Dave Thorp's Blog

I’ve just started a campaign to try and get the proper version of REM’s Everybody Hurts to chart higher than the charity single released next Sunday. Now before anyone starts on me I am aware of the following

1. This has been done before – Yes I’m aware that Tracy and Jon Morter did exactly this at Christmas. However their campaign raised £100k for the homeless which is a very good cause

2. It’s wrong to take on a charity single – If the RATM4XMAS campaign taught us anything it’s that the single the campaign was opposing still sold and it still sold well. Furthermore as a donations page has been set up by me for this campaign, providing it takes off, more money will be raised for charity than if this campaign didn’t exist. I will also hopefully as long as it doesn’t violate the terms of any affiliate programmes I am on be posting a number of affiliate links to download the song and donating the revenue to the cause.

3. You have no hope of succeeding – probably not, whilst RATM4XMAS did succeed, that had weeks to prepare. We have days! But even if the campaign becomes even a fraction as successful as the last one it will still help a good cause

The facebook group can be found HERE and the just giving page for donations HERE

So we let someone stay with us, feed them, put a roof over their head, allow them to use our computers and telephones and even lend them money for cancerous death sticks. Net result….. £350 down and still owed £45.05!

Next time we wont bother!

Went to vision express today for my eye test and to get some new specs as my current pair have been rubbing my face off for the last few months. Vision express is of course the 1 hour optical lab…. well not any more. My glasses are due to be ready in…. wait for it…. THREE WEEKS!!

Now the cynic in me suggests that perhaps the only reason they are taking so long is because I opted for a frame free on the NHS, lenses that were also free on NHS and none of the optional coatings. But that couldn’t be the reason for the delay…… could it?

Fortunately, I plan to pop over to selectspecs.com and getting a pair with all the coatings for less than they wanted me to pay for scratch resistance. Job done!