Zoomy's thing

These are things I only experience when I go to America, but that there should be more of over here. Actually, I'm sure you can find jer...

God, I love this city. It's six o'clock in the morning here, and I've already lost $15 at video poker but won $100 at blackjack ...

I'm out of here! No more work, lots more play, I'll see you when I'm back in the country!

The 2011 census is a 32-page booklet, full of questions about everybody in the household. A hundred years ago, it was just one sheet of pape...

Working where I do, you see a lot of dirty lorries and vans. Why do people always write "Clean me" and the like on them? One time ...

Once I'm satisfactorily unemployed, I'll resume posting something trivial, long and fascinating in this blog every single day. Well,...

"As it's Comic Relief night, our Comedy Friday is taking a break this week..." Anyway, I'm only watching Sky because I...

They sent me a recommended-reading email with Moonwalking With Einstein and a lot of similar memory-themed books this morning. But I've ...

The Oadby Regional is one of life's unchanging constants. Same location (Oadby Baptist Church), same date (always the same day as the US...

Yay, I've got my census form! Boo, census day is March 27th, the day before my last day at work. I'll have to describe myself as a f...

I turned up at BBC Nottingham late, having missed the train and cycled in to the city, but they gave me the task of teaching the sports pres...

Tune in to Radio Nottingham at the crack of dawn (7:15ish) tomorrow morning - they're talking about memory for no particular reason, and...

My boss, who's been needing a kidney transplant for about five years, has finally got a matching donor and was whisked in for surgery to...

Because I've handed in my notice from the job that has been somewhat driving me to distraction for the last few months, and I'm goin...

I've finally got the advance copy of "Moonwalking With Einstein" that Joshua Foer kindly sent me. Autographed, too! I'm bu...

Commendably early in the year, we've got the revised scoring system for memory championships, plus a couple of the rule tweaks that peop...

In July 2002, I went to Chicago with some friends. And it was a completely awesome holiday, too, I'd recommend it to everyone who's ...

Sorry to leave you all hanging like this. But it's reassuring to know that there are people out there who will complain if I don't w...

Subtitle to this blog post: "My great-great-grandmother is a filthy hussy with little regard for Victorian moral standards" I'...

I've had my bike stolen, which is extremely annoying, not least because I'll have to walk to work for the next couple of days and ma...