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
Year: 2008
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
This Reality – Podcast No 14
Episode 14 (29 minutes running time) It’s Saturday morning in rural Worcestershire and… Citronella and Adam Curry do some – back to normal! Yay! –
Easing out gently
And so my project in Swindon begins to take on twilight properties as things draw to a natural conclusion. It’s difficult to write about work
The heady heady shake
Schooling Vin this evening was both not good and very good. Flatwork. Within 15 minutes of commencing work he started headshaking. And the problem grew.
Abbey, the final chapter
Regulars will remember that we’ve had ongoing situations with Abbey National (details here and here). The purpose of this post is to bring you the
Not a travelogue
Welcome to the world of hotness Stone me, it’s warm out there. No, really. Humid-hot. The kind of humidity I’d expect in Hong Kong –
On the move
This is major freaky. I’m sitting on the train – not the one I’d planned. Not the one I’d planned because Chiltern Trains decided I
This is just rubbish
Monday afternoon, end of May. It feels and looks like a wet Sunday afternoon in the middle of Winter. It hasn’t stopped raining all bloody
Sunday evening closing down
And now to bed. It’s been a fun-packed, action-filled evening. Soph’s dillied and dallied her way through an essay prep. I’ve dozed my way through
Sunday afternoon catching up
It’s a Bank Holiday weekend, no work for us tomorrow, but this Sunday evening still has that ‘back to school’ feel about it. Fair enough.
The laptop
Wow. An entire podcast about interesting stuff and three – three – emails asking about the spec of the laptop. Well OK. It’s a Dell
Eurodoo-dah
If there is any justice in the world the winner of the 2008 Eurovision Song Competition should be France. It’s a brilliant song and sound
Getting dragged out
So. It’s 16.42 (the time, not the year). We’re sitting on the couch, the Lovely Soph and I. She’s marking time and I’m determined not
This Reality – Podcast No 13
Episode 13 (28 minutes running time) It’s Saturday morning in Studio K and… Citronella and Adam Curry do some very ghostly, otherworldly introductions to Episode
Oh and by the way
I’m sitting here watching The Pink Floyd Story on BBC Four. Feeling so emotional. What a dweeb. B.
Tagged and bagged
I’ve been tagged by Welcome to the World of the Bionic Yoghurt, durn it. Didn’t she know I was about to go upstairs and have
D.I.D (a musical meme)
Harry said… Given your love of music and your admiration for Nick Hornby, I would be intrigued to see your Desert Island selection. If you’re
Now that’s just cruel
I took this pic in West Swindon on the way home. So. As if the gradual defacing (the ‘Y’ is being painted over on a
Early morning TV conversation
Soph: Hey! Do you want to watch The Tweenies? Bren: No, I don’t have a thing for Fizz any more; I’m over it now. B.
Poxy bloody wanking fucking awful drivers
I was going to blow off steam. You really wouldn’t believe the standard of driving I saw on the way to the yard this evening.
Sunday evening 19.47
The time, not the year… It’s been a day. We slept clinging to each other, as though we were survivors of a shipwreck, bobbing adrift
10.00 Sunday
Currently watching Hollyoaks (WTF?). Can’t believe Zack pulled a stunner and had a one-night stand with her. Can’t believe the morning after Zack said she
This Reality – Podcast No 12
Episode 12 (31 minutes running time) It’s Saturday morning in Studio K (the kitchen) and… Citronella and Adam Curry do the introductions to a very
Little bit tiddly
Earlier a small group of us were invited to a meeting room where champagne, strawberries and chunks of chocolate fudge brownies and/or(!) caramel slices were
Brwydr gyfreithiol am dystlythyr
Roedd Christine Laird yn arfer gweithio i Gyngor Rhondda Cynon Taf Mae’n bosib y gallai un o gynghorau Cymru wynebu talu cannoedd o filoedd o
Psssst, want a quick photo opp?
Here’s a cautionary tale. Most of us take photographs. Most of us have Flickr (or some other webservice) accounts where we stuff up the pics
Today’s earworm
I shall shortly be going in to a meeting with this pounding in my head: I’ve got soul but I’m not a soldier I’ve got
International lingua franca
While I was tinkering with the previous post I wrote ‘United States’ in Spanish: Estados Unidos. Which would be correctly abbreviated to ‘EU’. And ‘EU’
Google Maps ofrece a los fisgones un arsenal ilimitado de imágenes
Casi todos los hombres se hurgan la nariz, casi todas las mujeres llevan biquini y casi todas las parejas, hasta las peor avenidas, se han
Paradise lost?
Lord Dholakia has put a well-written piece over on Lords of the Blog about The Maldives. Stand by for a memory… I was briefly stationed
Podcast news
Format 1: This Reality had a request some time ago from cha0tic to put chapter breaks in to the podcast (so he could skip past
I need help
Some people have been saying this for years! I’ve decided that I need paid help; the admin demands are killing what little time I have
And the next competition is…
And the next competition is another 2-phase, Monday evening at Lincomb; 2’9″. Suddenly it’s only three and a half weeks until our first BE One