Category: Stuff

This post is going to start off seriously and become lighter as it meanders. I don’t know why. It just will… 1. Balance On the

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So there are three bits of information to record. Firstly, we are back in Chez Jones. We have travelled 210 miles in the last two

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I (eventually) got home last night to be greeted by a very excited Soph. “Shall I tell you the surprise?!” she asked with such great

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I am hating the passenger opposite me. I started to hate her even before I sat down. She built her nest on one of those

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Today I was a twunt;  I left my laptop at home. Twunt twunt twunt twunt twunt! Fortunately I didn’t need it – the files I

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I tried to give young Vinnie some gentle showjump schooling this evening. The top arena is 20m x 60m (equirubber, fibre and sand) and a

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Jesus Bloody Christ! That’s it. I’m dumping my useless accountant as soon as I can get someone else in the frame. I don’t want rocket

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That spelling looks wrong but I can’t find an alternative that looks right… We were on our way back from Soph’s parents last night; the

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Vin was so pleased to see me this afternoon! Or perhaps it was the carrots in my hand. No, it was definitely me he was

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So the girl over there? She’s feeding her offspring. I’m on the coach, a couple of minutes ago teen mummy got on with her two

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Here’s an interesting observation from last night’s 16:15 from Paddington. People on trains are thoughtless c*nts. As the train pulled in to Reading the guy

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So my lovely, slim, small, smart, trendy, funky touch-screen Samsung F480 (which sounds as though it should be a Ferrari) handset sits – shiningly –

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06.20 We are trundling down the B42.. no, the A401… Buggerit, I’ve lost track of where we are. [Peers in to the black morning, sees

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My Pod of Eyes has decided that I need even more of a musical treat than usual. This morning it has chosen to serve up

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I know that you know that I know that you know [pauses for breath] that according to the Serious Academic Nerds (SANs) who study such

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07.05 There is something almost too beautiful about the other-worldliness of Sigur Rós. It’s dark outside, the rain is hammering against the windscreen as we

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Taken from the Latin, meaning ‘I see’… Browsing for some old work files on various ‘not usual’ hard drives, I came across a video clip

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I bought a car today. Well, I paid £1,000 deposit. I’ll pay the rest with my debit card when I go to pick it up,

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My car has died. 🙁 The cost of replacing the part plus labour outweighs what I paid for it and its true value. My need

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Mid-January is the time when I usually sit down and plan our competition schedule for the coming season. In the past this has been a

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We are hooked, the mighty Soph and, erm, me. We need treatment for Tetris; we have discovered a website where addicts can play Tetris and,

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My car has died. It’s the one which is up for replacement; the reason why we visited the Motor Auction place in Witney. Yesterday afternoon

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I have a new gadget! The old new gadget has been returned to Vodafone. Now I have a new new gadget. And already I love

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I have a new gadget. My old mobile phone, my dear old, much loved, extremely trusted and many-times-dropped Samsung D500 handset has just creaked past

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03.15 I blame the wind. It is blowing a friggin’ gale out there. And this means that I’m awake. And when I’m awake I get

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We’ve had an intellectual cinematic weekend. Yes we have! Don’t look like that, we really have! Yesterday evening was the disturbing, psychological thriller Intacto, the

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09.48 I should have, by now, recorded this week’s podcast and put it up on the website, thereby distributing it to the approximately 82,000 listeners

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Some things are so easy to say ‘No’ to… Phone call: Hi, it’s Mark from Disguised Name Resourcing, I’ve got an urgent short-term contract if

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After conversations and speculation on Twitter about the precise nature of the debris discovered on the journey to work this morning… Enjoy!

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She leant right in to my face – RIGHT IN TO MY FACE – and mouthed a question and gestured at me. I removed my

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I spent most of today on the 24th floor of a not routine office building. The unbelievable quality of the light, the height and the

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I grew up in a town called Abergavenny which is tucked away in the bottom right-hand edge of the Welsh borders. And when I say

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Last night’s dream… So Vin and I were showjumping. In the kitchen.

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I am half asleep. Or perhaps a quarter awake; yes, that is more accurate. And I am confused. In a ‘just woken up after some

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I am sinning. I am sitting next to The Soph watching Celebrity Big Brother. I’m sorry but there it is. I’m addicted. I can’t help

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What the f_ are you listening to, Jones? … asks my charming bride, as the unmistakeable signature tune to the eponymous ’80s children’s television series

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Just for Gumpher. 🙂

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Stone me, it’s ten past midnight and we’re still up? I guess our body clocks must be on holiday time, but the inescapable fact is

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Hiyer!  🙂 Thanks for the comments on the theme, folks!  There’s been a very minor amount of conversation about the Vista-esque feel and one comment

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Bugger off Scott Mills and take your catchy soundbites that insinuate their way in to my consciousness with you. By the way, have you noticed

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So I’ve finally got my arse in to gear and sorted out just a few random snaps from the holiday so far: This traffic policeman

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I know we’re in the sub-Sahara zone and all that but stone me it’s hot today. 28c here is more like 32/34c in Spain. Something

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I was going to do a comedy rant about BandAid getting it so wrong and that the next time you hear Feed The World you

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We have just returned to the hotel. Four hours ago we walked in to the centre of ‘old Marrakech’ (much to the annoyance of everyone

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It’s now Christmas Day and quiet in this house Nothing is stirring, not even a mouse The kettle is on and Brennig makes tea He’ll

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To quote Billy Connolly! I put a new theme in place and did the usual install gubbins correctly and it looked excellent. Except my blogroll

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I’m taking a quick break from wrapping one of Sophie’s presents. It’s winning by one fall and one submission but I’m confident that it’s weakening.

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That pillar of journalistic integrity The Daily Fail Mail has published an insightful piece of seasonal editorial concerning one of the regular ‘hot topics’ that

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And so with the advent of Christmas Eve, the festive season is just about truly upon us. I’ve been scouting around my favourite blogs and

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Thanks God it’s over! What a complete and utter bunch of useless tosspots this distinctly average drama has served up for the viewer, week after

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