago, we sold out story to Now Magazine for their…

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FoI BTP


Still from a video. A police office in a crowded train station.

Following on from my encounter with the police, I decided to file a complaint against Office 4825 for refusing to show me his ID via the BTP's public complaint form. Dear Sir or Madam,Office 4825 of the British Transport Police refused to show my his ID or Warrant Card when asked. I had been stopped under S.44(2) of The Terrorism Act 2000. The incident happened at around 0854BST on 19/08/2008.The officer was, I consider, rude and unprofessional. He made a protracted phone call using what…

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Am I A Dick?


Still from a video. A police office in a crowded train station.

Well. Yes, probably. I have a small character flaw. I don't like authority. I question authority. I overreact sometimes. This is me being stopped under Section 44(2) of The Terrorism Act 2000. I informed the police that I would be videoing and streaming to QIK. The video was cross posted to Phreadz and discussed on BoingBoing. (Note - the Qik video service died in 2015 and I rehosted a copy of the video on YouTube. The video is missing a few minutes from the end.) So, is my…

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