This week, I’ve had a cold. I *hate* having colds. Hate it, hate it, hate it. However, I realise that it’s inevitable that I’ll catch the occasional cold, living in the North of Sco...
As is probably evident from the picture at the top of this blog, I like planes. I’ve never lost the childish sense of wonder of being at 36,000 feet. It’s something that people patently s...
As most of you know, I’m a tax adviser in my working life. (Not a taxi driver, as one phone survey person thought…) 6 April marks the beginning of a new tax year here in the UK – in...
A man in my local spirits shop told me the other day that the amount of vermouth in martinis has decreased over the years to such an extent that some people now just wave the bottle in the vague dire...
Last day! 1) Attempting yoga for the first time in goodness knows how long… 2) Elinor retrieving her Neuschwanstein model from her dad’s house; 3) Very tasty pies…
1) Gloating over the weather forecast that said Aberdeen was going to be 17 degrees centigrade today… 2) Browsing through a bookshop at lunchtime; 3) A lovely sunset
1) Awesome cupcakes at work, covered in marshmallows and edible glitter; 2) Discussing what the Antiques Roadshow would be like if the experts had no idea what anything was; 3) This leading to a disc...
1) “Irony is the new sincerity”; 2) Lovely lunch with friends; 3) Tank paint scheme almost done…
1) Aeroplane Monthly arriving in the post; 2) Going to the Warhammer 40K 25th anniversary thing at the local Games Workshop with Steve and Martin (even if they’d sold out of the commemorative m...
1) Elinor’s awesome lemon drizzle cake; 2) Discovering a mini-me on my desk, built from a staple remover, a bulldog clip and a ping-pong ball (photo to follow); 3) A remarkably good Riesling.
1) Godzilla attacking the Statue of Liberty – in Lego! 2) Building a wooden Eurofighter model 3) A lovely clear night, with a thin crescent of a new moon in the sky.
1) The discussion the other day about Herb as a man’s name led to me and co-workers discussing Herb Alpert and ending up with “This Guy’s in Love with You” as an earworm…...
1) Pancakes! 2) Booking a long weekend for a holiday; 3) Catching up on Paul (Knight and Squire) Cornell’s blog. It’s really rather good.
1) Trying (and failing) to explain what Suzanne Vega’s song, “Tom’s Diner” sounds like; 2) Discussing the different names (and pronunciations) American and Britons have for in...
1) Making patterns in the supermarket car park snow with a trolley… 2) Defeating the giant pile of ironing; 3) Finally completing the base coat on the plastic tank.
1) Discovering that there’s more demand for Rammstein corporate hospitality tickets than I’d have suspected… 2) Getting home before it started snowing; 3) Movie night – Cowboy...
1) Being bemused by the availability of corporate hospitality tickets for Rammstein… (no, I don’t want any); 2) Buying a couple of bottles of Some Young Punks wine; 3) The end of the work...
1) Speculating on what the collective noun for accountants is – I decided on “an accrual of accountants”; 2) Elinor getting a nice parcel of presents to cheer her up when she’...
1) Elinor pointing out an armoured personnel carrier for sale on E-Bay. I can’t afford it, I don’t have space for it and I couldn’t drive it. Still… 2) Beautiful purple sunset...
1) Both Elinor and I getting Valentine cards featuring the Eiffel Tower; 2) Playing Carcassonne as Sarah’s weekly challenge to play a board game; 3) The lyrical madness that is MacArthur Park.
1) Realising that, when I was a kid, all consumer electronics were encased in teak… 2) Buying an ENORMOUS box of chocolates on offer in Tesco; 3) Elinor seeming a bit better…
1) Listening to Flanders and Swan’s “The Gasman Cometh”; 2) Homemade mac and cheese; 3) Poor Elinor is ill, but it was nice to chat with her by her bedside…
1) Day off!!! 2) First two paint coats on the plastic tank. (It needs at least one more.) 3) Harvard cocktail.
1) Speculating with Elinor how good a Muppets Hammer Horror film would be; 2) Dinner out with Elinor’s work; 3) Photos of Imperial Stormtrooper families having fun.
1) An interview with Miss Piggy on breakfast TV – the second best interview I’ve ever seen on breakfast TV. (The best ever was Keanu Reeves.) 2) A particularly fine steak pie. 3) Lego Sta...
1) Elinor returning back from a few days’ holiday with her Mum; 2) Presents from Elinor’s Mum (including little liqueurs and marmalade chocolate); 3) An invitation to my niece’s chr...
One week in already! 1) Realising that referring to rappers as “rap stars” is a sure sign I’m heading towards 40… 2) Discussing that business cards probably never have street ...
1) The Spruce Goose on the Retronaut website; 2) My local comic shop e-mailing me details of the new Shadow comic I blogged about a few weeks ago. Proper customer service. 3) The regular Star Wars Mo...
1) Riding along in the car on a beautiful sunny morning with classical music blasting out of the stereo; 2) The loungesque grooviness that is Pink Martini; 3) French sausage and potato cheese bake &#...
1) A restaurant sign saying “Kids welcome. Bring your own bottle” 2) Popping into Games Workshop to buy a pot of paint and coming out with a rather pricy glossy hardback… 3) Adding ...
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