Poxy bloody wanking fucking awful drivers
I was going to blow off steam. You really wouldn’t believe the standard of driving I saw on the way to the yard this evening.
Sunday evening 19.47
The time, not the year… It’s been a day. We slept clinging to each other, as though we were survivors of a shipwreck, bobbing adrift
10.00 Sunday
Currently watching Hollyoaks (WTF?). Can’t believe Zack pulled a stunner and had a one-night stand with her. Can’t believe the morning after Zack said she
This Reality – Podcast No 12
Episode 12 (31 minutes running time) It’s Saturday morning in Studio K (the kitchen) and… Citronella and Adam Curry do the introductions to a very
Little bit tiddly
Earlier a small group of us were invited to a meeting room where champagne, strawberries and chunks of chocolate fudge brownies and/or(!) caramel slices were
Brwydr gyfreithiol am dystlythyr
Roedd Christine Laird yn arfer gweithio i Gyngor Rhondda Cynon Taf Mae’n bosib y gallai un o gynghorau Cymru wynebu talu cannoedd o filoedd o
Psssst, want a quick photo opp?
Here’s a cautionary tale. Most of us take photographs. Most of us have Flickr (or some other webservice) accounts where we stuff up the pics
Today’s earworm
I shall shortly be going in to a meeting with this pounding in my head: I’ve got soul but I’m not a soldier I’ve got
International lingua franca
While I was tinkering with the previous post I wrote ‘United States’ in Spanish: Estados Unidos. Which would be correctly abbreviated to ‘EU’. And ‘EU’
Google Maps ofrece a los fisgones un arsenal ilimitado de imágenes
Casi todos los hombres se hurgan la nariz, casi todas las mujeres llevan biquini y casi todas las parejas, hasta las peor avenidas, se han
Paradise lost?
Lord Dholakia has put a well-written piece over on Lords of the Blog about The Maldives. Stand by for a memory… I was briefly stationed
Podcast news
Format 1: This Reality had a request some time ago from cha0tic to put chapter breaks in to the podcast (so he could skip past
I need help
Some people have been saying this for years! I’ve decided that I need paid help; the admin demands are killing what little time I have
And the next competition is…
And the next competition is another 2-phase, Monday evening at Lincomb; 2’9″. Suddenly it’s only three and a half weeks until our first BE One
Damn it’s hot
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
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,