I have seen the true nature of fear. Forget the maniac in the hockey mask or an unexpected visit from the tax inspector… No, true horror can be expressed in two words uttered with absolute glee by a child: “Poo hands!” Be afraid, be very afraid…
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I know the headline sounds like a list of my sexual proclivities, but I saw this news item on the BBC website and it gave me an instant music-tech horn…
I love you Eigenharp and want you to be mine.
We took baby Herbie in with us as we got Verity out of bed this morning. She greeted her brother by blowing a kiss, which was completely unprompted. These are the riches of life…
There’s nothing quite like walking around naked at 3.30am rocking baby to sleep…
It is my great pleasure to introduce to you Herbie James Lock who was born today 29th September 2009 at roughly 10.15am. Weighing in at a respectable 8lbs 6oz, the little darling pee’d on the surgeon and then the midwife. That’s my boy!
For those of you who want to know why “Herbie” – I used to love those films featuring the white Volkswagon Beetle made by Walt Disney and the name also has a strong musical heritage: Herb Alpert, Herbie Hancock and Herbie Flowers. Derived from the Germanic “Herbert” (Come here, you little
Herbert – when I am angry with him) the name means illustrious strong warrior.
And my dream of him was spot on.
He is brilliant!
It appears that our electricity meters have been reconnected the wrong way around. Whoopee-doo!
When I say the wrong way around, I mean the business meter is connected to the domestic supply and the domestic meter is connected the business supply.
It was two years ago today at this hour when I stepped over the threshold into this shop…and ever since I’ve been trying to escape. New strategy – don’t resist, then change will happen.
I had chinese food tonight, so my fortune cookie was correct. The toilet was successfully unblocked by Dyno-Rod. Huzzah!
Apparently, in the future we’ll be able to connect our computer to a giant network and read newspapers electronically.
I love this video from 1981. Apparently, according to the report, a few years later all newspapers will be delivered this way. Cripes, I’d better offload this newspaper shop ASAP! 🙂