Blogathon 17/17: It’s a bit obvious
The headline to this story caught my eye: Ford developing pothole alert system for drivers said the eye-grabbing headline. The full story is here. But
Blogathon 16/17: LinkedOut
I have a really big blogpost in me about breaking the culture that holds an organisation in stasis, thereby blocking it from adapting to change
Blogathon 15/17: Voting
Sometimes it seems that we have become obsessed with ‘having our say’. ‘It is my opinion and I’m going to bloody well give it to
Blogathon 14/17: Getting it on
It’s been one of ‘those’ occasions this evening. You know the ones. The secretive, indulgent, pleasure-filled moments. When you get home before your other half.
Blogathon 13/17: MIA no more
I have returned from Deepest, Darkest, Devon. I spent Sunday night in a pub on the edge of Dartmoor, to enable me to be at
Blogathon 12/17: MIA
You have heard of the land that time forgot? Well, this evening I’m in the land that the Internet forgot. It’s all very well the
Blogathon 11/17: Weekend wind-down
It’s been snowing, off and on, all day. And, at the peak of the day, the temperature tottered upwards to a wholly magnificent 1c. Neither of
Blogathon 10/17: Speed Thrills
Kawasaki, my motorbike manufacturer of choice, have a new bike out, any day now. It’s the 2017 Kawasaki Ninja H2 Carbon. It’s broadly similar to
Blogathon 09/17: Not working. Not being smart
These days everyone in the UK (and wider afield) has access to smart technology. I was out with a friend for dinner, a few weeks
Blogathon 08/17: Just Taking (the Mick)
Like just about everyone who uses the Internet for keeping in touch with people, I’ve contributed money to various charitable causes through the endeavors of
Blogathon 07/17: Whoops!
We’ve all done it, right? Pushed things just a little too quickly to get somewhere? Been a little bit too keen to get home?
Blogathon 07/17: Storage
The entire contents of my video and audio libraries are on my NAS. In the last 15 years I have experienced two laptop hard-disk failures. Each
Blogathon 06/17: Licence to print money
The BBC have announced a revamp of their iPlayer service. A recent change in the law has already tightened up the rules about how and
Blogathon 05/17: Favourite snackage
Continuing the weekend of postings of the less-seriousnesses Shall we start at the beginning? Sandwich? Or bap? And if bap, soft or crusty? And if
Blogathon 04/17: Lazy
Man, it’s been a hectic week. But it seems to have been a hectic week every week, for the last few months. At work, we
Blogathon 03/17: Not all it seems to be
In the 1873 play ‘The Magnificent Ambersons’ (turned, in 1942, to an Orson Welles period drama of the same name), the author Booth Tarkington has
Blogathon 02/17: 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 here. I have a
Blogathon 01/17: Liveblogging insomnia
Can’t sleep/Won’t sleep? I went to bed at 9pm, read a page of Guy Martin’s autobiog and, as I struggled to put the book down
Blogathon 00/17: Spartacus? That’s him. Over there
Yes, it’s that time of the year again. Again. I don’t know if this year’s Annual Blogathon will see Young Masher (who instigated all this
Sing Street
Despite the slightly faltering start, I’ve just finished watching (and thoroughly enjoyed) the film Sing Street. Awesome soundtrack, and worth watching for the way this line
Hardcore action
The latest dip in to the film world was the Anglo-Russian first-person action shocker ‘Hardcore Henry’. There’s not a great deal to add. The whole
Dazzled by the night
No, not blinded by the light. Dazzled by the night! Hot on the heels of my discovery of ‘Lucy‘ this weekend, I have just deployed
Dialling things down
A little down time is good for you So whilst Sam is away in Dubai Thailand Myanmar (today), I’m having a quiet time at
Flying solo
Big bed Right now Sam is 37,000 feet over Iran. And I’m in bed, half watching an episode of The Man In The High
It’s not me, it’s him
You can squarely and fairly blame Young Masher for this:
Music hath charms…
On my continual quest to bring light and understanding to the up-and-coming generation, this evening I have been spreading the love of music and pop
I have a code
It’s a stinker. Anyway. All four of us are sitting on the settee watching The Amazing Spider Man 2 (or something like that). The
Working at home
Just ain’t what it used to be Moons ago (maybe many, maybe few), working at home was a day spent concentrating on things that
Storage space to rent: Nottingham
For rent: Storage space in NG5 I have a flexible, surplus amount of floorspace available to rent on a monthly basis, in NG5 The
Can’t Get Wood
Since it was installed (early summer), the log burner has become an integral member of the family. Whenever the temperature has been forecast to drop
The End of the Road?
Some uncomfortable truths You are dying. I am dying. Your nearest and dearest are dying. We are all dying. Since the day we were
The Top Eight Christmas Films Ever (as at today)
Number One of my Top Five Christmas Films 1. Die Hard This is the ultimate Christmas film. Funny. Edgy. Exciting. Gripping. And yet with
The Top Eight Christmas Films Ever (as at today)
Number Two of my Top Five Christmas Films 2. Love Actually This film is Number 9 in my All-Time Top 10 Films, but it
The Top Eight Christmas Films Ever (as at today)
Number Three of my Top Five Christmas Films 3. Scrooged I didn’t get this film the first time I watched it. And probably didn’t really
The Top Eight Christmas Films Ever (as at today)
Number Four of my Top Five Christmas Films 4. It’s a Wonderful Life Over-long, drenched in sentimental mawkishness, predictable. And yet. Superbly acted, crisply directed,
The Top Eight Christmas Films Ever (as at today)
Number Five of my Top Five Christmas Films 5. Home Alone Not a big fan of Macauly Culkin’s work? Me neither. But Home Alone
The Top Eight Christmas Films Ever (as at today)
Number Six of my Top Five Christmas Films 6. Long Kiss Goodnight Far too often overlooked in any mainstream list of Christmas films (yeah, I’m
The Top Eight Christmas Films Ever (as at today)
Number Seven of my Top Five Christmas Films 7. Donovan’s Reef I grew up with this film as a child, but it doesn’t make it
The Top Eight Christmas Films Ever (as at today)
Number Eight, of my Top Five Christmas Films There are over a hundred Christmas films, but only eight are worth watching. These are the
Busy doing… well, everything really
It is a truth universally acknowledged that… I have been stupidly busy. My aspiration to do less remains just that. An aspiration. I have
Heart Attack Diary: #11
Getting really emo I thought it was just me. But a recent foray in to an appropriate group on Facebook gave me a lot
Heart Attack Diary: #10
It’s a small world after all At 2pm this afternoon I was sitting in the waiting room, waiting for my Cardiac Clinic Follow-up. The
The Gods Of Food Are Conspiring Against Me
Cooking shit ain’t what it used to be I’ve never had a really large repertoire in the kitchen. Cooking for me is a hassle,
Ah g’day Bruce and Sheils
With deepest apologies to anyone who, you know, might actually be Australian [rising inflection on every sentence please] Awight mates? So t’day I bin
Sailing (dream, not plane)
In which stir craziness tightens its grip around the fevered brain of our stay-at-home hero I had a bonkers dream last night. I dreamt
Fender (no bender)
There’s a new guitar emporium in Nottingham. PMT has been open a week. I know this because when I went there today, I tried three
Heart Attack Diary: #9
It’s not all sex, drugs and rock and roll I continue to climb the walls and chomp at the bit. Although that sounds like
Hunted (and how to win it)
Are you watching the second season of Hunted on C4? We have had two episodes; the third will air later this week. The basic premise