April 2005

The new series of Doctor Who just gets better and better, and if you don’t mind me saying, and better… Good work Russell T.

Your Inner European is Swedish! Relaxed and peaceful. You like to kick back and enjoy life. [Who’s Your Inner European?]

The sun is out, the shorts are on. Even at 9 o’clock, still it is warm. Is this the first day of summer. What will tomorrow bring? That said, this morning it was a little overcast, so I took the…

Usually, Channel 4’s Grand Designs is just that ‘grand’ designs – moreover they are often ‘overly-grand’ designs! Tonight though was different. A modest house on a relatively modest budget, and made entirely of wood. A Finnish log house – and…

I’ve been struggling over this scene in my novel where Bjäkk and Ben are talking science in the hot pott. Tonight, inspired by the Edinburgh connection to this week last year, and with memories of writing pages and pages of…

It seems that one year ago I was in Edinburgh for a week of training … Production Editor job role training. One year on, I have that job (or I am about to) … sad to say that with my…

Not seriously late, but even so I hope that this isn’t the sign of things to come. Even with my new role as Production Editor, it is going to be my mission to not be one of those people who…

Bands of colour Originally uploaded by shepline on 24 Apr ’05, 12.53pm PST. Skeleton in yellow Originally uploaded by shepline on 24 Apr ’05, 12.54pm PST.

It’s actually only a month. But a lot has happened in a month. I realised this today after coming home from a walk in the woods where the bluebells are carpetting the forest floor, and downloaded the photos off the…

Whitebell Originally uploaded by shepline on 24 Apr ’05, 12.54pm PST. ( … )

…to the very kind and lovely grapefruitmoon, who today did this As a token of thanks for doing me a favor, I pass on an extra Pro account. ’twas a message from flickr. Thank you, I shall use it wisely…

I started my current job on 13 December 1999 I start my new job on 13 June 2005 I sit at desk number 13 I am 31 years old (which is of course 13 reversed) Edit: It transpires that this…

I got up early today. I say early, but I mean with my alarm instead of at some indeterminate time afterwards. Alarm went off at 6 o’clock and I lay in bed and listened to the first fifthteen minutes of…

Spent a productive day today, sorting out the understairs cupboard and finding room to stow away miscellaneous contents of my lounge and bedroom. I also have been through my wardrobe and sorted out a bag full of clothes to go…

I’ve been decorating. The mottled blue wall papar on the lower half of the lounge, stairs and landing, which I inherited when I bought the house four years ago, has gone on it’s way to the wheely bin. The walls…