A fortnight or so ago, I went out on the booze with my good friend, colonel_maximThe pub was packed, but he had discovered that the upstairs sitting room was both unlocked and its small bar staffed. We decided very quickly that paying through the nose for organic bottled cider was infinitely more preferable to traipsing up and down the stairs trying not to ( Read more... )

Ye Gods, but it's been a long week.

I have decided that I shall skulk off at 4pm and that's that. I want to get home early enough to collapse on the bed for an hour before we go out again: we are off to Leytonstone to meet up with jfs and ellefurtle's sister, Alix (some of you will know her, I'm sure), who is heavily pregnant. Due day is tomorrow, in fact. We ( Read more... )

Back at work after a good, if short, Easter break ( Read more... )

A couple or three weeks ago ellefurtle and I attended an after hours talk and tasting on the history and revival of absinthe at the National Gallery. It was quite interesting, particularly as the main speaker Ted Breaux (https://blog.thewhiskyexchange.com/2012/07/ted-breaux-jade-liqueurs-and-the-green-fairy/), was incredibly enthusiastic. This all rather ( Read more... )

Despite the best intentions I seem to have allowed some time to pass by since I last updated. I guess I’ve just got out of the habit ( Read more... )

So this weekend I went to play board games in Marlow at my friend Martin’s. This was the first time in over three years - the first time, I think, since Furtle and I got married, so probably four years ( Read more... )

During the Christmas Holidays Furtle and I bowed to the cultural imperative and wandered along to see the new Star Wars movie. She was looking forward to it more than I was, I mean the original trilogy would have dominated her childhood in a way it missed mine by a number of years. I was 18 when the original came out, and I’m pretty sure I never ( Read more... )

If there is one positive aspect to commuting into central London in the first week of January, it is the fact that it is quiet ( Read more... )

Happy New Year, mes amis. I see that I’ve managed to go an entire month without posting, which is clearly remiss of me ( Read more... )

We had our first proper cat fret this morning ( Read more... )