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Fionn's Christening 

Stuart's Recommended Book

Today Stuart is recommending The Timewaster Letters because it made him laugh so much on the tube that his nose ran and he had to blow it into his sleeve. What recommendation could be higher?

The Timewaster Letters

New Years Resolutions - More resolutions

So, hows it going eh? Not too bad. Not too good. And I need to add a few more to the list

Good progress.
I have been keeping a diary. One should always have something scandalous to read on the train.

In Progress
Eat 5 portions of fruit and veg a day.
Drink more than 8 glasses of water a day.
Enter some photography competions.
Take a good photograph every month.
Keep a (paper) diary.
Run 10km.
Lose some weight.
Pay off my credit card.
Clear out my wardrobe.

Done and Dusted
Start a list of New Years Resolutions.
Make a list of books for Sharon to read.

NYR: Books For Sharon

Right. A list of books for Sharon to read. Easy Peasy. Well here is a first cut. There will be more. Many, many more. Some might say too many more.

The Blackwater Lightship, Colm Tobin

Last Orders, Graham Swift

East of Eden, John Steinbeck

The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Muriel Spark

Vurt, Jeff Noon

Enduring Love, Ian McEwan

The Masqueraders, Georgette Heyer

American Gods, Neil Gaiman

Oryx and Crake, Margaret Atwood

Catch 22, Joseph Heller

A Game of Thrones, George R.R. Martin

Serious Concerns, Wendy Cope

Vanity Fair, William Makepeace Thackeray

Emma, Jane Austin

Felaheen, Jon Courtenay Grimwood

What a Carve Up, Jonathan Coe

The Running Man

Ian at the Windsor half marathon.

I like the dramatic camera angle but to be honest I think I got it just because I was lazing on the grass.

New Years Resolutions

I'm going to have a lot of resolutions this year. Thats bound to up the chances of my actually achieving a couple!

• Start a list of New Years Resolutions.
  And here it is!


• Make a list of books for Sharon to read.


• Enter some photography competions.


• Take a good photograph every month.


• Keep a (paper) diary.


• Run 10km.


• Lose some weight.


• Pay off my credit card.


• Clear out my wardrobe.

So this is where the money went

Northern Bank Millions - this is not a scam.

Tsunami - Kalutara Beach, Sri Lanka

Tsunami - Kalutara Beach, Sri Lanka

Assault with a Deadly Suitcase

I nearly plummeted to my dead this morning.

Oh, by the way, please excuse the exaggeration I have small injuries and am milking it for all that its worth.

On my way to work I was standing on the escalator at Kings Cross reading my book ('Housekeeping', thanks mum) and minding my own business when my feet were swept from under me by a huge (see apology for exaggeration above) suitcase. Some ejit had let go of their case a few steps behind me and it had tumbled down until it hit the backs of my legs. I nearly pulled my arm from its socket hanging on to the rail so that I didn't go flying.

So, no tragedy really. Probably won't even have any bruises but my legs and my arm hurt a bit so I'm fishing for sympathy!

Stuart's Joke of the Day

There was a man who entered a local paper's pun contest. He sent in ten
different puns, in the hope that at least one of the puns would win.
Unfortunately, no pun in ten did.

Mary Margaret's

Mary Margaret's pub is on the internet!