December 2011

Following on from an interesting article on the importance of of organising one’s bookshelves in today’s Guardian, apparently Alexander McCall Smith kicked up a storm on Twitter yesterday about it, it made me consider how I used to, and how…

10:35 Snowing or raining in your area? Add the weather in your location to our weather observations site t.co/tyAcLHdx via @metoffice # 10:50 I’m backing Labour’s plan for jobs and growth: t.co/1unyx9PW #jobsplan # 21:55 On the fourteenth day of…

Yesterday the builders moved in to renovate my old and future office. This morning when I went in after my day off, the wall was down already and they were onto the painting. The new Marketing Emporium is enormous! And…

Tues, 22:58: : on the thirteenth day of advent: birthdaying @EmmaEShepherd… http://t.co/Jc9vjiR0 #birthdays Wed, 10:35: Snowing or raining in your area? Add the weather in your location to our weather observations site http://t.co/tyAcLHdx via @metoffice Ср, 10:50: I’m backing Labour’s…

This morning was Emma’s birthday and I got up to organise a nice relaxing breakfast at the dining table with her presents and cards all laid out for her. She was suitably delighted and impressed with the giant Hello Kitty…

23:06 has finally seen the first episode of Frozen Planet. Amazing! Although not so keen on the seal horror movie… # 10:25 : so if the Higgs boson is found, does that mean that God is a test tube baby?…

22:54 writing on the tenth day of advent: concerts and standing ovations… t.co/1ODxXAmp # 22:56 writes on the eleventh day of advent: of the chores after the night before… t.co/V2k5zulK # 11:57 wonders if its weird how much I hate…

Unless you are writing a thriller its always been the case that its usual to find some way of writing out the police, or have your protagonists in some way resolve the plot without the need for them. It can…

22:54 writing on the tenth day of advent: concerts and standing ovations… t.co/1ODxXAmp # 22:56 writes on the eleventh day of advent: of the chores after the night before… t.co/V2k5zulK # Automatically bleated by LoudTwitter

As Stephen Bell – our new conductor at Abingdon Concert Band – told the audience at tonight’s concert, today has been the busiest shopping day in the run up to Christmas and thus, surely Christmas starts here. In the attrative…