Not impressed with 2011 so far. Feels just like 2010. Must be the cuts!

Damed fireworks have started already. Oi! Shut it! There are people trying to get drunk here!

MORE BEER!!!!

BEER!!!!!

The uncomfortable feeling of enforced fun depressingly heading my way. Leave me alone to have fun when I want it!

Listen people! If you order a jacket potato, eat the damn jacket! Freaks!

Think the old biddies on the bus have been at the xmas sherry...

Yeah! 6th Day of Xmas! Half way through the celebrating according to new calendar! New Year and Twelfth Night to go! :-)

Cameron says, "Cuts are tough but necessary". I wonder if Cromwell said the same? :-)

Ah....Bach! radio3

Going to prepare some puy lentils for dinner/supper :-) Very Yum!

Brilliant second episode of oldharrysgame on radio4. Now switched to radio7 for the Goons Christmas Pudding episode :-)

Off out for a bit on the bike. :-)

Joy! Goon's International Christmas Pudding on radio7 later! That ought to brighten up the evening! :-)

Woo Hoo! Hot water again! Boiler on its last legs or pipes as they say :-(

Waiting for gas man. No sign. Waagghhh!!!!

"See that! That's a Cowell wink! You'll be alright!" @jakeyapp on fine form! Hillarious! :-) 6music

Cat has discovered straps on bag can be a great source of amusement. Wild horses couldn't drag her away from her new joy.

Merry 5th Day of Xmas to one and all! Hope you're all still partying! :-) Remember New Year and Twelfth Night to come! :-)

Just back from Chipping Sodbury pup crawl wth neighbour. Desire for veggy kebab is growing.... verydrunk

Bike battery flatter than a witches tit. Tried to get it going this morning without sucess. Not a very Christmasy gift!

Happy 4th Day of Xmas to one and all! Hope you've had today's mince pie and remember 8 more days to go until Twelfth Night! :-)

Feeling good this morning. Great sleep. Not feeling tired...yet and heard england have retained the ashes. Woo Hoo!

House warming up to uncomfortable levels just to get some hot water. Going to sleep very badly again tonight. Grrrr!!!!

Boiler on the blasted blink again. Hot water gone bye bye unless I stick the heating on first. Damn Damn!

Just opened a bottle of brisbeerfactory No. 7 beer. Delicious! Just what a Bank Holiday required. :-)

Going to have a hot bath to relax. Faced the swaming crowds today at Cribbs Causeway. Concluded women shopping in sales are pack animals.

Just counting up the bottles on whisky around here. 6 unopened ones. Hmm... Crack open some Highland Park tonight I think.

Good to see the Royal Institute Lectures back on the bbc. Looks like a good one too today :-)

Welcome one and all to the third day of Christmas. Hope everyone's having a good time and eating those mince pies :-)

500 for 7! That'll do me. Time for bed now ashes

Lack of sleep catching up with me. Shall seek out coffee and cake someplace.

'Little Donkey' running around my head like an annoying earworm.

Stuck in a traffic jam par excellence...

And she said...and I said...and she said... SHUT UP!

Decided to hop on the bus to the centre. More winging women complaining about nothing. Sigh.

Looking at the weather page, I may yet be able to get on on the bike this week. Blimey!

Snow and ice almost gone from the street today. Last night still a snowy icy landscape. This morning a wet and gloomy apocolypse.

Time for a fresh hot cup of coffee and some cheese on toast to calm my nerves and wake me up.

Terrible nights sleep. Some very scary dreams in there someplace. Feeling very tired and exhausted. Can't understand why.

Astonishing the condems are cutting childrens books now. No doubt reading is a priviliage for those with money. Lost the plot - literally!

Excellent. Omellete, assorted cheses, salad and chutney. Cup of tea coming soon and a chocolate digestive if room left. Breakfast is good!

Cake suitably creamed up and dosed with a generous supply of xmas strawberries. Lovely!

Looked at the england score in the ashes and thought, oh dear. Looked at the australian score and thought Weeeeeeee!!!

3 duck egg omellete in a short bit. A little luxury on this cold Sunday.

Oh dear. itunes 12 days of xmas off to a bad start. Cheryl Cole. Don't know much about her but far too manufactuered kiddie-pop for me.

Feel bloated. No room for beer. Have to use whisky instead. Oh the pity :-)

However a very excellent programme about Rob Serling and the Twilight Zone on radio7.

Nothing of much quality on TV all day today. Evening seems to be worse of all. I guess Xmas scheduling not so important any more.

Berry cake looks good. LIttle scorched due to over hot oven but still good. Bread on its way and started to cook some spuds :-) Lovey!

The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe is pretty cool xmas stuff on radio7 right now! :-)

Right. Cake in its oven. Bread in its oven. Beer in my glass. brisbeerfactory Hefe to start with me thinks.

Getting hungry. Cake making does that. Might have to think of some food soon. Nowt since before morning bath this early morn.

Sad to hear Elisabeth Beresford has died. Childhood woudn't be the same without the Wombles.

Nothing says selfish more than the phase "I didn't get what I wanted for Xmas". Shame.

Bollox! Just realised oven was set to grill and scorced the top of my cake. Need to start again now! Grrrr...

Thinking Beeker sould get an award for his acting skills on muppetchristmascarol. :-) Such versitility :-)

Fozzywig Christmas Party! Brilliant! :-) muppetchristmascarol

Opened up a bar of white chocolate. A delicious passion. Mmmmm.... .... itsmychocolateandilleatitifiwantto

Hey! DFS have a sale on already! Go figure! :-)

Am wondering if I should open some Xmas ale. Could yes. Should? Hmm...

Just listened again to @6musicslev and @hawkshow with the Nativity Panto. Simply brilliant! And of course me at the start :-) 6music

Underappreciated heros of 2010 http://ping.fm/GJTUg

Think about all that food you're going to throw away because you shopped like a moron this year without limits!

Tomorrow is going to be very cold I read. Don't forget to think about, and if you can help, anyone homeless at this xmastime.

Lost count of the number of dead on this Naria film. So much killing!

Bored bored bored bored bored! So much to do and yet no interest!

Shop dude did not charge for baby turnips! Christmas spirit indeed!

Enjoying a couple of pints of Festivity at the Salamander in Bath. Nice!

Ah...email of confirmation from openuniversity for next years module. Weeeee!!!!

Clegg on record saying he fears condem coalition will loose respect over winging libdems. LOL! Too late Cleggy! http://ping.fm/uk7tR

Right...suppertime! What to have? Hmm...

Catching up with oldharrysgame from radio4 on iplayer. A fantastic comedy which needs to be back on more often.

Just heard 'little red monkey' on ipod. Disturbing. No wonder the 50s were screwed up.

Osborne out of touch? No idea how normal people live? LOL!! http://ping.fm/SsmbK

If I was a cyncial person I would think the present state of insider comments from libdem MPs was there to increase their popularity. hmm

Right. v2 of newsletter off out and now to the kitchen for supper....

Cheese and tasty pumpkin bread for breakfast washed down with a fresh hot cup of time. delicious!

Time for bed...tired now... zzzzzzzz

Hand hurts very badly after a few hours on laptop trackpad. Owwwww!!!! whatweputupwithforothers

If condem's C....sorry..Hunt gives Murdoch ownership of sky after today it will probably look like an old boys sorry pat on back.

Michael Palin's version of Dead Souls on iplayer is sure genius :-)

I spy with my little eye...a box of 12 @brisbeerfactory bottles. Woo Hoo! One for each day of Xmas me thinks! :-)

Just made bus by walking in the road with 2kg of flour in bag for balance...lol

Irony is for Cable is his convictions on murdoch is correct. sky in the hands of someone who already owns vocal snoozepapers is bad news.

haha...are we looking at casualty no. 2 for the condem monkeys? And both of them libdem ones too. Flying to close to Tory flame?

condem govern. could be Maoist in some areas as Campbell suggests however BBC chose their photos well here...lol...http://ping.fm/bq7jY

Too many clouds to see the moon this morning. Will try again in another 3000 years.

Almost missed my bus. Bus driver pretending I didn't flag him down. Ran to next stop. Knackered.

Looking forward to the Lunar Eclipse this morning through the ice bus windows. :-)

Not as cold as yesterday. Koshka plodded out into the snow. Hugging a cup of lady grey for me.

Hand feeling much better this morning. Not 100% and bending still painful but getting there. Must be more careful! Note to self...

Owww...the high speed choo choo passing through Tory heartlands is to be redirected away. Can't have house values falling can we?

Hand is now shaking on its own accord. Should I be worried? eek!

Wondering if the remaining bottle of @brisbeerfactory Ultimate Stout should be drunk now or a keeper until later given no delivery today.

Going to have a relaxing bath and try to forget my rubbling belly and painful wrist.

Hooowwllll!!!! Wrist hurts!!!!!

Quite true. The TPA is very shy about saying who funds its dodgy research. http://ping.fm/BkYRq

Bus journey seems fine so far aside from painful wrist. Hoping its not broken again.

Owwwwwwwww! Pain! Unbelievable pain!

Fearful of slipping on the snow and hurting my healed broken wrist, I have slipped on the ice and hurt my wrist!

now this is winter! -6 and snow. Bring it on!

Delicious cruncy carrots! Nom Nom!

Rory Bremner funny as ever http://ping.fm/k6q8D

I must be getting old. Just put the heating on for the third time this winter. Burning up Russian gas. I am very bad.

Forgot the Xmas Around Europe concerts are on radio3. Tuning in now :-) Finland me thinks :-)

Just remembered I was going to buy some pillows today. OOppsie!

But nevertheless, I want one of those nifty new lightcycles! So cool!

Just watched Kermode's review of tron at http://ping.fm/c55ZY Clearly a lot of what he says is true about it.

Streets weirdly deserted. Bus empty. Tesco quite. Did I miss something?

Bus stangely empty. Perhaps they all came to watch Tron?

Small lad trying to buy sweets beyond the money he had. Gave shop keeper the rest. No thank you from boy. mannersarefree

Quick half of Fireside before heading home...

Trousers and uber expensive shirt bought for half price. Lovely!

enjoying a spud-u-like. Astonishing wastage where disposable dishes are used instead of washing up real ones. Tasty food though.

Tron was enjoyable nonsense. unconvinced about 3d yet.

About to watch Tron in 3D..ooo...

Feeling tired. Need coffee recharging. And cake. Need cake too!

Despite the light dusting of snow things do look lovely in white.

has england become a little too cocky about winning the ashes? They seem to be doing quite badly presently.

Listening to the nowshow on the iplayer. @marcusbrig on great form! :-)

No. 10. Don't forget those who will have nothing this Xmas! That money you blew on booze could have bought a meal for a homeless person.

Mark Thompson advocates a Fox News like channel for the UK. Why is this man running the BBC? http://ping.fm/xo0F4

No. 9 Try going for a walk instead of vegetating in front of the magic lantern box. You'll enjoy your meal more in the evening! :-)

No. 8 Keep some damn perspective! Avoid Xmas arguments by trying to elevate Dec 25 above realistic possibilities.

No. 7 Remember shops are not there to drive Xmas, they're there to help provide you with things for it. Don't be a consumer monkey!

No. 6 Remember Xmas starts on Dec. 25 and not ends there. You've got 12 days of Xmas until Jan. 6 so don't party out early!

No. 5 You don't need to spend a month's salary on food & drink for 12 days of Xmas. The shops are open as normal after the bank holidays.

No. 4 A gift has NO monetary value. The value only exists in the giving of a gift for love and friendship. Nothing more!

No. 2 Anyone self centred and selfish enough to expect a present shouldn't get one. (Children excluded)

No. 3 Anyone who considered to take a gift back to the shop to swap for 'something they really want' shouldn't get one.

Okay...xmas rules...No. 1 You don't have to buy presents for people. The nature of gifts is something you want to give, not have to give!

No sympathy for those who can't travel by car despite a dusting of snow. There are things called winter tyres you know!

Pah! Call this snow? Not even 5cm! disappointed

Hotel quality duvet and matress cover making a very very cozy night! :-)

Decent olive oil is weird stuff. Goes very cloudy when cold but remains so when warm. Bit like my mind...

Cooking some tasty spaghetti and tomatoes.....again.....

Just realised I waited 6 months to get myself back on the road with my new bike and have been scuppered for 2 more by ice and cold. Damn!

Wondering if the cat has eaten the elastic band she found. felineworries

Ha...the reality of the modern world isn't going to play well with the dailyfail little islanders http://ping.fm/rzeKx

Oversaw young woman writing sadest self-depreciating sms message to would be new boyfriend. Felt very sad for her. lonelyandsad

It's snowing in Bath! Woo Hoo! Bring it on! :-)

Excellent video about why austerity measures are the wrong approach. Doubt the 18 millionaires in the condem govt will care. http://ping.fm/atLp7

Watching Estonian telly with @livestation. Need to keep up with incomprehensible languages :-)

Misssed episode 6 of bleakexpectations. Damn! Hurumble for iplayer later! :-)

Uncertain about watching the bbc4 dirkgenty remake. The Radio4 version was pretty good. Will have a mull over it while in the bath...

Woo Hoo!! @opera 11 is out! Downloading now.... :-)

Why do girls feel it necessary to eat crisps with their pinkie extended?

Sitting on the bus with a pair of cackling hens in the seats ahead of me dressed as burberry chavs. Time for ipod.

@hawshow Just noticed a Corination Street album on itunes. Is it full of misserable frowing people arguing with each other over 12 songs?

Amazing everytime the police say no further evidence against Coulston and his NOTW pals, more and more comes out of the woodwork.

Mobile phone now upgraded to android 2.2. Not noticed any major differences so far except coloured icons where once there were not. hmm.

Last episode of Ancient Worlds on bbc2 tonight. Let's hope he remembers India, China, Africa and the Americas in the next series. :-)

Not the best nights sleep under new duvet. Too soft and fluffy. Needs to flatten out a bit me thinks.

ouch.....cramp again on leg. Always the same leg. Always the same muscle. Pain...great pain...arrrgghhh!!!!

Just finshed making my way through the Xmas radiotimes. Not impressed. Radio better than TV, but it often is.

Just bought 'Cage against the Machine'. Best 4 and a half minutes of silence I ever paid for :-) Now that's art!!!

Ooo..new duvet and cover on bed. Feels luxurious. Cat already settled in.

Time for pie!

Bought new duvet and 12 bottles of @brisbeerfactory beer. Must remember not to use together.

£85 for a duvet???

Enjoying a cup of black coffee and chocolate cake. One of lifes little luxuries. Nom nom nom

Since when does a politician known more than doctors and nurses on 'quality of service'. Grrrrr!

Tasty bottle of Firsty Ferret and some veggie mince, chilli and spaghetti! Nice! :-)

MMmmmm...hot fresh bread from d'oven. Lovely with sea salt and butter :-)

Just noticed how Ed Millaband's mouth seem to open on the side of his face not the front. Bit scary! Bit Jonathon King.

I think a visit to the shop may be in order to buy some ingredients to make cake. Cake is good! Mmm...

Back to work on Wednesday. Back to 05.00 wake up calls and icy roads. Not looking forward to it. Still there is @hawkshow and @6musicslev.

Noodles! Noodles! Noodles!

So very very tired today...

Express and Star owner leaving toothless PCC because of 'complaints'...lol... http://ping.fm/mGsZv

Wonder what anti bbc line the @mailonline will take on the excellent macbeth tonight?

Ooo..the head thing is going to smart a bit. Need some neurofen for that! bbc4 macbeth

Malcom looking scarily like Cameron. Somehow Macbeth looking more favourable..lol! bbc4 macbeth

Wondering whose idea it was to stick a Stalin mustache under Stewart's nose? bbc4 macbeth It suits him in a scary way!

Patrick Stewart on abosolute fine form on bbc4. Some people are born for shakespeare. They make it look effortless.

Fighting efforts to finish Estonian chocolate with grapefruit in one sitting. tootastytoleave

Oh yes and it still mademesmile :-) http://ping.fm/1fe6x

Enjoying brisbeerfactory's Ultimate Stout! Tis Gert Lush...as the locals would say! :-)

Time to turn the heating off again. Burning up a forest when the house is already warm isn't very responsible.

Granted it isn't yet Xmas and it's either that or xfactor rubbish on the magic lantern box tonight, bbc4 wins hands down! :-)

Ah...Patrick Stewart is back for another Shakespeare at Xmas on bbc4. Last year's Hamlet was genius. Macbeth this year :-)

Why does iTunes keep taking me to xfactor rubbish when I want Richard Wagner? Come come, apple. Sort out your indexing.

There must be a law to stop newspapers like Express and Mail making up stories like this. Isn't there? http://ping.fm/wBYuc

Drinking tea. No biscuits left.

Just had to turn heating on for the second time this year. Bloody cold! Why so cold? I was warmer in the blizzard in Tallinn!

lol....tax dodgers and a complete misunderstanding on how t'internet works! Well done Vodafone! http://ping.fm/DsgGr mademesmile

Very nice post from @johannhari101 http://ping.fm/uLxek

What? No Bond on telly today?

Woke late. All in a spin now missing two hours of my schedule and day. EEeeek!

Very good article about the protests yesterday in London http://ping.fm/Km2h6

What is a Justin Bieber?

David Mitchell on fine form as Rvnd. Godly Fecund bleakexpectations

Catching up with this weeks Bleak Expectations on iplayer. Fantastic! :-)

Just been for a walk. Unfastened jacket, no hat, no gloves and calm. After Baltic blizzards this week the difference is very striking!

Protests good! Highlighting tax evasion and high tution fees good! Kettling and violence from police and students bad. Stupid tactics!

outlook 2011 still shit on fresh install to new hard drive. Crashes far too often to be usable. Sort it out microsoft now!

ooo...@johnsuttlewrth on Liz Kershaws 6music show in a while. Lovely!

Feeling very tired and lazy today. Transferring file from old HD to new HD but can't be arsed to do much else.

Insane!! http://ping.fm/xpom4

Okay...will go to sleep after Andrew Graham-Dixon has done his bit on bbc4.

Does anyone think, looking back at their part in the latest McRubbish ad and sense of embarasment?

Trailer on telly for new series..."..watch him explode onto the british fashion scene..." Going to be a short series then! And a messy one!

Ooo...Art of Germany is on bbc4 again tonight. Dons serious hat and settles in to enjoy later....

Just in time too! Holiday bag just been packed. Just charging some gizmos....

Woo Hoo! the unhealthy Indian food stuff has arrived..... Hunger be gone....

Just been very lazy and ordered in a birfday curry! How unhealthy am I?

Just catching up with episode 4 of Bleak Expectations on iplayer. Dino Harry..brilliant! radio4

I hate busy cafes!

More adpt that could be said otherwise....http://ping.fm/B9x22

Right, back off to the wilderness that is Cribbs Causeway to buy myself a coat. Previous trip spied a couple of options...

As slippery as a libdem promise out there on the roads. Almost went for a small slide steping out of the house. Scary Wary!

loving the vince cable cartoon in todays guardian: http://ping.fm/umYRN

Genuinally forgot it was my birthday until the postie delivered some cards. Go figure! Must be the age....getting on a bit....memory going.

Belly so full of food I can't move. Thinking of putting off Sunday bath until Monday morning...hehe!

Hand hurts. Wrist hurts and now lower arm hurts! Waaagghhh!!!

Purple potatoes does not make attractive mash!!

Crumbs! Just opened a bottle of Ginger Hare ale. Unexpected kick!

What freakish magick is this? Purple potatoes? This ought to make interesting mash!

I HATE HOUSEWORK!!!

Fixed broken mail server. Now fixing untidy home.

Beer shop came up trumps again. Bath Ales Festivity and Ginger infused Ale alongside River Cottage Stinger! Coolio!

While the bake ...bakes...I'm off to the beer shop for some tasty ale.

Delicious pasta bake now um...baking...in oven :-)

Admiration for the protestors in London bringing attention to tax avoidance by Philip Green and his pals! £25bln is a lot of money!

Xmas better in the 80's? What a load of tosh! Both song and statement! 6music

Cute Firefox cam http://ping.fm/OED4k awwwwww :-)

@marcusbrig on fine form once more on nowshow radio4

A warm day tomorrow by present standards according to the beeb. Might see if the bike battery is flatter than a witches tit or still a go'er

The N O W show......da da da da...... radio4

Ah...there we are..first mention I have seen on how much businesses are loosing as is money is all that maters http://ping.fm/RFdea

The Day the Teenagers turned on Topshop. http://ping.fm/AGLgG Philip Green ought to be ashamed.

I mean...not being funny....you know what I mean..... WHAT DOES THAT ALL MEAN?

Astonishing! http://ping.fm/lLkMl

@shaun6music @matt6music http://ping.fm/h0Ro6 :-) 6music

Damn...tea getting cold quick in this weather. Need to drink faster! brrrr

Noticed the bitching and recreminations have started on the news re the worldcup. You know it's probably nickcleggsfault :-)

Mmm....fresh hot cup of tea before a day of housework. My life is so rock and roll!

Sad to hear Mark Lamarr is now leaving radio2. bbc need to understand it is not supposed to compete with commerical stations. A loss!

Left the heating on too long. Bloody hot now! Go figure!

No we don't have an automatic God given right to host the kicky footy thing. England's performance in South Africa proved that much!

Tired of football as well as Xmas. Don't care about either.

@brisbeerfactory Top marks on the hot beer! Went down a treat!

@dmreporter Is snow and Ice red ed plot to disrupt businesses? Lol

Exotic lovely on the bus with very leaky walkman. Beauty and Beast in one expensive coat.

Road works fixing broken pipes preventing an early hot beer in Bristol..grrr

Lets face it would you really want the kicky ball thing here when you can bribe a nice man in russia for something better?

Going to the centre. Wrapping up warm! :-)

Just finished two inourtime podcasts back to back. Feeling very englightened now :-)

Aaaarrrggghhh. Cut back big toe nail too far!

Very sleepy. Doing bugger all through the day is exhausting work.

Smelly berry candle very good.

Need to wait until tomorrow when I can buy some more.

Can't remove old hard drive from laptop. Screwdrivers don't fit single hold screw. Grr

Can't remove old hard drive from laptop. Screw drivers

Big Hard drive has been found! Backing up macbook pro before installing new seagate Hybrid drive! Fun Times indeed!

Now this is on my list for geekiness of the year award! http://ping.fm/2tJBY

If the HD doesn't turn up soon I'll damn it and curse it from the pub!

Just realised it's December. Blimey! That's what early Xmas decorations do for you. Screws with your mind! (and calendar)

My large 2TB HD has vanished. Can't find it anywhere...WaaagghhH!!!

An uncertain element has now crept in.....

Popped down a towel in the bathroom to soak up the mysterious large water puddle which occured twice yesterday and yet it's completly dry!

back home after long day in work. Exhausted. Cheap noodles and a hot water bottle I think!

Snow and ice outside. Going to be fun! Warm bus, ipod and book for me!

Just watching some Leslie Nielsen clips on youtube of Police Squad. Can't beleive only 6 episodes were made. Memories. :-)

Clegg insisting protests not fees put poor students off university. Ostrich Syndrome. Very sad.

ooo..Art of Germany on bbc4. Brilliant! :-)

Barn Owl Ale. Not made with real barn owls I should add. Serve slightly chilled...LOL!

Cooking curry. May did out a beer too. Fridge no longer needed...lol

Does that "Warriors Way" trailer look straight to DVD or simply rubbish?

Eeekk! Large pool of water on the bathroom floor. Uncertain where it came from!

Country has gone bloody loopy over the cold weather in the winter! What do some people expect? yesitswinterandsupposedtobecold

Oh alright then, I'll stick the heating on for this year. But only for an hour! Can't afford the carbon or money cost for much longer!

Didn't buy a new coat. Will have a think and try later in the week.

Ah....carrot cake!

Cribbs Causeway truely is shit isn't it? If it wasn't for John Lewis and Cafe Rouge it wouldn't be worth it.

Visiting Cribbs Causeway in bristol. Insane chav city with pushchairs and tracksuit bottoms everywhere!

Good Day Sunshine by Beatles playing on iPod. ironicplaylist

Going to miss him. Bye Bye Mr. Neilsen! http://ping.fm/mcc3O

bbrrrrrrrr!!!!!

mmm...white chocolate with vanilla extract! Divine indulgence! :-)

Eeekk...whisky is ice cold. So very wrong!

Home again after long day in work! Hot bath and a drink I think!

Tired of Xmas songs, tired of Xmas decorations and tired of Xmas! There! Don't care. Too early and too forced in my face and ears! Humbug

Off to the office again to complete yesterdays work. Warming up with a cup of tea before taxi arrives.

Ooo....OSS 117 is on bbc4. Excellent fun! :-)

Up to 10 double entendres so far on the bond film :-) LOL!

"darling I give you very best duck".... who could fail to smile at Bond oneliners :-)

Ahh...a nice cup of tea warming the old toes :-)

Back from another day working. Still, the needs of my bank account demand it.

3 for £79 isn't too shabby an offer either!

3 new shirts just ordered. Needed more variety. They expect me in work to have a new one each month and I have been slack!

Arm hurts now. Pain spread from hand to lower arm. All connected doctorman says but doesn't make me feel better. Digging out magic cream..

Looking forward to the Screamadelica event tonight on 6music. Fantastic idea whoever came up with it!

Snow has stopped outside now. Hoping it stays away during the weekend. Need to get to work!

Hand up who thinks ofgem will be the next target for the condems? Business rights to make obcene profits under risk!

I wonder how long before the dailymail and @daily_express says snow is evidence of lack of climate change?

Quite fancy a beer right now. Will seek @brisbeerfactory delights someplace.

Gloves, bed quilt, coat(?), and whatever....

Off to the centre to feed the capitalist monster at the heart of our society. Cool!

Lovely day today. Sunny, a slight chill in the air but not cold or windy. Lovely!

That was quick! tendon inflamation and a french name for problem too! impressed! magic cream on prescription next.

Sitting at the doctors surgery surrounded by misserable people. Not a smile anywhere!

Little nippy tonight.

Sugar levels low. Need food. Wondering if one can survive on a giant bar of Cadbury's Whole Nut.

Correct to last post. We're not all shallow. We're just all gullible consumer types with more possesions than sense. Ah..feel better now!

Wondering why Black Friday is popular as a brand on some shops when it has little relevance here. Then I remember, we're all shallow :-o

Feeling knackered. Such a hard day at work. Good job I have a day off tomorrow! Get out early and relax somewhere.

Tax breaks for the rich would encourage them to breed if Howard Flight's logic is maintained would it?

Sleeeeepppy zzzzzz

But holiday tickets have turned up on email :-)

New hybrid hard drive hasn't turned up today. Boo Hoo! Fortunetly(?) I have had to cancel tomorrows day off so maybe Thursday?

Geofrey Bloom showing a version of the dailymail version of history by his comments today. Shameful!

haha....osbourne's millions contributed by this? http://ping.fm/E0NV0

oooo....#ipad update 4.02 now downloading. What has Uncle Steve's elves brought to me?

Lying in the bath with ipod earlier I seem to have missed tv licence man. Wonder how long he was knocking? Still, no TV here :-)

Hahaha...@charltonbrooker funny as usual http://ping.fm/fEJVT

ah...the smell of fresh bread in every room of the house. Lovely!

pumpkin and chilli soup went down well. Delicious! :-D

Cat's gone loopy. She's fighting with the duvet and chasing her own tail as if she's never seen it before!

Heading home now. Tired and in need of a bath and some rest.

So many languages in this city heard today. Even Welsh, but that's just weird!

Just enjoyed a parsnip Pieminster and now onto a cup of lady grey at St. Nicks. Lovely!

Florence and her machine yelling in my ear. Simply brilliant. Wonder when she's on tour next.

Now the Swan pub has been pulled down it looks as if it was never there. Just a big car park.

Thinking of heading into the centre. May leave the bike behind and take bus. Allows me some ipod and book time.

Yipeee! Confirmed tickets for @johnshuttlewrth on Sunday at @tftheatre. Looking forward to it!

Angry again. Need to go get a cup of tea and relax.

Don't have aims to Uni; only rich kids allows. Don't trust in a home for life and remember take any crap job or loose all your money.

Makes me wonder if they only want a class of poor unskilled people for their friend's businesses.

ah...so person a now has a pay rise, but doesn't qualify for a mortgage so now his looses his home! Well done Tories.

Koshka now on shoulder with wet nose and cat tounge on ear....eeek

Nothing against childreninneed as such. Just tired of the experience year after year.

Avoiding all pudsey related activity. Was thinking of pub but unsure of magic lantern box. Will just have to listen to 6music and enjoy!

I find myself now torn between a delicious glass of Ardmore whisky or a delicious glass of Jura whisky. Sometimes fate lays a difficult hand.

Beeped by three cars for doing 25 in a 30 zone tonight while they overtook me at 40 or 50. Tits!

Borsch and smetana three nights in a row! I'm going to be all borsch'd out!

With no power the neighbours cctv watching my home is vulnrable. Dare I?

Whole area by the look of it. Fortunately I have candles and tethered wireless.

Electric out with half cooked bread in oven. Damn!

I thought the condems were in favour of businesses over people's rights? Net Neutrality cannot be sacrificed for the big net firms today.

You can cherry pick and allow smaller companies to suffer lower bandwith and never let them suceed in business!

The problem with those who support two speed internet is a failure to understand all companies on the web grew big because it was neutral.

Of course it would be against the European Union protocols on net neutality, but then since when did the Tories care about public opinion?

Looks like the Tories are about to destroy Net Neutrality in the UK! http://ping.fm/Tkekg Scum!

We Need Answers truely is one of the best shows on the magic lantern box these days! So funny! bbc4

Not nice weather outside. Could ride. Weather better later. Or could sit on nice warm bus with posh schoolgirls and their latin homework.

Spot on nose from suicidal fly hitting me while I was riding my bike. Looks odd :-o

oooo...Beatles finally on itunes. Bets for the band creeping back into the UK charts?

hahaha...http://ping.fm/L1A4N

Feeling very sleepy now. Heading bedwards with reading material and heavy eyelids.

Yeah I know its late for opening letters, but hey ho. DVLA paperwork just delivered. My new bike V5C arrived. Feels officially mine now :-)

Looks like facebook have just invented google wave again! LOL!

Loving the latest episode of Harry Hill Little Internet Show. Brilliant fun :-)

Hello! What's the new secret Apple announcement tomorrow?

Glass of Jura Whisky, pumpkin rissoto, warm furry cat on legs and decent live music on 6music. Bliss on a cold evening.

Sigh....#condem broken promises for their fat cat banker friends http://ping.fm/h3pFo

Bath typically ice and cold free. Grrrr

on the plus side, Eesti folk songs fill my ears from iPod on the bus.

Too cold to ride this morning sadly. Tyres like bands of steel on icy roads.

A tiny company channelled 2m to the Tories? http://ping.fm/5iSZ8 sameoldtories

Right off to the fleecebristol to watch Edwyn Collins! Can't wait!

I am tired of Xmas already. Celebrated out. Time to move on. Where's the cream eggs?

Going to have a fresh hot cup of Lady Grey and chill for a bit.

Just had to clean bird shit from the bike. I think it was deliberate. Washed/polished yesterday, and not a targeted drop anywhere else! grrr

Aaarrrghhhhh!!!! Hand hurts!!!!

On the other hand - so to speak - I am endulging in tea and crumpets. Not really the proper time for crumpets but tradition be damned!

Hand hurts a great deal today. All the tendons feel half the length they are supposed to be. Very painful.

Hungry now. Going to grab a Tanglefoot beer and then see what the meal this evening will be :-)

Xmas BEGINS on December 25th. It doesn't end on it!

How many more times? It is NOT Christmas! It's bloody November!

Ah...just realised all four seasons of Absolutely are on youtube thanks to channel4. I are impressed! :-)

Hahahaha!.... http://ping.fm/QE7a7

It all seems to be getting worse and worse. http://ping.fm/Z6Jui

Before or after food for "We are What we Are" at @wshed tomorrow? Either way not appealing me thinks!

Ah...I see the problem with QI now! It's on right after misserable-enders. As I never watch the later I miss the former. Stupid scheduling!

Just read Górecki has died. What a shame! Sorrowful Songs indeed!

@stephenfry Just realised how much of this year's series of QI I have missed. 08:30 is just the wrong time slot! Loosing it's coolness!?

Microsoft unhappy, Kinect hacked to work on Mac, Linux http://ping.fm/RLW6z

Enjoying a Tanglefoot Ale before food. Wrong way around but hey ho!

Instead of cutting front line services and then denying it, Osborne would be better put getting hold of owed taxes! http://ping.fm/ycDgg

Clegg – the man who betrayed us all - http://ping.fm/JwvvZ

18 millionaires in the condem cabinet and they wonder why people think they're out of touch! Astonishing! http://ping.fm/lQPpa

Ah..gas man visit is now complete. Rest of the day is mine to fill up with studies and work. Lovely! Time for a cup of tea first though.

Liam is no Lennon no matter what the sound of his new song. Beady Eye my arse!

Makes you appreciate that all their responses to the financial crisis while in opposition were all rubbished by international experts.

So Tories are now proposing to offer out of work and unable to obtain benefits people loans. Loans? To people who have no ability to pay!

Ah..damn these Hansa peeps. They don't 'arf make it complicated from a historian's point of view!

Right! Can't hang around here all day. Work and studies to do!

End of the week. No more @VickiBlight. Such a shame. Got the orange monkey @hawkshow back next week. @6musicslev is orangutan a colour?

Time for a nice glass of whisky, pumpkin and some me time! :-)

Not yet on iplayer. Damn! Going back to recent inourtime podcast and Volga Vikings :-)

Ah...missed Bleak Expectations on radio4 ! Was only thinking of Gently Benevolent the other day. Spooky! Time for iplayer!

I dare the gas man tomorrow to complain about ventilation. Wind outside has blown out the pilot light three times today!

Pumpkin, Cavolo Nero, cananelli beans and ebly wheat simmering in pot. Can't wait! :-)

Posh and uncomfortable. LOL! http://ping.fm/gXaz4

Would love to see how IDS survives for a month on the existing benefit system let alone the one he shamefully proposes from his lofty towers.

Two days off to help study, clean and work for myself for a bit again. Need to sort out new university studies for next year...eek!

Bottle of Jura standing by ready to step up and fill the void once gone.

I seem to have made my way through this bottle of Laphroaig with alarming speed. Must have been only a couple of weeks.

Love the idea of a MP recall on Clegg for broken manifesto promises. It would be very ironic!

Just tried the new Office 2011 update from microsoft. About as many broken promises as a libdem MP. Still crashes more than it is usable.

arf arf....http://ping.fm/UhinO

Pizza now coming back to haunt me with burpy memories. Eeuuwww! No more pizza for me. EVER!

Verdict on pizza: As a food source still pretty 'meh!'. Not impressed. Not tasty. Not 'orrible. Just 'meh'.

About to have my first pizza in many years. Will it more more than just cheese and tomato on toast or something more exciting? I think not.

Agree with the blog. Time to take a serious look at those who run the TPA and where they get their money from. http://ping.fm/3XVUj

Words fail me! Astonishing beyond anything! http://ping.fm/0Dlgu

Right. Time for work in the office instead of remote stuff.

Can believe Bush is justifying torture http://ping.fm/gasMd because hypothetical 'British' lives were saved as a result. Incredible display of arrogance.

Shameful proposals on housing benefit http://ping.fm/b1D7J targeting the poor simply because they are. :-(

Used to enjoy autumn with comfort food, cozy nights in and walking home from work in the dark. Now I bloody hate it! Come on spring!!!

Stormy weather outside. Wheelie bin still upright but uncertain for how long. I wouldn't give the neighbours overfilled one much hope though

Yeah! Koshka's home for a well earned cuddle! :-) Time to calm my nerves now with a glass of single malt!

Koshka not yet home. Hope she's alright with those crazy fireworks popping and banging unnecessarily in the sky.

Just come home after watching the Goodies at the watershed. They are just as funny in the flesh as on TV. :-)

A govt that penialises you for not having a job takes away from those who have nothing to give. Isn't it THEIR job to create more for us?

Social group claiming money they don't deserve? The condems call them the unemployed where as we all know them as politicians and expenses.

Tank bra, new gloves, tail bag and cleaning spray. Almost £200. Eeek!

Oh lets face it. Never going to get any work done this evening. Will have to get up ealier tomorrow. Time to grab some food....

Probably end up with a horse chase through London and a love interest. Throw in a couple of annoying kids and hey... formulaic Hollywood!

Of course the American version may see many more unnecessary explosions and an Yank uncovering the plot just in time.

Just imagining a Hollywood version of Guy Fawkes the Movie. "He's just a patsy, just the fall guy" says Knyvet with an American accent..

Decent amount of head bobbing with @bobbyfriction on 6music this evening. Making me lazy to do any work! :-)

Big thumbs up for Shuttleworth announcing ubuntu will ditch X for Wayland! At long last some common sense! opensuse where are your plans?

Don't think I'll be renewing my membership with them any more. Orange van man for me from now on.

Hour and a half waiting for the AA to turn up to replace my dead rear light. Called RAC who arrived in 10 minutes. Followed by AA man later

nighttime. black bike. black clothes. black helmet. no rear light! aarrrgghhhh! Mr AA man...help!

Still not bonding with new bike especially on hills. Little afraid of all that power. Need to relax more and enjoy it.

Top breakfast of cheeses and veggy sausage with German rye bread. Delicious! :-)

Tabloid bullshit of the month award October 2010 http://ping.fm/gINYj :-)

Just home from a ride in the dark on my new bike. Not so scary but still not as fast as I was on the old one. Need more bonding!

Pay up your taxes Osborne! All in it together are we? http://ping.fm/V8FFW sameoldtories

Just opened up the bottle of Laphroaig 10 year old whisky before food. Lovely smokey finish on this one. Delicious.

"we could have been anything that we wanted to be..." LOL!! :-)

@jo6music Enjoyable amount of head bobbing thanks to Spiritulised! 6music

Ah...Armstrong and Miller are back! Init! :-)

I must be getting old!

Tired and sleepy. Food, whisky and bed me thinks with a good book.

Got mingled in with the Zombie March today. Mingled with the undead for a while :-)

Nice picket outside Vodafone Bristol today protesting the tax evasion and loss of 7 billion to HMRC. Would have covered the welfare cuts!

Just picked up my new motorbike. Vroom Vroom! Going to take me a while to get used to it. Big, Powerful and very American.

Two tripple whiskies and Moonraker on the box again. Nicely Nicely!

Ah what times we now live in when a businessman is more powerful than the police on security policy sameoldtories

Oh dear. Cooked enough spaghetti for 3 again tonight. Cat isn't interested in any so will have to manage it all myself.

Terrible biodivirsity news: http://ping.fm/12RXw Sacrificing our planet's future for short term gains :-(

Office for Mac 2011 now available. Having used it for a month now I can only say, aaaarrrrggghhhhhhh Outlook!!!!! Feeling better now!

Last bowl from a very worth while and delicious pot of borsch going down very well after long and painful day of work.

Time for a bottle of beer. Dark Bavarian Wheat Beer! Yum! My favourite! :-)

Reading the manual for my new bike. Section on 'Cold Weather Riding Less than 18 degrees'. Blimey! That's average around these parts! :-)

Carpenters on Jarvis' show on 6music. Very eclectic!

Bought a tasty pumpkin. Spelt wheat risotto with spinach and pumpkin this evening I think :-)

Yawn! Morning world!

Large bowl of home made borsch and bread with a generous dollop of smetana warming the old bones :-)

Well there you go. Deliberations ovet. Just bought myself an almost new Buell 1125r. Eeek!

Wouldn't want one on contract but willing to buy one to play with.

Just had a play with the new windows 7 phone. Eating previous words. Very impressed.

Free wifi in Bristol now. Let's hope the Tories don't cut it too.

Bristol Socialist Choir singing their hearts out at St. Nicks Market.

Off motorbiKe shopping. ..Yes again! My deliberations are endless.

Now the Bankers mates are in charge, is it any wonder they got off so lightly? http://ping.fm/yQD2H

Decided to cook some spuds. Not had spuds for a long time. Miss spuds. Spuds are cool. Go spuds go! spuds

New European driving licence arrived in the post. More glue on the back than a whole recycled horse. Eek!

Huge bowl of porridge topped with Australian honey. Taste buds are alive! :-)

A big bowl of tomato soup has just come my way with my own made bread. Bliss.

Trying to finish up some more work before some 'me' time. Sometimes I hate working in IT. So much endless work. :-(

And today is an outlook 2011 working day. Such a random and rare event.

Need to be impressed a little more by osx lion. So far see no reason to get excited so far.

Loving the new macbook air. Won't be able to do much more than drool for a long while yet though.

Wondering what Steve's elves at Apple will be announcing later....

Same stuff Labour said when it inherited the mess left by the Tories in '97...LOL!!

Fiver says oink Osbourne will start his address, "due to the economic mess left by Labour..blah blah blah"

Mervyn King may well prove right. The party who commits cuts on the expected scale to all our needs could find themselves lost for a decade.

No word on clawing back the billions lost to tax evasion it would seem. Tories would hate to loose that party funding eh?

Country about to go to the dogs thanks to oink Osbourne and chums. Time to again think of leaving to somewhere saner. :-(

Forgot "First man in the moon" is on bbc4. Oh well. I'll iplayer it later.

TV licencing letter: If you do not have a TV, we'll send someone to check. If you say you don't, we'll send someone to check. Trusting!

ooo...first contact star trek is on the magic lantern box. Probably the best of the two trekkie films worth seeing.

Ah...a good book, bottle of french red and the freakzone playing @JoannaNewsomz. Feeling better already. 6music

So tired and iritable this morning. So much work to do and didn't buy a new bike yesterday. Watch out people..one wrong word and well...

Interesting piece on Clegg this morning, http://ping.fm/A0Rrx

Why is it the annoying leaky walkman that sits near you on the bus always plays such shit music?

Time to take these fivers to the bank me thinks. £2K in small green notes takes a lot of space in wallet...LOL!

Must make a choice about a new bike too. Saw a beautiful kawasaki z6r yesterday which has thrown a cat amoung the already confused pigeons.

Sun is shining. Heading back into brizzle to do some shopping. Found a load of M&S vouchers...oooo.

Ooo...#Android 2.2 now ready for my telephone. Will it make it better? Can't make it worse that's for sure. notimpressedsofar

Well well...in a moment of madness I think I have solved my outlook 2011 crash problems. Had to recreate ALL my accounts and it works.

And I did that while under the influence of many bottles of ale! iamgenius

Aaaaannd......we're back! :-)

Bloody outlook 2011 for Mac just keeps crashing on startup with all my data inside. microsoft you truely do suck!

Having a number of cups of black coffee to wake myself up. Only 3 hours sleep last night and back to work today. :-(

Decision time. Buell 1125r or BMW F800ST?

Why are old women always so critical, ready to tut and sigh and angry at everything?

Need a shave. Feel like Grisley Adams without the adorable bear to look on. youngerkidslookitup

No greater bliss than a hot water bottle on the lower back when the flu doth take hold.

Seem to be getting worse. Aching all over and eyes streaming.

Ah...now the sun comes out when I'm stuck indoors with the lurgy! Unfair!

Elbow feels as if I have broken a bone. Can't understand where or how though. Very painful and very odd.

This student fee mess just shows what a tangled web the LibDems have created for themselves. And serves them right too!

Enhancing the role of the representatives over the executive.