There hasn’t been a good razor-related marketing whinge on this blog in a while, so whilst combing through the back catalogue of emails that’s built up in my inbox over the past week I’m extremely surprised and shocked that I
Okay, if a Ferrari and a Piecost had a race, who would win?
And now, the reason the internet was invented: Piecost.Net I feel like I get a bizarre amount of email, and this is a good thing. Quite a lot of it is stuff that’s been forwarded around in the name of
Is there no depths to which this blog will not stoop for content?
An ongoing war of wills has been going on between me and our front door knocker for about the last 7 or 8 months, and I’m embarrassed but not surprised to admit that the doorknocker is presently winning. In fact,
Well at least my immune system ought to be in decent shape…
In a followup to my story on keyboard/hand hygiene, I’ve been noting with growing concern the state of my office keyboard, and idly musing to myself “Hmm, I must do something about that”. As with many office drones in this
Non-Oscar-related awards talk
As hinted previously in this blog, in February there are awards ceremonies to be found other than those centred around the US Film Industry. In this particular case, I’m talking about the Chortle Awards – awarded by UK Comedy portal
Be Yourself… only make it 20 minutes earlier, and not as crap
Unexpectedly ended up as the guest of The Puzzler at last night’s sold out Chris Cornell gig at Scala. I was vaguely aware of Cornell’s rock pedigree, although didn’t specifically know much, and so it was one of these “feel
Laugh at the funny comedians, ha ha
The last 2 nights have seen me at a couple of comedy sessions – as usual, a testimony to my alertness & awareness… I was mainly looking for an opportunity to see Daniel Kitson without having to trek out into
I recognise that distinctive flapping sound…
‘Tis the gently beating wings of my old guardian, The Fuckup Fairy. I ought to have learned by now it’s pointlss to try to get to airports. Today, however, she’s pulled off a rare confluence of subtle cockups, and it
Snap snap flap flap
In the absence of an opportunity to type anything substantial this week, here’s a selection of photos I snapped out the window of our plane as we returned from Sweden back in January. Brilliant. (It has also occurred to me
He will always be a Rock N’ Roll nerd… but at least lets give him a shiny trophy to look at.
The highly excellent UK comedy website Chortle are running their annual awards competition, and everyone’s favourite shock-haired piano playing genius Tim Minchin has made it to the shortlist in a couple of categories. Now, I’m not typically one to try