January's books. I thought I'd not read many this month but checking back, I'm actually two up on this time last year.

As ever, the ones with asterisks were read aloud to Rob.

I would also like to make clear that the first book on the list has nothing whatever to do with a similar book, recently filmed, with a number in the title.

1.Shades of Grey by ( Read more... )

Congratulations YouView , you've rejigged your UI and made it less intuitive and more annoying to use ( Read more... )

Just back from collecting Rob and his new velo from Newcastle ferryport this morning. I stayed up there overnight to make life easier and yesterday, I reached the Angel of the North just as dusk was falling...


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So, Rob went to the dentist yesterday, had a filling and *now* has toothache.

I may be wrong, but I rather thought that was supposed to work the other way round....

There seems to be a competition on as to who can produce the most dirgelike version of "All I Want For Christmas Is You".

I'd say Michael "Monotone" Buble is winning over Lady Antebellum at present.

I'm just waiting for Coldplay to wheel out a *really* depressing rendition now....

Rob's colleagues have asked if I'll be making them some mince pies again this year. Not sure if they're keen or fearful ;)

Huge crash in the kitchen at about half six this morning ( Read more... )

On Friday we drove up to Caerlaverock Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust for a short break - just overnight, coming back on Saturday. The main thing we went to see were the Whooper swans which migrate here from Iceland for the winter, but there were plenty of other birds too.

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Ironically enough, the best pictures I took at the zoo today were the ones of the wild birds ;)

( “Zoo!” )

October's books ( Read more... )