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Buying Music
As I contemplate middle age (from the comfort of my sofa with a nice cup of coffee and a biscuit) one of my wishes is to expand my music collection. Back in the mother country it is quite an easy thing to do; you listen to the radio and for any single or song that …
Birthday Magazine Covers
My Mum has always said that she wished she had kept the daily newspaper from the day each of her children was born. If you wait long enough the lazyweb will fulfil your most private wishes. Luckily the good people who run the global information store haven’t got round to the Daily Fascist yet so …
Pink
I’m sitting at my desk applying after sun to my face every half hour. I went to the cricket with Mark and Ben on Friday and because we were sitting in the shade all day I didn’t wear a hat or any sun screen. Cue my worst case of sunburn for quite a number of …
Review of the Year
It is now 2008 and in keeping with the tradition at this early part of the year I thought I would waste some web space with a review of the last twelve months. Here, in no particular order, are the highs (and lows) of the year; Best Album: Lloyd Cole – Live at the BBC. …
Summer Holidays
I told SWMBO that you would have to be soft in the head to go away in Australia between Christmas and New Year because it is the peak of the peak season. So we went away on Boxing Day to a little retreat some three hours north of Sydney. Can you guess what we did …
Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas to you one and all. Here’s hoping that your day is as festive as you could possibly want and that your present pile doesn’t contain too many socks. For the first time in many years mine today contained absolutely none, although I did receive a couple of ties and some cuff links from …
Recently
Things that I have done recently, in no particular order; Pre-ordered the new Marillion album Acquired a Blackberry Introduced JFGP to the concept of months Started using my new laptop almost exclusively at work Bought some Christmas presents for my immediate family Addressed and sent Christmas cards to the UK – if yours hasn’t turned …
Tis the Season
The decorations have been up in the shops for weeks and the temperature is rising day by day but it hasn’t really much felt like Christmas. Until today, when I cooked up a batch of my homemade mincemeat. All I need to do now is persuade SWMBO to whip up some pastry and we will …