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Running neck and neck with Scary Duck in the "Greatest Internet Page I’ve Discovered This Month" competition is Things my girlfriend and I have argued about, from a chap who apparently goes by the moniker of Mil Millington.

So funny I actually had to go back to doing some work to stop laughing. Yes it is that good.

Although in the photos on the Stuff page I believe we can see that he is sporting a mullet. Which probably goes to prove something, but I can’t think what at the moment.

Oh, and it was all Simon’s fault that I tripped across this corner of t’Internet. Thanks for ruining what little productivity I had managed to achieve, you are a diamond.

Life, its all about achieving a balance, isn’t it. Like, for instance, today. Compare and contrast if you will;

Bad – Having a Virgin Megastore just down the road from the office and are having a "Buy 5 CDs for £30" special offer.

Good – The Monkees Definitive Collection. How can you not like an album that has a tracked titled (and I kid you not) "Randy Scouse Git"
Quite Good – Scritti Politti’s Songs to Remember

Just don’t tell the wife that I’ve been squandering my hard earned cash on frivolous purchases, OK?

For the purposes of this discussion, and probably for the next few years at least, the definition of frivolous purchases is anything that isn’t a nappy.

A fine summary of a little bit of politics from the estimable Ben Hammersley. In it he explains why Britain should join the European single currency but won’t.

I’m with Ben, lets just join up now and be done with it. I’d also like to propose that Australia signs up as well, to hell with the distance issue it will make my banking arrangements sooo much easier.

In a blatant jibe at Aunty, the Independent recently ran a piece on people’s least favourite books. As one who is always ready to criticise and incredibly slow to praise it was right up my street.

Where do I start? Well, Lord of the Toss obviously. I read the first hundred or so pages of the first volume and then put it down.

It is fair to say that I didn’t so much back away from the book as run like the wind. It was awful.

Now, I’ve been known to read the odd book every now and then, but I don’t count myself as at all knowledgeable in literary matters. I always seem to skip right past the Penguin masters and into the popular fiction shelves at any bookshop. But as a wise man once said "I know what I like and Lord of the Rings is poop". Anyway I am glad to see that I’m in such exalted company as John Mortimer, who should daily be thanked for bringing us Rumpole of the Bailey.

Just round off this particular round of invective, the duck is currently running a best/worst movie competition. My submission is, of course, The Nutty Professor II – a movie so bad it defies description.

So little time. Today’s example;

Yahoo! News – Singer Barry Manilow Breaks His Nose

Number one in an occasional series.

Do not use "going forward". The correct phrase is "in the future"

The world just became a slightly sadder place, due entirely to the announcement of LOTR The Musical!

Dear lord, save me. Save me now.

This post was bought to you, eventually, courtesy of the new assistant at my local coffee shop. A man who personally redefines the phrase "dumb as a box of spanners"

In a break from our advertised policy and due to the fact that her indoors is being a slacker, a baby update. We went for another scan this morning and I’m happy to report that all is well with junior.

The little one is the right size and shape and is developing well. We have to go back for one more scan in about six weeks to check growth, but that will be it.

One thing to note is that the Todd family always have big babies, and bod is shaping up to continue that tradition. Bobo didn’t believe me but the graph they put up this morning shows that our little package could well pop out at around the four kilogram mark (thats over nine pounds in old money). Ouch.

Aside from impending nappy duties, life continues pretty much as normal. The weather is quite nice, work is still rubbish and I still need to lose about ten kilograms.

But that doesn’t matter. No sirree. Why? Well, all is right in the world again, because Goughie is back in the England team.

Lets just hope I haven’t spoken too soon and that he actually makes it onto the pitch this time.

Our Fast Show character of the week is Monkfish.

So put your knickers on and go and make me a cup of tea!

As promised, and in record time for me, some new photos. A few shots from around the pool, the table and the kitchen from our oh so brief sojourn just outside St Tropez. It was only six days but we could have stayed for a month.

Still, we are now back in London in all of its spring time glory. That’s right, it has been raining.