I was at the Town Hall this evening, and it was a strange experience. Normally there is a point in the first normal meeting of the Council year where they put aside a few minutes to make a small presentation to ex-councillors who have resigned, retired or lost their seat. This year is different because […]
Entries from September 30th, 2004
42 today
September 29th, 2004 · Comments Off on 42 today · Life
Best present – Father Ted DVD box set Worst present – dead squirrel Fortunately Jayne had disposed of the squirrel parts Scar left for me by the time I got home. That cat is going to run out of wildlife to slaughter soon!
John Peel
September 28th, 2004 · Comments Off on John Peel · Music
I was just listening to the John Peel show on the radio, as I do from time to time. One thing you can say about John Peel is that he is unpredictable. Just when you get used to him playing the most obscure cutting-edge stuff imaginable he throws up a total surprise and tonight he […]
The killing fields of Crawley
September 28th, 2004 · Comments Off on The killing fields of Crawley · Life
Jayne’s cat seems to have a real bloodlust at the moment. In the last few days he has brought home two mice, a robin and two squirrels. Jayne was not too happy to find squirrel blood all over the new kitchen floor! You expect cats to catch the odd small animal, but Scar has been […]
Tags: Pets·Serial Killers
You can’t make it up…
September 27th, 2004 · Comments Off on You can’t make it up… · Work
Sometimes you get a perfect moment in life that just makes you laugh because it doesn’t seem real. It seems too good to be real. It feels like a little episode has been written by Spike Milligan or Quentin Tarantino or Alan Bennett or someone. That happened twice today. At lunchtime Neil was wondering whether […]
Tags: Funny
World Music
September 25th, 2004 · Comments Off on World Music · Music
Tonight I have had my iRiver plugged into the hi-fi. I felt like running the batteries down completely so I can recharge them from empty, and it saves me having to decide what music to listen to: the machine holds almost my entire CD collection and I just set it to random play. Meanwhile I […]
Tags: iRiver·World music
Party night
September 25th, 2004 · Comments Off on Party night · Life
I popped into the community centre this evening to pick up some paperwork I needed for the grant application. While I was there I met the new Premises Officer, who was there getting the place ready for a wedding reception in one of the halls. I also saw a chap I recognised there and went […]
Tags: BYCC
Clerkenwell
September 24th, 2004 · Comments Off on Clerkenwell · Work
I spent the day in historic Clerkenwell today. Our company has another office there and I have to pay the odd visit there. In theory it should be easy to get to, as its near Farringdon station which is on the Thameslink route, so I can get one train all the way through from Three […]
More meetings…
September 23rd, 2004 · Comments Off on More meetings… · Politics
Tonight was the local ward Labour party’s meeting, which usually ends up with the older members reminiscing all over the place and 15 minutes of business taking 90 minutes to get through. We had some good ideas for some local campaigns to help us build up a relationship with the 80% of the population here […]
Tags: BYCC·Labour Party
Jobs again
September 22nd, 2004 · Comments Off on Jobs again · Work
A new job has been created at work, where they have spotted a gap in the organisation (and, dare I say, recognised that they may have made a mistake when they removed my old job last year?) I have been asked if I want to be seconded to do it for a while to get […]
