That's my reason for not posting here and i'm sticking with it.

*blows dust off the surfaces of this Livejournal Corner*

So updates and things eh?  Lets break this down into nice brief little packages so I don't confuse either myself or..well actually just myself really...

The House

Lo! We have a shed!   For it is a mighty shed and shall verily hold ( Read more... )

Howdy!

So yes, blah blah no posts since dinosaurs walked the earth etc.  But i'm back now and there's a vague chance that I may be more consistent with my posting... no really... I might

Anyhoo - first on the agenda for presentation is an absolutely fab gig in Nottingham last night.  If my reader has not heard any Thea Gilmore - go forth and listen ( Read more... )

Yep - i'm actually posting on Livejournal... just as the prophecy foretold in ages past.

So what to report since last I typed?

Um...many things have happened.  Obviously we are in the house as

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Ok - so its been a while once more. Since the last aggravated post (some time ago) the car is now fixed.  It probably helps i'm now taking the train up to Sheffield every week rather than chancing the M1! Its bout of Thursday-itis seems to be over for the nonce!  In good hopeful news we are tentatively planning to move house next week.  The final ( Read more... )

Yesterday evening the car broke down. I am not a happy man ( Read more... )

Its amazing how bored you can get sitting in a university library attempting to write up a consultancy proposal and sketching out a research plan for an essay of local authority alternatives to stock ownership ( Read more... )

This week has been ...um... fun (in a frantic crazee monkey kinda way. Its been an interesting juggling act to try and get the car welded and over to the garage to get fixed and retested. I'm hoping its not going to cost much more over the £200 estimate (the welding cost £150 - including a £50 discount for cash payment). I should find out the ( Read more... )

I was driven over to Melton to get my rental car this morning. Expecting to be hiring a Ford Ka at a reasonable price I was astonished to find awaiting me was a brand new 1.4 Vauxhall Corsa. Slack-jawed I signed the paperwork and asked a few times if they had the right booking. Apparantly this was all they had in stock. Sweet! It drives like a ( Read more... )

Handily co-inciding with National Energy Awareness week - as of yesterday (and an all-day exam) I am now professionally qualified to provide energy saving advice - huzzah!

Though I have been effectively dead to the online world for the past...um...many months I do still live and breathe in the more bothersome non-electronic world what is away from t'interweb ( Read more... )