Last night I moved the top level domain and the websites that are the root website and this blog back to the old webhost. A
Year: 2012
Documentary subject? (9/29)
I am looking for a subject to volunteer themselves to take part in a short, fly-on-the-wall type, documentary. The subject should be a ‘grass-roots’ eventer,
This too shall pass (8/29)
Help me, the Internet, help me. I am conflicted. I am caught between a mental rock and a metaphysical hard place. Trapped. Unable to make
Review: Hamlet, The Young Vic, January 2012 (7/29)
Abstract and Brief Chronicles; a review of Ian Rickson’s production of Hamlet, as performed at the Young Vic, January 2012 It would be, if I’m honest,
Want to try Eventing, the safe way? (6/29)
It takes approximately 120 volunteers to put on a British Eventing One Day Event. On the 14th and 15th April 2012, Crown Farm (my yard)
Jammin’ (4/29)
Here’s an unoriginal thought. Is there anyone in the Witney/Carterton/OX28 area who would be interested in taking part in a monthly band practice/jam session? I
Driven to distraction (3/29)
The vexing problem of middle-lane cunts morons on Britain’s motorways continues to bother those motorists with an IQ above 23. To ‘undertake’ these hapless twats is
Shake the tree (2/29)
Like many people, I’ve been watching, reading about, and listening to the Leveson enquiry in to press standards, with great interest. It’s been clear, almost
More Balls
Last night (28th January 2012) was the 2011/12 Event Riders Association Ball. The venue was Headley Stud, Newbury(ish). The physical location was the heavily
I should get up
*sets the scene* It is 9am Saturday. I am propped up in my lovely, lovely bed with lovely, lovely clean bed-linen and my lovely, lovely
A full(er) house
Wednesday evening I drove a rented van, picked up a couple of items of furniture from Sophie’s flat, delivered them to my house, picked up
Bothering an internet near you
I have decided to take a leaf out of Young Masher‘s book. I’m sorry about that. I’ll stick it back in with some sellotape. But
Shiny shoes and a chance meeting on a Parisian street
I wore my Dress shoes to work today. I’m preparing my feet for the Ball on Saturday. There may be some tripping the light fantastic.
The surprising thing about Hamlet
Regular Twitter friends will know that, on Friday, I went in to London to watch the Young Vic’s ‘Hamlet’, featuring Michael Sheen in the title
Friends met and unmet
People not on Twitter won’t get this. Because Twitter is a real-time/near-real-time communications medium, it is remarkably easy to establish relationships with Twitter ‘friends’. I
It’s worse than that, it’s dead Jim
The studio laptop started throwing BSOD error messages a couple of days ago. So I began running a series of deep-scan diagnostics which, eventually, firmly pointed
*cough* *splutter* *sniff* *wheeze*
It’s OK, I’ll live. But I just thought I should tell you that I have manflu. Just in case you’re one of the few people
Getting dark
I have written what is/will be a screenplay. It is a dark piece, but it’s not the large piece of black humour that I am
It’s all in the fucking translation
Or, to put it another way: Context Is Everything Stupid. I say that to me a lot. Here’s what I mean. There are common sense
2012 Resolutions
Finish lots of projects Do not fuck up my life Do not allow others to fuck up my life any more Erm That’s it
Back to school
My alarm is set for 5am because, you know, I enjoy lounging around in bed so much that I choose to set an early alarm
2012 aspirations in three words…
Hopefully less shit.