by Neil | Oct 15, 2007 | House, Life, why is it always me, Why you shouldn't give me power tools
So for the interested the above is the incident I have been referring to. Our toilet became completely blocked as Thursday and due to us having had recently had work carried out on the drain we got the same company out to sort it. The emergency plumber didn’t...by Neil | Oct 2, 2007 | Books, Hay-on-Wye, Life, Neil Gaiman, Personal, Shyness, The Guardian, Thoughts, why is it always me
No not him, me. The other Neil. Tonight was the much anticipated second Neil Gaiman event. This one – run by the hay festival – was at the Criterion Theatre in Piccadilly and once again the heavens opened. I arrived bedraggled but due to a slightly wiser wardrobe...by Neil | Sep 18, 2007 | House, Life, plumbing, Seemed like a good idea at the time, why is it always me
I am bone tired. I am so tired even my hair looks knackered and my hair is a legitimate life form in it’s own right. I knew we had it too easy with the rewire, their just wasn’t enough disruption and so it is with some acceptance of inevitability I report...by Neil | Sep 13, 2007 | Comedy, commuting, humor, Humour, Life, London, Travel, why is it always me
It occurred to me this morning as I sat wedged between a particularly loud, smelly commuter with no concept of personal space and a grimy train window, that commuting, by public transport at least, is not a practice that has been designed with pleasure in mind. Not so...by Neil | Aug 25, 2007 | Hell, Ikea, Life, Random, Seemed like a good idea at the time, Thoughts, why is it always me
The first level of hell you are prepared for your journey with the gristle of dead animals rolled into balls marinated in their own juices for millennia. This meal you will eat serenaded by strange goblins that jabber loudly and laugh hysterically your attempts to...by Neil | Aug 20, 2007 | Insomnia, posessed dog, Random, Video, Why am I awake?, why is it always me
No it’s not a new dark Flash. It’s 1.16 AM in the UK and I’m still awake. This is not due to any great plan but in fact because a house further down the street has a mains operated alarm that has been going off constantly for the last 3 hours. Our...