Honestly I am beginning to bother myself. I’m getting older, I know that, we’re all getting older. I’ve even reached the stage where I can tell that not everything is exactly as it was, occasionally stuff twinges. I don’t care too much about that, that’s physical, “all flesh is grass” and that shit. What is [...]
Why do the american tv producers insist on pigeon-holing actors. I’m getting fed up with seeing the same faces again and again in science-fiction/fantasy programs. I somehow doubt the actors are turning down jobs outside the genre. And I’ve been checking up on imdb, it is NOT just because I only watch this shit.
I’m reading Pride and Prejudice at the moment, I’m at the section where Lizzy is about to visit Pemberly and Ms Austin is describing the countryside. It has reminded me of the awe I am always given when I too visit some of the old estates. Not the buildings, though they are inspiring, but the [...]
I’ve recently read Graceling by Kristen Cashore . It has taken me a good inattentive couple of months, though really that was just the first third of the book. I finished the rest off in a couple of train days and it’s much more fun when read at the intended speed. It’s a good book, a [...]
Upgrading to 64bit Windows 7. I tried to upgrade to 64 bit Windows 7 (taking a backup using the bundled Samsung Recovery Solution first). It didn’t go so bad, there was a difficult period getting the network reconnected because I hadn’t already downloaded the appropriate driver, and couldn’t download it because….. I didn’t have the [...]
Last week I got hold of a new laptop, a Samsung R780. Something of a splash out for me since my old laptop was only 3 years old and probably still good for another year. I would have preferred the smaller model (R580) but it wasn’t available with the same kind of spec. There are [...]
In January I got the results of my “well man” blood tests. As I feared I have high cholestorol, not enough to warant going on statins, but enough to worry about. The Nurse also suggested I needed to lose half a stone (7 lbs), though I’m convinced that that was her misunderstanding just how heavy [...]
Every day I ride my motorbike up a small road to see to my horses. This road has been getting progressively worse and worse over the past year or so. So when I found a site where I could report holes I started to use it. So far I’ve reported two of the worst holes [...]
It’s taken as a given in the UK that the French are “touchy” about their language and don’t like it when it’s not used correctly. This is in any sort of “formal” activity, I suspect that they are generally quite pleased when an ignorant englishman makes the effort to actually speak it. The question that [...]
I just want to write this so I have something to remind me, already it’s fading. Woke up this morning knowing that there might be some snow, and looking out the window, yes, there it was. A thin coating on the ground outside the house. Nothing too serious, the main road is certain to be [...]