Goodbye Annus Horribilis

Although world famous blogspot Papasgotabrandnewblog follows the Chinese New Year tradition with more interest than the Roman calendar, midnight on December 31st is still a good date to chase out the ghosts, turn over those new leaves, and reflect on the last 12 months. In terms of news, the first "scoop" of the year "Blog Editor to Sack Himself" wasn't even true but still managed to clock up a healthy 17 comments. This out-did the number for an original photo of a captive cheetah from Wellington Zoo which managed a measly 2 comments. Funnily enough, this is the same number as the epic photo piece "A Family Affair" (March) and the PGABNB endorsement of Naturally Fresh Deodorant Crystal (May. Obviously, the year was dominated by The Royal Wedding (April thru July) and a number of new arrivals in the shape of Amelie, Isla & Pixie (although despite the coverage these and other youngsters received they haven't repaid it with a single comment!). 2011 was definitely video year: Joe C set the ball rolling back in February, followed by Experiment SH1310 in March & Bristol based artist Colin H in June. Further videos made the Papasgotabrandnewblog pages in July/August in the shape of The Wedding We'll Never See by up and coming New Zealand outfit the Hope Higgies, and the Danny & the Uncles White Wedding (Watch Out!) video single, both Royal Wedding tributes. Another 3 videos; Freight Train Demo - in August - Kat Eyes and Diamonds - in September all by experimental musician Experiment SH1310, failed to capture the public's attention amassing an embarrassing 9 comments in total. Arguably the most shocking story of the year was Bristol Toddler Exchanges New Sister For Gorilla Spiderman, a saga that kept the public enthralled during the latter days of the British summer. As always there were a lot of birthdays which were generally celebrated on the corresponding date despite the occasional editorial hiccup. The Seven Year's Hitched anniversary post with original prose was deemed uncommentworthy by the majority of the PGABNB readership with only 5 comments including a rather nasty one from, we suspect, a Mr Pepe Idontkerr, a notorious old-school school teacher in the Barrow-in-Furness region who delights in bullying his pupils (so much so that he is reported to be cross-eyed). The most depressing point of the year for the PGABNB team was the lack of comments on September's One of those days post. The call for musical relief and enlightenment pulled in a solitary comment (obviously coming from full time comment writer Ms Bird from Bristol who constantly keeps the comment flag flying). The Papasgotabrandnewblog editor was particularly cut up by November's Blog Edit Knifed report, not in the least because it should have read Blog Editor Knifed but you just can't find decent staff these days. All in all, from a blog point of view this was a bit of an Annus Horribilis (especially for comments) and we are quite happy to see the back of it. Furthermore, to end on a low point, Papasgotabrandnewblog didn't hit the 10,000 hit mark. However, looking on the bright side, there's still the chance of getting there before the Chinese New Year which starts on Jan 23rd. Get those fingers clicking!! You can begin now by voting for post of the year! This post is accompanied by a not-quite-finished-yet, never-seen-before, nonsense experimental video project called LightseekerZ

Bristol Builder Blasts Blogspot

Bristol builder Geddie H has blasted world famous blogspot Papasgotabrandnewblog for allegedly missing his birthday. The irate handyman claims that the lack of birthday coverage was a deliberate blight on his good character and is looking into the possibility of taking legal action against the popular online internet site which has notched up close to 9,400 hits since its humble beginnings back in 2006.
“I’m getting sick of this” said the fuming father-of-two. “Just because my birthday is close to Christmas people think they can get away with giving me just one greeting and one present” he added. “This has been going on since day one and it’s got to stop. Even my daughters get more coverage than I do and it’s not fair” a frustrated Geddie is claimed to have said.
Apparently, the barmy builder is also annoyed at a recent comment about his eldest daughter’s rendition of “Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star” on a well known social network site. “If it’s good enough for Simon Cowell, it should be good enough for some poxy blog reporter with deaf ears” he reportedly ranted and raged.
When quizzed on the lack of birthday greeting, a spokesperson for world famous blogspot Papasgotabrandnewblog could muster no more than a puzzled “Geddie who?”

Lording it up on his birthday!

Lord Clibery of Clifton celebrates his 140th birthday today. We send him a special papasgotabrandnewblog birthday greeting.
When asked about the secret behind his longevity the lazy Lord replied that if one wants to live to a ripe old age one should marry a supermum (or two!). Apparently, one marries the second one when the first one has worked herself to death.

Supermum Wiped Out

Supermun Lucy Clibery is celebrating her birthday today despite feeling a little run down. Apparently one of her “darling creatures” put Green Kryptonite in the butter-dish yesterday prompting a “wiped out” comment on facebuck. At the time of going to press world famous blogspot papasgotabrandnewblog is unsure whether it’s Supermum Lucy herself who was wiped out or whether she took revenge on the naughty nippers and showed them who runs the roost. Either way, we wish her all the best and hope she has a wonderful day.
Today’s birthday themed photo shows Lucy’s brother Ollie trying to demonstrate his own superpowers by eating a violin in order to thwart a group of dangerous criminal types whilst his supermum sister looks on and offers superhero type tips.

i.c.u

Florence Nightingale impersonator, Bea J, is up to her old tricks again. This time she's gone and got herself trapped in a reflection. As always, world famous blogspot Papasgotabrandnewblog was on hand to call the Fire Brigade.