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On the radio this morning they said it would be 500 degrees today. I think they were lying, but all the same, it’s a glorious day. I have thrown open all of the windows and doors, moved the kitchen […]

It’s on days like this that I can quite forget my mild dislike of London. The sun is bleaching the colour out of the streets, and the fish on the market stall are stinking to high heaven as they sweat on a bed of ice, but everyone is smiling and weaving their way around the […]

It’s horrible being without my regular PC. It sits on my desk with its side off doing a good impression of the almost-as-useless Orak from Blake’s 7. It’s a sad sight.
It’s also stubbornly refusing to let me get at my email and - perhaps worst of all - the 1,000 or so MP3s that help […]

Christmas. The time of year when the TV networks make a special effort to keep us entertained. So, what festive treats does the BBC have in store for us this year?
I Want to be Mary: ‘This coming Christmas BBC One are making a new and exciting festive programme: I Want To Be Mary. We’ve all […]

Clatter grrr grrr grrr kng kng
That was the sound I heard mid-afternoon as the heads on my hard drive hit the platters and the whole thing died. Several attempted and failed reboots later I admitted it was dead and that I was perhaps cursed. It’s the second time it’s happened in a year.
Two different drives. […]

I feel very dreamy. I have legs somewhere, but I can’t quite tell where, and my arms and swishy and light. I did my first pilates session at the gym and by the end could quite happily have shut my eyes and fallen asleep to the plinky music playing in the background.
I was going to […]

The last of the bank holiday Mondays for a fair while. They all seem to be clumped together in April and May, then we get a whole long stretch when you have to use up a day’s holiday if you want to avoid the office.
Hmmm…
Well, I guess it’s a good job I got up early […]

Late afternoon, after a day of fiddling on with jobs that needed doing, a walk along the lane to the river to watch the sun go down.

Well, what can I say except we got what we deserved. It’s half two - I’ve just got in from Mark’s Eurovision party where we watched the United Kingdom being comprehensively trounced by every other nation in Europe and ending up with the dreaded nul points.
It’s our worst performance to date. Prior to tonight it […]

A 30% discount is far too good an offer to pass up, so I’ve finally ordered myself an iPod. They really are just too cute for their own good, and I was very tempted to have it engraved to deter potential thefting, in spite of the fact the nice telephone lady quoted me an extra