A Strange Day

Today has been a bit of a strange day. I woke up feeling crap and homesick for Edinburgh, and spent some time pondering my future. Luckily next week I’m back in the office (on Monday, anyway) - getting out of the flat might lift my mood
I’ve been thinking of starting a private German [...]

916.86 Words Per Day

I’m currently writing a report for a consultancy project as part of my new job, and it’s really good for a variety of reasons.
Best of all, though, I seem to be able to produce a lot of high-quality writing each day. I’ve done over 6000 words so far, and that’s in 7 days. It’s ridiculous [...]

Ponta Delgada visits Lenina

Checking my clustr map the other day, I found a small red dot to the West coast of Portugal which means I’ve had some traffic from there. It looked like it was out in the ocean (Atlantic ocean, to be precise) and really quite far out! I first wondered whether it was someone on a [...]

Just arrived back in London

we’ve taken our friend J. down with us… he’ll be staying until Sun or Mon.

A very Scottish Party

Last night (the 27th - time stamp is edited) we threw a party at my flat. It was great! We didn’t take any pics unfortunately.
Everyone fitted in just nicely - everyone had a ’social role’ within our group. I think it’s been a successful week-end and I even got stuff done (though, on the wrk-front, [...]

Edinburgh T on the Fringe: Razorlight, Editors

When working in my study here in Edinburgh a few hours ago, I heard Razorlight playing rehearsing In the Morning. I didn’t know they were playing at T on the Fringe (which is basically the umbrella term for all cool gigs that take place as part of the festival - last year, we saw Muse, [...]

Hackney Shooting Update

I reported about a shooting on Broadway Market (Hackney) the other day. Just an update: This has now been reported in the local ‘Hackney Gazette’, an offline paper which we got through the door but which also has a website, thus saving me having to type the article

GUNSHOTS have been fired in [...]

Retiring at the Age of 40

I decided the other day that I’m going to retire at age 40. Why? Because I have a life that needs living in various different ways, and not just the career one.
More precisely, I want to start writing properly at 40. I’ve always written stuff, as far as I can remember, and some of it [...]

Off To Edinburgh Tomorrow :D

I’m off to Edinburgh tomorrow for the bank holiday week-end. Well, it’s not bank holiday week-end in Scotland, but it is in England (and Wales, I think)!
We’ll be driving up tomorrow after w0rk ( ) and back to London Tuesday afternoon. It’s going to be great to see our friends!
I just have to remember [...]

Football: England V Germany Friendly

England v. Germany friendly starting now on BBC1.
Live Coverage here.
I’ll update the score later
Half time: Germany 2 : 1 Engerland
 Full time: German 2 : 1 Engerland
and in Wembley Stadium