Ebay disgruntlement

Is it me or has Ebay suddenly got a little bit rubbish recently?

I dunno what it is but I don't seem to be able to find anything that I want without having to trawl though hundreds of 'commercial' product adverts - it really clogs things up and slows things down... there must be some way they can thin out these adverts and stop people from bulk adding loads of the same thing?

Does anyone else feel the same way?

Supa-shopper

Nowadays supermarkets can provide you with a cheaper alternative to most of the leading brands. However, I feel that there are a few consumables which one should not compromise on for the sake for a few pence. They are:

1) Tomato Ketchup - Needs to be Heinz
2) Baked Beans - Need to be Heinz
3) Frosted Flakes - Need to be Kelloggs (i.e. Frosties)

Art

I generally like to say something pretty outragious or generally wide-sweeping a few times a year, here's the first for 2006:

ART IS FOR THE ARTIST. IF OTHERS ENJOY IT TOO; THAT'S A BONUS!

Before you reply and tear it down (which you're welcome to do) I'll give you some context. I wrote this down last night. I'm currently experiencing a bit of a dry patch creatively; post-album bends I suppose. I was reflecting on what it is that holds me back and realised that, apart from lack of time, one thing is that nowadays I tend to filter every idea through a seive of 'What will he/she think', 'What will the Christians think?', or even 'What will God think?'...

I came to the conclusion that this really isn't the right way to do it. It's not that I don't care what people think - because obviously you want people to like your music if it's going to sell...but trying to predict a reation or prempt which box I'll be squeezed into is a waste of effort. Feels like I'm throwing out ideas prematurely and it's time for that to stop!

One thing Bob Dylan said was that a song-writer just needs to keep writing songs... Song after song after song after song - and eventually they'll bump into one that's great. I've always tried to buy into that school of thought but I realise that recently I've ended up thinking way too hard - trying to make the picture appear all at once out of thin air rather than by gently drawing a line at a time.

I guess I just need to buy more pads of paper...