Journal

Tree nation

“A tree is a wonderful living organism which gives shelter, food, warmth and protection to all living things. It even gives shade to those who wield an axe to cut it down” – Buddha. I bought a tree called Woody from an interesting initiative by a website called tree-nation. They want to plant 8 million […]

Keeping Quail

When I was a teenager I used to keep Quail and collect their eggs to pickle or to put on baked pizza. Quail eggs are beautiful and although they are fiddly to peel, they are the perfect size for pickling in glass jars. I used an incubator to hatch new chicks. You can imagine how […]

Updated website (Jan 2007)

I got bored of my old website and moved it to a blog. Blog’s are better for personal websites because once an entry is written it does not have to be kept up to date like a static page needs to. The entries don’t go out of date so much as become historical like a […]

Seriously out of place!

We set up our new TV in the bedroom which has been de-wallpapered and the sharp contrast between grim and beautiful is quite shocking: As you can see, we weren’t really ready to buy a TV! I’m pretty embarrassed that we didn’t finish the decorating before we bought the TV but Chloe’s Panasonic staff shop […]

Eating out with a vegetarian

Vegetarians get a lot of stick. People like to try to make vegetarians justify their decision in a full and rational manner. It’s not really fair that this conversation comes up every time that they go out to diner. One reason for being vegetarian is because it’s a lot less wasteful in terms of natural […]

Kinder Egg Caveman

This is my favourite kinder egg surprise ever! Very philosophical! I keep him on my computer at work to help me think.

Why I have a phobia of Frogs

Frogs are disgusting because their proportions are all wrong like something from a twisted nightmare. Their legs are fat and heavy but possess some horrible power that allow the creature to leap alarmingly quickly. They have evil bulbous eyes which sit watching everything and waiting so they can flick their disgusting tongue at a passing […]

Misty Eyes

You know how a mirror in the bathroom mists up when you have a shower. I have just discovered that I can do the same with my eyeballs. I got a big mug of tea and as I was about to take a sip I let out a breath and the warm steamy air misted […]

History Matters (17th/October/2006)

The BBC are getting as many people as possible to submit a blog entry for today so it can be used as a historical record in the future. This is my entry: Tuesday’s are the worst day of the week for me because I’m no longer rested from the weekend yet I still have 4 […]

My Wedding (10th/June/2006)

Getting married was the best day of my life. I was a bit apprehensive that I wouldn’t be able to handle being the centre of attention and making a speech and stuff but all the nerves and anxiety helped make the day special and unforgettable. It was so touching that so many people went out […]

Who shall I vote for? (4th/May/2006)

I’m not going to vote Tory because I’m detested by their smear-campaign. I’m not going to vote Lib dem because replacing council tax with a local income tax would totally screw me over. So I’m left with Labour or the Green party. I would vote for the Green party except they won’t win so I […]

Stayed up late to time watch

I stayed up late because early in the morning on the 4th of May the time and date was “01:02:03 04/05/06”. It was too much of a unique and interesting date to miss. I used the opportunity to add anniversary reminders to my current software project (FothoFax). Fothofax screenshot Then I realised it’s not long […]

I caved-in and got a mobile (29th/Mar/2006)

I feel ashamed that I’ve succumbed to the dark side and got a mobile. No longer am I gloriously cut off from the world. Why did I finally get one? I needed one to arrange my wedding (there’s only so many phone calls one can make from a work phone without feeling guilty). I was […]

Tory mud slingers (27th/April/2005)

I think politicians should argue about how to make things better rather than spend time slagging their opposition. The current Tory election campaign is disgusting because all they are doing is slinging mud at Tony Blair. I know politicians always point out the other parties mistakes but they have gone too far and I’m sick […]

Renting in Egham (Dec 2002-Dec 2003)

We rented a tiny one-up-one-down house in Egham near Stains. The novelty with this house was that it had stairs! we’d never had stairs before because we’ve lived in a London flat. Living in Egham was nice because I could cycle to work at Heathrow airport. Upstairs Downstairs