We Brits love to talk (and complain) about the weather, no matter what the weather is doing. Too hot, too cold, not enough rain, too
Year: 2012
Cruisin’ down the internet superhighway
My home broadband connection has been upgraded. In an improvement from the previous 5Mb download and 250Kb upload, I’m now getting 29.75Mb download and 2Mb
On the one hand. On the other hand. On the other other hand.
Decisions, decisions. We have a four-day weekend coming up. Something to do with us not having a dead queen. Or is that Dead Queen? Anyway.
Sunday afternoon. Bedside.
It is 4pm Sunday. I am in bed. I have hot, buttered crumpets, a mug of fresh tea and, on standby, some chocolate. I am
Life, imitating art, imitating life, imitating…
You know those media-based clichés? The kind of imagery that television has served up for years? You might not see one for ages, then unexpectedly there
An early night
It’s been a busy weekend. In the last few days I have been sent five CDs by bands/artists, music agents, PR companies. Or not. I
The Lucky One
This afternoon we went to Cineworld in Witney to see the new Zac Efron film ‘The Lucky One’. The film was well in to the
Prescient past
In 2008, when my marriage hit a significant pothole that changed the shape of the relationship forever, I wrote this short but poignant post; Blindsided.
An Australian hack
This is the helmetcam footage of the 2012 Sydney CCI Three Star (CCI***) Three Day Event, as shot from the view of Australian eventer Seamus
Racing line
I have booked an indoor go-karting session for this Sunday at the former RAF Wroughton, Swindon, Wiltshire. I may have a couple of spare places. If
Sorry love, Eventing’s off
I’m a little sad that the authorities have cancelled the 2012 Badminton Horse Trials, that was due to run this weekend. It is the right decision
Happy St George’s Day?
Apparently today is St George’s Day. St George (a Greek guy), is the Patron Saint of England. St George is famous for killing a dragon. A creature
Dressing Up and Getting Down
Language is a code, and if we have the key, we have perfect understanding. But when someone says to you that the dress code for
Updating/Repairing/Teaching/Learning
Updating: Has it really been a week since I wrote anything? Soz. The hiatus is not an indicator that things have not been going on;
Sunday Bloody Sunday
It is now *checks clock* 9.30am. For some unfathomable reason I’ve been awake since 6.30. But I haven’t wasted those three hours. Oh no, I
Spring is in the air
The UK is currently going through what some people say is an uncharacteristic bout of weather. But is it? I can remember Easters where we
The one with all the sex in it
There is a quaint Strine word; ‘toey‘. It sums my particular state of mind and condition up. Accurately. I had a meeting, today, with Leggy
Saturday outpourings (bed)
I’m going to get up in a minute. It’s 9.48am. I’ve just finished breakfast; the remains of last night’s delivered pizza; the breakfast of champions.
On beating the jet-lag thing
I had to cut short my visit to Austin, TX, to start a new contract on Monday 19th March. The ever-present problem of time-zone adjustment
I want this horse!
This is a piece of helmetcam footage from the cross-country phase of a CIC*** One Day Event. Not only is it apparent that the horse
Most drunk South by South West memory…
I am just about to fall in to bed in my own little house but thought I’d share this anecdote… My Most Drunk, South by
Drunk (and also Not Drunk)
Listen kids, alcohol abuse is not big and not clever. This post was written at South by South West Music Festival, Austin, Texas, in 2015.
Welcome to the Lone Star State
I’ll try to cram a few things together for the first post. The flight from Heathrow to Houston was excellent. I dozed some of the
Texas-bound
which actually sounds, when I read that title back, just a little – you know – BDSM-ish… So I am en-route to Texas. This means
Sometimes I’m just a bit busy
Sorry. I have spent hours trying to finalise my schedule for South by South West. There are 2,000 bands on various stages all over Austin.
Not servicing the customer
I’ve just had an epic phone battle with Nationwide. I have been trying to make a £400 payment online, via my Flexaccount Visa card. My card
South by South West – booked
I’m definitely going! My flights are a bit of a pain: LHR -> HOU -> HOU -> AUS And the same for the return, obv.
When adverts go weird
You know that match.com advert? The one with the girl? On the platform? Smiling? This one… I don’t know about you but I’m suffering from
Jeremy Clarkson: tosspot to the nobility
With all the hoo-hah about David Cameron denying he rode Raisa (when he really did ride Raisa), the former Metropolitan Police horse that was loaned
South by South West-bound
In a couple of weeks, in Austin, Texas, the South by South West Music Festival will kick off. I plan on being there. I have
The nationality debate, an alternative view
Happy St David’s Day. Dewi Sant. But instead of sitting proudly on the nest of Welshness (because who needs a
Single, and loving it. Mostly (29/29)
this is my last post in the February challenge, and because today is the 29th of February (with all of the connotations that this special leap-year day
While my guitar gently weeps (28/29)
Every Tuesday evening I nip down to a nearby village where I have a hot date. Sometimes I take my acoustic.
Somebody That I Used To Know (27/29)
The track ‘Somebody That I Used To Know’, by Gotye, is doing the rounds. Yesterday, whilst having breakfast, I heard it twice on the music
It’s always the quiet (noisy) ones (26/29)
So I know this guy. Charlie. And for some years Charlie and I have been encountering each other
Do you want to be in a movie? (25/29)
Would you like to be in a music video? I’m making a short (very short!) promotional film for This Reality Podcast. I’m now looking for
Extreme housework (24/29)
Early yesterday evening, after my massive day of sloth, in bed, I did a little housework. You know, just some light duties. Tidied my bedroom,
The Day of Thor (23/29)
I am in bed. It is midday. And I am in bed. Ahahahahahaha! You’re so jealous, arencha? I can tell. When I went to bed
The lunatics and the water companies (22/29)
There have been a few articles, in today’s press, about the easy-to-predict forthcoming drought that is going to hit the UK. What utter cocks the
Curiouser and curiouser (21/29)
It looks as though the problem Young Masher has so thoughtfully identified, scales back to a server-side timing. This evening I shall be rolling up
A quick change (20/29)
Not the blog post I had planned for today Young Masher has reported a timeout error when commenting. The first step in overcoming the problem
Wet wet wet (19/29)
I spent a large slab of yesterday being outside in the end-of-the-world-style pouring rain. In Wiltshire. On two wheels. Sitting astride 1,000cc of vroom.
Acquiring knowledge (18/29)
Hi, I’m not at home right now, but if you’d like to leave your name, number and any other kind of message, I will get
Two wheels good; four wheels also good (17/29)
It’s that time of year when this man’s thoughts turn, inevitably, to… bikes! I am not, in brand terms,
Crashed out (16/29)
If you added together the hours I have worked for Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week, you’d get 49. Forty-nine hours worked in three
What a difference half a term makes (15/29)
It is the weirdness that we call Half-Term. What that means is that my commuting time is slimmed down to a mere fraction of what
A bad case of VD (14/29)
warning: this post contains many bad words and is definitely not safe for work Yes I know, comrades, I fucking know. It is that time
Sleeping patterns (12/29)
It’s a risky strategy, to wait until 22.15 for inspiration, during this blog-a-thon period. Sunday night reaches before me and, frankly, I have no idea
No, I’m Spartacus! (11/29)
Deep in the cosy confines of Castle Jones, nestled – as it is – in the rolling Oxfordshire countryside, fundamental changes are being made. No,