Tuesday, 27 April 2010

World Domination

Below is a map showing where people are looking at the blog from. As you can see, I'm taking over the world. What a horrible thought.



As for all you Americans out there, you're not safe either. Looks like The Morgan Chronicles has taken over the East coast by storm! Sort of / Not at all.


Click the pictures for a closer look to track the global phenomenon that is The Morgan Chronicles.

Timetables

Made a revision timetable yesterday, essentially comitting myself to approximately 2 months of revision and thus 2 months of a spiralling journey to insanity.

Trust

Once in a while I find it's beneficial to look through your junk email folder just on the chance you strike gold.

Today I did. After looking excitedly through various messages on 'how to get ripped in 4 weeks' and 'how to be a beast in the bedroom' I found a message from a 'Mrs Amina Phillips', who has decided to leave me $9.5 million in her will.

You've most likely gathered 2 things so far. Firstly, this message is obviously just a scam to get me to hand over my credit card details and secondly, Amina Phillips is a very generous lady.


Click the thumbnail above to have a look at the full message.

I'd like to thank the writers of this pathetic scam message for producing a comedic gem. I've got afew questions about the content of the message though. What kind of woman doesn't trust her own relatives and would rather give $9.5 million to a complete stranger? Secondly, what kind of respectable lawyer uses his MSN Hotmail account to process a $9.5 million transfer?

My faourite line is "I know I have never met you but my mind tells me to do this,and I hope you act sincerely."

Friday, 23 April 2010

The Van

It's relatively hot in England now and so everybody with a pulse is now sporting very rarely worn shorts and skirts. Obviously which of these people are wearing depends alot on their
gender.

The Ice Cream van has taken up it's usual spot by the front of college, which is convenient for the people that smoke because their 'cage' is about a fags throw from the van.

I like the way the van is placed in an area where everybody can see it. it's like a lion preying on a limping gazelle, but instead using overpriced drinks and heart-attack-inducing, sugar coated lollipops to stalk prey.

Snot Bomb

Today I forgot to take a hayfever tablet in the morning, which makes me nervous. Why? Because now I'm a ticking snot bomb just waiting to go off. I have no idea when the sniffles and snotty nose combination will strike, but I know they'll strike hard when they do.

Thursday, 22 April 2010

Visitor Review - Sam Greatorex

Many thanks to Sam Greatorex for his thoroughly poetic Morgan Chronicles blog review:

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I wouldnt know how to describe the Morgan Chronicles if you asked me,

Upon trying to access the blog from college, I was greeted by a notification that it has been blocked for “antisemetic content. Perhaps I should have taken this as a warning of what was it come, but no, foolishly I continued undeterred in my attempt to gain access. Once free from the iron grip of Internet censors, I returned, and was finally able to view the forbidden content which lies within.

As a writer, Mr Morgan exudes an overwhelming sense of immaturity, barely being able to transcribe a single rational sentence before falling back into his well-practiced retinue of bad jokes and poorly attempted sarcasm. Despite this apparent lack of direction, demarcations between the focus of particular entries have been created, namely between the News Page and Game Reviews. From my analysis, the News Page leaves much to be desired; it consists almost entirely of plagiarised news segments from the Metro. Any original content which does accidentally find its way in is almost invariably written in a tone appropriate for a child who had only recently learnt how to read. The reader is patronised repeatedly by the way in which Mr Morgan writes as if to indicate that he is speaking to an audience, a lie which is made so painfully obvious by the fact that almost every article has not a single comment or ratings, and indeed, the total number of page-views for the entire blog barely exceeds the total number of articles which have been published.

If you thought the Game Reviews section was going to be an improvement, then you have been sadly mistaken. This section merely serves as a deceptive attempt to direct more page views to the blog, as evidence by the comments from a young Yugoslavian boy who left a comment reading What? This isnt IGN! Indeed, from statistical data I have retrieved, the Yugoslavian boy seems to be the only regular visitor to the blog at all, whether this is due to his own will or a technical glitch is point of considerable debate. A bounce rate of over 50% is yet more evidence that I am not alone in my desire to leave this blog almost immediately after the page loads - the revulsion one experiences is not unlike how it feels to listen to Nick Clegg talking about the benefits of a multicultural society.

To conclude, with absolutely no redeeming factors, this blog is an abject failure. Do not under any circumstance ruin your low blood pressure by attempting to wade through the ineptitude which seeps out of Mr Morgans keyboard. This blog is going nowhere.

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Remember, if you want to submit a chronicles review simply send it to me via E-mail at sharkbait92@hotmail.com - Remember, the reviews submitted have to be negative and humorous. Get writing, folks!

Tuesday, 20 April 2010

Visitor Review - Thomas Young

Many thanks to Thomas Young for his Morgan Chronicles review:

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What can I say about the Morgan Chronicles? Light hearted, witty and intellectually stimulating. These are all words I would use to describe a top quality blog. Unfortunately, the chronicles fails to tick any of these simple boxes. The often sarcastic humour may amuse infantile author Tom Morgan, but often comes across as egotistical and derogatory.

Upon entering the blog, the gentle viewer is immediately confronted with the glaring title ‘Where sarcasm and wit join forces’. This instantly gives a taste of the vulgarity that is to follow. Be warned, this sort of poorly thought out and insulting tone is repeated throughout the page.

The ‘News page’ and recently added ‘Game reviews’ barely disguise their real intent - a blatant and poorly implemented attempt to appeal to the masses. The ‘Poetry corner’ meanwhile contains a poultry two poems, both of equally deplorable quality.

Ultimately, if you’re looking to waste some time, and don’t have any recreational drugs to hand, the chronicles does do a stand up job as an alternative suicide method. If you value your life however, this reviewer recommends you leave well alone.

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Remember, if you want to submit a chronicles review simply send it to me via E-mail at sharkbait92@hotmail.com - Remember, the reviews submitted have to be negative and humorous. Get writing, folks!

Visitor Reviews - Instructions

If you wish to submit a review for the Morgan Chronicles, it couldn't be simpler! (I say that, but it probably could be simpler)

Simply send your review (there is no minimum or maximum word count) to sharkbait92@hotmail.com with the phrase 'Blog Review' in the title. If it makes me chuckle, it's bound to get uploaded straight onto the front page of the blog. There is only 1 requirement for your blog review:

It has to be a negative review.

Not what you were expecting? Thought not. Well, I figured it would be a 'right laugh' if the reviews I uploaded to the blog were all negative instead of positive. Feel free to be as creative ( and as nasty ) as you like, but don't make it too vulgar! That's my job.

I look forward to reading your nasty reviews!

Need some inspiration? Check out the existing visitor reviews by clicking on the links to the right hand side of the page!

Monday, 19 April 2010

Film Takes £88 On Opening Weekend [NEWS]

Poor Uma Thurman.

Uma's latest film, 'Motherhood' became a target of national ridicule recently when the film made a measly £88 during its opening weekend. No more than 12 people went to see the film following its release, which is abit of a slap in the face for the film-makers seeing as they forked out $5,000,000 to make the film.



Barry Norman, renowned critic and believer of the 'lets not beat around the bush' rule told the media "The reviews were very poor indeed but that alone isn't enough to explain this. It's a reasonable assumption that there was a marketing and advertising catastrophe and people didn't know it was showing"

I do feel sorry for the film-makers considering how much time and effort went into making and releasing the film. Admittedly, i haven't seen 'Motherhood' and don't plan to. Looks like I'm part of the problem!

Curiosity

Curiosity - It's an unusual and sometimes pretty amusing part of being a human being. When I logged into Facebook this evening I was greeted by this:



Recently, various groups like this have been popping up. For example, you'll get Facebook groups along the lines of 'Join this and you can see______' that everybody will join on impulse. That picture above makes me question if I've been hanging out with the right group of friends at college recently.

Perhaps I should make some new friends?

Sunshine

Today it's sunny. As I live in England, it's important I make the most of the sunshine. Everybody else is. I ended up going to a Pet shop yesterday and on the drive there I lost count of the number of people on bikes and wearing shorts. When it's sunny in England the whole population treat the day like it's been announced a comet will be destroying the earth tomorrow. By this I mean everybody feels an overwhelming urge to leave the house and do something exciting.

I went to a pet shop and had a no-staring contest with a African Grey parrot. Hopefully if tomorrow a comet did hit the earth I wouldn't have spent my last full day on earth feeding sunflower seeds to £50 parakeets.

Friday, 2 April 2010

Driving

I've reached my 10th driving lesson now. Progress has been pretty slow but in definately improving. I'd say my average stall-per-lesson count is about 3, which is pretty respectable. I've actually worked out that when you stall you gain about a foot in distance.

Perhaps instead of learning to drive, I can just stall my way to my destination. It'll definately be a unique drving style. Not sure if this 'style' will get me through my practical driving test, mind.

The Pigeon Shuffle

One of the issues with waiting for a public bus is the local pigeon population. The wonders of evolution have given these flying rats the ability to shuffle around your feet annoyingly in search of chip packet remains and discarded Smarties tubes.

There are 2 options. You can either stand still, ignore them and let them encircle you like you're some kind of pigeon god, or you can stand still and shuffle your feet ever so slightly to get them to back off.

Option 2 is usually the most problematic. Most of the times I've used this method it just ends with me doing a weird sort of I-need-the-toilet-esque dance. In future I'll stick with option 1. I like the thought of being a god amongst the animal kingdom.

Opportunity

The Easter Holidays. A time where I can actually update the blog with some substancial content. I've managed to reach 800 views on the blog now, and Google Analytics (don't ask) has revealed that most of these views come from England. Thankyou fellow Brits.

It also shows that there are some American visitors, and well as some from the United Arab Emirates and the Czech Republic!

Could this be the beginning of the world domination of the Morgan Chronicles? No.