Zoomy's thing

I should really have posted something here to say I got to China and back safely, shouldn't I? I'm not sure if there's anyone wh...

Well, since it's here, I'd better use it for a blog update. And before we get into Chinese airspace, too. Anyway, I'm on my wa...

There's a British astronaut going spacewalking at the space station today, which reminds me of a picture I'd like to find from an ol...

Qualification for the world's coolest memory tournament is underway! Week one is the coolest discipline, speed cards! The way qualifyi...

It's that time of the year, everyone - qualifying for the Extreme Memory Tournament starts next Monday! Go to the training website , s...

Taking an excellent suggestion from Danny at work, I spent three hours of today very productively; watching Red Dwarf. He was thinking more ...

I know I've been going to China for a while now, but it's official - I've got my visa, and they'll let me into the country! ...

I'm starting to worry that I really like my job. It's not what you'd call mentally exerting, but it's sort of fun. This is a...

Did you know that the day after Christmas isn't called Boxing Day in the USA? They don't even call it anything, it's just Decemb...

I might spend the whole of Christmas watching cartoon videos, actually.

I would be out prancing around Stonehenge, but it's raining.

I take any slight decrease in the temperature outside as a good excuse to have my radiators on full blast. There's nothing like being li...

It's like a sort of dull, colder version of summer around here at the moment. I'm not saying I want snow and ice - in fact, this wea...

Went to the cinema today, for the first time in however many years - I'm not what you'd call a regular moviegoer. And no, not to see...

I'm hearing people say the new Star Wars is good, which surprises me. I was assuming everyone would automatically say it was rubbish. I...

Watching an old episode of Blake's 7 this morning, I was wondering who that familiar-looking actor was. It took me a while to penetrate ...

Bumped into someone I used to know today - or at least I can only assume I used to know him, since he clearly knew me and chatted about what...

I'm still loving The Muppets. It's great when I have pretty high expectations of something and they get surpassed anyway! I was goin...

Tomorrow's task - apply for a visa to visit China. I always get nervous about it, not so much because they might refuse to let me into t...

Qualifying for the 2016 XMT starts in January! January 11th, to be precise, and one week for each discipline. Since I'm going to China o...