Last night was another reason why I know I live near the country.  Molly was missing for a bit and I went to see where she had gone and lo and behold she was running aroung with a Hedgehog in her mouth!  This is the second spiny Erinaceinae to venture in to the garden and [...]

Last night we went out to celebrate the Birthday of Nelson Mandela and some people even gave me cards which I will pass onto Nelson after crossing out my name which they mistakenly put on them. Today I have been working hard putting together the Beat Laboratory after its successful relocation from the now empty Fortress [...]

Earlier this week I configured this site to use Google Analytics which despite stating with the word anal is really very good!  I’ve long wondered who and what looks at this site and it is very precise at detailing just what is going on.  As you would expect there are a lot of West Midland [...]

Just had the nod that we are moving away from Lotus Notes to Exchange!  Yay! Now to those who are about to leave a comment about how crap Exchange is, trust me, Notes is *the* worst piece of messaging software you will ever use.  Most software you would say well at least is does that [...]

This afternoon we had a surprise Birthday party for my little big sis who has the unenviable birthday of 25/12.  For as long as she can remember she has had to share it with Jesus and this year her hubby thought it would be nice if we all said ‘back off Jesus, this one is [...]

Just looked at Wikipedia and saw this article as the main daily story.  Don’t know why this made it to the front page or how droping the C Nuke is OK without some form of warning.  I wouldn’t expect an excerpt from Derek and Clive even if the article is merely reporting historical fact.  Still, [...]

3 weeks in California, 3 weeks at home = 6 weeks of no excercise and very bad eating habits.  I’m dreading what wonderful piece of wit and sarcasm the Wii Fit will have for me when I eventually woodle on to it later…Shame is that we still haven’t got any curtains so my routine will [...]

Took Chip to Heathrow today and depite all of our best hopes of a crazed Micheal Jackson fan desperate for a ticket willing to pay a ridiculus figure for her ticket, I had to say goodbye to my wife for a few months.  It makes us both very sad to be apart but as I [...]

As Chip goes back to California on Monday we went out for a meal in the village and tried out the Caffe Paradiso which was surprisingly authentic.  The waitress did make a little comment about why bother trying to pronounce it when I ordered the food in English (i.e. can I have the beef rather [...]

We have Internet back, I repeat we have Internet back.  Oh sweet content how I have missed you..