Back to the eighties today. Bumped into the guys from Keen again today, who were on the show last night. The feedback seems to have been favourable, so I guess the interview was OK. They dropped off some backs of PR goodies - the usual stress squeezies, screwdrivers, lighters and a strange small towel with [...]

From today’s Sydney Morning Herald:
Much as it hurts to write a positive story on the Kiwis, we must applaud New Zealand Telecom for at least telling its customers what it really thinks of them. Thin-skinned Auckland businessman James Storrie has lodged a complaint just because when he opened his mobile phone bill on Monday he [...]

This morning’s post included what must be the heaviest party invite of the year. Sandwiched between two thick pieces of perspex, this rather stylish card must have cost a fortune to post. Very nice, though. Much more eyecatching than an email. I still can’t make it, though, as it’s when I’m hoping to be in [...]

Perhaps moving the room around last night was a bad idea. I lay there in bed looking up at the ceiling, feeling like I was somewhere completely different. The window was on the wrong side of the bed and I could see into the bathroom. The clock that projects the time onto the ceiling was [...]

One of the most extraordinary stories in ages hit the news this morning. ActionAid is going to patent a ready-salted chip, which means that it could technically levy a royalty fee on any chip shop selling regular chips but adding salt to them. There are 9,000 chip shops in the UK, so that’s a lot [...]

Today was a utility day, when lots of things got done, drastically shortening the length of my to-do list. I even have a working windscreen wiper now, although that was more to do with driving the car around to mum’s and drinking tea while Andrew screwed on a new one.
I’m very chuffed that it didn’t [...]

Princess Margaret has died. I thought Chelmer FM was playing rather dreary music when I switched it on. They were playing ‘I Hope I’m Old Before I Die’ until they realised how inappropriate it was and swapped it out for some hastily cued-up Phil Collins.
The first I knew about it was when the news came [...]

There I was thinking fluffy dice went out with the eighties, but apparently they’re back, big time.
My weather-luck finally ran out this morning and I was trapped at home with rain beating on the window. Wiperless on one side of the car I can’t drive it in the rain and I’ve been home late every [...]

Today’s unlikely email:
Please I have loved to get a PC set from you but not financially bouyant.I,ll be grateful should my request be considered. God will surely bless YOU!
Perhaps he’d like one of these.
I was pleasantly surprised how easy it was to get up for the trail this morning, and I was sitting sipping tea [...]

Damn. I got so carried away with finishing my group test (and I am so glad to be finished with it) that I completely forgot about the broken wiper. I meant to leave on time so I could get to Halfords to buy a new one and it completely slipped my mind.
I was lucky today [...]