This week seems to be a tense Tetris game of assorted tasks most of which are seasonally-related* and therefore time-dependent. (Teeth, eyes and hair are all being deferred until the New Year.)
I did not get round to these before my week away because PRESSURES.
My week away was a week away chillin', right?
Last week I did not get round to these ( Read more... )

To and from the family residence by the new high-speed link from St Pancras, which is dearer than via Charing X but saves on taxi-fares to about the amount concerned. Going out we allowed perhaps too much time - but there was a certain amount of queuing for busy ticket machines to pick up pre-booked tickets - but coming back was just under 2 hours ( Read more... )

Hadley Freeman, bless, on the awfulness that is Christmas Gift Guides:
It's the traditional "gifts for him and her" lists that spark the most ire. But I feel a thrilling frisson at such blatant shows of hate for both genders, like spotting some embarrassing racial stereotype in an earnest TV drama. This Morning - ye olde bastion of gender ( Read more... )

The scent of Bronnley Lemons Soap first thing in the morning.

Discovering that I can get the train to my meeting this morning from a local station (I would be even more chuffed about this if I'd realised it yesterday).

Finally managing to track down a pair of headphones-as-recommended-as-best-buy-by-Which (since their 'Best Buys' always seem to be ( Read more... )

I trekked down to my opticians at lunchtime (my opticians have been moving further and further away since I started going to them - they used to be at the top end of Tottenham Court Road and are now about halfway between TCR Tube Station and Oxford Circus, having made various stops in between). They looked at the scratch across one lens of my ( Read more... )

( That Christmas present meme )

Today several nice things happened:
- I had an unexpected present from ravurian: many, many, thanks.
- ann1962 has made me a seasonal version of my default icon. As a result I have now discovered how to put text onto icons and have added a seasonal sentiment ( Read more... )

Well, more or less: between a foray into the West End today and some serious surfing and clicking, I have most of the family prezzies done.

In other news, reprieve for Hampstead Ponds - threatened with closure as reported last week.

In today's Guardian 'Short Cuts' ('Season's greetings - happy binge!', about halfway down the
page), Tim Dowling ' ( Read more... )