This made me LOL. And it probably won't be appropriate on my FB ( Read more... )

The weather has been really odd this year: it's been really mild till now. For the last two years we had lots and lots of snow. This year? none yet. Supposedly a band of Siberian air (cold) will be blowing over the country in the next month. It'll be nice to have some snow, but I recall being terribly upset about the transport disruptions so maybe ( Read more... )

If you have the opportunity, do yourself a huge favour and go and watch STOMP

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I took V for his birthday as a surprise. Once we arrived he told me he had no idea what it was all about in any case. And, luckily for both of us, it was bloody amazing - had me on the edge of my seat for 1h 40min. So much energy radiate from the cast, it's unbelievable. ( Read more... )

Uncomfortable things are going to be said at work today. Having a catch-up meeting with my manager. We'll see how she takes being told off...

The older I get, the less I seem to understand society and the way it ticks over ( Read more... )

It's good to know I can still catch green waves. Yesterday was superb - after a year of utter madness and no surfing, we managed to get to Devon while the waves were good (and the holiday crowd not around). We stayed at the B&B we've stayed at twice before. Graeme, our host, told us his life story on the last evening, while we tucked into the ( Read more... )

Marvin Gaye - a legend. I listened to this today at work. That's what I call fruitful multi-tasking ( Read more... )

I'm sure caffeine and sugar will help.

That is all.

On Wednesday I cycled in to work as usual. At one junction, while most of the cyclists piled up at the red light, one woman rolled on through. This *really* annoys me. It states that "I'm above the law" and "the rules don't apply to me". The thought that crossed my mind was to yell at the woman: "the light is red! the rules apply to you too! You're ( Read more... )

Paul, I think you might find this interesting. A first-hand account of the four days of rioting/looting in London, written by an AFP photographer (a friend of a friend) along with the photos he took: http://www.leonneal.com/blog/2011/08/12/london-riots- ( Read more... )