Aug
30
… It’s actually on. We’re due to complete on the house on Monday at the latest, though due to availability of movers we can’t actually move in until Wednesday. But I’ve just wired a large amount of money to our solicitor and that serves to make it all feel very real.
We’re both going to be […]
Aug
30
I Keep Letting Things Here Slip
August 30, 2007 | Comments Off
Must try harder.
Oh well, by way of catching up: The Bank Holiday weekend was somewhat given over to having a bloody good go through all the stuff we’ve been dumping in the attic for the last couple of years, somewhat else given over to slumping really quite badly, and slightly given over to going […]
Aug
23
House - Two
August 23, 2007 | 5 Comments
The TV series, that is. The Mrs has discovered it and is really rather liking it. I’ve seen odd episodes, mostly in gloomy hotel rooms in the US, and thought that it was very well done, but I’ve never been able really to get into it. It’s one of those things that I ought to […]
Aug
23
House - One
August 23, 2007 | Comments Off
It’s all taking shape. We’ve had survey and gas/electrical inspections done (all’s well) and are just waiting for all the local authority search stuff to come back before hopefully moving quite quickly. We’re confident enough that it’s really going to happen, and quite soon, that we’ve had someone round from a moving company to evaluate […]
Aug
23
Oh All Right
August 23, 2007 | 3 Comments
As The Mrs is so signally not talking about the exciting trip next year, I shall announce it myself.
We’re going to Japan.
Specifically, he’s going for five weeks to have a good old explore and be an Independent Traveller, and I’m going to join him for the last two weeks mostly to cover Tokyo and Kyoto.
It’s […]
Aug
15
Travel Plans
August 15, 2007 | 2 Comments
The Mrs and I have been discussing a big trip for a long time. The view has always been that we want to do something really impressive with quite a significant number of Frequent Flyer miles I’ve been accumulating for the last few years. We always had one particular faraway destination in mind to go […]
Aug
14
Only The Good….
August 14, 2007 | 1 Comment
Mike Wieringo, comic artist and by every reliable account an all-round great guy, died of a heart attack at the weekend. 44 years old and a regularly exercising vegetarian. Clearly that’s not right.
‘Ringo, as he was known, had a justly renowned run on DC Comics’ Flash title with writer Mark Waid, and after various other […]
Aug
13
The Move (Again)
August 13, 2007 | 2 Comments
So in anticipation of the new house (see postings passim) actually going ahead, we spent a disturbingly lengthy stint on Saturday giving the bedroom a going over. This involved getting everything out of the surprisingly capacious cupboard, the various drawers and the space under the bed, and deciding to keep it or bin it. […]
Aug
10
Recently Tomorrow
August 10, 2007 | Comments Off
Where did the last few days go?
Well, on Tuesday evening I joined various of the gang from Millarworld as Millar was in town with Marvel Comics’ Editor In Chief Joe Quesada and introductions were in order. For various reasons it ended up being a rather more crowded do than the intimate affair that was originally […]
Aug
7
Into A Greener World
August 7, 2007 | Comments Off
So my new car was delivered yesterday, and it’s a Toyota Prius. It’s shiny and silver and has a very space age console which holds the controls for lots of the functions and the display for the sat-nav and engine performance monitor. There’s been a certain amount of mockery of it at work, but to […]