Two of my dearest advisors had concocted a birthday surprise for me at the end of February – a mystery tour of a mystery place. All that I knew was that I needed my passport. Exciting! We drove past enticing places such as Basingstoke, Bracknell and Salisbury, then past Stonehenge until it became clear that […]
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Detox 2019: 90 Days & 90 K
If you saw me over the last few months of 2018, or just read the banal self-loathing crap that I occasionally spout, you’ll realise that I stepped up a gear from fat to obese last year. At the end of 2018 I was 16kg heavier than at the end of my 2018 detox. Therefore this […]
Complaint: Sainsbury’s Avocados. Again.
[From 2018] Hi Sainsburys How is my favourite supermarket doing? I hear that you had pretty good Christmas results.Alas, your avocados have been a little disappointing on occasion recently. Twice I have bought your dual pack of ripe avocados in recent weeks (I’m stretching the definition of recent here) and ended up being disappointed. So […]
Happy Birthday To Me: Episode 39
Happy birthday to me, happy birthday to me. Last year I had a bit of a miserable birthday – it was a Monday, I felt rubbish, I ate loads of junk food, I didn’t have the best day at work and then I had a really disappointing M&S pie for dinner. So I resolved to […]
2018 Review
Previously if I had spent NYE by myself, I’d be lonely and some shade between melancholic and miserable – this year I’m just tired after a long day at work, and pretty upbeat. I find myself mostly satisfied with 2018 – it has been an exceptionally fun and enjoyable year, one where I have made […]
Complaint: Metropolitan Line Rant
As I type this now, I must admit that the service has been much better this month on the Metropolitan line – or at least I’ve got lucky in terms of avoiding the signal failures. However, one particular journey stands out from 2018 which was such a clusterfuck that I needed answers. Would I get […]
And That Was Christmas 2018
Christmas is over. Normality is returning. Sobriety is around the corner. As usual, I went to Hull to see my parents and some of the extended family, for 5 nights. About 1 night too many for me, about 360 nights too short for my mum. It being time with the family, meant that the television […]
Complaint: Sports Mixtures
Dear Cadbury’s There is an argument at the age of 38 and with several fillings and a few teeth missing, that I should have learnt my lesson and stopped eating sweets. But stuff that. Life is short and I love sugar. And Sports Mixtures are one of my favourite sweets – that and Tangfastics, I […]
Something Must Change
I have had enough. And I am not talking about Brexit. The Metropolitan line has become so bad that I’m getting home close to 8pm. Today, I was on a tube stuck outside Harrow-On-The-Hill, awaiting a platform as both northbound platforms were occupied by other trains. Neither of which apparently had a driver. Fucking brilliant. […]
Complaint: Mouldy Tomatoes
Hey Sainsbury’s, how’s life? We haven’t spoken for a while, which for most people other than my mum, is probably a good thing. Definitely for you, as it means I have something to moan about and then you have to spend time refunding me the half a cucumber or whatever it is that I am […]