Movember - It's Mo Time!

This year I have decided to join the Movember experience and grow a moustache to raise funds and awareness for mens health.

The Lancashire Hotpots - Me PSP Chords

Having had a look around the internet, I couldn't find any accurate chords for the song 'Me PSP' by The Lancashire Hotpots, from the album 'Never Mind the Hotpots'.

Although on Ultimate-Guitar.com there is a version, this seems to be in the wrong key, so I have corrected it below:

Capo: 2nd fret.

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               C
I've got a confession to make,
     Dm
For a man of my age,
     G
Now young lads play with it all the time,
     C
They think it's all the rage,
C
They do it in their bedrooms,
                   Dm
When their mum and dads in bed,
       G
Grown men like me shouldn't do it,
         G
'Cause we've got wives instead,

             C
I've tried talkin' to the wife,
           Dm
But she doesn't understand,
         G
The pleasure that it gives me,
         C
When I hold it in me hand,
     C
The longer I play wi' it,
    Dm
The more it gets 'ard,
   G
Especially when y've got n' memory on yer memory card!

C
Talkin' about my Playstation PSP of course, dirty, dirty minds!

C
Oh, it started one day,
           Dm
I got a bonus from work,
G
Two hundred pounds,
C
Oh the wife she went berzerk,
C
'Cause she sent me down to B&Q,
Dm
To go and buy some shelves,
G
But I spent the cash in gamestation,
G
And she played merry hell!


C                                           Dm
See I bought meself a PSP wi' a couple o' great games,
G
And ever since I've bought it,
C
Life hasn't been the same,
C                                                            Dm
And the wife wants me't do the gutters, "It'd only take a day",
G
But instead I'm wastin' all me time playin' GTA


 C               Dm
Oh me PSP, me PSP,
G
It really is fantastic,
C
It is the one for me,
C                                            Dm
I'm glad I saw it in the shop just sittin' on a shelf,
G
'Cause now I get so much pleasure playin with meself,
C                                        Dm
I've tried talkin' to the wife but she doesn't understand,
G                                                    C
The pleasure that it gives me when I 'old it in me 'and,
C                                 Dm
The longer I play wi'it the more it gets 'ard,
G
Especially when y've got n' memory on yer memory card!!

C
Been playing that Tomb Raider, have you seen the SIZE of the ...levels on that game! Huge!

C                                             Dm
Well the wife is gettin' fed up now I never come to bed,
G                                   Dm
I just sit on the sofa and play Fifa instead,
C                                                Dm
She puts on sexy underwear and gives me come-to-bed eyes,
G
But the kid down't road I've got to beat him he's on to level five!


C                Dm
Oh me PSP, me PSP,
G
It really is fantastic,
C
It is the one for me,
C                                   Dm
I'm Glad I saw it in the shop just sittin' on a shelf,
G
'Cause now I get so much pleasure playin with meself,
C                                                   Dm
I've tried talkin' to the wife but she doesn't understand,
G                                                                            C
The pleasure that it gives me when I 'old it in me 'and,
C                                    Dm
The longer I play wi'it the more it gets 'ard,
G
Especially when y've got n' memory on yer memory card!!

C
Left, left, left, why won't it go left Jean?, I'm pressin' it's not going left here Jean!

C                                                    Dm
So one night when me 'n wife are cosy lay in bed,
    G                                                  C
She whispered softly in me ear and this is what she said;
 C                                                       Dm
"Darlin' I've been thinkin'", (what?) "'bout our bedroom fun" (what about it?)
 G
"And the pleasure that you get, by movin just yer thumb"
     C                                                                   Dm
"So I bought mesell a present" (What's that) "To keep me entertained"
 G                                                   C
"I'll confess that it takes batteries" Oh "And I'm sure you wont complain"
           C            
I couldn't think of what she'd bought,
Dm
But I didn't have to guess,
G
Cause right then she pulled it out - a Nintendo DS!

C                                         Dm
I tried talkin' to the wife and now she understands,
G                                                        C
The pleasure that it gives her when she 'olds it in 'er 'and,
C                                           Dm
The longer she plays wi'it the more it gets 'ard,
G
Especially when shes got n' memory on 'er memory card!!

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Hope you enjoy, any comments please feel free to leave them below.

Xcode Tutorial: How To Implement a Twitter Button in your App (EasyTweet)

As a relatively newcomer to Xcode, I've found adding some of the basic features to an app quite tiresome. Online guides seem to be aimed at the experienced user and have left me wondering "Where do I add that code?", "How do I make that button clickable?". These kind of questions may show my inexperience, but we all have to start somewhere and for me it was right at the basics of how Xcode works.

One of the simplest items to add is a twitter button and for this tutorial, I will go through the steps, to easily and quickly add a basic twitter button to your iOS app using Xcode 4.2 building for iOS 5.0.

3 Star Nautical Tattoo

Although this isn't on the same topics as my usual ramblings, I thought it would be worthwhile writing a quick blog about it.

A couple of weeks ago I wanted to find a tattoo to symbolise my 2 kids and the one we unfortunately lost due to a miscarriage. After a long hard search of various tattoo websites, Google images, etc. I was still none of the wiser, what kind of tattoo I really wanted and also where to put it.

I went to the local tattoo shop to talk over ideas and various designs and templates were discussed. I didn't want names, child's feet, I wanted something different.

Shooting at The Phoenix Club

On Wednesday (30 May 2012) The Societies organised a photographic seminar with John Denton and model Claire Marr.  This was held at St Gregory's Social Club in Farnworth, Bolton, better know as the setting for Peter Kay's "Phoenix Nights".

The workshop was designed around shooting weddings under any conditions. John showed delegates how to utilise areas of the club to create stunning images, which many photographers may have overlooked.