The heat, the flies, the drums, the heat, the flies, the drums. Don’t the natives ever stop beating those drums Daphne? Oh. That’s a chav
Year: 2008
The other side to the weekend
The other side to the weekend was spent fixing my bloody iPod. Mid-week it stopped behaving as it should. The registry/index somehow broke down; when
The two-phase
I’ve done this in a kind of Twitteresque way… 05.15 Just leaving the house to get ready for today’s 2-Phase competition. So nervous breakfast tasted
This Reality – Podcast No 11
Episode 11 (29 minutes running time) It’s Saturday morning in Studio K (the kitchen) and… Citronella and Adam Curry do the introductions to Episode 11
It’s the weekend!
Yay! Tomorrow we’re taking the in-laws to lunch. Then we’re going to Sapey, Herefordshire, to walk the track for Sunday’s Mercian Teams two-phase competition. Our
SwindonSpeak
SwindonSpeak, it’s a little like a 21st Century version of Orwell’s Newspeak as outlined in his work 1984. Here’s a snippet of overhearing that fell
Equine news and the wrong kind of scent?
Yesterday evening Big Vin and I hacked around the headlands of a bunch of fields with the girls (Tracey and her chestnut mare Charlie). It
The Apprentice (no Sorcerer in sight) BBC1, 21.00
Holy Bloody Hell. These people are supposed to be bright? They’re chasing a low six-figure salary? This evening we have two teams of candidates running
Dubious Deal, Soph and I stay home
Kind of like one of those Malory Towers books – or even something by Christine Pullein-Thompson, or the far more saccharine ‘Jill’ books (Jill has
This Reality – Podcast No 10
Episode 10 (31 minutes running time) It’s early Sunday morning in Studio K (the kitchen) and… Citronella and Adam Curry do the introductions to Episode
Scientific collaboration
Here’s a thing that’s crept on to my RADAR (viewed through the eyes of my ‘collaborative tools’ project). There are a number of these scientific
The big Six-Oh!
Yes! Come on!!!! Cracked it and feeeeeeeeeling good! Sixty point two (that’s 60.2)Â miles to the gallon. I filled up in Swindon on Friday evening,
Cross country training in a swimming kind of way
Cross country training last night at Lincomb with Alan Nolan. In the rain. Actually, ‘rain’ doesn’t even come close to describing the downpour. Anyway. Alan’s
Damn you Nick Hornby, damn you!
I have just finished listening to the iTunes feature ‘Meet the Author‘ where the focus is the author Nick Hornby. Damn him. Does he have
I am not a good husband
I find myself being negative. Words and phrases like; please don’t; and, put it away; and, you don’t need to do that… Unduly negative and,
How things change…
I thought I’d throw this one out to see what views come back. I kow the answer to the second question, I can guess the
Drop facility for This Reality Podcast
http://drop.io/thisreality – a place where you can upload any kind of file you like to the podcast. B.
The remains of the day
That’s how it feels. I am totally wiped. The word ‘knackered’ doesn’t even come close. I’ve caught the sun while I was out too, can
This Reality – Podcast No 9
Episode 9 (30 minutes running time) Advisory… There is some (but not much) explicit language in this episode. Citronella and Adam Curry do the introductions
Busy busy, work work, busy busy work
Hi. Look I’m sorry. I promise things’ll get back to normal. Waddya mean ‘normal?’ with those raised eyebrows? It’s 08.10 now, right? I’ve got to
I’m sorry, I haven’t a clue
The news that Humphrey Littleton has checked out is very sad. It seems as though I’ve been listening to the comedy radio show I’m Sorry
Mobile audio
I have been playing with the R-09 hand-held mp3 recorder. Literally ‘playing’, this is prior to taking it out and about and recording some interviews.
Horses and meetings, meetings and horses
There’s a meeting this evening. 19.30 in Detroitwich. About the possible formation of a new riding club. I know I’ve been to three meetings already
Think nothing of it
Hey, no really. I know I’m coming up the stairs. And in my left hand is my overloaded and too heavy laptop bag. With much
Meanwhile in local news
1. The leading/bleeding edge of insomnia bites cuttingly deep once more 2. It’s Gumpher’s birthday (many happies Gumph) 3. Twhirl seems to be on the
MIA or just popped out for a while?
So. Whatever happened to Britblog? Gone down the tubes or just popped down the pub? Eh? B.
Competition calendar
I’ve used the word ‘calendar’ because it isn’t a competition schedule. A competition schedule (whether for a part or full year) usually just lists the
Cross country schooling, differently
On Saturday Vin and I went to Lincomb for cross country schooling. The instructor wasn’t the advertised; owing to circumstances beyond everyone’s control we had
Saturday night in the house of the party animals
It’s 07.43 Sunday morning. I’m only awake because the wind (outside!) woke me; blowing a gale, rain lashing against the windows. And I needed a
This Reality – Podcast No 8
Episode 8 (30 minutes running time). Introductions once again from the lovely-voiced Citronella and the great Adam Curry. Episode 8 was recorded on a dull,
Big (2nd hand) boast…
It’s been a period of extensive testing in many Spanish schools. Daughter’s school (I can already see your mental light bulbs going on as if
A death in the family
I mean, what do you say to people when you learn they’ve had a very close family bereavement? ‘I’m sorry’ is so lame. And meaningless.
Been quiet hereabouts lately
Sorry about that. Combination of way too busy, far too tired, much too much to do and just too much travelling. Normal service will be
A funny thing happened on the way to the office…
A couple of miles outside Gloucester along the A417 (also called The Cotswold Way – it’s a modern-day road that follows the line of an
Survival school
On the way home this evening the only things I could think about were school-related. Many rambling thoughts. Much bizarreness – especially when I calculate
Early Sunday evening
17.32 On the couch. Laptop on my, erm, lap. Television trying to tell me about the book awards. I’m resisting the information. I’m wearing my
I want, I want, I want, I want…
I want a dog. It would love me and let me cuddle it and I could take it for a walk and it would curl
This Reality – Podcast No 7
Episode 7 (28 minutes running time). Introductions once again from the lovely-voiced Citronella and the great Adam Curry. Episode 7 started out being recorded in
Another work-related post (kinda)
Walking the thin line between revealing just the right amount of information and retaining my liberty, or giving away too much information and getting locked
Book review: Into Africa; Sam Manicom
The strapline on this book reads: ‘Africa by Motorcycle – Everyday an Adventure’ To get to this point, the place of being able to write