Mark Forrester - Independent digital designer and online entrepreneur

Like dari-dawg of the chumpstyle team I’d been living under a rock and had not yet seen the freak accident that took place during a Pirates vs Leopards football game in South Africa this past week.

For the other Saffas living abroad, and for all my international readers, here is the bizarre clip.

Dear Santa,

Some lad called Andy Budd, who runs some user experience consultancy company in Brighton, is being quite crafty in getting word out about his latest book, CSS Mastery. He wants geezers to write to you begging for a copy of his book. Then he chooses the best letters and gives the winners a copy of his book. He doesn’t even consult you. The cheek!

To be honest I’m sort of one of those geezers, I wouldn’t mind the book, I’m sure it would help me develop my CSS skills. The main reason I’m writing to you is to get some of his website visitors, even some of his clients, to my weblog. Who knows they might love my site and prefer to use my company instead of his. You never know. I’m sorry I’m using you Santa. I really feel terrible about this, but you know if this works I might get some more UK clients. How about this: I’ll give you a cut of the profits! Promise.

So please don’t be pissed off with me. If you could fit a new Macbook in your sack I’d prefer that, but a CSS Mastery book and an ipod nano would be great. Especially the nano, I’m one of the only blokes in Wimbledon without one :(

Thanks Santa. You’re a legend.

Love,

Mark

P.S. I’ve never ever won anything significant. Sniff. You already know that Santa, but Andy doesn’t. So this is really just a note for him, to tug on his heart strings.

This letter to Santa is in response to Andy Budd’s “Win an iPod Nano with CSS Mastery this Christmas”

The “Fruitloop” Granny Wrangler has tagged me, and it looks like I have to organise a dinner party for myself and 9 lucky guests.

So I give to you the list of my distinguished friends I shall invite:

1. Mini Me: Not an actual mini me, mini me from austin powers, the one who humps the “lazer”. He looks quite a cool bloke.
2. Michael Scofield: I’m just intrigued to find out if it hurt when he got all them tattoos done.
3. Neve Campbell: She was super hot back in the days of “Party of Five”
4. Paris Hilton: What’s a party without Paris. And her Dad could foot the bill.
5. Britney Spears: She tags along everywhere with Paris these days, but she is pretty hot, so I wouldn’t bounce her.
6. Robbie Williams: Robbie would be in charge of the entertainment after the meal. He just better bring his pack of Uno cards.
7. George “Boyjtie” Forrester: George is my 3 year old Golden Retriever. I thought if I bring him along, that’s if he is avaliable that night, he would lighten the mood a bit. He has two great party tricks, a killer fart that always sparks off some great conversation, and a well executed judo flip (a must see).
8. Jane Seymour: I had a huge crush on her in “Dr. Quinn Medicine Woman”.
9. Johnny Knoxvile: He could help out George with party tricks.

The waiters I shall request:

• The Jobloggers: They can compare tattoos with Scofield.
• The Chumpstylers: They are actually paying me to waiter at my party. They mentioned something about a potential revenue stream from a spy camera in the ladies toilets?

Instead of spending your time reading a post that I don’t have time to write, spend it watching a guy, with a hell of a lot of free time, playing “dominoes pool”.

Now imagine if he had spent that time doing something constructive. We’d probably have a cure for Aids.