We started the day at the docks where the city have redeveloped much of the area. We walked along the bay in the morning sunshine enjoying the views. We then decided to go to the Samuel Adams b...
The combination of our usual poor sleeping pattern and time difference meant that we both woke up around 4.30am today. We watched some TV and ended up having an early breakfast and heading into...
A couple of months ago, Pete was 40 and as part of the "celebration" we had planned a special holiday. So here we are in Boston, USA at the start of a busy couple of weeks. After ...
The house sitter has been prepped, the plants laid out for easy watering, cases packed, bookings confirmed etc etc. The next time I blog, I will be in the USA!
Here is a selection of the best bits from my blog over the past month: I started the month with the gratuitous gift of a shirtless picture of Pasha from Strictly Come Dancing. &n...
Here are a few images from my day in London, working of course... Heron TowerGooners stadiumCricket pitch in the City (Artillery Ground its called)The Olympic stadium... ready for action!...
I note that several treaching unions are set to encourage their members to strike over pay and pensions... Dear Teacher In the late 1980s, I was at school in Kent during several tea...
So Eurovision is over for another year. Our song was completely wrong for the event and being first was a hinderance too it seems. Englebert sang well, but it was overshadowed by more mem...
I found a long list of logos on a site the other day and a couple really impressed me. In each one, part of the design features a hidden "something"...You will have seen the FedEx logo many t...
Its coming!
The good: We were once driving in France behind a white Ford transit... I said "You know what that is?... Vin Blanc". I am a genius. The Bad: Fernando Torres,...
I cant say I was a huge Bee Gees fan but there is no way that anyone can argue that they made some great songs and did so over many decades. Poor Robin had some really bad health in recent year...
Its Tom Daleys 18th birthday today. He seems to have been around for years representing the UK in diving competitions. He is a very confident and focused young man who has strived to be t...
Here are a few images from recent trip to London... And tomorrow I will post a blog entry explaining how and why I have not been fully open with you for the past year!
On my birthday on the 24th of April 2006, I started a project to take a photo every day and post them online. The project was tough but I now have a wonderful collection of memories. On the 24th of A...
I have been in Edinburgh for a couple of days for a national conference. It was held at Murrayfield stadium, home of Scottish rugby. I had not been to the stadium before so it was interes...
I rarely review music on this blog. I tend to think that music is so individual, that whatever I say will annoy someone! However, I feel that I need to talk about a new album by Barenaked...
I came across a website via Twitter called R U Coming Out. It helps guys come out, if they want to - its not about pushing guys to come out of the closet, its all about support and shared exper...
Here are the films that Pete and I have received from Lovefilm.com and watched on TV and DVD over the past few months in reverse order, with my ratings out of ten from my movie list on the IMDB....
Last night I attended my first proper classical concert in a huge church on Piccadilly. The orchestra was very impressive and the lack of microphones and speakers made them sound more real, if ...
Its been a very pleasant day so far. I have been off work, using up some holiday and had lots planned for the day. I started with a lay in before going into the garage and painting f...
Yesterday, Pete and I, his brother and Vicki, (his girlfriend) went to London for a Christmas meal. We had decided to have a fancy meal, but its taken longer to arrange than it really should.&nb...
Yoinked from Mark... 1. Do not walk behind me, for I may not lead. Do not walk ahead of me, for I may not follow. Do not walk beside me for the path is narrow. In fact, just leave me the H...
Pete has a thing for Pasha, one of the professional dancers on Strictly Come Dancing (the show that Dancing With The Stars is based on making the BBC oodles of money). Well Pasha is fit, strang...
The sexy beast that is Fernando Torres found his goal scoring form yesterday finding the net three times for Chelski. Answers on a postcard - What is going on in his shorts?!
Yesterday I had one of the strangest experiences I have ever had. I was in North London for an appointment and the plan was to meet a colleague outside the offices of the client. I arrive...
I have had a couple of enquiries following the major celebrations at winning first place in the Guardian Weekend competition. A guy called Charlie Bateman called and emailed the Guardian t...
We had a great day yesterday in London for a pre-birthday meal. We now buy each other a top meal for birthdays - this year for me was Galvins at Windows at the top of the Hilton on Park Lane. &...
There have been some terrible photoshop images of Zac naked on the net this week. The gay boys on Twitter got all excited - but you believed the images, you really needed glasses. However, I always g...
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