Much in the UK press recently has been the government's discussion and embryonic pilot program for the “vehicle tracking and road pricing policy“, and the accompanying e-petition on the Number 10 Downing Street website. The concept is that in an
2007-02-14 : Hallmark Cynicism 101: Part 2 in a series of bitching
What is it with women and decorative foliage ? Have a huge selection of intensely pigmented pollen stalks sent to a girl and it becomes a Thing That's Talked About Favourably, however should you be more practically-minded and get a
2007-02-12 : Dip me in honey and feed me to the Led Zeppelin fans
Every now again I get a weekend that shouts “Aren't you glad you came here ?”, and this weekend was just such an example. After a fairly intense Friday night pub engagement at the Lockside Lounge to farewell Funkdancing Paul
2007-02-07 : Hey look, someone’s kicked Skippy’s arse right in!
I'll explain later. Life's yet again good: Friday night Malinda took Emzo, HC, Steve & myself to the exhibition at her work, Game On: a history of video games through inception to today. I'd gone along with the noblest of
2007-02-01 : Running over the same old ground
Whoever left me a voicemail this morning live from a Roger Waters gig, of the entire performance of him singing Wish You Were Here: Thankyou. I'd just been stuck for about 15 minutes on the Tube in the tunnel between
2007-01-31 : Brought to you by the letter R
Revenue: Am a bit shart off about a particularly unwelcomely big tax bill which arrived whilst I was off having fun in the snow. As with being caught for speeding, the first reaction is to blame everyone/thing else, but essentially
2007-01-29 : Das is *nicht* bullshit!
All back safe, sound, & shattered from this year's snowboarding epic. Taking the train seemed like the leisurely and relaxed way to go on the way over, but by the time the trip back came about I was kinda getting
2007-01-28 : Das ist bullshit !
It's always the way, innit ? Last day of snowboarding, and you think “Well I've had a good run this week – anything from here on is just bonus points…”. My plan for Friday was to do some warmup runs,
2007-01-26 : This is the wattle, the emblem of our land – you can stick it in a bottle or you can hold it in your hand.
Happy Australia Day from Austria ! They say that Austria's the one without kangaroos, but I very nearly changed all that. Well, at least I would have done if that kangaroo suit hadn't shot up to 62 pounds on eBay.
2007-01-25 : Mmmm…. fluffy….
OK so much for the writing something every day bit – our typical routine here is wake up, have breakfast, head out & slide down the side of a mountain somewhere, come back, have a nice cold Austrian lager or