It was a big weekend that weekend, OK ? I had my first experience of Jethro Tull on the night of Saturday the 11th. Quite a good gig, and yet again I went with no prior knowledge of the band's material, which I'm finding increasingly bizarre when the rest of the crowd's in a retrospective…

This is wayyy catchup now (although the snowboarding trip's still to come !) but last Friday HC invited me along to see some singing comedian bloke she'd heard on the radio, and it was with mixed enthusiasm & skepticism that I trundled along to Soho to meet the others in a bar. I'm fairly easily…

Nothing like a cold shower to get your heart started in the morning… Yes, there's still teething problems with the new house, and I'm feeling none too special today having just had a 6 degree shower, following not having one at all yesterday because the water was just too cold. Character building, they say. Anyhoo,…

Asterisk: A star-shaped character used in printing, used chiefly to indicate an omission, a reference to a footnote, or an unattested word, sound, or affix. [Middle English, from Late Latin asteriscus, from Greek asteriskos]. Asterix: Short-statured, violent, fictional Ancient Frenchman. THEY'RE NOT THE SAME BLOODY THING!

According to Ananova Pope Benedict XVI likes to chill out after a hard day's blessing with a few tunes from his shiny new iPod Nano. But just the bog standard edition, mind you – not the diamond encrusted bling version. I like the idea that the Vatican's Main Man, despite being well past typical VCR…

Had my first ever trip to the opera on Saturday night. Hannah and Catrin (both looking a million dollars) accompanied me to the Royal Albert Hall for my maiden operatic voyage. Despite feeling a little seedy from a 4am poker game and impromptu creative writing session with the new housemates, and a mid-afternoon rum sampling…

“What a silly, boring little man. His only function is to let you know what Harry Potter's going to look like when he's old.” – Billy Connolly on Australian Prime Minister John Howard.

That'd be just about bloody right… Last night, I wandered down Brick Lane to go to February's Dorkbot meeting – always an interesting night, if only slightly (read: INCREDIBLY) geeky. On the way I wandered past a red carpet setup and a bunch of punters corralled behind a metal barrier, along with some paparazzi snapping…

If, in Feb 2001 you'd asked me, “Where do you see yourself in 5 years' time?”, I can guarantee you my answer would NOT have been “Snowboarding in the Austrian Alps”. In short though, I'm having a wicked time, my muscles hurt like hell (and I thought kickboxing was a tough workout!), but it's going…

Part 1 of the move went OK – totally huge thanks to HC, Gary, Emzo, Richie, Craig & Kate, and no particular thanks to Alex, who's been about as useful as a chocolate teapot in this entire procedure. At present half my stuff's here at Richie's, half's at Craig and Kate's, and I move into…