Title: Undecided Preface: First Words/Last Words Muffled noise. The seatbelt had done its job. I was securely strapped to the driver’s seat, upside down. I
Category: Stuff
Blogathon 28/17: Candles
I’m going to a gig tomorrow night. Actually, that’s not correct. We are going to a gig tomorrow night. We are going all the way
Blogathon 27/17: Self-driving car
I like my new car. I Bluetooth my phone to the in-car entertainment system and amazing things happen. I can read incoming SMS messages on
Blogathon 26/17: Security, security, security
Not just because the current President of the USA is a Russian asset, but because security lives with me every day of my professional life
Blogathon 25/17: Saturday stuff!
Four loads of washing up/putting away. A spell at the ironing board (shirts and t-shirts). A trip to Costco, following by a lovely long shopping
Blogathon 24/17: It’s the weekend!
There was a day this week when I woke up and was hit by an overwhelming feeling that it was a Ferris Bueller kind of
Blogathon 23/17: Doris
Storm Doris Storm Doris has been hanging around in these parts. There have been the usual social media gags Southerners have been advised by the
Blogathon 22/17: Tidy house, tidy mind
There is an old saying that somehow ties together the tidy house/tidy mind as a joined up package of thought. I can’t quite remember what
Blogathon 21/17: Raining cats (not dogs)
No, not this: I mean these: The house is occupied by two girl cats, two boy cattens, three human girls, and me. You can feel
Blogathon 20/17: The Insomnia Paradox
Stay in bed, or get up? And if stay in bed, then for how long before getting up? And if stay in bed, but putting
Blogathon 19/17: TW3
That was the week(end) that was… [insert gratuitous photo here] Like last week, I seem to have spent much of this weekend feeling worn right
Blogathon 18/17: Wise and foolish virgins
You know that ‘wise and foolish virgins’ parable? Mathew 25, verses 1-13? Well this post isn’t about that. Although, here’s a bit of wisdom to
Blogathon 17/17: It’s a bit obvious
The headline to this story caught my eye: Ford developing pothole alert system for drivers said the eye-grabbing headline. The full story is here. But
Blogathon 16/17: LinkedOut
I have a really big blogpost in me about breaking the culture that holds an organisation in stasis, thereby blocking it from adapting to change
Blogathon 15/17: Voting
Sometimes it seems that we have become obsessed with ‘having our say’. ‘It is my opinion and I’m going to bloody well give it to
Blogathon 14/17: Getting it on
It’s been one of ‘those’ occasions this evening. You know the ones. The secretive, indulgent, pleasure-filled moments. When you get home before your other half.
Blogathon 13/17: MIA no more
I have returned from Deepest, Darkest, Devon. I spent Sunday night in a pub on the edge of Dartmoor, to enable me to be at
Blogathon 12/17: MIA
You have heard of the land that time forgot? Well, this evening I’m in the land that the Internet forgot. It’s all very well the
Blogathon 11/17: Weekend wind-down
It’s been snowing, off and on, all day. And, at the peak of the day, the temperature tottered upwards to a wholly magnificent 1c. Neither of
Blogathon 10/17: Speed Thrills
Kawasaki, my motorbike manufacturer of choice, have a new bike out, any day now. It’s the 2017 Kawasaki Ninja H2 Carbon. It’s broadly similar to
Blogathon 09/17: Not working. Not being smart
These days everyone in the UK (and wider afield) has access to smart technology. I was out with a friend for dinner, a few weeks
Blogathon 08/17: Just Taking (the Mick)
Like just about everyone who uses the Internet for keeping in touch with people, I’ve contributed money to various charitable causes through the endeavors of
Blogathon 07/17: Whoops!
We’ve all done it, right? Pushed things just a little too quickly to get somewhere? Been a little bit too keen to get home?
Blogathon 07/17: Storage
The entire contents of my video and audio libraries are on my NAS. In the last 15 years I have experienced two laptop hard-disk failures. Each
Blogathon 06/17: Licence to print money
The BBC have announced a revamp of their iPlayer service. A recent change in the law has already tightened up the rules about how and
Blogathon 05/17: Favourite snackage
Continuing the weekend of postings of the less-seriousnesses Shall we start at the beginning? Sandwich? Or bap? And if bap, soft or crusty? And if
Blogathon 04/17: Lazy
Man, it’s been a hectic week. But it seems to have been a hectic week every week, for the last few months. At work, we
Blogathon 03/17: Not all it seems to be
In the 1873 play ‘The Magnificent Ambersons’ (turned, in 1942, to an Orson Welles period drama of the same name), the author Booth Tarkington has
Blogathon 02/17: It’s Groundhog Day. Again.
I could write a detailed, academic essay on the film Groundhog Day, but I will make every effort to avoid that here. I have a
Blogathon 01/17: Liveblogging insomnia
Can’t sleep/Won’t sleep? I went to bed at 9pm, read a page of Guy Martin’s autobiog and, as I struggled to put the book down
Blogathon 00/17: Spartacus? That’s him. Over there
Yes, it’s that time of the year again. Again. I don’t know if this year’s Annual Blogathon will see Young Masher (who instigated all this
Sing Street
Despite the slightly faltering start, I’ve just finished watching (and thoroughly enjoyed) the film Sing Street. Awesome soundtrack, and worth watching for the way this line
Hardcore action
The latest dip in to the film world was the Anglo-Russian first-person action shocker ‘Hardcore Henry’. There’s not a great deal to add. The whole
Dazzled by the night
No, not blinded by the light. Dazzled by the night! Hot on the heels of my discovery of ‘Lucy‘ this weekend, I have just deployed
Dialling things down
A little down time is good for you So whilst Sam is away in Dubai Thailand Myanmar (today), I’m having a quiet time at
Flying solo
Big bed Right now Sam is 37,000 feet over Iran. And I’m in bed, half watching an episode of The Man In The High
It’s not me, it’s him
You can squarely and fairly blame Young Masher for this:
Music hath charms…
On my continual quest to bring light and understanding to the up-and-coming generation, this evening I have been spreading the love of music and pop
I have a code
It’s a stinker. Anyway. All four of us are sitting on the settee watching The Amazing Spider Man 2 (or something like that). The
Working at home
Just ain’t what it used to be Moons ago (maybe many, maybe few), working at home was a day spent concentrating on things that
Storage space to rent: Nottingham
For rent: Storage space in NG5 I have a flexible, surplus amount of floorspace available to rent on a monthly basis, in NG5 The
Can’t Get Wood
Since it was installed (early summer), the log burner has become an integral member of the family. Whenever the temperature has been forecast to drop
The End of the Road?
Some uncomfortable truths You are dying. I am dying. Your nearest and dearest are dying. We are all dying. Since the day we were
The Top Eight Christmas Films Ever (as at today)
Number One of my Top Five Christmas Films 1. Die Hard This is the ultimate Christmas film. Funny. Edgy. Exciting. Gripping. And yet with
The Top Eight Christmas Films Ever (as at today)
Number Two of my Top Five Christmas Films 2. Love Actually This film is Number 9 in my All-Time Top 10 Films, but it
The Top Eight Christmas Films Ever (as at today)
Number Three of my Top Five Christmas Films 3. Scrooged I didn’t get this film the first time I watched it. And probably didn’t really
The Top Eight Christmas Films Ever (as at today)
Number Four of my Top Five Christmas Films 4. It’s a Wonderful Life Over-long, drenched in sentimental mawkishness, predictable. And yet. Superbly acted, crisply directed,
The Top Eight Christmas Films Ever (as at today)
Number Five of my Top Five Christmas Films 5. Home Alone Not a big fan of Macauly Culkin’s work? Me neither. But Home Alone
The Top Eight Christmas Films Ever (as at today)
Number Six of my Top Five Christmas Films 6. Long Kiss Goodnight Far too often overlooked in any mainstream list of Christmas films (yeah, I’m
The Top Eight Christmas Films Ever (as at today)
Number Seven of my Top Five Christmas Films 7. Donovan’s Reef I grew up with this film as a child, but it doesn’t make it