(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.

(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!

(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!

(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

(00:10:24) 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.

(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!)

(00:08:23) 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.

(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).

(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!

(07:17:06) 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!

(07:17:15) Propelled Londonwards coachily in the (virtual) company of @vobes, then @emmaandpete, both of whom have been delightfully prolific of late.

(08:53:57) Right. Coffee drunk, account unlocked.. now to the main business of the day. I think it may involve spreadsheets and broadcast servers.

(08:59:26) http://twitpic.com/17oxtz - Another bird table visitor - a blackbird, bold as brass [who shooed away a robin, too]

(10:27:20) http://twitpic.com/17p7kt - Bah.. the squirrels have got a sniff of the good stuff.. [they've got a challenge on to get to the fat balls, th

(11:38:54) That's twice I've called the Durhamites today. It's all very well storing a file I need on your servers, but not when the server's borked.

(15:18:50) Heavens to murgatroyd, this documentation is taking its time - every time I check an item it raises more questions. Gets it done, though.

(16:55:34) I've just called my work phone to find out if it's borked or not... it hasn't rung all day. Which is good, but unnerving. It's fine. Phew.

(19:29:18) Wow. Life knows how to poke me hard between the eyes. Caught up with a regular commuter I'd not seen in ages. Why? Her daughter was murdered

(19:38:57) Nearly home. Es gibt das Windchillfaktor.

(20:40:02) Right.. shave, shower, Mothering Sunday Card Writing, Portugal, bed. It's a plan.. it might just work.

(22:22:03) Heavens above, what a day. Time to sleep. It's good to have you around, and tomorrow. Good night.

(07:56:12) I still have an annoying dull ache in my chest. Like that neck-ache you get when you sleep in a draught. But inside my ribcage. Coffee soon.

(07:56:50) Dim Sum Daily.

(09:07:47) Coffee: tick. Emails: tick. Utterly exciting news about Portal 2 being on its way: tick. Genius of Valve people: JAMYEH! http://is.gd/a1g9U

(10:46:46) Mmm... 2 minute porridge.

(11:31:34) Right. Enough tweeting. Back to the grind. I have empty DIGAs to investigate.

(11:38:33) I haven't taken to my tiny new PC keyboard. My current favourite is the one I use when working at home. Time to find a suitable candidate.

(11:40:26) I believe there is a correlation (in inverse proportion) between the font size of a 'comedy' email and the overall level of hilarity. QED.

(12:54:19) Bap + page = BAPPAGE! Cheese'n'ham'salad. NOMS.

(14:36:24) An enjoyable coffee-flavoured lunch break with my pal Michael, including insights into How To Upgrade Storage and What Is Wrong With Radio!

(15:47:20) I don't know where the pinnacle of my talents lies.

(18:26:01) RT @SaliWho: RT @The_No_Show: @alexispetridis Sadly, local headline writing skills do not extend to picture captions. http://bit.ly/aaqez1

(18:30:02) RT @patrickbaty: RT @lucyinglis: More information on Helen Kent and how to get in touch if you know something: http://tinyurl.com/yd5ugdl

(18:30:27) RT @coradevine: RT @lucyinglis this is Helen Kent, and apparently she went missing yesterday, in the Exeter area. Please RT. http://twit ...

(18:31:36) Sorry about the nearly-duplicate retweets - harnessing the power of Twitter for good, badly.

(18:38:02) Heading home- delightful. I have had far too much caffeine today. Even my usual cognitive dissonance is muted by the subdue of numb neurons.

(18:40:39) The M1 beckons. I may write an email. Using nothing but words of less than one syllable. 'Gist' is a fine word.

(23:01:09) Having spent more evening than strictly appropriate having a go at Portal's "Transmission Received" achievement, time for sleeps! Night :)

(08:27:46) Good morning. Advice for the day: buy the most expensive junior hacksaw blades you can afford.

(09:07:50) Children duly deposited at their seats of learning - now to decide what to do with much of Monday. It may involve supermarketings.

(09:46:22) Happy International Birds' Day *runs away*

(09:47:43) http://twitpic.com/17bxow - Cheeky pigeons nibbling from @superalora's bird house. [I think I might need to sort that out...]

(09:59:24) Checking my work email would be a lot more efficient if Outlook didn't keep giving me the Eggtimer Of Doom. C'mon, now...

(11:52:01) Ooh.. "Our Lips Are Sealed" by Fun Boy Three on Absolute 80s.. splendid record :) Supermarket shopping done. Now: coffee & emails.

(12:26:26) Feelin' kinda useless. Beth's off to be with her parents. I shall stay here and do what I can.

(15:34:11) School run time. Not the place to have a quiet chat with the children, but we'll sort it out. Scootering.

(15:53:16) Unfazed, the children are working on their 'stick & sour' soup. I shall make them cheese on toast (which doesn't involve nasturtium seeds).

(17:58:34) Watching Chris and Lenni get the hang of Mario Kart Wii. They're both very capable children.. won't be long until they're beating me easily!

(21:12:10) Glee for @poots, bed and Heroes for me. Back to work tomorrow.. best get some camomile tea down me. Night night, sleep tight. Outta sight. x

(10:07:08) One step at a time today, I think, under the circumstances. The sun's shining, though, so photosynthesis is feasible. Slowly does it.

(14:14:14) RT @charltonbrooker: I couldn't disagree with this less: http://bit.ly/9YkItp (via @RealDMitchell)

(14:19:23) I need coffeeee.

(14:35:49) There was ice in the birdbath; @nxmee smashed it with a rock. He likes smashing ice with a rock.

(17:43:42) An afternoon spent outside; I worked on the birdhouse and Chris & Lenni made some 'soup' in a bucket :D Time for tea now. Sunset: soonish.

(18:30:58) Bathing the children - @poots's brief return is just in time to wash @superalora's hair (it's a girl thing!) and to have a cup of tea.

(22:08:23) I've posted something in my blog: Bird table version 2 (and 'stick soup') http://tinyurl.com/yggx6o4

(22:12:20) I seem to accumulate small inexplicable cuts on several fingers over the course of days and nights. Has someone snuck paper into my bed..?

(22:14:12) Right.. early night. I'll watch @ProfBrianCox's well-received #wonders programme on iPlayer tomorrow, I think. Now: bed & The Bugle. Night!

(09:45:30) I've just taken delivery of my old school certificates (thanks, @chepbourne!) - including a school report from when I was 5 (and 'lazy') :D

(09:46:10) http://twitpic.com/16wxkb - One of my proudest achievements - sewing machine ninja skillz [bronze] by the age of 12. JAMYEH!

(12:00:06) Just discovered there's a seed swap at Bunyan Free Meeting Church, Mill St, Bedford.. if only I'd known! On until 12.30pm ...

(12:41:23) Leaving Bedford. Make way! (Actually, Bedford is a bit like Hitchin but without anything like the charm)

(12:44:37) Bedford also seems entirely populated by teenagers with, er, distinctive hairstyles. And no car parks.

(14:33:59) RT @RobJD: @syzygy oh no!!! Impending [LED] doom!!! http://is.gd/9ONoJ (what's the inside scoop, @Cree ..?)

(14:39:02) Woo.. the bird feeder was visited by a (rather emaciated looking) robin.. I didn't make it to the screen capture in time. Hoping it returns!

(16:41:26) A glorious day - the sun's shining; the children are playing out after @superalora's Beavers event & @nxmee helping fix the car electrics :)

(21:24:21) Ooh.. nice bit of R'n'B in bluegrass style: Carolina Chocolate Drops performing "Hit 'Em Up Style" - http://is.gd/9QefM (YT SFW) Smashing!

(21:41:08) This evening's endeavours: a rework of @superalora's TomTom voice - she's done a fine job. If you'd like a copy please feel free to DM me :)

(23:55:01) Off to bed, after a relaxing evening. Trivial achievements included completing Cyclomaniacs; at least the lure to play it has gone :D Night!