Finally got around to making the borsch. Tis bubbling away in the saucepan for the first cooking. Nom Nom!

Bus has broken down. The adventure begins....

iPod now on random. Fleetwood Mac's "The Chain". Oh yes! 70s feel good pop!

Started listening to the Peter Gabriel album, "Scratch my back". Bloody depressing on this sunny day.

@hawkshow....No!!!! not again! Make it stop! Wasn't good the first time round!

Just watching Cloverfield on filmfour. Am I the only one to think its all a bit well...rubbish?

Butterbean and pesto salad this evening with some uber expensive basalmic vinegar and olive oil.

It was suggested at before but now official. I hate housework! Where is my 21st century range of house robots promised on Tomorrow's World?

And with a skip and jump I move blinking into the bright sunny day that is outdoors.

Wondering who it is that buys Jeffery Archer books that pushes him into the top 10? Insane!

Why are Apple's ebooks so damn expensive compared to Amazon and WHSmith? Insane marketing!

Beautiful morning. Sun is on full happy mode this morning. Enjoying some black coffee before heading out to the shops for various stuffs.

Pulling shapes to the Chemical Brothers while chopping pepper with sharp pointy kinife. Perhaps best to stop while I'm ahead....?

Hungry! Was going to make borsch today and didn't get round it it. Salad time then I guess :-)

freakzone on 6music is odder than ever this evening. Still Half Man Half Biscuit is playing so can't be that bad!

Ah....splendid. Feeling better! Best I have all day! Just as I'm ready for the world I notice it's bed time in a 3 hours!

It is an indisputable fact that among even the most peace loving people in the world, one mosquito past the ear can provoke an inner demon!

Knackered! Body isn't designed for 5am bedtimes anymore. Need a hot bath and then if the sun lasts out a nice beer outside.

Time for a cheese sandwich!

oh come on...who doesn't like Moonraker? It's very silly, has Roger Moore at his most suave and gadgets galore!

Just like the mooooooonraker knows.......

Getting ready for the bbcproms this evening. Loud, glorious and magnificant! (unless they've changed the programme!)

Feeling sleepy. Enjoying some coffee. May need to seek out sugar based food stuffs...

Orange and cranberry cream sponge with black coffee. Damn right it's good!

The incessant droning of children who haven't yet learned the art of BEING QUIET!

Jazz Festival at the Old Duke in bristol today I hear. That's the afternoon sorted then. All weekend too! Blimey!

Beethoven's 9th at the bbcproms tonight. Somehow I feel the volume on the radio may get stuck on LOUD !!! :-) radio3

More statistical abuse from the Daily Fail. http://bit.ly/asyp9V

Trip to Brizzle in the sunshine. Collect my old mended shoes, more new ceedees and a pint of ale somewhere hoopy and trendy....maybe.

Woken at 2 this morning by new neighbour screeming and slamming front door so hard all wildlife in 2mil stopped and stared. Bad times ahead?

Stuffed full of rice. Can't move. Feel like a wheeble!

Always cracks me up to see Robbie Coltraine placing the vodka bottle with its label directly to the camera oh so casually...LOL!

Oh come on...the sneer...the sharp fantastic suits...simply brilliant was Brosnan's Bond.

ooo...brosnan...bond....goldeneye....groovy....

New younger neighbour just pulled up with his friend in a chav wagon with noisy exhaust and air punchng bass. Nervous expectations of noise!

Too tired to make it to the bristol @wshed tonight for Human Centipede tonight. Still the Bank Holiday is young :-)

Pretty orange sunset outside. Bathing the living room in an weird glow. ALIENS!!

Considering the waistline implications of a curry two nights in a row.

The horrible damp smell of wet concrete on a humid evening. Never liked it. Never will. Miller time!

Some true sickos out there. http://ping.fm/aTbo6 No logic to some people's inhumanity

Tidying up the house may be a herculean task. Quicker to burn it down and start again?

Making myself a curry. Quorn at the ready. Sould be a good 'un as the habaneos are here too! :-)

Oh yes! Marty McFly style trainers! http://ping.fm/Ovj0X

Nokia's new C7 looks tasty. So many new toys. So many toys.

Fresh pot of coffee never tastes better than the first one of the day. Organic african coffee today thanks to the grand peeps at Oxfam.

Feeling wobbly this morning. Hoping the veggie sausage in pitta bread will help recalibrate me.

Decent lentils cooked properly are just too divine! Mmmm...nom nom nom...

So there I stood in the bathroom wondering why only 1 pair of jeans in wash basket while wearing the other. Far too tired...

It's either that or dominos with the cat and she just cheats!

Biography of Trotsky is becoming interesting. Soon I will be off the introduction page!

Anyway. No beer, wine or whiskey in house. Some vodka, but not chilled. Must take my sober body to bed and do a little light reading.

Think I'll sleep on it as I have for the past year. Can't jump into these things too quickly. Need to reflect and mull over things.

Still undecided about new mobile upgrade. So many nice toys out there although Nokia is making me wait far too long for theirs.

Hit up the new Bjork song for the Moomins film. Money going to help children in Pakistan too! Groovy! http://ping.fm/7kJcP

Just watched the new episode of Ideal on iplayer. Just keeps getting better and better.

I need more summer!

Autumn approaching. These dark mornings are depressing and not fun in any way!

A quite intensive rainstorm now hitting the house with a fury level unknown to normal people.

Sun is shining big time this morning. Warm and lovely. Fresh pot of coffee and toasted muffins for breaky.

I know it's a shameful admission to have forgotten one had beer left in the fridge. In my defence, I lead a very busy life!

Beer was buried under some loose potatoes and califlower in the veggy box. Kept hidden by some well placed spuds. :-)

Ah....found a beer at the back of the fridge! Life truely is good today!

Wonder what festival bristol has prepared for us next weekend? Harbour, Baloon, Pride, it's a great place for hearing live bands.

And some cracking motorbikes on display at the bike show too just down the road. Got to love all the festivals in bristol over the summer!

Music at bristolpride was good today. Too tired to stay long. Huge crowds. Unicyclist with baloons walking his dog made me chuckle!

Ah...home again. Blade Runner DVD for £3 and a some tasty cheese with crackers. Life may be good this evening.

just heard some kid ask his mother, "who's Tony Blair" in the bookshop. I feel old!

Too hot to chew. Too big to swallow! Death by jacket potato.

from one big crowd to another. bristol bike show! Nice

big crowds at the pridebristol event. Wandering through listening to some great music.

Right! Can't sit around here drinking coffee and doing nothing all day! I have some aimless wandering around to do!

Interesting to read only 300 specially selected people will confront Clegg in Bristol soon. No doubt pure ideologically sound only!

Very hot and sticky today. Weather man said rain so I shoved o a jacket! Fool of a Marky!

£55 to repair my shoes! That's two thirds the price of a new pair! Damn this consumer society!

Dosed with some contacts, I'm hopeful I can avoid the cold thing. Damn all these Ill people indoors! Why can't they be outside away from me?

Can't stop sneezing. Aarrgghh!

bbcproms very good this evening. Now time for reading and bed. Really tired today but please I managed to do a lot today.

Rimsky-Korsakov Sheherazade on bbcproms in a short while! Bloody brilliant fantasy fun! radio3

I hate dark mornings. Why can't I live in a place where the sun is always up at 5am?

Heartland by The The on 6music. Lyrics very much relevant today as condem peeps take us back to the 80s.

@hawkshow Peter Gabriel at 6 am! Blimey! I am a lucky boy! Bring it on! :-)

Lept from bed for second time in a week with cramp in right leg. Very painful hobbling around this morning!

Sometimes I hate network planning. Route this, patch that, load balance whatever. Grr....

The huge appluse and wooping says it all! Shostakovitch rocks the Albert Hall! Simply brilliant! bbcproms

The fantastic symphony no. 5 about to start! Brilliant bbcproms

Splendid. Just home and havn't missed the Shostakovitch concert at the bbcproms. Beautiful violin music now filling the home! radio3

And filling the bus with cheap body spray to mask it doesn't make it better

Amazing how some people smell like they have been bathing in an ashtray after just one cigarette. ughh

Ooo....just noticed new Isobel Campbel and Mark Lanegan album is out. Downloading now. :-) Groovy!

No bread or crackers for the cheese. No milk for the porridge. Little salad left. Breakfast will have to me missed then until I get to work!

Time for a bath. Feeling very sleepy after food.

Truely stuffed now. My belly is full of green leaves and sweetcorn.

Ah....Prokofiev! Lovely! bbcproms

Wonderful programme about Tolstoy on radio3 now. bbcproms.

Mmm....got to love maize covered in butter, salt and pepper. Delicious!! :-)

Whatever happened to NikNak? Such a promising career on that island.

Ah....Mr. Scallymander and Bond is back on the tellybox. Iz Vonderful! :-)

Happy Day 16 @jo6music! Keep the vibes going! Going to miss you next few weekdays! Back to @hawkshow's shambles (nice way of course!) :-)

Now on my way home via a few drinkies somewhere! Sun has come out and coat is unwelcome. Tis warm and bright!

The music elves at Fopp found me a copy of Fuzzy Felt Folk! Groovy times!

Two new Jager shirts for work and off to get some new tunes on CD after food!

Flensburger lager with cherry tomato and spinach bruchetta! civilised!

Watching a mass public dance to the music of ABBA. Pricesless humour! bristolpride

Ooo....new All Stars...mm.....tempted...rain be damned!....

Packed back. Book, tick!, ipad, tick!, money, tick!, mobile phone, tick!, door key tick!, PG Tips monkey, tick!

Headache, eyes ache and need fresh air. Despite the biblical downpour outside I am heading out in a bit.

@jo6music Bring on the Lute vibes! Feeling the groove and rythum!

Just finished pasta and bufallo mozerella salad and fresh squeeze orange juice. MMmmmmmmm!!!

Watching China Central telly in English. Groovy! :-)

May end the year with 20 days holiday untaken. Alas quantity of projects and work don't allow me to take any. :-(

Eyes feel very tired again this morning. Woke many times during the night. Need a harder matress me thinks. More expense :-(

Giant meteorite shower tonight and the plant outside my home are tall and scary. Did someone whisper triffids?

Woken at 03.30 by an unknown telephone call. Pretty tired now. Still, promised sunshine later. Will hold metofficeuk to account if not! :-)

Lovely music on radio3 this evening. Top bbcproms output! Very chilled :-)

Not convinced myself that oven chips makes it any less guilty or evil.

Testing the murky middle ground of salad and chips again tonight. Guilt levels very high for combining the two food camps.

Very sleepy. Going to do a bit of reading and then an early night.

Angry head on now. Going to get a beer. A non English beer! So there!

Who gives a damn the demographics of this island is the future? It's been changing for thousands of years and will go on changing.

There's a very serious danger from newspapers like those that the examples of history are being ignored when using a people as scapegoats.

Moby just the man for lifting spirits on commute.

Off we go then. To the many wonders of documentation day. :-) Technical writing at its least enjoyable.

Coffee working its way into my nooks and crannies now. Delicious and warming.

Yawn.....rain.....yawn....cold....yawn....breakfast...

Rainy and cold evening in these late summer days. Welcome to Britain! :-)

The European Union Youth Orchestra on fine form tonight. bbcproms

Ah.....Tchaikovsky..... bbcproms

I am in need of snacks. However none here. No chocolate, no nuts, no crisps. nothing. Just a ryvitta. Somehow it just doesn't feel right.

Can't help but wonder if the Express and Mail are competing for the BNP's PR role. Nasty horrible people and nasty horrible 'newspapers'.

Moving swiftly to the Lithuanian beer now. MMmmmmmm

You might not like it, but mercy and compassion puts one above the worst in the world. Cardinal O'Brien's words well chosen.

Might we worth pointing out that the large surpless in milk production means it's better to give to children than pour into the drain!

You might not like it, but mercy and compassion puts one above the worst in the world. Cardinal O'Brien's words well chosen.

Your school will be falling apart, run by amateurs and your budgets cut below EU standards, but at least you get milk each day! Thanks Dave!

You might not like it, but mercy and compassion puts one above the worst in the world. Cardinal O'Brien's words well chosen. http://ping.fm/J5wnL

Your school will be falling apart, run by amateurs and your budgets cut below EU standards, but at least you get milk each day! http://ping.fm/L6gT3

Bit warm this afternoon. Fortunately this cold Polish beer is going down well and cooling the inside of my throught :-)

I'm shelling peas. Wonder why shelling and not podding?

The simplicity and deliciousness of the salted cucumber is not something to be dismissed lightly.

A plain garden salad this evening. Nowt special.

Down to 5GB left on iPod now. Can I hold out until September and a hope of a 120GB Touch?

Ah .... Symphonie fantastique de Berlioz sur Proms de ce soir. Une soirée de magie et de sorcellerie qui nous attend!

Just scoffed down a beetroot and spinach risotto and now washing it down with some Fleissburger lager. Happy days!

Fantastic little shop at St. Nicks market in Bristol selling east European music and instruments. Had to drag myself away.

I am seeing country shapes in my broken poppadom snacks.

Delicious salad this evening. Beetroot and fennel with seeds and herbs. Very nom nom nom.

Mmmm...very much a baby bear bagel this one. Not too hard, not too soft but just right! :-)

Oh and another thing. If you don't know the difference between 'less' and 'fewer' then ask someone who did go to school to explain it! Grrr!

Valery Gergiev, The World Orchestra for Peace and Mahler. Looks like a great evening of music at the proms tonight :-)

Looks like firstbus won't be listening to the condem peeps and accepting 25 cuts. http://ping.fm/lYxIv

Ooops....another foreign policy gaffe by Cameron. Have we our own version of Bush? A muppet in a suit. http://ping.fm/kZYnU

Ah....godbye google wave! An incomprehensible project which none of us used. Miss you? Hmm...no...not really....

Music is good this morning. Mood is not. Blue spell coming on..

Listening to Beirut on the iPod this morning. Such a great band! Feet tapping.

Ah....Vaughn Williams at the proms. More delicious music points in the composers Top Trumps deck than Elgar anyday!

Interesting article in songlines magazine this month about Morris Dancing. Who'd have thought it was so endemic? :-)

Oooo...The Lark Accending at the proms tonight. Lovely!

Oooo.....delightful elbow on 6music. Chilled now! @jo6music

Ah....morning.....
Shaved head and face, clean shirt, fresh coffee, breakfast and @jo6music bring on the groovy tunes.
Satisfying.

Sleepier than an exhausted sloath.....

Just picked up voice mail that bike has failed the MOT by the very garage who just put it all back together! Arrgghhh!!! I give up!

Mmmm...Sicilian rice balls with spinach and mozeralla. Bloody great!

Daily Express - The world's racist newspaper. Competing with the mail I guess. http://ping.fm/PGk0x

Can't beleive I've just used Bing to search for something. I feel so dirty!