Archive for the 'Ramblings' Category

Office Angst

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

At work I sit at my desk with my headphones on, sometimes listening to last night’s Late Junction and sometimes with no sound at all. That might explain the how I didn’t quite catch what was going on, at least I don’t think it was an aural Rorschach test.
Just now the bloke who sits next [...]

Happy Christmas to everyone

Thursday, December 24th, 2009

Peace on earth, and good will to all … hopefully

Sunflower splendour renewed

Wednesday, October 7th, 2009

Sometime in August, someone cut the huge head off my huge sunflower. By this stage the head had already dried out and its huge weight meant that it hung down towards the ground. Then one evening I noticed the head was missing. A clear cut revealed the pithy centre of the stem and the fact [...]

Seven lessons learned from building an Ikea kitchen

Friday, September 11th, 2009

After almost three years of dreaming (and saving) I’ve finally got round to replacing my old 1980s kitchen. The drawers and cupboards didn’t close properly, the tap dripped and the stove was rusty. It was way past its best; the sort of kitchen that featured where Neil could be found cooking ‘lentil sick’ in The [...]