Category: Random Wednesday

  • Getting there is half the fun. More #randomwednesday

    They say that getting there is half the fun.  In which case, this trip should be a real blast. I’m away this weekend, down to Yorkshire to collect a table, see my folks, drop in on my mother-inn-law to watch Doctor Who on Saturday night, stuff like that.  Taking Thing Two, eldest son, with me…

  • Save money! Brew your own beer! #randomwednesday

    Brewing beer is great fun.  Not only do you save a shedload of cash (can you say fifty pence a pint?) but once you’ve got the hang of things you can start experimenting… I started brewing at university.  Kind of an occupational hazard for a microbiology student.  It’s practically homework, when you think about it.…

  • Do you remember your first? I Can. (#eurovision #esc @bbceurovision)

    1992.  Holland House TV room (the one up the spiral staircase), Pollock halls of residence, Edinburgh University.  One Saturday in May. There were 3 of us.  Myself, my wife-to-be, and a random physicist.  We’d all met up there many times before, sharing our love of Thunderbirds, Star Trek and similar TV shows so it wasn’t…