How to catch a Squirrel...

Finally, I think my vermin troubles are seeing an end. And with a relative amount of ease, afterall. Although, I am feeling rather guilty about this one.

Again, this is an on going issue. You can read more on The Morningstarr* here: -

Squirrel Slayer Required Apply Within: The Morningstarr*

So, how did I get this one so quick? Well, I've learned a thing or two after catching the last one - don't use bait! I kid you not. The last one was caught whilst the trap was empty, so I thought I'd give it a try again. The idea being that I've been baiting the trap for a week or two, the squirrel is now expecting to get fed and whilst it looks for the bait it slips up, trapping its furry ass.

Now I do feel rather guilty about this one. Let me explain. I baited the trap after we released the first on (Sunday before last). On Thursday we checked the trap and found the bait gone but no squirrel. At this point I thought I'd try it baitless, presuming that we'd hear it when it was caught, based on how noisy the first one was. How wrong could I be? 

Last night at around eleven, Mrs D asked if I should re-bait the trap - as no bait didn't appear to be working. I agreed and climbed up into the lift... To find the trap full. The problem being, I'm not sure how longs it's been in there. It could have been there for four days, which would account for its less than nice mood.

There was also something distinctly different about this one. For starters it was a lot bigger. It seemed to attack the cage any chance it got. Because of this we decided this must be the daddy squirrel, Mr Nutkin - or as we are calling him, Terry Nutkin. There were some similarities to Terry Nutkins, namely the fantastic comb over the furry tail makes.So last night I had to take a trip out to the same place we released Nutkin, except this time it was midnight!!

Not good, driving into the middle of nowhere at midnight, wearing heavy duty gloves and pulling plastic bags out of the boot of your car. I was a bit scared we may get spotted, but it was deserted in the end.

So I'm officially vermin free for 21 hours. Go team!

Eve of the War - War of the Worlds

OK, as promised, here is the first part of the 'War of the Worlds' project. Above is the complete first track 'Eve of the War' of the Jeff Wayne's music epic in all its glory...

And now, so explanation is in order.

This video was filmed over ten years ago during a booze filled afternoon, using images cut from old Radio Times, Melody Makers, Select Magazines and various other crack available at the time. The original includes all twelve tracks a total of 1 hour and 30 minutes, all filmed in one take. It has recently been given a second life after the tape was found, lost again, buried in another friends house, then found once more, transferred to a digitised format via DVD and finally ripped onto my computer. Mr Morningstarr* has been pecking at me to get it on the Internet for some time (almost two years!!), but I'm not so sure that in it's 'raw' format it is any good. So it has been sitting on my hard disc, waiting to be refreshed.

Since then, I have done very little with it. There have been a number of options: re-film some elements, add special effects, re-edit. But all of these options will detract from the original flow of the video. I've decided to open this up to public opinion, and get some feedback...

So, what do you think? Do you want to see more?

Caged beast

I posted a thread about this little sod at The Morningstarr*. You can read what happened here: -

Squirrel Slayer Required Apply Within: The Morningstarr*

Well looky what I caught. I've been after catching this little blighter for some time now. The little nut scoffing shit owes me six months rent. He's been living in my loft for ages.

I've had the trap up there for sometime now, but he has evaded it every day. The trap was a last ditch effort after plugging all the holes in my loft failed to put it off. The only problem is, once caught a man from the council is going to come and kill it (humanely, I might add).

I tried sticking the bait to the trigger panel, behind the panel, anywhere just to trick it. Every morning I'd get up and the bait is gone, the trap is still set. Little sod!

Well not this time! I finally caught the little furry swine. The only problem was once I'd caught it I couldn't justify killing it.

So I had a little unwelcome guest caged in my attic. Mrs D was not keen to have it killed so we drove out to a nature reserve, to release it. I know, a wuss-out.

The other problem was finding a place to release it. They are, after all, vermin. You can get in trouble if caught releasing them next to houses. Also, if not far enough away, they will find their way back. Eek!

But I've got rid now. And without blood on my hands.

The Australian Pink Floyd - Manchester Apollo 6th April 2008

I went to see the Australian Pink Floyd on Sunday night - I've not posted due to a lack of access to my Blog (see previous blog). I've done a more complete review for The Morningstarr* that can be read by clicking here...

The Australian Pink Floyd : The Morningstarr*

The gig was fantastic! I've always wanted to see Pink Floyd, but never got the chance. Well, this was the next best thing. It was by pure chance that I got the tickets, as my boss at work was unable to attend due to Everton rescheduling a match on Sunday - Thank you Everton. The seats were rather central, so we got a really good view and effect from the light show. Which is always nice, but rarely do I seem to be able to get good seating at gigs these days. Just shit side views, which I'm sick of.

I had been told they were real good, and I wasn't disappointed, but I really didn't expect them to be as good as they were. After all, they are just a covers band, but they are most definitely a good one.

Anyhoo, have a read on The Morningstarr* review for more information...

We're back baby!!!

Well, after almost a week off-line, my blog is now back on so service (not that I've done much yet) can resume.

It seems I fell foul of the Spammer detection software that helps weed out spammers on Blogger. I'm not sure how much spamming I could get done in one day (as the site had only been up for that long) but it seems I offended someone.

I'm also led to believe that some of you regular Morningstarr'ers have been making your way over here, so if you are here already, welcome. I'm sure I'm still just talking to myself so far. ;-)

OK, so more to come soon...

The Morningstarr* Connection

So what is this all about? I hear you ask... Or maybe not at all...

Well, firstly welcome to the Angelic Script, a sister project to The Morningstarr* and home of Donachiel. For those of you who know me, I'm the Webmaster of The Morningstarr* and friend of Mr M*.

The Angelic Script is an opportunity for me to post details of up and coming projects for The Morningstarr*, without it getting bogged down on the site. As well as hopefully another way for us to spread our wings and grow a little further. I can also post on the move, and add information to the site via my 'impPhone' - very good.

So this is going to be an open area to post work in progress, before they go live. Also a way to get ideas across to Mr M* - who is increasingly harder to get in contact with these days. And a general place for me to dump my day to day thoughts.

Stay tuned. Hopefully I will have more coming in the future, and hope to hear feedback from you guys.

Stay cool

D*