The loneliness of the long distance applicant

Applied for a place on the London Marathon next year. Figured I'd give myself 362 days to prepare. I'll be entered into the ballot along with the million other applicants and find out in October whether I've been successful. Either this year's race captured people's imaginations or we've got to "that age" - there's a hell of a lot of people saying they're up for it next April.

I have a summer to ...

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Back back back

Oh yes, a mere 48 hours after obliterating the memory of my PC, I am back online and firing on all cylinders. I only have 4 programs installed on the computer at the moment meaning it starts up in under a minute, and have not only negotiated the problems that arose with 'ethernet drivers' and 'multimedia audio controllers' but have even managed to connect direct to the internet this time around ...

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Gonna go quiet(er) for a bit

I'm not gonna be posting anything for a wee bit as I attempt to fix my old creaky pc and make it vaguely capable of coping with the demands of modern life. No more will it complain of lack of disk space! No more will it not let me use Firefox unless I want to route everything via Saudi Arabia! No more will I have access to four years worth of pictures and tunes (unless I have somehow managed to back them up successfully).

So - not that you'll probably notice - it may be a few days before I'm back on line. Trust me, you will miss absolutely nothing of any consequence whatsoever.

The sun sets over another glorious day in London town....

Watched the marathon on TV this morning and now watching the BAFTAs at the Royal Festival Hall. If only I lived nearby, I would definitely definitely go to where these things were actually happening and be a part of it. Definitely. I mean, how shit would it be to live in the same city - never mind if that city was blessed with the most ...

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Bringing sexy back

I've spent the last 20 minutes cleaning a year's worth of gunk out of the nooks and crannies of my mobile phone with a moist cotton bud.

And that, dear reader, is one of the many examples of why women want to be with me, and men want to be me.

Erm....

....the more astute amongst you may have noticed I've gone and buggered up the format of the blog again. I won't pretend this was entirely intentional. I wanted to add in links to various websites again, but the freebie template I was using didn't seem to allow me to do so. Thought I'd take the bouncy ball in a china shop approach and click on some stuff at random - hence the vision you see before you.

Will try and sort it out soon, in the meantime I hope it doesn't spoil your viewing pleasure too much....

The Albert Memorial

How long has that been there then? Been living in this city for 6 years and didn't know it existed until we stumbled across it on Easter Monday.

As tokens of affection, it craps all over the homemade valentines card I made last year.... Might have to up the ante next year - spell out 'I love you' in midget gems on the moon or something.

Summa-summa-summatiiiime

Ooh, summa-time

Yep, school's out and there's a sort of a buzz - back then I didn't really know what it was. But now I see what happens is the way that people respond to summer madness.

London town in the sunshine - if ever there was a sight to scream "begone hangover, I will not let you lead my life!" it is this view from my living room window. Am off out to play, also known as 'shop for a new casserole dish'. It all counts.

New cars = certain death.

Whilst perusing this 1978 travel guide in the pub last night, I came across the little known fact that "in Italy it is compulsory to have a mud flap attached to each wheel". Prompted to look out the window to ensure all the vehicles in Herne Hill were fit for purpose, imagine my shock and horror to discover that not a single car was blessed with the requisite rubber.

When did car manufacturers ...

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See that tabloid ambulance chaser run

'Ello chums. How was your Easter weekend? Mine was fine n dandy thanks for asking - four days of rest and recuperation, not quite scuppered by lying awake until after 3am last night. Why does that always happen after a weekend? Most frustrating. I wasn't too wrecked today though, in part helped by a dearth of stuff to be done at work, as the recession tightens its clammy grip on my venerable ...

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Off the strong stuff

Yes, somehow, I have made it to the end of the full strength nicotine patches. Six whole, long, weeks without a cigarette. Well, 6 weeks and 1 day if we're being pedantic and obsessively counting every last second, as I had a patch-free day when sick.

On to stage 2 now for two weeks, although I got a bit of shock when I opened the packet this morning. The sealed pack is the same size as before, ...

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Is there anything better than to be a bloke browsing for a new gadget? My upcoming ascent into adulthood via the medium of car ownership has opened up the amazing world of Sat Navs to my blinking, wide eyes. Putting my fears that these things are just another step towards a 'Back to the Future 2'-style existence (or more precisely, a "Johnny Cab from 'Total Recall'" world of self-driving cars), ...

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Don't blame it on sunshine

What a glorious day.... the sun is splitting the sky, there is a mere 24 hours until a four day weekend, and I got described as "cool, calm and authoritative" at work today by someone who obviously doesn't know me very well...

All in all, perfect sunny pint weather. Shame that I've no one to have one with. Bloody children / responsible jobs gettin in the way... Lukewarm can of Carlsberg in front of my 'virtual' friends it is then - harumph.

I feel drunken on a Tuesday night despite the fact I've had less than 3 beers. Still, faring better than Lucy, with whom I shared 2 pints after work and is apparently now regurgitating her evening cauliflower cheese. Possible the beer, despite being £3.63 a pint, was a bit rubbish.

All go at work, literally. Keeping life interesting if nothing else. Dreaming of escaping and become a Page 3 photographer or a truck driver like I used to wish for as a kid. Or, even better, a Truck Driving Page 3 photographer. Imagine the possibilities....

Ear ear

I've been deaf in one ear for a week now.... Think I may have broken it. Too much prodding and poking trying to clear whatever it is - half on my hearing sounds like it's underwater.....

Anyone got any ideas on how to fix it, beside Olive Oil? That was pretty unsuccessful...

Everyone loves....

Been a bit dull and heavy with recent posts, so as it's (almost) Friday, here's some Magical Trevor. Hadn't watched it for ages but it's one of my favourite cartoons from Weebls Stuff and is the basis for the new 118 247 advert. A shame that it's being used, but I suppose it was only a matter of time, and I think the guy that started the whole thing works in advertising or graphic design anyway, so perhaps the only surprise is that it took so long.

Anti-test

So, the G20 protests. That was big and clever, wasn't it? How to make the world's leaders think you have an argument worth listening to - run around a city's financial district smashing windows and daubing graffiti everywhere. I've no doubt that a lot of the people in the protests had valid arguments and issues they wanted to discuss. But I didn't hear any of them, other than the usual "it's ...

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