I've never been much for technology, and I must admit to not getting on much with most modern innovations. Although I do lurk on Facebook it's more to receive rather than to give (ahem), and indeed when I recently posted for the first and so far only time, several of my "friends" commented that they hadn't even known they were friends with me. ( Read more... )

And so, after just 52 games, and two years and three months, I have finally, FINALLY, achieved a triple peel in a ranking singles game (and in the British Opens too). This also brings to an end the long and embarrassing period I have spent as the highest ranked player in the UK Croquet rankings without a triple peel to his name in the past year ( Read more... )

There were at least three coincidences about Ealuscerwen's magnificent (splendid is the only other word I can think of that does it justice) wedding ( Read more... )

Is that the right number of lonelys ( Read more... )

Now this makes me cross. Really very cross ( Read more... )

Although the small things in life don't matter as much as the big things (the clue being in the words "small" and "big"), they can occasionally be very satisfying ( Read more... )

Well, it was all a bit of a damp squib in the end, he said sadly. I had visions of posting from inside a besieged BoE as enraged mobs scaled the walls while we hammered crooked pieces of wood over the doors. As it was, it was all a little bit prosaic. We were locked in with plenty of food, water and lavatory facilities between 11am and 3pm. ( Read more... )

We are expecting some large demonstrations close to where I work tomorrow. Where "large" means "probably really quite fiery" and "close" means "right outside". The newspaper advises people to avoid London in general "but if that's not possible, stay away from the City and in particular the area around the Bank of England". The trouble is that ( Read more... )

It is 20 February. That means it is certainly too late, and too unoriginal, to post a review of 2008. Too things that never stopped me from doing a P&L account ( Read more... )

Where indeed? Yipes. Happy new year. And while I'm at it, happy new year for 2008 as well. And indeed for 2010, should I not get round to posting in that year ( Read more... )