Listing all the things I needed to do before leaving was an excellent plan. At least it has given me a concrete understanding of what it was I didn't get around to doing. Off to Heathrow ! Who knows where
2006-10-05 : T minus 10 hours…
Am doing the final packing & tidying & getting organised, although for the first time before a long haul trip I wasn't up til 5am feverishly sorting through stuff to take ! Must be getting old…
2006-10-04 : The t-shirts are breeding again it seems
Wow, where did that time go ? I finished work on Friday and have had all the time since then to get organised for this trip to India on Thursday. The organisation has in fact commenced, although it's not quite
2006-10-04 : The results are in…
Annie: 42 Wazza: 27 Creog: 143 Quntley Fortescue: 73 HB: 47 Charlie: 64 Steve T: 37 smange: 120 Douggy: 1.5 (I suspect suddenly someone's not taking this seriously) Karen: 71 Lynn: 58 NickyZ: 160 kt: 64 And counting… keep 'em
2006-09-30 : I have to push the pram-a-looooooooooot!
Following a lovely but incredibly rushed meal at the Mela Tandoori (where owing to their slackness of service, the staff gave Liz a free bottle of wine and let her feel the manager's moustache), I went to the Palace Theatre
2006-09-27 : Busy as a brickie in Baghdad
Time seems to be evaporating in front of me at the minute; have been working stupid hours to get this project out by Friday, as my contract finishes and I can't stand leaving a job half done. The sense of
2006-09-22 : Midgets, treachery, and flying monkeys – the quality entertainment trifecta !
Musicals seem to be the order of the day right now, and last Monday Helen, Hilary, one of Helen's friends whose name escapes me, an uncharacteristically enthusiastic Richie, and I went along to see Wicked – the Broadway behemoth featuring
2006-09-19 : Yarrrrrrrrr!
This 'ere link be a proper one fer ye to be clickin' on, says I. Avast.
2006-09-14 : Crikey, what ya doin’ here, sport ?
Turned up for the first morris practise of the season on Wednesday, and there was a new bloke there. The others started saying “Hey look, another Aussie !” (like we all know each other, or something). So we got chatting,
2006-09-12 : We’re on a mission from Gandalf.
A random ICQ conversation with Sair the other night yielded this absolute gem of an exchange: Me: I went to see the Blues Brothers Band the other night. Sair: Did it have Jake & Elrond ? All I could think