Big Brother 9 Starts 5th June

Noticing an increase in searches for the Imogen Sex Tape, and seeing one or two Big Brother 9 idents, reminded me that BB9 is starting next Thursday, 5th June.
I’m not sure if I’ll be watching - it’ll probably just be the launch night, the second night, and then all evictions (seeing that it’s on on [...]

First Day Back at Work

Today was my first day back at work, and it was really quite pleasant! Mainly because I still felt quite relaxed and cheerful, with the holiday feeling fresh in my mind.
I’ve decided to try to keep it up, as it does me much better. OK, I’ve still got 100 emails in my inbox that I [...]

White House Design

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I went to see my former boss last night, together with my BF, first at her house in South West London and then we all went to the pub. Some former colleagues also came along.
I was greatly inspired by the way she had designed her house (they only bought it last year and [...]

No More Ferries from East Scotland to the Continent

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BBC news report that the Rosyth ferry currently running between Rosyth (just north of Edinburgh) and Zeebrugge (Belgium) is to be discontinued.
It’s a real shame - I’ve used the ferry once before (in 2006, I think) and it’s very convenient. Plus, people like travelling to Scotland by ferry , as it means they [...]

Back in London

I’m back in London now and the first thing I’m doing is downloading the shows via iPlayer that I missed while out in Italy.
I tried DLing them while there, but to no avail (it only works in the UK! How could one get around that… hiding IP?)
So now I’ve got on download:

The Apprentice - Episode [...]

Italy Holiday: Day 11

It’s my last night in Italy tonight. This time tomorrow I’ll be back in London, where I’m staying till Thursday. On Thur it’s back to my beloved Edinburgh and back to wrk on Friday.
Summary of holidays:

I must remember that it’s very relaxing out here - just like some expensive type of therapy. To remind myself [...]

Italy Holiday: Day 10

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Today was yet another slow one, to the point of being confronted with myself. Help
I went for a walk, thinking of the Cure - song, ‘The Top’
this top is the place where nobody goes
I walked up a hill and really was all by myself. Taking my journal (the one I had [...]

Italy Holiday: Day 09

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Today I took my mum and her hubby back to the airport - they should be back home by now.
This means I’m entering the final phase of my holiday - the three phases are thus:

Brief holiday with BF (last Fri-Sun)
Mix of work and family time (last Sun-today, i.e. Sat)
Time by myself to think&read [...]

Italy Holiday: Day 08

I’m now relaxed to the point of being horizontal, and slow, and calm. I’ve been in Italy for a week now, and haven’t been at work (in the office) since last Wednesday.
I don’t think I could get to the same degree of relaxation elsewhere. When I’m in Edinburgh, no matter what, I’ve always got [...]

Italy Holiday: Day 07

Today the weather was quite shit (again!). Fancy being in Italy and the weather is shit…
I had a geologist at the house today to look at the slope, and to see whether it’s so bad that it requires some kind of ‘fix’. A ‘fix’ in the form of strengthening of the foundations would of course [...]