I used to have a really good barber, really sound guy. Then he left. I thought I’d keep going to the same barber shop, last time I went (still £35), had an unconvincing hair cut and a very quiet one too (if I’m going to be there 45 minutes then at least say more than […]
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From Boxes To Bras – I Have News
From boxes to bras. From storage to suits. From packaging to pies. Yes, you have guessed correctly – you are looking at the new software engineer at Marks & Spencer. Well, you are reading words and daydreaming about me eating an M&S steak and ale pie in a suit. I hope. Back in February, I […]
Metropolitan Line Complaint Part 1
It’s actually been alright recently – well, perhaps more accurately I’ve been lucky and missed the worst delays. Working from home two days a week helps too. As does the relatively dry weather recently – there are definite service suspension seasons and the next will be the first really hot day, when it gets to […]
James Went To Exeter
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 […]
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 […]