In Quintessence / March 10 2007
Hooray! Squeeze, one of my favourite bands of all time, are reforming for a series of gigs. Hooray!
That’s made my day, that has. (I’m sat here pecking at my keyboard with an Enormous hard-on and wearing a big satisfied grin – nothing else.)
It is no secret how much I admire the songs of Difford and [...]
Confessions of a Blog Artist / March 9 2007
I have just consumed a whole family-sized tub of Häagen-Dazs Double Chocolate Chip Ice Cream. Again. (I didn’t mean to.)
It is often said that laughter is a great tonic; well, so is ice cream. However, I am now staring at my extended gut in my full-length mirror and the laughter - ironic though it is [...]
Telling Teenage Fortunes / March 8 2007
No.6 You will realize that you took your stabilizers off too early. You will realize this only when it is too late to put them back on.
(Today’s playlist:
Brinsley Schwarz - Despite It All
Arctic Monkeys - Whatever People Say I am, That’s What I’m Not
Beach Boys – Pet Sounds)
Are You A Virgin Yet? / March 2 2007
Don’t bother.
I for one will be switching from Virgin Media to Sky. I’ve been a customer of Virgin/NTL/Telewest for about 7 years now, and have, by and large, been fairly satisfied with their cable service – for digital TV, broadband internet and telephone.
As you may be aware, as of 1st March, Virgin dropped some BSkyB [...]
Rats / March 1 2007
Urgh! Audrey and I have been invaded.
It has been obvious for a few weeks now that some kind of tiny animal - or animals – have been coming and going from a small but ever-widening hole near the drain, outside in our back yard.
Audrey has been rather excitedly snuffling away around the edges of the [...]
