Well we got through the day without anyone spilling the beans on Wednesday's "Apprentice" and , unlike the Likely Lads it wasn't rained off by a flooded pitch. But poor "Rough Tough Cream Puff", Kimberley's downfall was a foolish pitch for a breakfast cereal that she was bullied into by estate agent Philip Taylor. Another great show with yet another wrong decision. I know that the "Apprentice" would be nothing without its "characters" but nobody in their right minds would employ Philip or his adversary Ben. No doubt that means they will both be there at the end.
Me and Marion are here at De Vere Carden Park Hotel near Chester today for the annual CEDA conference. There's an interesting mix of speakers and workshops and it promises to be an eventful day. There's a black tie awards dinner in the evening. I wonder if we'll win anything.
There's an important Instanta birthday on Sunday as the lovely Lauren Oldfield hits 24. Lauren drew the short straw when the office jobs were handed out and ended up with the most demanding and difficult role of credit controller. It's not a fun job but Lauren carries it out with panache and aplomb (two words that I have chosen specially for her). As our credit control is pretty strict Lauren is on the receiving end of some pretty difficult phone calls but she always handles these politely and with great professionalism. Lauren is a great dancer and spent some time at dance college. When she was at school she performed in a Spice Girls tribute group as Baby Spice. She met her boyfriend Darren here at Instanta and they enjoy their weekly ritual Chinese meal every Friday night. When she's not chasing people for money, Lauren loves taking her King Charles Spaniels for a walk. Many of you will recognise her from our website and as our poster girl. She's a true asset to Instanta and we wish her the very happiest of birthdays.
There are reports that plans are afoot for a musical about the life of Jade Goody. This has to be complete and utter nonsense. I suspect that, as Jade is one of the most popular search terms on the internet at the moment (behind Susan Boyle, The Apprentice and Britain's Got Talent) this story is simply aimed at getting more traffic to the website pushing the story (something we , of course, would never do).
Here are some police who clearly didn't read the manual properly."In dealing with the subject, take care to leave no blood on the face, no wounds on the body and no people in the vicinity" quotes the manual for urban law enforcers. I see that our boys in blue failed on each count. The manual was published on the web and is for Chinese law enforcers but I can see Gordon Brown ordering plenty of copies so his boys don't make the same mistakes next time.
Plenty of interest in the sous vide machines and they aren't even launched fully yet. Nick's got an appointment on Tuesday with a dealer who supplies a major hotel chain which is moving into sous vide. So that's encouraging.
Finally, did you read about the Apple iphone application game that involved shaking a baby until it shut up? What a great idea. What's next? Beat the wife, kick the dog or put your cigarettes out on grandad?
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