(08:29:46) Up early to attempt Inbox 0; now resisting a second mug of coffee, watching Space Hoppers (with @ProfBrianCox & Big Cook/Little Cook on it).
(08:35:36) Time to extricate myself from the internet and immerse myself in Saturday. In case of emergency, break glass. Tinkly. Anon!
(09:05:55) Useful site on homeopathy: http://www.howdoeshomeopathywork.com
(12:25:10) DON'T LET THE PIGEON DRIVE THE BUS. #DYNAMICRANGEDAY (http://is.gd/aQ80T - SFW)
(15:30:03) Watching the children play in the Squashy Sculptures at Wardown @MuseumsLuton [they love the sculptures' visits!] http://twitpic.com/19s8lc
(16:08:12) It's very spring.. lovely that the rain's held off. Home, now, to do some birdhouse painting and shower head dismantlement. Saturday JAMYEH!
(16:18:55) Blue wizard needs caffeine badly.
(19:09:51) RT @thisisjinsy: Sad news. The Great He (Jinsy Praise Him!) decided there'll be no more broadcasts: http://bit.ly/aHu6mH // Stupid decision!
(19:20:03) Watching TV Burp with the progeny. The adverts were of a particularly low quality. What to do this evening?I should do some writing. Hmm.
(20:49:07) I SO want to write a song like the Flaming Lips do/does. "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots" is a lovely song; deceptively simple, but catchy.
(21:03:22) I have an ambition to write a song that starts with the word "And". That, obviously, is the easy bit.
(06:29:31) Mornin'. Listening to Milton Jones.. "Twitter is where you send out a pointless message, using up to 140 characters. A bit like Eastenders."
(07:52:58) Highlights (..!) of the coach journey this morning: snoring man, drum'n'bass bleeding from someone's headphones and a slow journey. Commute!
(07:57:21) Disembarkation (disembarkment..?) in 25 seconds. Coffee in 15 minutes. Friday: all day (hope this helps, @RobJD !)
(08:35:29) Moo. Or, in fact, not.
(09:51:10) I third that! RT @spykey_uk: A wonderful woman who always knows the right thing to say. Really caring and makes me laugh: @dizzydanni84 #FF
(09:54:33) Office conversations this morning: Twitter, displacement activities, and turning things off. I'm not the only one who's permanently wired..!
(15:10:52) Time to make some tea and knuckle down on some Friday Afternoon Spreadsheet Action. Also, I might tidy my desk.. it's a bit of a mess.
(17:11:30) Thanks for the #followFriday @PontoonDock & @BitsyVonMuffin! I offer: @mediocre_mum, @petecooper, @kathyclugston, @juliaball & @canuckuk #ff
(17:15:25) Boring fact of the day: when you buy a 1TB drive, you only actually get 931GB. The hard drive manufactures use Base10; computers use Base2.
(18:59:00) Heading home on a remarkably peaceful coach, given how busy it is. Podcasts in my ears; many this week in front of a live audience. Unusual!
(19:03:01) I'd like publically to thank @sparkyannc's mum for the unusual Easter gift. I shall reveal it in all its Norfolk glory in a couple of weeks!
(19:05:49) RT @relaxkids FREE Download- tell all your friends! http://bit.ly/bmdMhJ (hat tip to @PositiveParents)
(19:16:06) My nomination for @easyBus driver of the week: Jim. Always cheery, patient and helpful. Top bloke.
(20:49:44) Time to have some offline & comedy time. Notes taken on the delightful Outnumbered Sport Relief skit (thanks @sparkyannc & @PositiveParents)
(22:59:27) There was a flurry of rather aggressive fireworks outside about 15 minutes ago. No idea what all that was about. Bit drizzly.
(23:01:52) There was very little TV comedy on iPlayer this evening, so we went for @ProfBrianCox's Wonders Of The Solar System. Wow. I learned a lot!
(23:03:09) I have added 'seeing the Northern lights' and 'watching the galaxy from a dark, dark place' to what's still quite a small bucket list :D
(23:06:40) Right. To bed. Listening to Feedback. A bit worthy and annoying and mostly about Radio 4. Stop belly-aching, middle England. ~sighs~ Night!
(06:29:59) Good morning. Best get ready for work. Heavens above.. politics is untidy: http://is.gd/aMUBQ (Daily Telegraph). Have a good Thursday.
(08:03:15) Hmm.. it's my contention that @Rhodes4Luton is a spoof account - it has all the hallmarks of a 'tribute' to emulate and perhaps discredit.
(08:31:56) In the office.. 250 emails to rifle through.. letting the rules do the work to start off with. I shall make coffee - come one, come all.
(10:19:32) I am eating honey nut cornflakes like a man deranged. Better stop, or I won't want my lunch.
(10:21:18) Also, I cut the tip of my right index finger yesterday (through quality idiocy of which I'm not proud) which hampers my typing somewhat. Ow.
(10:45:38) Too many emails, not enough working fingers.
(12:40:51) I have an uncomfortable feeling that I need to listen to the opening 5 minutes of Steve Wright's "Big Show" this afternoon. For science. :/
(13:46:31) Chris Morris' 'Four Lions' trailer: http://bit.ly/bYawhG I'm SO going to love this. Tears of laughter watching the trailer (via @giagia)
(13:53:05) Today I have MicroBaps. Just as nice.
(17:02:40) Owie. Should've cut this headache off at the pass. Only one cup of coffee today, which probably didn't help. Still, getting Stuff Done...
(19:09:42) It's busy and smelly on this coach. Raining outside. At least I can open my eyes now, though :)
(19:14:03) Woo, junction 10.. I am jolly pleased to see you. Airport in 5 minutes (traffic permitting) and then HOME. It's the best place to be.
(20:25:48) Musing over the cause of the 19:00 #radio4 #6music takeover.. most likely Manchester took the wrong network at 19:02.. not sure how, though!
(21:35:19) Our Virgin Media Box has blown up. Internally. Terminally. (It was that which went pop at @poots earlier fwiw, @asininemonkey & @mugpi)
(21:36:45) I will try to resist participating in those "retweet" competitions that appear to be proliferating. Free(ish) marketing powered by greed..?
(21:46:24) Right.. Best see to disposing of Thursday in an environmentally responsible way and putting newspaper down for Friday. The messy pup. Night!
(08:09:49) Good morning. And Happy St Patrick's Day. Please have a pint of Guinness or Whiskey for me.
(09:12:59) I'm off to Hitchin. Want anything..?
(11:20:32) Home after Important Shopping Missions achieved. I aim to succeed at sunflower planting this year. First time this millennium. Heh.
(11:55:14) Right.. after briefly getting sucked into transmitter spotting with Google Streetview (yes.. very sad!) time to write a Get Well Soon card.
(14:02:54) RT @canuckuk: BNP plan on standing at least 400 candidates at General Election.2005 they had 119 candidates. http://www.hopenothate.org. ...
(14:06:31) Back from lunch with Dad (keeping him occupied while Wicked Stepmother's in hospital) Now: planning either to read or write this afternoon.
(15:12:30) Off to get the chimplets.. woo - mummy blackbird, daddy blackbird & woodpigeon visitors to the bird feeder a couple of minutes ago. Cool :)
(20:47:13) Google Streetview WIN(nfc) of the day: http://is.gd/aMmXy - SEAGULL! (via @poots and @hooker1uk)
(21:35:34) Ahh t'be sure, time to shut down the ol' grid and prepare for a lie down among the shamrock clover*. Good night. *thanks to @fluffymuppet :D
(00:09:12) Yup.. "In The Loop" was well deserving of its Oscar nomination for Most Splendid Sweary British Film, or whatever. @AIannucci, I salute you.
(00:10:24) Best sleep now - Tuesday's already started, but it's only the trailers for future presentations. I shall sleep through the adverts. Night!
(08:02:33) Right. Autofilling my iPod with tuneage, drinking coffee and keeping @superalora company until school time. Time for breakfast. Yum.
(08:30:49) School run time! The simple pleasures of parenthood... we have some excellent conversations on the walk up the hill.
(10:42:22) Interesting video promoting British Children's TV: http://is.gd/aJBDT (YT - sfw) .. as heard about on the @vobes show podcast.
(12:28:28) Good heavens.. Stephen Rhodes of BBC Three Counties radio is, indeed, standing for election in #Luton South: http://is.gd/aJWup (SFW) #PPC
(13:55:17) Virgin TV Customers can get HD for No Monthly Fee- New HD Box http://bit.ly/a728H6 (£49 to get the new HD box). Tempting! (via @virginmedia)
(14:06:32) Back to the studio. Stat. Oh I do like saying Stat. Now I know what it means.
(16:46:04) McDonalds is by no means the best place to enjoy peace and quiet and Internet amblings. Too many peasants. Going to find a non-scary park.
(17:37:25) There are, somewhat unexpectedly, no geocaches on Leagrave Common (the closest is Bramingham Woods) but I did seen an interesting sign. Mmm.
(18:02:16) Signs that fascinate and intrigue.. clearly someone's had a bad watercress experience! http://twitpic.com/18z11a
(19:51:50) Tired children in bed. Tired me not yet in bed. Food time, I think, then back to the studio to avoid tantrummy children and screaming women.
(19:58:31) Has whimsical food packaging stopped not being a teensy bit annoying? Or is that just me... and my low blood sugar..?
(20:26:10) http://helpmechill.com is playing too much acid jazz for me to be able to work out how to make electronic ambient music. Bleepshow time.
(22:32:57) Bedtime bonzo.
(00:03:02) Podcasts replopped, and all is well. Time for bed, forth-, if not fifthwith.
(07:25:47) Creakily attempting to extricate myself from bed. @poots has put coffee on (I think); the children are getting dressed. Crank up the Monday.
(08:08:46) Ooop.. hairline cracks in the coffeemaker jug. Sounds like we might need a new one. Hopefully one that won't leak. Is there such a thing..?
(09:50:47) My intentions today involve floral tribute buying, supermarket shopping, hacksaw purchase and perhaps some sewing machine action. JAMYEH!
(09:52:37) Despite my previous tweet, other things crop up in my brain that require me to make a list.
(09:53:30) Also, when a magazine has a 'free gift', it's not really free at all, is it? Or a gift. That's a newsagent I'll not be able to visit again.
(10:03:22) Can't get enough of Эдуард Хиль on YouTube. He's a veritable powerhouse of musical singage. Ripe for the sampling.. Russian Boy Slim!
(11:23:13) Is it just me who finds it hard to resist adopting an opinion from Twitter on a TV or radio programme without actually having seen/heard it?
(12:27:41) Today I mainly wish there was a perfume version of 'Shazam'... there's a particular scent I've been trying to identify for years. It's posh.
(13:19:34) Anti-cat coffee grounds duly applied to part of the raised bed, and a Mothering Sunday purple primrose planted out. Now: lunchingtons :)
(14:07:07) Coffee (first use of the new machine.. . we got a cheap one in the end) and a Good Sit Down. And maybe some simnel cake NOM.
(16:43:21) I'm in the barbers. I had a read of "Men's Health" but found it a bit aspirational & not really me. @nxmee's reading a 2007 Computer Acitve.
(17:08:21) I am shorn. @nxmee is being done now.. being asked what he wants to do for a job. Designing Bionicles :D
(19:56:40) Ahh, Cathedral City "Mature Yet Mellow" I love you more than cheese itself.
(20:18:30) Watching Heroes, and then going to attempt to knuckle down in the studio. I am long overdue some creativity. C'mon, inspiration!
(20:33:25) I really should give up taking sweetener in my coffee. Or at least find an easier way to measure out half of one of those little tablets.
(20:36:59) I'm entirely going downstairs to avoid the hyperbolic 'investigation' of music downloading. Did the music industry commission this Panorama?
(21:47:00) RT @poots: What the Dickins? http://tinyurl.com/y9kybpg (sfw - google maps) // made that much more spooky that there seems to be no hand...
(21:51:10) Oops. That'll be Logic running at 44.1kHz and my mixer running at 48kHz, then. Which might explain the bizarre errors. Live and learn...
(21:57:41) Google Maps "Pliers Of God": http://is.gd/aIB3q and likely culprits: http://is.gd/aIAhT (google maps, sfw) (thanks, @petecooper & poots!)
(00:06:58) Bedtime & the latest podcast from @downingstreet.. pleasantly surprised: the PM's being personable on this one; normally it's like a speech.
(00:08:23) Five alive! Mothering Sunday happens in just a few hours. Let's be extra nice to all mums. This may involve patience and cake :D Night...
(07:49:22) Happy Mothering Sunday :) Or Simnel Sunday. Little home-made gifts duly given to @poots and coffee served.
(08:36:01) http://twitpic.com/18ipjl - Home-made Mothering Sunday presents for @poots [well done, @nxmee and @superalora!]
(12:23:39) Mothering Sunday lunch - the sun is shining and I'm having scampi (food of champions) Hoping Beth is feeling appropriately spoiled...
(14:08:19) Interesting - and possibly entirely pointless..! - I've just discovered what the 'barcodes' on the Ferrari #f1 team's outfits mean: Marlboro
(23:55:57) An evening spent doing nothing of consequence (save for calling my Mother, as is appropriate), leaving tomorrow for More Productive Things.
(06:52:56) Woke up. Listened to #radio4's Feedback. Waste of time- a usual bolshy defence of poor editorial decisions of news headlines. Now: Now Show.
(09:03:05) Coffee, cereal, happy children and peace... a nice way to spend a Saturday morning. Time to prepare for Mothering Sunday. Hmm.. what to do?
(14:24:02) I do hope it's Quite Sunny this afternoon. If so, a trip to the park may well be in order. The fresh air may help my bedheadedness. Hope so!
(15:17:33) 'spose I ought to go and check the geocache, really - two 'not founds' in the past couple of months. Come on, sunshine!
(16:04:31) I appear to have grazed my shin at the park. Surely a sign of a successful trip. @superalora has sustained damage, too. Well done us :D
(17:49:58) Mmm... honey on hot buttered muffin. A proper treat :) (though I wonder how that compares to @BitsyVonMuffin :D)
(19:29:11) Right. TV Burp. It's funny (except the K Factor. Bit contrived).
(06:25:26) Good morning, Friday. Tried having a cup of tea was quite the best idea before leaving the house, but Rooibos goes straight through me..! :/
(08:49:39) Good morning, blackbird! http://is.gd/ajsRa (although it'll probably have flown off by the end of this tweet :D)
(09:00:07) Apparently, Starbucks is having a Taste Challenge for their new "VIA" instant coffee range this morning: http://is.gd/ajw16 (SFW). CAFFEINE!
(18:06:16) What an afternoon. It's not finished yet- things are more borked than I thought, and I'm not sure our suppliers are aware of the severity..!
(20:02:43) So close to home I can almost smell it. Or it might be kerosene. Or possibly even @canuckuk :D The weekend starts in 16 minutes. JAMYEH!
(22:43:53) Time to put Friday back in its box and send it back. Not sure what to tick: unsuitable? Defective? 7 days till a replacement arrives; night!
(07:10:44) Good morning! Struggled to get out of bed today; not because of the prospect of the day ahead, but my bed was so comfy & my dreams so sweet.
(07:17:06) Woo! Google Streetview's worth a look today - almost all of the UK is now there. I can see 'Little White' (our family's Astra) from here!
(13:15:27) Time for a constitutional. A little sunshine would be nice thankyouplease.
(15:26:54) I could do with a nap. Current Number Of People I know On Google Streetview: 4(ish) I had something profound to think, too, but it's gone.
(17:43:58) Nearly done with the Thing I Have Spent Almost All Day On (by which I don't mean Google Streetview). Tomorrow: everything else in the world.
(20:46:14) I have things to do, but they can wait. Shower then Portugal Radio Challenge, I think. Then bed then Friday. Who knows.. it might just work.
(23:00:46) My plan nearly worked. I just have to hide the unfinished bits of Thursday where noone will find it, then: sleep. More me tomorrow(!) Night!
