Bloggers on telly

January 13, 2006

Last time I saw one of my friends on TV, it all turned out to be a wee fib. This time round… the evidence is incontrovertible. And on Flickr. Someone must have video, surely? But wow! Our own Tom on telly. Whatever next? (*cough*me?*cough*)

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Evicted twice in two days

January 11, 2006

So I moved up to London last year, at the end of September, into a two bedroom flat with someone I met earlier in the year. Then, sadly, at the beginning of December the boiler spewed it's guts, and I've been living with T'Other ever since. I've offered to pay bills and such, but that […]

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Back to the beginning

January 10, 2006

When I first started reading blogs, I only read a few. A handful. Then I found through those few blogs a whole host of others. More and more and more. Wonderful, intelligent, amusing, interesting… A world of fascination. Then I got work. Now I hardly have time to read all the blogs that are in […]

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Suing spammers

January 4, 2006

Good to hear that a spammer has been successfully sued here in the UK, via the small claims court. Ben Laurie is going to write a 'How To', and then we can all join in the fun. The sums of money involved are small, with the spammer paying only £270 in damages to Nigel Roberts […]

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Hot Fuzz are go!

January 4, 2006

Thanks to everyone who, before Christmas, sent me the news that Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright's new movie, Hot Fuzz, has been greenlighted by Working Title. The movie, which will star Pegg and Shaun cohort/real-life best mate, Nick Frost as two mismatched cops who team up in a West Country backwater, has been mooted for […]

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Happy New Year!

January 2, 2006

New Year is always a bit of a weird time, as the expectation of a great party usually gives way to the reality of staying in, in front of the computer, and wondering why it was I couldn't get my act together yet again. But this year my New Year's Eve was just about as […]

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iPod socks galore!

December 31, 2005

You might remember a while back that I blogged about my Mum knitting me iPod socks with a little pocket. Well, since then I bought a pair of earphones with a remote control and the whole thing, remote and earbuds, won't fit in the pocket. So Mum knitted me one with two pockets which does […]

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Chocolate and Vodka

December 30, 2005

The true meaning of life.

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Logjam

December 30, 2005

I keep thinking of blog posts I want to write, but never seem to feel much like writing them. I keep starting them in my head, but they never make it as far as the keyboard, let alone your screen. It's a sort of blogapathy. Blogging goes in waves. I know this. Every blog has […]

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Merry Christmas

December 23, 2005

Off to Brugge in a half an hour. Just waiting for nail varnish to dry. Yes, I am capable of girliness once in a while. It's got to that time of the year when Stu over at Feeling Listless does his review of the year. This time round, he asked us 'to describe a moment […]

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Some people call it a one night stand, but we can call it paradise

December 22, 2005

It's a little alarming when you realise that the only gigs you've been to this year have been Duran Duran gigs. For someone who used to be a music journalist, and who used to be a rabidly enthusiastic attendee at as many gigs as she could get tickets to, this realisation comes as somewhat of […]

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New podcast

December 12, 2005

Whilst I was in Paris after Les Blogs, I got cornered into contributing to a podcast by my esteemed other half and his mate dotBen. The results are finally up online, at their brand spanking (no pun intended) new Talking Shop podcast. I have nothing to say about the puritanical rabbits or their procreational habits. […]

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The blank slate

December 11, 2005

I don't think I've had a month as quiet as this one for blogging, and here I am with a few moments spare whilst the veg roast and T'Other cooks his fish and I have absolutely no idea what to write about. My mind is a blank slate. With any luck, it'll stay that way. […]

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Death of a boiler

December 9, 2005

It never rains but it pours. Got home to discover a note from our downstairs neighbours. Seems the boiler here died, spewing water all over the place, flooding downstairs and shorting their electricity. Oh dear. We've had troubles with the heating and the water since I moved in, and this one kinda caps them all. […]

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Fare thee well, sweet hot water bottle

December 9, 2005

Last night, at approximately 11.38 pm, my hot water bottle passed away from a fatally broken seal. It had been ill for a few weeks, but nothing could prepare me for the shock of having to suffer cold toes. I shall miss my hot water bottle. Despite many years of storage at the back of […]

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