Things are looking up

Having a bad day

Feeling old looking around Superdry, pretending to look for our imaginary teenage son.

Don't you hate it when your boomerang gets stuck in a tree.

1: It made baby cry. 2: My kids won't cuddle me anymore. 3: I look like a tramp. Conclusion: The beard has to go.

Very Sad, JD Salinger, author of Catcher in the Rye died. His character was inspiration for Son3's middle name: Holden. http://bit.ly/a7ypiZ

Down t' pub. Sitting next to a table of professional quizzers, dont fancy my chances of winning tonight.

Son1 came down with a cold, now Son3 has a runny nose. Only Son2 to go and I will have a hat-trick of snot-nosed kids :( Poor little chaps.

Cashmere jumper + prickly stubble = beard fluff

Pushed a 25% increase overclocking my 7900GS, I can now run L4D2 on high settings top res + AA. Before it was medium settings & res / no AA!

The iplayer on the wii is great for keeping the kids quiet. Recommended.

Against all odds I am up, 3am was too late for a thirty something.

I'm having a coinversation with Brian about Religion which is actually quite enjoyable.

Happy Friday everyone! Have a great weekend. http://blip.fm/~jk5pq

Working while listening to http://budurl.com/dhef love it

Just took delivery of two sledges, just in time for... oh, that's right, it melted.

It's been a busy week, here is some Friday Fun - 1st Person Perspective Tetris - http://budurl.com/n4y6

In the market for a new graphics card, no I didn't blow it up (yet), it is just too slow.

Overclocking my nvidia 7900GS graphics card in an attempt to get a bit of life from the old dog, or kill it trying.

I want a MISA digital guitar http://www.misadigital.com/index.html

Eating Venezuelan criollo chocolate, drinking red wine and watching a movie about Nelson Mandela.

And then there were 3. Pub mates.

Ukulele lesson tonight, learning "Lulu's back in town", a song that was probably uncool back in 1935. Beer afterwards, so, every cloud...

Zombie killing with my "left 4 dead" crew tonight. Need a new PC, bloke in maplin laughed at my setup when I enquired about upgrade options.

I am 11% through filling out my tax return and can almost hear the government computer laughing at the total it is accumulating :(

Dear Coen Brothers just watched "A Serious Man", I want that 105 minutes of my life back and an explanation, oh yes, and a proper ending.

I have surfaced (finally) following a great night with the lads.

Damn, i left my foppish scarf at Alex's house

Darren has just been pooped on by Alex's cat - HA

Ah... banter.

Started playing chess online, if anyone fancies a game click the link - http://budurl.com/fancyagame P.s. I am not very good.

I wonder if I should grow a beard? Tell you what - let's put it to the VOTE!

Watched The Fantastic Mr Fox last night, my new fav film. With Life Aquatic & The Royal Tenenbaums in my top 5, I'm a huge Wes Anderson fan.

Plan: Fly to Brussels, train to business meeting, fly home. Reality: Sitting on plane at gate due to snow. Unlikely to make the meeting.

off to Belgium tomorrow, just for the day.

OMG, all the snow just fell off my roof in one go, scared the hell out of me. Sounded like a thunder bolt next to my head.

Buildng an igloo in the back garden

Had a good day. Walked into town through the snow with Son2. He got cold, but it was great. Then a fun kids birthday party & a curry! Yay!

New condensing boiler? Hear a gurgling noise? In this cold spell the water drainage pipes are freezing. Melt the ice blockage & it's fixed.

So all the sea lions have left San Francisco, that's a bit odd. I wonder why? Imminent earthquake? Lack of fish? Weird!

had a great night

Looking forward to my new years day party later, celebrating the first day of the new year seems much more sensible :)

Pinch Punch, First of the Month, no returns. Just thought I would say something different than Happy New Year.