Big Iss-choo
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010 Posted in Amusing Events | No Comments »It had been a pretty busy morning. One of those mornings when everybody wanted something right away. Learning to prioritize is crucial in the digital world, some things just have to take preference over others. So it ...
MY VERY LATE TWENTIES
Wednesday, March 18th, 2009 Posted in Amusing Events, Personal Events | 3 Comments »Despite trying to keep it quiet and deflecting attention when asked, time caught up with me last weekend when I reached the grand old age of 30. "What are you doing for your birthday?" people would ask, to which I ...
A BRAND NEW DAY
Monday, November 10th, 2008 Posted in Amusing Events | No Comments »I closed the front door, clutching my book in one hand and headed for the tube station. The daily walk takes me on a bridge over the river Thames and straight to the station. It was Monday and ...
NOT MY METHANE
Saturday, July 12th, 2008 Posted in Amusing Events | No Comments »Do you ever have one of those days, or parts of a day, where everyone seems to be staring at you? Well I had one of those last night. I'd been to the iTunes Live: London Festival '08 at Koko ...
A PASTA-TROPHE
Friday, May 9th, 2008 Posted in Amusing Events | No Comments »A lot of things seem to happen to me when I am cooking. There was the wasp incident of a few days ago, and the time when I set fire to my dressing gown whilst leaning on the gas ...
STING-Y PORTIONS
Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 Posted in Amusing Events | No Comments »The timing was going to be absolutely perfect. Kick-off was three minutes away and the oven timer indicated that my meal would be ready in two. The vegetables were on and cooking nicely and the potatoes were drained ...
AIR GUITAR CONCENTRATION
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 Posted in Amusing Events, Music | No Comments »I'd had a few beers and was headed home on the London Underground with my iPod blaring. I'd put on my rock playlist and was happily stood on the train, hands in pockets, subtlely playing the air guitar to ...
BUFFET V
Tuesday, May 6th, 2008 Posted in Amusing Events, Music | No Comments »I was due to meet them around seven o'clock so we could grab a bite to eat before heading over to the venue to enjoy our friend Chris's band playing The Fly on New Oxford Street, London. Right on time, I ...
B-LIME-Y, THAT’S A LOT OF CRAP
Saturday, April 12th, 2008 Posted in Amusing Events | No Comments »Usually when I clean my car, something goes wrong with it soon afterwards. The first time, the head gasket blew two days later and the second time the thermostat jammed that very afternoon, both leading to journeys in a ...
EASTER EGG HUNT 2008
Friday, April 11th, 2008 Posted in Amusing Events | No Comments »Easter was very early this year and won't ever be this early again apparently, well not in our lifetimes. So between the spells of wet weather, last year's Cook family annual Easter Egg Hunt winner, Carole, trudged out to ...