Here s the second of my annual posts, in which my friends and I offer ridiculous predictions for the year ahead. This NYE, Chef was working and could only spare two hours, a beer and half a bottle of wine with Continue reading
Yes, it s my annual brace of blog posts. First, the predictable outcomes of last year s predictions see below and later, once the alcohol has evaporated and/or metabolised from the annual prediction/booze-up extravaganza, our ridiculous theories for the year Continue reading
Our New Year s Steve lunch took place as usual at the Town and Gown (né B Bar), after which I drunk-footed it to Stratford via rail-replacement bus and train to see in the new year in our nation s capital but Continue reading
You know the drill. At the tail end of 2023 we made confident/drunk predictions for 2024 and let s now all bask in the radioactively wrong results. My comments are in bold in square brackets. Predictions Stay tuned for 2025.
Slightly depleted by Covid, which apparently no longer exists, a hardy group of six gathered at the traditional venue to celebrate the year end and commiserate the year start. The year of oh lord 2023 is what we now must Continue reading
Oh, you again. I write after the sun has set on another year but has not yet risen on the new, which is a very long way of saying it s 6pm on NYE. And it s just late enough that I m Continue reading
My Google Assistant had an interesting message for me this morning. I apologise for the aspect ratio; if it helps, please rotate your head. It seems young, thrusting Past Me left a reminder for old, busting Present Me, directing me Continue reading
Sometimes you have an app experience that makes you wonder: has anyone involved, anyone at all, ever thought about how the app is used in practice? Or worse: they have, and they understand it s bad, but other factors have won? Continue reading
Well, 2022 was a year, wasn t it? Two monarchs and about thirty-seven prime ministers. Still we crumble on, watching those Brexit benefits pile up on street corners. On New Year s Eve the usual suspects plus special guests gathered at the Continue reading
And so the Earth completes another ellipse around the Sun, and New Year s Day arrives along with its traditions: the concert from Vienna with its polkas and waltzes, the wondering which shops will be open, and the results of last Continue reading