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PIL – Deeper Water

I happened to catch the iconic and imitable Mr. John Lydon on Jools Holland’s show and have become transfixed with the beauty that is Deeper Water.

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September 29th, 2012 | Tags: | Category: Music | Leave a comment

Apple losing the plot

I don’t use Apple kit much these days… it’s not that reliable.

September 23rd, 2012 | Tags: , | Category: Humour, Tech Stuff | Leave a comment

Man Booker Shortlist

The Man Booker 2012 short-list was recently announced and the following authors have made it:

Tan Twan Eng, The Garden of Evening Mists Deborah Levy, Swimming Home Hilary Mantel, Bring up the Bodies Alison Moore, The Lighthouse Will Self, Umbrella Jeet Thayil, Narcopolis

Last year I bought four of the six short-listed works and decided [...]

September 16th, 2012 | Tags: | Category: Thoughts | Leave a comment

TWSBI

I’ve bought my second fountain pen in a month and I have only my friends on TZ-UK and limited will power to blame.

Following a thread on my favourite watch forum about what was the best value fountain pen, the name of TWSBI kept cropping up. More internet research was undertaken and it was clear [...]

September 15th, 2012 | Tags: | Category: Tech Stuff | Leave a comment

Omega Speedmaster #3

And here is my new watch. It’s not quite arrived yet but the excitement is rising, it’s on the way.

Regulars may appreciate that this is a watch I have owned before.

The iconic and stylish Omega Speedmaster Pro, also known as the Moonwatch following its association with the NASA’s space flights in the [...]

September 14th, 2012 | Tags: | Category: Watches | 3 comments

Boo

I didn’t watch much of the Olympics or the Para-Olympics but the bit I did watch is worth reliving many times over.

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60,000 “happy” voters and Osborne laughs, hmmm, but look into his eyes, he knows!

September 11th, 2012 | Tags: , | Category: Humour, Politics | One comment