So today is apparently (according to the thingy on the wall) the deadline I set myself for the background chapter.

So not happening.

So in this weeks news the house hasn't flooded (yet) hurrah!

Good grief, that was further than I remembered.... Next time I decide to walk back from Moseley in the middle of the night, someone do me a favour and break my legs or something! :)

So last night I was woken by a screeching of tires. On investigation it seems that there was some kind of confrontation going on between some people in a car and the bloke who owns/rents whatever the house diagonally across the junction from me. There was shouting, some beeping of horns and so forth. This in itself would not worry me, however that ( Read more... )

Disaster! It would appear that Terry is quitting Eurovision!!!

Urgh. Completely failed to sleep at all last night. That's worse than usual. Finally dragged myself into work about an hour ago to discover that (according to the magnetic thingy on the wall) today is a day I'm meant to be writing stuff for the dreaded 't' word.... Not convinced that'll be happening, a) because I'm completely knackered and b) ( Read more... )

I've just been arguing with one of the cleaning staff. Now in fairness to the guy he's clearly some kind of equal opportunities hire and I really shouldn't have lost my patience with him but he is paid to EMPTY the bins. For the last 4 or 5 days that hasn't been happening and when he came in this morning and started to complain at me for putting ( Read more... )

There are two men from the council outside my window using what looks like a floor buffing machine on the pavement.... Someone has an underspend on their budget this quarter methinks *headdesk*

Ok, back from Barcelona; not dead and by a stroke of luck booked with a different airline to normal and hence did not get caught out by the pilots all going on strike today. All good really.

Right, I think I'm a little more together now...... Just about ( Read more... )