The only downside to my 40th Birthday is that we’ve got to go and put all our toys away now – all this and more besides including drums. I say my toys, it actually all belongs to Allan Smyth who was kind enough to lend it all to me. I could have done with an extra day to recover, but I… Read more →
Just about on an even keel again after being knocked slightly sidewards by not only the fun and Jaegerbombs and several cigars at my 40th birthday party, but also by the warmth and generosity I got from everyone who turned up. It all went well, loads of people turned up and the atmosphere was lovely. Cracking music – 7 DJs… Read more →
Spent a lot of the day getting stuff ready for tonight’s party. Realised that these few minutes I’ve got now may be the only chance I’ll have to write my daily blog. Just about to go and load a second van full of equipment up. I’ve cobbled together enough drums to make it worth my while playing congas tonight. Here’s… Read more →
There’s a new night starting in Harrogate tonight, and I’ve got the honour of opening the decks. A night called ‘VIBE’ – I’m going to be doing a progressive house set – mainly new stuff I’ve collected over the past two years, stuff that I’ve selected for high quality production and tripped out sounds and quirky mashed up elements. If… Read more →
Very nearly ran out of time to write a my 365 blog entry today but not quite. Just in after a full days work where I had a super nice lunch then de-constructed a project I’m working on. Its almost like I’m doing an engine rebuild and at the moment I’ve got parts and components (grease and all) carefully composed… Read more →
Tip top birthday. We’ve just come back from a great feed at The Cattlemen’s Association steak house. Rib eye to die for (well – not really, but it was stunning, as per usual from there). I was blessed with the company of close family. We all had good chinwags and yarns. I’ve had some supermo gifts – a bluetooth speaker… Read more →
“The first forty years of life give us the text: the next thirty supply the commentary.” Arthur Schopenhauer. If life really does begin at forty, I wonder what all this stuff that’s gone before it has been about. I’ve had a pretty remarkable pre life in that case – with quite a lot under my belt (in more ways than… Read more →
The little dog next door is yap yapping. He yaps in blocks of two. Yap Yap (pause…..) Yap Yap (pause). YAP YAP….YAPYAP. We think he’s called Omelet, because that’s what it sounds like when the owners shout at him to be quiet. He’s probably not though. He’s a Yorkshire Terrier. I am a dog person (who quite likes cats) and… Read more →
A few months ago, Google rolled out a service to the UK called Google play Music where you can upload, then use up to 20,000 songs to their cloud – free of charge. Once uploaded, you can access the tunes from wherever, whenever (pending an internet connection). You can download them to your device (phone, mp3 player, computer, etc.) or stream them… Read more →
I helped Sophie with her homework this morning and we had a lovely time of it. She’s learning about Continents, Countries and Capitals. The home work is in support of learning about that topic – to learn about Longitude, Latitude, The Equator and the lines of the Tropics. I helped, steer her and document her findings but she came up with… Read more →
I’ve had probably my first ‘full on’ day at my new place, it feels like I’ve properly, been a cog in the machine. We’ve been getting a maHoosive proposal out the door – the culmination of weeks of collective effort – and it was all hands on deck in our end of the world. I wasn’t expecting it to be… Read more →
I’ve just spent over 20 minutes on hold. I’m just ‘putting it out there’ that NatWest should perhaps consider changing their hold music. If they do insist on being a one track pony then they’ve got a commitment to only make you listen to their one track, once. Maximum. After 10 minutes and several restarts of the smokey, attention seeking,… Read more →
I was moved to a new desk today. It’s the third desk I’ve had since I started my new job three weeks ago. Deffo my fave desk out the three. I’m rather hoping I’ll stay there as it’s right next to the window. I’m a big fan of windows. The image above was created using an iPhone on HDR mode… Read more →
Exactly 6 months ago today, I delivered Annie Mo, in our hallway. Since then, our little owl has blossomed into a beautiful baby girl. It’s amazing how, looking back over such a relatively short period, she has grown and changed, and formed into a character of her own. Our St. Patrick’s Day baby, is a joy to behold. Exactly 2… Read more →
We’re members of Harrogate and Knaresborough Toy Library. It’s a service that allows you to borrow from a huge selection of toys – not tatty rubbish either – good quality new toys – then take them back to swap for other toys a couple of weeks later, or renew the loan. Today’s loan for Annie is the sit in activity… Read more →
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