The Welsh Girl by Peter Ho Davies So I was in ASDA last week on Tuesday evening, needing a new book. A few things struck me about this book, firstly, it's written by a chap who's middle name is Ho . A letter combination…
January 2008
13 posts
The Welsh Girl
1 weekA week has passed since my last blog. Got a few things stored up in the old cerebral vortex that I need to brain-dump. Stylophones. Who remembers them ? Rolf Harris was randomly the face behind this non Antipodean…
Catcher in the RyeJust finished reading The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger. A random purchase, purely on the back of needing a new book, and it was the only one that ASDA had that appealed at the time. I quite like the idea of…
The Tempest Arms, originally uploaded by DragonDropThe Tempest Arms , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . It's blummin wet. I bailed from work early today to make sure I could get home. My commute route had loads of flooding and standing water and one stretch (near…
Shirt flurryA flurry of DragonDrop adventure shirt shot submissions! Cambodia, Hong Kong, Malasia and Korea. Good adventuring! Thanks Jamie, Nick and Sarah for sending those in. That's now 33 dots on the map ... Where next I…
- Half of a Yellow Sun
Just finished reading Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie. A superb novel. This won the 2007 Orange prize for fiction. It's the second book I've read that holds this titled (the other being Small Island )…
- Closed Pandora's box
It's a sad day for UK music consumption today. Pandora has been shut down in the UK. Pandora is/was a fantastic site that allowed you to 'create your own radio station' based on your music preferences and those of…
- Durham
Had a fun weekend. Eirene had heard about an exhibition at the Oriental Museum in Durham by my old photography / art tutor / lecturer from college. A chap I had and still have great admiration for - Laurence Cutting .…
Day 73 to 108.365 days : day 73 to day 108 , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . Following the theme of 'oh look, 36 photos makes a nice 6x6 block, here is the latest block of photos in my 365 day project (where I'm trying to take a…
DragonDrop 1 : 0 North Yorkshire PoliceNorth Yorkshire Police 0, DragonDrop 1 , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . This morning I presented this image (with 2 others from different angles) as part of case for my own defense (self representation) over a…
Dino watch, originally uploaded by DragonDropDino watch , originally uploaded by DragonDrop . Had some relly's visiting this weekend. Eirene's cousin and his family - from Australia. We stayed with them when we went to Australia back in 2002. It was great hanging…
- We're Hiring!
Hiring! I'm looking for a number of people to work with me on a 3 month web project from around the end of Feb. From 'entry level' web head (basic html, css and Dreamweaver skills) to more advanced (javascript / xml).…
- Hello 2007
It's the first day of the new year. 07 has been great. I've just been going back through the archives.. crammed a lot in! Some ace adventures, highlights include; Trip to London with Jaygo. The Nintendo Wii Sophie's…