Archive for March, 2008

That dodgy maths…

Tuesday, March 25th, 2008

If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!So it looks like I may have been right about Network Rail’s dodgy maths. Or perhaps not. It depends who you listen to. All I know is that, as suspected, I didn’t get to work the day after a […]

Brewing beer

Monday, March 24th, 2008

The brew, just before the lid went on (don’t worry - we’re not keeping it either beside the radiator, or on the carpet)
There’s a monster in the kitchen of which we’ve rapidly lost control. We decided to start brewing beer this weekend. It was a four-dayer, after all. So we got ourselves a fermenter, which […]

Network Rail’s dodgy maths

Wednesday, March 12th, 2008

Ever wondered why rail improvements never seem to run to time? Perhaps it’s Network Rail’s maths, or the lengths to which it expects its workers to go.
Network Rail oversees the UK’s network and stations, and its latest press release, published today, outlines the work it plan to complete over the four day Easter break.
It’s a […]

Delia’s How to Cheat at Cooking

Monday, March 10th, 2008

Oh, Delia. What have you done? We don’t want to see you opening up packs of ready-mashed potato and laying them on top of minced beef you got from a tin. You’re about frumpy food made properly, using recipes that work, regardless of our lack of culinary expertise. Tonight, though, you were one step away […]

Writing, writing, writing

Sunday, March 9th, 2008

It’s been a very busy few weeks around here, as has probably been obvious from the frequency of posts. Why? Because my little fingers have been typing as quickly as they can to complete this book before early April deadline.
Oscar seems to be appreciating it. I’m getting up at 05h30 and working by 6h, and […]