My twin brother has just texted from Spain that he's about to go on stage and play in front of five thousand people and he's a tad nervous. The lead singer has already been "swamped" by girls wanting a picture with him ( Read more... )

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It has come to my attention that I have not recently posted any pics of my kittens. So I'm doing it now lest the interwebs implode.


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The other half of the zygote has been and gone. This visit was much better. I was much better. A couple of snipes at each other, but only to be expected I suppose. Still, it does make me feel like I'm running uphill on scree when it happens. I think what I hoped to avoid, by being more pleasant company this time around, was the overwhelming sense ( Read more... )

This time next week my twin brother will be here, for five days ( Read more... )

My new passport arrived this morning. Passports from the country of which I am technically a citizen require a portrait that is surprising close to one's face. And then it gets all computery thingumagigged. The resultant image of me, to be flung around many places where they like nothing more than to get the latex gloves out for the merest hint of ( Read more... )

One of life's underrated pleasures is going to the cinema alone during the day. So yesterday I did. Along with about 20 others all having the same idea. We all pretended the others weren't there. I saw Moon. It was good. Go see it. If you like sci-fi thriller Solaris-eque stuff ( Read more... )

Right. A few years ago I had quite a dramatic asymetrical hair cut wot I rather liked. Then I decided to grow it out, because I was changing jobs and getting old and all that. Now I have Very Boring Long Hair again, which i always wear tied back ( Read more... )

Better to have texted and had no response, than never have texted at all. As it were ( Read more... )

Yesterday afternoon I was in a queue in Boots (I know, my life is too Rock. And Roll.) and the woman behind me suddenly started swatting my shoulder blade. Obviously she was trying to get something off me, but when I turned to look at her she didn't say anything, the swatting got more enthusiastic, and then she started swatting me with the sanitary ( Read more... )