by Neil | Jun 15, 2007 | Foxy woxy, Gadgets, Garden, Garden Stories, Gardening, Green boxes that scream silently in the night, Life, Random, Vegicide
We have been invaded. No really. For some time now we have been being visited by a family of foxes who seem to think our (until recently) burgeoning vegetable patch is their own personal sandpit. We saved the radishes, the onions – it’s best not to mention...by Neil | Jun 12, 2007 | Charles Dickens, Chatham, Dickens, Film, Lack of Buxom Wenchs, Life, Movies, Random, Things to do in Kent
Today we went to the Dickens World exhibition in Chatham. Yes I am wild, feral even. I had high hopes, media coverage had been positive, I like Dickens, I know less about him than I’d like and hell there was hope of hilarious hi-jinks that I might write about...by Neil | Jun 10, 2007 | 1980s, Birthday, childhood, Film, Life, Movies, Ocean's 13, Random, Thoughts, Transformers
So it’s my birthday. I was treated to what can only be described as a breakfast banquet by G consisting of all my favourites: eggs, bacon, sausage, mushrooms, fried potatoes, toast with marmalade, fresh black coffee and orange juice. All served by a beautiful...by Neil | Jun 9, 2007 | Blackheath, Comedy, Fun, Gurn, gurning, How not to behave in restaurants, humor, Humour, Lies to tell children, Life, London, Random, Thoughts
“If the wind changes your face will stay like that,” said G to me from across the table.My Gurn is an improvement, many would say, but one that merely left the waitress who was passing at the time bemused and thinking it was time to stop serving me...by Neil | Jun 6, 2007 | Black Static, Books, Cars, Driving, Dubliners, James Joyce, Joseph Conrad, Life, MOT, Random, The Secret Agent, why is it pink?, Writers, Writing
My car hates me. It was MOT time yesterday and I think Ford saw me coming: £600 (ouch!). What was done includes a pretty innocuous list: – Computer calibration (didn’t know it had one) – Headlight settings (you mean it’s not my wit dazzling the...