Apocalypse Playlist - feel free to load up Spotify, iTunes, Amazon etc and play along at home ( Read more... )

In an appallingly-romantic gesture, on Saturday I went into Marks and Spencer and bought a new pair of work shoes. I narrowly passed on the pair that made me look like a Mexican assassin (think El Mariachi or Desperado) and went for a pair that were slightly more elaborate than I normally go for, but not shockingly so. These are a bit more pointy ( Read more... )

What have I been up to since I last posted here? It's all been fun, but nothing incredible. Mostly seeing friends, working, getting more and more backlogged with my Twitter feed and spending ages getting up to date... a sure sign that I maybe have too many Twitter friends, and yet, I like them all and there's no real wheat to separate from the ( Read more... )

All sorts of good films out to see this weekend. I think, in order, we may be seeing Milk, Rachel Getting Married, and Frost/Nixon. Seeing three in one weekend may be unlikely though, so maybe some of the movie-watching will stretch into next week ( Read more... )

It's quiet here now. Liz isn't home from work yet, and I have muted the TV now that the main inauguration coverage has finished. I got back too late to watch the oath or the inauguration speech - some of have to work 9 to 5! - but I managed to get out of work just in time to catch the oath, then the speech on BBC Radio 4 in the car. I have, by now ( Read more... )

It's very rare that I don't finish a book, once I've started it. One would think this would lead to me having read a lot of books that I didn't enjoy, but this isn't really the case. Most of the time I stick to authors I know and trust, or books that I have already read up on (or listened to reviews of). Anyway, most people that know me, know that ( Read more... )

Today we head out to Solihull for the second day running, in spite of the locusts swarming around the sales, for two reasons (OK, if you count Starbucks, three reasons ( Read more... )

Best of the season to all of you. It's not always an easy day to get through at the best of times, but with a little luck I think we'll all make it through relatively unscathed and there may be presents on the other end, as the bishop said to the actress.

Good morning to you. I write this naked from our hotel room. Liz is running a bath (or is the correct term drawing a bath?) but I think I shall have a shower ( Read more... )

My frankly fantastic wife has booked us in at the MalMaison in Birmingham for the night, as an early Christmas present! Oooooooh. Guess I better go pack my bag :)