I make no apology for any of these, I just happen to enjoy them all:

1. Guardian Football Weekly

2. Radio 4 Friday Night Comedy

3. David Mitchell’s Soapbox

4. Adam and Joe

5. More or Less: Behind the Stats (Radio 4)

6. Chequered Flag Formula One

7. Fighting Talk

8. Mark Kermode/ Simon Mayo film reviews

9. Scott Mills Daily

10. On refait le match (a French discussion show about football. I don’t really listen to it any more because my french isn’t really good enough to cope with  it)

That’s yer lot!

In my life, I’ve enjoyed many a bank holiday. Unfortunately Edinburgh has a stupid bank holiday system, so I haven’t been able to enjoy them so much of late. Anyhoo, here’s a list of some good places to spend a bank holiday Monday. Enjoy!

1. The Giant’s Causeway

2. Portrush

3. Bangor (NI)

4. Armagh

5. St Andrew’s

6. Derry/Londonderry

7. Portaferry or just the Ards peninsula in general

8. Stormont grounds, Belfast

9. Donaghadee/Millisle

10. Ulster Folk & Transport Museum, Cultra (near Holywood)

Have you got any favourites?

I’ve not had the best of mornings, but I thought writing this might cheer me up. Here’s a list of my ten favourite (all time) formula one circuits. Please agree or disagree at your leisure.

1. Circuit de Monaco

2. Suzuka, Japan

3.Spa, Belgium

4.Interlagos, Brazil

5. Monza, Italy

6. Imola, San Marino

7. Marina Bay, Singapore

8. Istanbul, Turkey

9. Nurburgring Nordschleife (Germany)

10. Silverstone, UK

Sorry it’s just a list this week with no glib comments, but frankly, I need my bed. And I’m aware it’s 1411…

This is a list of the churches I’ve been to most in Edinburgh, in order of frequency of visits. I will stress that this is NOT an indication of quality or anything like that and is unrelated to the post I wrote comparing churches to Premiership teams (which has now been removed. Sorry about that). I’m not counting weddings or CU events except in the case of a tie.

Number of visits may not be correct, but are certainly in the right order of magnitude. Here goes:

1. St Catherine’s Argyle (200+?)

2. Priestfield Church (20)

3. St Paul’s and St George’s (15)

4. Barclay Church (10)

5. Charlotte Chapel (5)

6. St Columba’s (free) (5)

7. Morningside Baptist (1) (it was for a friend’s baptism)

8. Carrubbers (1) (should probably go back. It was the first church I went to in Edinburgh..)

9. Buccleuch Free Church (1)

10. I don’t actually think I’ve been to 10.

I’ve also been in Canongate Kirk for a wedding, St Cuthbert’s for CU Carol services, St Andrew’s and St George’s for the same reason, Augustine United and Edinburgh apostolic for CU prayer nights.

Here’s the top ten NI and Eire churches I’ve been to (which may be wrong). You might spot a theme…

1. Scrabo Presbyterian (Newtownards) (hundreds)

2. Greenisland Presbyterian (less hundreds)

3. St Johnstone Presbyterian (between Letterkenny and Derry in County Donegal) (even less hundreds)

4. Ballylennon Presbyterian (it was twinned with #3) (tens?)

5. Ballyclare Presbyterian

6. Second Comber Presbyterian (where my grandparents used to go and where my parents got married)

7. Cloughey Presbyterian (where my other grandparents went)

8. Regent Street Presbyterian (Newtownards)

9. Strean Presbyterian (Newtownards)

10. Could be anything. Knock Methodist, Belmont Presbyterian, First Comber Presbyterian, First Carrickfergus Presbyterian, Holywood Presbyterian, Donaghadee Presbyterian, LisnabreenPresbyterian, the list is possibly endless…

Looking forward to getting no end of google searches about people researching northern irish churches or churches in edinburgh!

It seems that the only posts I’ve been making lately have been these top tens. This is more a sign of my being quite busy than it is my being lazy. Of course. Ahem.

Anyhoo, here’s a list of my favourite games, in order of how much time I’ve spent/ wasted playing them. Enjoy!

1. Football Manager/ Championship manager (in various incarnations)

2. Pro Evolution Soccer (since 2: before that I was a FIFA boy until I saw the light!)

3. Half Life, sequels and add-ons

4. Gran Turismo 4

5. Command & Conquer: Red Alert and sequels

6. ToCa Race Driver 3

7. Civilisation 4

8. Portal

9. Street Fighter IV

10. Mario Kart (in all its incarnations, though the wii version was a bit weak)

Of these, I think my favourite is probably PES.

As well, I’ve thought of some things that could make good computer games, but won’t really..

A: Twitter: the game. Try to earn as many followers as possible by making wacky and zany tweets. Alternative mode would be then to lose all those followers as quickly as possible by making really boring tweets.

B: Grand Theft Charity: Go round a large city commiting random acts of kindness. Bonus rounds include being a charity worker on a high street stopping  people to subscribe to the charity (less kind people call them chuggers) and buying buns at a village fete.

C: Football Chairman: Take your club to the top by appointing managers and mortgaging the club’s future on the highly risky gamble of getting a Champions League place!

D: Christian Dating Game: Stealth genre: Ask a girl/ boy out on a date and see if you can avoid everybody else passing judgement on your relationship! (possible sequel: stay single and avoid having people try to set you up with someone!)

E: Pro Evolution Curling. Scotland are World Champions. Now you can be too! (Actually this could be really good on the wii, what with all the brushing…)

F: Mighty Boosh: the game. It won’t be all that good, but people will tell you it is and tell you you’re no fun if you don’t enjoy it! (resentful much?)

G: Dad joke-off: MMORPG: challenge people online to tell dad jokes to each other. Whoever can’t take any more loses, and there could be a worldwide online ladder!

H: that’s enough now, actually.

Here’s the top ten places I’ve not been to yet that I’d like to go to. This one is in no particular order.

1. Montréal, Canada

2. Marseille, France

3. Berlin, Germany

4. Athens, Greece

5. Rome, Italy

6. Melbourne, Australia

7. Sydney, Australia

8. Seoul, Korea

9. Cardiff, Wales

10. Barcelona, Spain

Whether any of these will happen depends on time, money and inclination.

And here’s a shiny bonus one I promised last week: My five LEAST favourite football teams (least favourite first). Apologies in advance, I have used old PES names to avoid abuse from random internet strangers..

1. Merseyside Red

2= Old Firm Green

2= Old Firm Blue

4. West London Blue

5. East Belfast Oval

I could offer full explanations for these, but I think it’s best not to bother…

OK so it’s actually Thursday, but my computer’s been broken so cut me some slack.. Here’s my ten favourite football teams in the British Isles in descending order:

1. Tottenham Hotspur

2. Linfield (Belfast)

3. Man Utd (sorry)

4. Hibs (sorrier)

5. Derry City

6. Everton

7. Ards FC

8. Hearts (though putting this after #4 probably won’t win me many friends)

9. Torquay United (long story)

10. (struggling) Aston Villa.

There you go, shoot me down in flames if you want…

This is a new venture, whereby every Tuesday I compile one or several top ten lists, the idea being that I might hopefully get more disciplined into posting regularly and eventually writing meaningful stuff on a regular basis.

Meantime here are some top ten lists which you are welcome to peruse, enjoy or deride at your leisure:

Top ten things about Northern Ireland (what with it being St Patrick’s Day! The South is great too!)

1. Bread: Veda, wheaten, soda, potato (not unique, I know): it’s all good!

2. Linfield FC (sorry Glenmen)

3.  Best A-level results in the land

4.  Christine Bleakley off of the One Show

5. Bangor Marina

6. The Giant’s Causeway

7. Tayto crisps (best cheese and onion EVER)

8. The craic’s good [and those of you who know that advert will retort with "but the Guinness is great]

9. The Tractor was invented in Northern Ireland

10. The walls of Derry/ Londonderry

C’mon over, I say!

EDIT: Hmm for some reason the remnants of an unused draft were stuck at the bottom of this, hence the random list of football clubs. Oops!