It seems like this was yet another month of not getting round to watching as much TV as I had intended to this year. It was just the normal regular shows like HIGNFY, House of Games, The Late Show, QI and so on, plus the end of the Taskmaster series and the start of a […]
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October 2025
November 2nd, 2025 · Comments Off on October 2025 · Life
After the excitement and stimulation of September, and the city break in Madrid, October was considerably less eventful for me, although it was a different story for Jayne. After me spending my birthday in Madrid, Jayne spent her birth day on a cruise ship in the Med. It might sound a bit strange for us […]
September 2025
October 3rd, 2025 · Comments Off on September 2025 · Life
Already? Where has this year gone? Three quarters of the way through the year and it feels like nothing has really happened. I guess that makes me lucky really because people in war zones like Ukraine, Gaza and Chicago would love to feel that nothing has happened. On the other hand, September was a bit […]
Cumpleaños en Madrid
October 2nd, 2025 · Comments Off on Cumpleaños en Madrid · Life
This year I decided to visit Madrid for my birthday. It is fair to say that I knew very little about Madrid in advance; just that it tends to be a late-night city and has some fantastic museums. It is also fair to say that I speak no Spanish at all, beyond a handful of […]
No such thing as a free dinner?
September 19th, 2025 · Comments Off on No such thing as a free dinner? · Life
This evening the doorbell rang, just as I was finishing up making a plate of crackers with cheese as a snack. I went to the door to find a young chap wearing a crash helmet and holding out a huge pizza box, even though I know I did not order anything.
August 2025
September 3rd, 2025 · Comments Off on August 2025 · Life
An eventful month, one way or another. In the first three weeks I managed to get out quite a bit on the motorbike, making the most of it before everything gets colder, darker and wetter. I did trips out to Lewes, Arundel, Dorking and Camberley checking out record fairs and shops, but also found myself […]
The Phantom Roadworks Menace
August 17th, 2025 · Comments Off on The Phantom Roadworks Menace · Life
It is a common phenomenon that you come across bits of road that are coned off, sometimes several miles of motorway, and see no sign of anything actually happening. I don’t know a lot about roadworks, but can think of possible reasons. I can certainly see how, if the work comprises several separate tasks you […]
July 2025
August 5th, 2025 · Comments Off on July 2025 · Life
Looking back, July seems to be a month where I got out more than usual but also managed to do a lot more indoors things as well. I don’t understand how that works. Jayne and I got to go out together a few times because her shift pattern was kind to us this month, and […]
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All change
July 30th, 2025 · Comments Off on All change · Life
Like many people, I get a bit wary of change. Even though I enjoy new things, like a new technology, new toy, new great band, when something threatens an established routine my first instinct is to be be opposed and want things to stay the way I am used to.
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