Flatwork schooling in the all-weather 20×60 outdoor Vin and I put each other through our paces today. I’m determined to get him working in to
Category: Stuff
Another fun day!
Today I have Christmas presents to wrap. But I am a simple, hamfisted male whose fingers and hands do not permit him to perform delicate
Pride? Fall? No way!
I have just had a text from Soph which seems to imply, in a good-natured kind of way, that the collective noun for a group
More excitement!
The garage has called; I can go and pick up the car! I can’t sit around here all day passing time with you – as
The postman has been!
Woot! Such excitement. I put down my Porkless Pork Pie and Branston pickle and welcome the weary traveller. He declines my offer of a warm
Scorching!
I am on fire! Yessiree. I’m as hot as a hot thing from the hottest place you could imagine with your arse stuck in a
It’s starting already
Umm… Where was I? Oh yeah, it’s starting already. I’m losing track of time. And other things. Because my routine is shot to bits. It’s
Advertising sux
‘The stars reveal the secrets of their hair care colour‘ says the advert for hair colour products. What? FFS! Which planet do the people who
Blindsided
Relationships; I’m beginning to think that they’re never quite what I think them to be. I must be flawed. Or have flawed ‘Relationship Vision’. I’ve
itz snot ri, ri?
The cute blonde girl opposite me sat down, fished out her mobile and called her friend Shaz. It was a conversation almost devoid of any
This is completely effing ridiculous
[checks watch] Now hear this. It’s 22.35, right? And I’m on the A40 in Park Royal, (slightly north-) west London, right? And I’m not going
A hand job for busy people?
A couple of minutes ago I passed a sign at the side of the road (A40, Shepherd’s Bush) that was advertising ‘Hand Job while You
After the drought
… the flood! I’ve mentioned before how hit and miss the whole ‘reviewing bands/artists/albums’ gig is? And I’ve also briefly covered the wide range of
Kicking the habit!
If someone, somewhere sat down and totalled all of the hours I’ve spent checking sitemeter on this blog and over on the very longstanding original
I like this
I have to declare an interest… I helped develop this in my last job before I took up my current role in Westminster. But just
More cantering
Another equine post? So soon? Vin and I have put some time in with our JP-dictated canter exercises this week; today I thought we’d put
Being accompanied
We had a very late lunch/early tea at The Mermaid in Burford today. Our table was near the roaring log fire and the food was
Feed fixed!
Yay me! Boo Feedburner for making me do their work for them. Yay me again! B.
Holy Feeds Batman
Right then (he said with just a trace of satisfaction balanced with exasperation), I’ve upgraded the WordPress engine that this blog uses in an attempt
Put down the calculator and step back from the edge
It takes quite a lot to get me wound up. Well that’s what I think. So there. But a story on BBC’s website slipped, very
A break but not broken (a horse for one bin)
Due to an overdose of Scott Mills on BBCs Radio 1 the phrase ‘A horse for one bin’ appears to have become not only my
Feeds – almost fed up
Just to let you know that in an attempt to work around Feedburner’s laziness we’re having a big reversioningĂ‚Â this weekend. I’ll keep you in touch.
Soph has a new nicknane
Fidgetarse Dognose. Tonight it fits like a glove. 🙂 B.
Not twittering
So Twitter has died overnight?
The canter issue, revisited
We schooled last night; the first time I’ve ridden since JP schooled (the journey home on Monday took forever, by the time I got back
Competition
Just a reminder that the podcast competition closes on Friday with results to be announced on Saturday. You can win a carrierbag full of goodness
Chocolate disappears
Soph just came home with a High School Musical advent calendar. After our hugs and hellos I was in the kitchen starting tea and Soph
Best cuddles in the world
The bright light of love shone, erm, brightly in our house last night. The evening culminated with a state of almost instant unconsciousness by both
The dilemma of giving
‘Oh, you’re such a boy!’ said Soph a few weeks ago. Well yes. I should explain that her ejaculation was nothing to do with the
Eye-pod Choonz!
I’ve been slacking in this department lately, it is only because I’m on a big admin and backing-up piece of work that I’ve got around
Playing with the big boy
JP is coming down to the yard today; I’ve got a session with him this afternoon. The last time he came he gave us a
Feeding frustration
This post is only for the geek-hearted Stone me. I’m almost at my wits end with this bloody truncating RSS feed hassle. I’ve validated the
Radio (not) gaga!
Joy of joys, Danny Baker is back on Radio 2 as a (probably temporary) replacement for Jonathan Ross. Funny, intelligent, flowing conversation about a diverse
A horse for one bin (and other news)
note to self: must not listen to Scott Mills’ podcasts in such a concentrated burst. And anyway, who has set up this Horse for One
End of Year Awards
And so the End of 2008 Awards beanfeast took place last night in sunny Hammersmith, west London. Of the 750 staff employed about 680 turned
Mental (dental) floss needed
Aaarrrghhhh! I have a tune – an earworm – stuck in my head and… It. Won’t. Get. Out! Aaaarggghhhh! ‘Rocket in My Pocket’ by Little
Frankie & Benny; stick a fork in it, it’s done
Sunday afternoon we drove to the outskirts of Oxford for a bite to eat and then see the latest Bond film, Quantum of Solace. The
Suits you sir
I’m preparing for the Awards beanfeast on Wednesday evening and being a pragmaticĂ‚Â person I’m aware that, of late, my middle has *cough* expanded. Slightly. This
Fearne Cotton – is there any hope for mankind?
In today’s Metro ‘newspaper’ (yeah, sorry about that), is an article that runs like this: Why sex is a real must for Fearne Fearne Cotton
That’s the (Christmas) spirit!
I am supposed to be out this Wednesday evening. It’s a big work do. There will be about 750 of us ‘staff’ at a black
Balancing Act
Perpetual Spiral recently described the forces in play in his life, and how keeping his diverse set of interests going is a balancing act of
Fucking motorised Oxfordshire wankers
Which does, on the face of it, look like something of an oxymoron, the use of ‘fucking’ and ‘wankers’ in the same sentence. But bear
Feed length
In an attempt to deal with the point that Caroline has raised about truncated RSS feeds, I’ve just reset the feed length in my admin
Rehabilitating exes
No, not some thoughts on what to do with your ex-boyfriends, former girlfriends etc… I was over at Lisa’s place the other day reading this
The scary face of being too stylish
I’m on the bus, it’s 07.05 and dark outside. A female (about 20-something) just walked past me to ask the driver to turn the air
Unintentionally eavesdropping
This is just one side of a conversation I couldn’t help overhearing last week, it was conducted at full volume by two people standing in
Three legged horse
Vin has been off work for a little while. He’d grazed his leg out in the field last Tuesday; it was nothing, he’d just removed