
‘Tis the season for upper-lip hair – Movember Is Imminent
Mid October already?! Well, as anyone who’s known me for any length of time will be able to tell you, that time coincides with only one thing: the preparatory phases for… MOVEMBER Starting on October 31st with a clean-shaven face, then participants in Movember grow as much of a moustache as they can for the…

Plea for videographic rescue.
Among the things I already do to over-occupy the fleeting amount of spare time I have on this little blue-green planet, it seems the latest addition is thatnks to the enthusiasm and cooperation of The Whisky Guy – Mr Darren Rook – and booze blogger Mr Billy Abbott: a new video podcast about whisky, which…

Strap the plank on and get down le montaigne!
Since 2005 every time I’ve had the food fortune to speak to my lovely chum Elisa in France, the sentence has popped up like the chorus to some sisturbingly long Proj Rock song: “You should come to the snow with us & stay at my Grandfather’s chalet”. It turns out that the play length of…

Could this be the best headline EVAR? (although it links to the…
Could this be the best headline EVAR? (although it links to the Sunday Sport)

I think I’ve bought the stupidest piece of Argos…
I think I’ve bought the stupidest piece of Argos “furniture” yet. Why on earth would I persist with this shit? Perhaps it’s because from the product shot it’s not 100% obvious that the corner posts are 4-sectioned HOLLOW PLASTIC TUBES! Utte…

Suitcase shunting
Is this about the time of year I usually apologise for falling miles behind on bloggery? I just re-read that Edinburgh post from about 3 weeks back and realised that the promised forthcoming detail entirely wasn’t… but it’s not a new thing, because in a variety of notebooks and scraps of paper I’ve got embryonic…

Finally! A UK TV appearance by yours truly which doesn’t…
Finally! A UK TV appearance by yours truly which doesn’t involve that damn dick documentary! (also features Liz, Kat, and that cad Timothy Minchin)