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Merry Christmas from a farmhouse in Wales!

Every fibre of my being wants to lambast the rail system for starting our weekend away in top style with a train that was about an hour late. I'm told however that late-running trains are part of the privatisation measures implemented following the breakup of the Government rail monopoly in Britain, and they've been particularly…

I'm not entirely sure whether Tim (my brother, for the uninitiated) sent me this for promotional purposes, to demonstrate that the pressure of impending fatherhood was all getting too much for him, or perhaps to indicate his next career direction… but it seemed a shame not to share what's evidently this season's look. Bunny ears…

It just goes to show that you can never tell how people are going to interpret things. We've just had a bloke wandering around in our area asking if anyone can help him with “Skippy”. I was ready to have him shipped off to the funny farm on the spot, but after questioning it seems…

With a subject line like that, it'll be no surprise to those in the know that I've been to see Ross Noble. I don't honestly know why I expected to see anything other than a fairly scruffy geordie talking bollocks and taking the piss out of latecomer audience members. But I loved every second of…

I don't want to try to rub it in anyone's face about how eclectic my musical tastes are, but after the last couple of weeks you'd have to start to wonder… First cab off the rank, which I cunningly forgot to mention, was the Xavier Rudd gig on the 26th of Nov. Having only ever…

Here is a picture of our kitchen on Monday, after our awesome cleaner had been through. Here is a picture of our kitchen this morning. Note that there's only a few plates stacked next to the sink – that's because the rest were still on the floor in the loungeroom. My housemate, despite being home…

Ah, much better ! My SECOND ever sudoku took 20 mins, and not a single profanity to erase! Right, so I've clearly mastered that. Time to go discover cold fusion, or train some Bulgarian swearing whelks, or something.

Last night I got to see one of the best overall gigs I've ever been to. Irrespective of the actual quality of the music, I was in the presence of a Rock God – the legendary Robert Plant. Venue: Hammersmith Palais – upon walking in I was quite surprised at how nice it was! Rendered/textured…

Finished my first ever sudoku puzzle the other day. I started it last Wednesday, and finished it last night. Given that it was an 'easy' one, I'd of course like to explain that the reason it took so long was that I've had no time to do it. Whereas the actual reason is that I…