The little brown spanner has been enhancing his spaniel hearing lately. Spaniel hearing is where he goes temporarily deaf to all commands as he heads
Category: Stuff
Getting serviced
It’s that time of the year again. Despite a serious lack of mileage over the last 12 months, the Ninja needs to get serviced. After
Strange goings on (not going on)
Some time ago I was approached by a recruitment consultant. The usual call. They had a terrific opportunity right up my street and wanted to
Fraud prevention? Denied
Every day at 08.30 we get a call on the landline. The voice on the call has been run through a speech generator, so it
That time of the year again
The woes of having a 200BHP machine, eh? The insurance on the Ninja is due. And the bike is due for its annual service. The
Holy arm, Batman
24-hours ago I had v1.0 of the Covid-19 vaccine. The AstraZeneca/Oxford variant. I’ve had more painful general inoculations, TBH. The pharmacist who ‘did’ me was
Thank you for the music
I attended a Synology seminar a couple of weeks ago. It was all about how to use the NAS as a streaming music station, but
Days of future passed
Last night I stayed up very late* to watch a TV programme of my youf youth. The Champions (Talking Pictures TV), episode one. They say
Pandora’s box
A couple of weeks ago, after a lot of pre-action thinking about, quite a bit of planning about and a moderate amount of generally ruminating
Blogathon xx/21: The end
As the hand of destiny meets the bottom of fate, so we say goodbye to another blogathon and farewell to another February, and say hello
Blogathon 28/21: Two years? Only two years?
Two years ago today this cute bundle of spaniel came to live with us: In the two years we’ve been together Robyn has travelled extensively
Blogathon 26/02: Pub?
Two of the inhabitants in da house are highly-seeded competitors in the 2021 quarter finals for World’s Fussiest Eater. They’re in different heats so I
Blogathon 25/21: A hard banging and a big blowjob!
Yesterday morning’s dogwalk was a most unpleasant experience. The wind was cutting straight through the village; when it was on the ease it was tremendously
Blogathon 24/21: Grass, man
After a winter of dogs hurtling back and forth over it, one of the dogs digging little bits up and bringing said bits into the
Blogathon 23/21: Renewables
I’ve just done the annual renewal of the caravan insurance. And I’ve just done the annual renewal of our membership of the Caravan and Motorhome
Blogathon 22/21: The flicks
I miss the cinema. The super large wall-to-wall, floor-to ceiling screen, the vibratingly powerful surround sound Dolby audio, the super comfortable reclining seats, the hideously
Blogathon 21/21: Unvisited
Over at Transport of Delight Highwaylass dips her toe into a bit of Scottish history. I know two things about the country: Yesterday, 20th February
Blogathon 20/21: Shredding
And while I’m moaning about the state of my guitar skills… Have a look at and a listen to this cover of The Beatles’ ‘Wile
Blogathon 19/21: Aliens
At 20.45z yesterday I watched a spaceship approach a planet 470 million km away from here, at 19,000km/hour. I watched this on my phone. At
Blogathon 18/21: Cheating
Not content with the enduring trials and tribulations of Knights in White Satin, my favourite Michael Kiwanuka track (Cold Little Heart) that I love to
Blogathon 17/21: Dischord
You’re struggling to get the F bar chord, right? Not just the basic shape of it, but also how to get into it quickly, and
Blogathon 16/21: (B)Lame
The junior spaniel has been lame all weekend; hopping around the place like a three-legged thing, our little wounded soldier wouldn’t even put weight on
Blogathon 15/21: Unnecessary dates
Yesterday was VD or Valentine’s Day if you prefer. Saint Valentine is the patron saint of epileptics, beekeepers, and Clinton’s cards. And probably Moonpig, for
Blogathon 14/21: Get Smart v2.0
We are a dual Alexa/Google household. The Sonos One on the breakfast bar has Alexa built into it. We mainly use this pairing to tell
Blogathon 13/21: Sour grapes
The last few evenings I’ve been dipping into old documentation on the NAS, and deciding what needs keeping and what can be forever deleted. In
Blogathon 12/21: Get Smart?
Our energy provider has recently taken to strafing me with regular texts and emails imploring me to make an appointment to get a Smart meter
Blogathon 11/21: Teams etiquette
We dipped into S2 of Staged (iPlayer) last night, at around 15 minutes each, the episodes are pleasingly short, and the characters are charming. I’m
Blogathon 10/21: Unheard herd
Lots of Teams calls, when WFH, inevitably lead to things being overheard, there was even a radio commercial that did a little song about being
Blogathon 09/21: Marvellous
The elder child of the house is making us watch every Marvel film in chronological story order. I sortov understand the desire for this, watch
Blogathon 08/21: No room at the Inn
In our ‘front room’ we have a three-person couch/sofa/settee (delete as applicable) and a largeish armchair. At the time of writing the three-person couch/sofa/settee (delete
Blogathon 07/21: Pulling the plug
I haven’t wanted to do this because I’ve been clinging on to the past, and yet this is completely the right decision; it’s time to
Blogathon 06/21: Two wheels good
And while I’m thinking of motorbikes, I thought I’d do a heroes gallery of just some of the bikes I’ve been honoured to have owned.
Blogathon 05/21: Missing you already
She’s out there now. In the dark. In the garage. Waiting for me. It’s been such a long time. Apart from a couple of runs
Blogathon 04/21: Strapped
My Fitbit died. Out of warranty and with no safety net, the only course of action was to get a new one (because I wanted
Blogathon 03/21: Goggleboxing
Do we have two new victims joiners of this here Blogathon thing? Well wash my fanny with a jar of apple sauce and call me
Blogathon 02/21: 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 level of analysis here.
Blogathon 01/21: Back once again with the renegade master
Can you Adam and believe it? It’s that time of the year again. It seems to come around every February: Young Masher‘s annual Blogathon, where
Sunday AM geekage
After walking the dogs (and brrrr, it’ was minus 2c out there!) I’ve been catching up with some overdue geekage. I’ve updated the core .php
They have eyes, but can they read?
Twitter has banned the sitting President of the USA for life. Facebook has banned the sitting President of the USA at least until inauguration day.
Superstition
Don’t walk under ladders Find a pin (penny) and all day long you’ll have a pin (penny) Lucky rabbits foot (but not lucky for the
Trump’s last stand
8th January: after the attempted coup in Washington DC, I have added Scenario 14 and Scenario 15 Looking over the water at what’s going on
Sonorous Dog
Today is 2nd January 2021 and Spaniel The Senior is two years old. Yet, bizarrely, it seems like she’s always been part of our lives.
No need for words?
A couple of mornings ago I woke with the rapidly fading memory of a vivid dream. Less than half an hour later all the details