Monthly Archives: November 2005

Fair playAfter about 3 years of asking for it, my employer has now finally started buying Fair Trade coffee. In fact, the person who was charged with making it available was so keen on the brand that they put it … Continue reading →

2048, a webspace odysseyAs my last post was my 210th, this one, a non-integer power of two, doesn’t seem to be as impressive. Indeed, the next power of two post is some 1023 posts away from this. Given that it’s … Continue reading →

Post 1024 – that’s 210I still have a general disdain for someone cutting my food up for me. I’ve just become an uncle and my niece has been duly visited and her head was wetted. She is only a few … Continue reading →

Dawn of the deedWell, I just did a gig and did some of my hilarious new material about quitting my job. Because I have done just that. On Friday of last week, I resigned from Nonlinear. I did this without … Continue reading →

Wouldn’t it be loverly?All this talk of being nice is an excuse for me to dig out the words of My Fair Lady. The show has been on my mind recently, not because of the lyric “Lots of chocolate for … Continue reading →

Remember to be niceMy life is sometimes a mass of minor irritations, which constant repetition has exaggerated beyond reasonable proportion. My training as a stand-up comedian, where a quick mind and a quick tongue are key to keeping a room … Continue reading →

Group delusionYou know, people will say any old shit is good if they want to believe it. I was recently at a gig with very little merit. An eclectic collection of ill-fitting, often ill-conceived, junk. There were people messing around, … Continue reading →

Months with silenceHow can I possibly have spent so long updating the blog to cover about 3 months of stuff that happened, and then, just as I was getting back into the swing of thing, suddenly forget to update it … Continue reading →