Happy New Year!

I’m back from New York! A dicky broadband connection meant I couldn’t update my blog from the hotel, and now I won’t have a chance until the end of the week as I have New Year’s visitors. So until then, here’s a picture of me in Central Park on Christmas Eve. Boy, do I look [...]

Chilly Squirrels

I’m flying off to New York today, fog permitting (I don’t live far from Heathrow and it’s a proper pea-souper out there). I’ll be taking Shep with me and my hotel has wifi, so with luck I’ll be able to update this blog while I’m there. Just in case I can’t, I’ll say a hearty [...]

"It’s horrible and I didn’t understand it and it made me feel old."

Hello again! Yes, I’m back after my Week Of Fun (TM) with Biddy, which sounds vaguely dirty except it most certainly wasn’t, if you excuse some perfectly understandable drooling over the male cast of Supernatural. (Incidentally, the show’s Christmas episode? Terrific!)
Usually whenever Biddy and I get together we eat mountains of junk food and [...]

"Did I just say that out loud?"

I’m watching Harry Potter And The Order Of The Phoenix with Biddy.
Fred Weasley: “You know, George, I’ve always felt our futures lay outside the world of academic achievement.”
Biddy: “Porn stars?”
Bleedin’ hell, I’ve missed her.

The Return Of A Crowded House (and Crowded House: the band)

My friend Biddy is coming to stay with me on Friday, so I might not be able to blog for a week or so. We haven’t seen each other for over a year and intend to make the most of our time together. This is our itinerary as it stands so far:
1) See Crowded House [...]