Posted by Skytower on Mon January 11, 2010
Yeah, yeah, happy new year, and all that guff.
So, 2010 is eleven days old already. Christmas already seems like ages back (thank god), the country has taken on the truest look of winter imaginable (can anyone remember what colour tarmac is?), and the date is yet another binary figure (11/01/10… next one will be 01/10/10, [...]
Posted by Skytower on Mon October 6, 2008
Just spotted this from all but a year ago…
Mon October 15th, 2007
Snot on
Gah. It is no fun having one of them colds that just won’t shift.
Spending half the day sounding like a knackered whistle – i.e. breathing through a half-blocked nose – and using half a box of tissues every time you blow your nose. [...]
Posted by Skytower on Wed May 7, 2008
As each day passes, it becomes harder to remember whether something we do is legal. Can we have a cigarette here? Are we okay to use our mobile phone here? Can I open this tin of lager here? And so on…
And it’s the latter of the three that we’re going to be even more restricted [...]
Posted by Skytower on Thu April 24, 2008
During a random moment of "that seems like a good idea", it was decided, after getting home (after work) last Sunday morning, that it was time to give up smoking and drinking.
Again.
Four days on… so far, so good. Giving them both up at the same time sounds almost impossible, but it has – surprisingly – [...]
Posted by Skytower on Fri January 4, 2008
Tonight is the first of two nights out in the next three days – and, as if I don’t see enough of the place, what with working in the city five nights a week – they’re both in Leicester.
But, I suppose, I’ll get to see things from your average punter’s side. The plan for tonight [...]