Holiday reading

Holiday reading

Holiday reading accelerated a lot once we had left sunny Northumberland for even sunnier Crete and could roll out of bed into our own pool. Some crackers in there. The Thousand Autumns of Jacob De Zoet – Mitchell on great form, although I found the immortality...

Doggie bags

That’s the first time I have used a doggie bag with real intent. Shepherd’s pie for sharing at the St John’s Tavern was enough for four people, so we have tupperware in the fridge waiting to be dinner. Yum.

Intimations of mortality

Very sad to hear the news that Doug Wilson died of leukaemia aged 46. He recruited me into Datamonitor and was a large part of the reason I joined. He was a good boss for me straight out of university and a good person. Read the tribute page from the company he...

Fiat van

There was a Fiat van in front of the cab on the way home tonight. I wondered if I should phone someone in it to give them directions. That’s choir tours do to ones mind.

Placebo buttons

Placebo Buttons. Brilliant. I will use this alongside Wiffy’s emotional fact. I strongly believe that all the zebra crossing buttons I have tried at Archway are placebos.