The Paint Is Drying Nicely Thank You. Zzzzzzzzzzzz……
Month: June 2008
News from Swindon!
An email arrives from one of the lovely folk who works in the workplace Costa I used to frequent in Swindon. There’s a Costa in
This Reality – Podcast No 18
Episode 18 – 29 minutes running time It’s Sunday morning in Studio K in rural Worcestershire and today’s music is provided by: 1. Scamper and
Today I shall mostly be…
Eventing. So I apologise for the fact that This Reality podcast will be late this week. Too much travelling, too many things to do. B.
Here we go again
Tomorrow is Eland Lodge Horse Trials. And Big Vin and I are out for some fun: 275 DUBIOUS DEAL Mr Brennig Jones SAT 15:04 SAT
Moving targets
So first of all we have the tube journey from Victoria to Oxford Circus. This evening’s peculiar juxtaposition of sweating humanity included: * Two Spanish
Soft targets
This is one of those ‘pull up a sandbag and I’ll tell you a war story’ posts… There’s a shop in Broadway, SW1, called the
More breakfast questions
Isn’t it amazing, he asked of the small tabby cat sitting on the kitchen chair opposite, how the design – the variation in size, shape,
Musical flavas
Stone me. For the last week and a half I’ve been mentally dancing around the place because I had discovered the perfect Track 3. I
Gotta get myself, gotta get myself, gotta get myself connected
Long but oh so apt title… Lean closer my little droogies for I have a tale of cunning to tell. And while you’re leaning closer,
Breakfast questions
I’m sitting at the kitchen table waiting for my freshly nuked Oatso Simple to cool to something approaching mouth-bearing temperature. I notice the 2-pint bottle
Security, security, security
This is almost a work post; it’s certainly work-related. It’s the kind of thing that, given a slight change in circumstances, would make front page
They’re just taunting you!
I was on a google microsite earlier when I noticed one of the sidebar adverts said ‘Find singles in your area now!’. Why? So that
Global village idiot
Their eyes met across a crowded street in London, SW1. She still wore her dark hair very long; her slightly rounded, cherubic face framed by
Networking Nomenclature
So here we are, my friends, in the house in Brixton. Nice, isn’t it? Huuuuuuge modern kitchen, yes indeed. A garden, with much greenery and
Calling all Firefox users
Please boycott Firefox’s (and I quote) ‘attempt to break a new world record with the highest number of downloads in 24 hours’. Come on people,
This Reality – Podcast No 17
Episode 17 – 36 minutes running time It’s Saturday morning in rural Worcestershire and today’s music is provided by: 1. My American Heart and ‘Boys
Not asleep yet
Aren’t they peculiar, those strange things that wriggle in to one’s consciousness to press the worry button, just as sleep starts to come? And with
Hooray the bitch is dead!
Big Brother 9 contestant Alexandra (Alex) de Gale has been thrown off the programme. Why? For threatening her housemates who nominated her for eviction. Here’s
Woo-hoo! Another boy’s night in!
Yes indeed, The House of Big Fun is open for business again! You know I like lists, don’t you? Well, so far this evening I’ve:
‘avin’ it large
But in a most professional way… Today I’m working at home. This will (probably) make today the most productive day of the week. Isolated from
Lunch (no ladies wot)
I sat outside, it’s a brilliantly warm sunny day with the campus bathed in hot sunlight, fanned by a gentle cool breeze. Lunch – taken
Saturday night in the house of big fun
The central heating boiler ticks off, the pipes that feed the hot water tank begin to cool almost immediately. The noise they make sounds like
This Reality – Podcast No 16
Episode 16 (31 minutes running time) It’s Saturday morning in rural Worcestershire and… We begin with a little dance skit that almost – but doesn’t
Parental advisory; Friday evening
No beds were broken during these events Another working week dead and buried, I arrived at the yard looking forward to schooling. Except Vin had
Here be dragons!
The arena at the yard is slightly larger than the normal 20x40m affair. It’s about a 30x50m oblong, give or take, but it’s still marked
Podcast stats
I’ve been trying to validate the massive amount of This Reality downloads (via the website) since Saturday. I thought my web host stats were playing
BB9 – unacceptable
Well here we are. One week in to Big Brother 9 and already we have on display one of the most contemptible examples of the
We broke the bed…
Again. B.
How many?????
How many unlistened-to podcasts? I need help… B.
Big Vin’s Day Out: Llanymynech Horse Trials
There are so many ways I could have written this, but – as with most things – I thought it would be interesting to turn
This Reality – Podcast No 15
Episode 15 (31 minutes running time) There’s a gap in the middle of this episode when track 2 failed. Please bear with it. I’m sorry.
Literally literary?
I’m thinking of launching a new literary prize. It would be called The Green Literary Prize. The prize would be open to people* of all
Gotta watch it, gotta watch it!
Hancock. The new Will Smith film. It looks absolutely brilliant. Can’t wait. Gotta watch it! Oh yes. B.
Saturday’s times
Llanymynech Horse Trials 2008, Vin’s first full-on One Day Event. Dr: 09.16 SJ: 10.16 XC: 11.18 Nerves setting in already. I see that Matt Ryan
Chiltern Railways: Can I speak to a human being please?
I need to book a car park season ticket for the train station in Warwickshire, where I’m going to leave my car on Monday mornings
Paved with gold?
I stand in the office in Swindon, projects and work-packages completed. The next one – a major SI project – means that I have to
Shopping (trolley) karma
[wonders] Is karma – because it is a circular thing, right? – subject to pressures being exerted on it? Is it like shopping trolleys at
And so to bed
Yeah, I know that it’s only 19.26 (the time not the year). But you know? It would be really most excellent to be doing the
Sunset, beer, laughs, fags and Macs
We went out for a drink last night. That’s worth a Woo and a Hoo all by itself! Soph and Bren out on the town?
This time next week it’ll all be over
Vin’s first full-on affiliated horse trials (or One Day Event if you prefer) is next Saturday. A few days ago we received an acknowledgement letter