I could have sworn that when I left work on Friday I had a nice quiet, relaxing weekend planned. Friday was *supposed* to be popping out for a couple of beers with Ciaran to celebrate his birthday and his new job, however part way through the night I randomly ran into Andrea from my old…

I saw an asian woman (I'm guessing Chinese or Malaysian, but it's not really relevant) standing outside Mornington Crescent station this morning, gesticulating wildly to her interlocutor. Having seen this sort of thing go on before, I assumed that she must be speaking in sign language. A little closer, and my suspicions were confirmed, as…

First thing – credit where credit's due. I stayed at Richard & Clarissa's over the weekend, and I'm happy to announce that I've discovered The Best Shower in Britain. Oh my god, it was awesome ! Proper water pressure, nice hot water, no bizarre tap balancing ritual, and a solid screen which meant not having…

I appear to have soy sauce on my mouse ball. … (this sentence reminds me of a voice recorder note I made on my phone at some stage and only discovered recently – at the time I must have found it important to remind myself that “I appear to have mayonnaise in my nostrils”)

If ever there was a time to let out an almighty Star Wars Episode III style cry of “NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!“, it's this article which has just come to my attention: http://www.abc.net.au/news/newsitems/200509/s1451960.htm. My lack of business knowledge prevents me from understanding quite how they can do this – I realise a hostile takeover usually means acquiring the…

Not sure if now is a good time to get around to mentioning, but I went to Sweden back at the end of June – the original rationale was that I missed out on getting a Glastonbury ticket, so I figured I'd do something fun anyhow. Then a whole swag more Glasto tickets became available,…

Just quick writeup or I'll get so far behind I'll never catch up ! Last Sunday (Aug 21st) Charlie, The Puzzler and I elected to go to the Isle of Wight for the Garlic Festival. Owing to it being such a stupidly long trip to get out there (but then London traffic's like that), we…

Hmm. I absolutely sprinted out from Tai Chi tonight in order to be home by 8:30 to meet the 3 potential new flatmates that were coming around tonight. It's now 10pm and there's been no sign of any of them, and my housemate hasn't appeared either. I'm starting to wonder if I'm in the right…

Quite busy with work this week, as well as all the usual nonsense (tai chi, kickboxing, etc.) and sorting out bits & pieces on my computer. I really hate my P.O.S. laptop, but it's been downgraded to 'bearable' since I procured a 2nd monitor for it, as well as a new USB hub that has…

By convention, when you arrange to meet someone to catch up it means that you are in fact planning to be in the same place as them. So imagine my excitement when I got a phone call today to tell me that the person I was meant to be meeting after work in London was…