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Who's blowing the horn?
I’ve been digging. I loath this time of year for all sorts of reasons. Currently I loath it because I have to dig. Our allotment is covered in weeds and things that need pulling up and cutting ba...
My ears are burning
I’m not writing here so often these days. I think I’m going to try and get back into it. You have to make time for these things. Since last I wrote, what’s happened? I’ll tell you. At the weekend...
upright, overstrung, underdamped
Well, this weekend I bought a piano. You know sometimes you get that feeling when you need to do something and you think, “I know, I’ll buy a piano”, and then everything is suddenly OK again. So,...
I'm not dead
I haven’t written here in ages. At the end of August I took some time off work and when I got back I got ridiculously busy at work trying to catch up after taking a week off. I write nearly all m...
Chairman Mao called
Things have been busy and a little bit stressful. I haven’t been writing. I wish I didn’t have to go to work every day. I’d have time to do everything I need to then. About 15 years ago I took a ...
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It was my birthday on Saturday and I took my wife and child to the all-you-can eat Chinese buffet in town. I sometimes wonder if we get full value for money at these places since none of us can r...
Huge Jelly Fish, Huge!
I went to the beach on Saturday with my mother, my wife, and my son. There weren’t many people, and the weather was good. It was not a nice swimming beach, but we picked up shells, explored the d...
Can't make sense of the world this week
In don’t understand the Greek situation, and economics bores the hell out of me. Don’t tell my boss, I’m supposed to get turned on by things financial. However, as far as I can see, the Greek peo...
Quick Roundup
Personal news I broke my swimming record this weekend. I did 30, yes 30, lengths on Saturday. We were due to visit mother in Devon this weekend, but cancelled due to snot and coughing. Thus we s...
It has been a most beautiful weekend. I went to the Swindon Food Show, with Greg whats-his-name from the telly. Actually I left before Greg whats-his-name came on, but we did buy pasta, chilli, s...
Out with the old
There was a young woman on the train this morning with headphones playing music so loud, I could hear it right down the other end of the carriage. It can’t be good for your ears. I sound like an ...
Rrrrrrushed
I haven’t had much time to write lately. It’s been a rushed weekend. We went down to Devon on Friday evening, straight after swimming lessons, and then got up early on Saturday to go to Watermout...
Broken Stuff and Rude Pictures
On balance, I’ve had a great weekend, but a lot of things broke. The lock on the back door has had a broken spring for weeks, and I finally got around to replacing it yesterday before it locks us...
Ludicrous Bullshit
Another weekend of exercise. Nudie night at the local pool, and I managed 26 lengths, I know, 26! And all day at the allotment Sunday. I did lots of digging, and I managed to go a bit pink in the...
It's an odd world out there
Spent the weekend in Devon. Weather was nice enough for a BBQ on Saturday lunchtime. Felt a bit tired and worn out Sunday. A headache kept me awake all night. I felt better by Monday. There are s...
Exercise
I feel like I did a lot of exercise this weekend. I was working on the allotment on Saturday. Digging must burn a lot of calories. Then in the evening I went nudie swimming and did 20 lengths. On...
Not Okay
This weekend I have had to deal with diarrhoea and vomiting. The dragon has spent pretty much the entire weekend in bed. I have been a good husband and father however. I have provided meals, recr...
Exercising
This weekend I’ve been exercising. Not actual, structured exercise obviously, but I have been active, which is good. I did 20, yes 20, lengths of the swimming pool. It’s not a big pool, but I am ...
Thoughts on election day
Friday and I haven’t written yet this week. It’s general election day here. It was the most boring campaign I can remember, but actually quite exciting on the day. It looked so like it was going ...
Fundamental
This weekend I have been working at the allotment, weeding and digging. I ache a bit now. I am hoping we get some cherries on our cherry tree. The raspberries look good, as do the blackcurrants, ...
The week so far in neat paragraphs
The weekend: Another weekend at Devon with family. Even my brother showed up. Weather was nice, food was good. I took a laptop to do some work, and never turned it on. Monday: I think I’m back to...
I'm back, and I have pictures
I’m back, and I’m writing an entry. I have been away in the far east for a couple of weeks, specifically visiting relatives in Taiwan. It was a good break, though not relaxing. It never is visiti...
Like a fairy cycle (pictures)
It was the boy’s birthday on Saturday. We got him a new bike. He needed one. The old bike was like a fairy cycle. I spent more money than I intended to, but it’s a nice bike and it has gears. He’...
Friday,watch me get shouty
It’s Friday and I got quite a good view of the eclipse this morning. It was a bit cloudy, but there was plenty of chances to see it clearly. It wasn’t a total eclipse, about 85% or something this...
Wall of Death and other absurdity
I was running around all weekend, but it wasn’t bad. I even managed to take the boy to the wall of death motorbike stunt show. I’ve never seen one before. I think this sort of show is quite rare ...
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Regular updates about what I’ve been doing.
