Mindless twaddle

Yes, I’m serious. Whilst driving through Somerset, Liz and I stopped in at the odd asparagus farm and suchlike, and as we drove past one road we saw a sign pointing to “Bakelite Museum“.  It was the source of much

We drive to Land’s End. Still, lovely spot.

It’s brilliant being at the top of the food chain (as a species, I mean – I’m not claiming to be at the absolute pinnacle of the food chain personally… although apparently human flesh tastes like chicken…).  It means that

Do you want to hear about a comprehensive shopping cockup, boys and girls?  No?  Oh, well you’re rather out of luck then… The setup So, Liz decided that she wanted to buy a telly.  Something to do with paying for

At the end of 2008 a bunch of us went to Copenhagen for a random weekend trip.  “What’s that got to do with anything? It’s the end of 2010 for god’s sake!”, I hear you impatiently scream at your monitor,

Many people who write personal blogs – I’m not talking about professional bloggers, opinion formers, and shapers of the social media landscape here – are very quick to describe their own content as “rants”.  I’ve been extremely reluctant over the

I emailed this to a few people recently, but there’s no reason it shouldn’t go unblogged… One of my learned contemporaries is a chap by the name of Pete.  He lives in New York and goes by the moniker “Spiro”

There’s a big difference between saying something amusing in response to a circumstance, and having a stock phrase or line to trot out whenever a certain thing happens (typically accompanied by a broad smile).  Personally, I’m absolutely shocking when it

Going back a few years when Brian & Olivia still lived in the fair town of London, we had a nice little get together involving a few vino rossos, a healthy amount of the talking of bullshit, and for some