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I promised myself that I wouldn’t let events in the middle east sully this blog, as they are all over the rest of this here interweb.
But I couldn’t resist linking to this. It sums up the extraordinary ambiguity displayed by the "coalition of the invading" and neatly summarises my own current thinking, which is [...]

I’ve been following the Six Nations coverage on the BBC for the last few weeks and loving every minute of it. However, the theme music they picked has been bugging me since the first commercial appeared a couple of months ago. I knew it was by Ben Folds Five but I couldn’t for the life [...]

The wedding photos are here.

Words of warning for the international man of tax. This is what happens if you play dodgy music whilst driving your children about the country.
Luckily for me there are no swear words in Marillion tunes, just some very inappropriate guitar solos.

Well, I may be twelve thousand miles away, but its nice to see that the Manly Sea Eagles are maintaining their record of mighty performances in the NRL.
Losing to North Queensland is bad enough, next thing we know they will be struggling against schoolboy teams. The only reassurance I take from this latest episode is [...]

Some of you may remember my requests for a list of rock songs last year. If you do, congratulations for paying attention. At the time I wondered why Mr Buck was asking me for a list of thirty one tunes. Well, now all is revealed, as I spotted Nick Hornby’s latest book in the [...]

Right, I’m off to Minehead for the Marillion Weekend. Back Monday. Amuse yourselves whilst I’m gone.

I am, as they say around these parts, a little on the "porky side" at the moment. I am trying my best not to get any more rotund, so these words of wisdom from Richard Herring, a popular Balham based comedian, rang especially true with me. Cutting to the chase, he says;
.. but losing weight [...]

After a nine month break, I have posted some more photos. The wedding snaps are coming soon, honest.

To prove what a schedule fixated, delivery oriented chap I am I would just like to say that the end date I set myself for this re-design was …
The 31st of October, 2002. I may have to review my estimating techniques somewhat. Until then if I promise to do something, it will be done, just [...]