Blogathon 24/13 Film review: Cloud Atlas
ever one to take a contrary position, and in the face of views from one or two critics… I went
Blogathon 23/13 Tired
the evening after the morning after the night before… 7.30pm and I am sprawled on the couch/settee/sofa (whatever)
Blogathon 22/13 Decisions!
photo editor, can you change this picture please! Tonight is, apparently, a ‘boys night out’. There will be
Blogathon 21/13 Stupids
I’m afraid it’s flooded, mate The highway code for dual-carriageways, triple-carriageways and motorways, especially written for Audi drivers You
Blogathon 20/13 Trippin’?
Roadtrippin’? I have been considering a road-trip, as the weather forecast got sunnier and the weather started to
Blogathon 19/13 HiTech?
I’m working from a remote location today. I have two laptops, my Nexus 10, and my Samsung S3 phone. Unfortunately, I have to connect to
Blogathon 18/13 Status update
This morning my Decree Absolute landed on the doormat. That, as such, isn’t the subject of this post. The British legal system is. I would
Blogathon 16/13 Nothin’
Erm, hi! How are you? What’s new? Oh, I’m good, thanks. In fact I’m very good. But if you’re expecting something with more weight and
Blogathon 15/13 Linguistics!
I have a recurring rant about the overuse of words, the misapplication of words, and those invented, meaningless, nonsense words. Top of my ranty list,
Blogathon 12/13 Confidentiality? Blogathon
this post should be filed under the ‘is it me?’ category, if I had one A friend has been admitted to the John Radcliffe Hospital
Blogathon 11/13 Subjective!
unaccustomed as I am to being right on a massive scale… I didn’t watch the BAFTAs last night, and my invitation sat at home on
Blogathon 9/13 Morbid?
I’m going to update the list, below, as time progresses, and some items will get struck off, but remain as a matter of record, as
Blogathon 8/13 Film review!
The latest British film to attempt to ride on the ‘Four Weddings And A Funeral’ bandwagon (the poster carries the wording ‘From the producers of
Blogathon 7/13 Simon!
Although I’m fairly handy with a set of tools and I am capable of handling most jobs (with the aid of a good set of
Blogathon 6/13 Twat!
warning: this piece contains very many hyperswears that are directed at a specific person and a generic person type. if you are this person or
Blogathon 5/13 Quiet!
HELLO? I’M ON THE TRAIN! YES, THE TRAIN. TO LONDON. I’M IN SOMETHING CALLED THE QUIET CARRIAGE. IT’S VERY NICE IN HERE. AND QUIET. ………
Blogathon 4/13 Twitter!
A little while ago the lovely Chloe wrote ‘Why Tweet‘, a view on some of the benefits of using Twitter. This isn’t that kind of
Blogathon 3/13 NewTech!
I have a new toy! Yes indeedy, the Tablet generation has a new member. I have finally managed to beg, borrow and/or steal the 32gb
Blogathon 2/13 Sparkling!
I didn’t really have plans for today. And then, yesterday evening, there was some Facebook activity. And a phone call. And some more Facebook activity.
Blogathon 1/13 Procrastination!
PC: It’s Groundhog Day [beat, beat] again. The words of Phil Connors, leading character in the brilliant Groundhog Day (a film about which I know
When being quiet means the opposite
It’s been a little quiet around these parts lately and that, inevitably, means that my life has been anything except quiet. Well, the quiet thing
Lane-hogging motorists
I don’t subscribe to many YouTube channels, but ‘entoptika‘ has a series of uploads that usually have helmetcam or motorbikecam video of his encounters on
Phoning it in
Inspired (if that’s the right word) by Young Masher, I decided to have a long, hard look at my phone, what’s on it, how I
Two-wheeled trundling
On Sunday, as it remained dry, I took the Bandit for a spin. As the bike was warming up I thought ‘North? South? East? West?’
Not getting the internet in Ireland and Germany
Irish Newspapers want to make it illegal to link to their articles, or charge people who do (link to article) (via @rodti) Absolutely scandalous! And
Les Misérables
The media hypemonster will shortly begin shoving the musical film adaptation of Victor Hugo’s depressingly awful tale of Love And Death In The French Revolution
Saturday horse stuff
I slept as if I’d been doped last night; instantly unconscious and waking through a cloying foggy gunge of sleep. The new cunning plan of
Two wheels good, music good too
Happy New Year!!! It didn’t rain today. In fact the sun shone. So I got the Bandit out, gave it a little polish, checked the
2012 films: the worst and the best
2012 was a peculiar year for films, wasn’t it? I was lucky enough to spend a lot of time watching films. Some were truly excellent.
Sleep: foiled
Around 2am, at the height of the stormy windfest that has been raging and howling since 8pm last night, I was woken by a really
2012 done: 2013 ‘to do’ list being written
2012 has been an interesting year. In a blog post on 31st December 2011, I summed 2011 up as ‘a bit shit’. My aspiration for
Christmas films
I started thinking about a list of Christmas films a few weeks ago. It’s been a regular visitor to my headspace, while driving to/from work,
The argument for compulsory cycling tests
The law that allows any person to take unsupervised control of a form of transport, and permits this person to mingle and mix with pedestrians, with
Ponies and stuff
Accompanying five attractive young ladies to the London International Horse Show at Olympia is just one of those, you know, ‘it’s a dirty job but
Shifting. Changing. Moving
This time last year, during a big spell of feeling down, I gave myself a stern talking to. I knew why I was in a
Power ballad goodness from Brighton
I’ve been a fan of Brighton-based rockers Anemo for a few years. I’ve featured their work on the show several times. I got emailed a
And as we go hurtling in to Christmas week
A Christmas rap/gangsta parody song. Just because. Ho ho ho.
I love double standards, me
I picked this thought up from Twitter (original attribution here). It is weird that because of one failed shoe-bombing attempt in the US, every passenger
The people closest, count the most
Human nature is a funny thing. We are, by definition, caring, deeply compassionate creatures. We have the capacity to feel huge amounts of empathy for
Just, you know
Tired. The 4.45am alarm seems to be coming around quicker and quicker. It was half-past midnight when I stopped working last night. This morning. And
Driving mentals
This came to me via Twitter. Next time you (I?) winge about the standard of driving on the roads in the UK, we all need
Trip: done
as usual, if you click on each image and, when it’s loaded, click on it again, you’ll get the full-screen option Mid-morning on Saturday, despite
Contemplating a trip
The forecast for this weekend is for two cold but very bright and sunny days. So I’m thinking of taking a little trip out on
So what did you do today?
This morning, at 6.30am (dark, touch of fog), on an unlit rural road at 50mph I hit this with my front nearside wheel.
Out of puff
Hello! What you been doin’? I’ve been dancin’! *proud face* I have been locked in at home today, trying to finish four tasks which, frankly,
A Million Little Pieces
I’m sorry I wasn’t able to see Cara when she came over to Europe from Melbourne recently. I’m not sorry that Cara is a part
Where I’ve been
I went to a record launch. I’m not going to write about it again. I’ve already written about it. Right here