Thursday, December 31, 2009

Another new years eve at home with family, TV & a glass of port. Probably in bed before midnight. I Wouldn't have it any other way. Happy NY

Wednesday, December 30, 2009

Sing... We are the champions, my friend. And we'll keep on fighting to the end.
Bloody hell we won the pub quiz! Actually won! Both a bottle of wine and the main top score cash prize. Seriously!
Heading up the pub with Darren, if any of you mums want to get rid of your husbands, send em over that is where we are!

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

My Risa Solid Concert Electric Ukuele & Roland Micro Cube Amp (with Coke can for scale) http://twitpic.com/vnka8

Monday, December 28, 2009

Alone, wife is at the Cinema with friends. Baby sobbed for about an hour, only stopping to look at the door whenever I mentioned "Mummy".
Got a Roland Micro Cube for the uke, from my local music shop. Got it for 20 pct off + a free 20 quid boss tuner! Great amp, love it!
Might snow tomorrow! All the intelligent parents have bought up all the sledges, damn them and their forward thinking!

Sunday, December 27, 2009

I am a bit concerned that my Risa solid electric uke is just amplifying my ineptitude.

Saturday, December 26, 2009

Spent time rebuilding an RC helicopter from the ground up, literally, it's nothing but an engine and rotors, will it fly? watch this space!
Bad night. Kept up until 3:15am with son2 calling for us, then up at 6am for the baby. Almost 3 hours sleep is not enough.

Friday, December 25, 2009

Merry Christmas to all! Having a great time. Lots of lovely ukulele based gift, so I am happy. Kids are over the moon with all their toys.
Nothing made me feel more dad-like, putting out mince pie & ginger wine for Santa - then consuming them :)

Thursday, December 24, 2009

I think i have over done it

Wednesday, December 23, 2009

I have had too many
Drinking heavily with the Dads in my area, lovely bunch of chaps. Also reading OH status updates with concern. Love ya babe x

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

I wonder if I should go and see Avatar (Dances with Thundersmurfs) any good?
Stuck for gift ideas for me? I would like a Lazareth Wazuma Quad http://ping.fm/GV4QT

Monday, December 21, 2009

I FOUND A PRESENT FOR MY WIFE!

Sunday, December 20, 2009

"Would you prefer Colin Firth or me?", I asked me wife earlier. She had to think about it for ages. "Colin Firth" was her eventual reply.

Friday, December 18, 2009

Here's a Pythonesque little number I tossed off in the Mediterranean. All about "Freecycle" http://ping.fm/hE9Us

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Ooooh... Steam are doing a free Team Fortress 2 weekend, who needs reality.
Finally landed back in the UK.
Middle class stress: that bloke on a plane who shouts "I'm on a plane, no, i am actually on a plane.... yeah right now". Grrr
One endearing yet slightly annoying British trait is how cheerful we all are in a crisis. Bulldog spirit? Or maybe we are all sociapaths?
Snow is great fun when it isn't grounding your flight home. Stuck in Belgium, airport closed, bored stiff.
Watching xray monitor, my laptop case showed a GUN in it! The operator clicked a button and it disappeared, seems it was an operator test!
Strangest gift pack I have ever seen, here at Brussels airport: Salts of the world - a collection of 10 jars of salt from various places!
Note to self, when visiting Brussels in blizzard conditions, remember your coat.
Very heavy snow forcast today, about to get on a plane for Brussels, worried I might get stranded.
No snow this morning so off to Belgium I go. Maybe my wife's elusive present exists in Brussels? Doubt I will have time to look.

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

it's stopped snowing :(
IT'S REALLY REALLY SNOWING!... and I have a flight tomorrow... poop.
IT'S SNOWING!

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Cor, look at the fretboard on that http://ping.fm/zdXAE my next next uke.

Monday, December 14, 2009

Day off again, gift hunting again. One of those days where everyone is walking into me, probably a state of mind.
Weird few days, unpredicted hostility from family members has knocked sideways. Back to Belgium for an urgent meeting at the end of the week

Sunday, December 13, 2009

Better do something... wasting the day AGAIN!
Simon Cowell is running the "Rage Against the Machine" campaign, he owns the rights to the song, public knowledge. Don't be manipulated.
Having a cup of tea and a biscuit. Watching my wife wash cement out of a bucket in the rain having just tiled the kitchen floor. Equality.
A bunch of my Ukulele playing friends are trying to get this forum off the ground, Uke player? Then please join http://ping.fm/I195v
Getting a RISA Solid for Christmas - would LOVE to learn to play this... http://ping.fm/wT466

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Heading home, smiling at son1 (5) singing along to MIA paper planes.
Watching Mr McDonut at the office children's Christmas party.
I bought Penny some chocolate this evening and she declined it. Do you think she is Ok?!

Friday, December 11, 2009

Still looking for that holy grail, a present for my wife. Losing will to live.
Day off today, spending the day in town walking around aimlessly, trying to find a gift for a person who wants nothing.

Thursday, December 10, 2009

My solution to the Christmas light vandal, many many more lights. You can now see my house from space. Take that!
A recording I did last night of me playing "Yellow Bird" on the Ukuele http://ping.fm/itcdY
Seasons Greetings to you all. A slow and painful death to the cowardly little sh*t who pulled all my outdoor Christmas lights down.

Wednesday, December 09, 2009

Humming along to mainstream pop poop "Who Am I" by Will Young, don't tell ANYONE!

Tuesday, December 08, 2009

December 8th. Gift 7 closely followed by 8 arrive from my Mum. It's like she's discovered the postal service for the first time.
Was going to type something amusing but just heard one of the kids crying.. gotta run.

Monday, December 07, 2009

From "The Onion", so true - http://ping.fm/UtHKo

Sunday, December 06, 2009

Got to watch a "Family Guy" to calm down from a manic left4dead 2 session http://ping.fm/Wsbpd I'm a nervous wreck.

Friday, December 04, 2009

Christmas miracle last night, staggered back from pub, stereotypically merry. Hadnt had dinner. 11 30pm, my wife cooks me a cheese burger!

Thursday, December 03, 2009

Crystal clear skies on decent over London. I could see every sight in a glance. Kept wishing my Wife and Dad could see it, they love flying
Is. It wrong to text from a plane?
Peeing down in Belgium. Lunch "World famous British fish and chips" of course the chips were nice, not sure what species the brown fish was!
Non functioning online check-in, delayed flight, extremely rude flight attendant. Last time I fly BMI.
Landed Brussels.
Sitting on a tiny little emb135 jet. I like travelling on small aircraft, last time I was on one of these was Phoenix to LA.
There is something spine-tingling about driving past a cold dark woodland at 5am and seeing a distant flickering torchlight between trees.

Wednesday, December 02, 2009

Off to Belgium tomorrow morning, back home in the afternoon, barely enough time to get homesick this time :D

Tuesday, December 01, 2009

Wife has put up the Christmas tree and decorated it with the "help" of the boys. Looks like a festive tinsel bomb has exploded near it.
Wife has put up the Christmas Tree