One of the guys at work just revealed that he was in an antique shop on the weekend and saw this boomerang on the shelf for a quid, so he snatched it up – being a bargain, of course. In
2006-01-06 : Quality TV. Yes, that’s what we could use some of…
Aside from the agony of the commencement of another 3 weeks of televisual vacuum-headed torture (i.e. Celebrity Big Brother, which I'm not providing a hyperlink to on principle), I was once again dumbfounded by the assortment of programming that makes
2006-01-01 : Joyeux Nouvelle Annee !
OK, so even though it's a new year, it's still easy to get a few days behind on website posts. Quick report on New Year's Eve – had a pretty quiet one, which suited me fine after the fairly hectic…
2005-12-31 : Great gag about telling me the recording studio was in Wales…
One of the ever-present questions you face when you live on the other side of the planet from all your lifelong friends and family is “What are you doing for Christmas ?”. This year I teamed up with Craig, Kate,
2005-12-28 : Introducing…. my nephew !!!!
Finally, after much anticipation and plenty of impatient questioning by the Welsh tour crew, the moment has finally arrived. I'll copy in the email that Tim sent me, cos quite frankly I'm too excited to think of anything to say…
2005-12-25 : Ho ho ho.
Merry Christmas from a farmhouse in Wales!
2005-12-23 : Not quite cold enough for Santa to set up camp there, but close enough.
Every fibre of my being wants to lambast the rail system for starting our weekend away in top style with a train that was about an hour late. I'm told however that late-running trains are part of the privatisation measures
2005-12-17 : Parental responsibility: Exhibit A
I'm not entirely sure whether Tim (my brother, for the uninitiated) sent me this for promotional purposes, to demonstrate that the pressure of impending fatherhood was all getting too much for him, or perhaps to indicate his next career direction…
2005-12-15 : The mind boggles
It just goes to show that you can never tell how people are going to interpret things. We've just had a bloke wandering around in our area asking if anyone can help him with “Skippy”. I was ready to have
2005-12-15 : Conches, goosestepping golden donkeys, and rollon ninjas.
With a subject line like that, it'll be no surprise to those in the know that I've been to see Ross Noble. I don't honestly know why I expected to see anything other than a fairly scruffy geordie talking bollocks