Zoomy's thing

"Lady Hortensia," said the man in the chip shop, "always a pleasure to see you here. I was terribly sorry to hear about your ...

I've never been to Sunderland before, although I did write a story involving the place (being blown to atoms) in a previous blog entry. ...

I was supposed to clean up my flat today - my brother's coming round on Friday night and unless I clear some floor space, he'll have...

This morning, while doing a bit of research to fill out the trivia section of How To Be Clever, I established that the second poet to be bur...

It's about time I set myself some. Or one, anyway. I don't have any plans for next week. Yes, I need to look into getting some kind ...

I woke up an impressive six minutes before today's online memory challenge was due to start - nobody can really be expected to perform a...

Ah, the joys of a day off. It's great not to have to get up early to catch a train to London or Preston. I should do it more often. Anyw...

The whole Canadian thing went pretty well today - we filmed it at the Canadian embassy, which was a whole new experience. Does that technica...

The Preston presentation went pretty well, all in all. All the students (and staff) were hugely in awe of my Blue Peter badge, several of th...

Signed by the joint managing director of their television company. They also gave me some posh bath salts. I don't own a bath,...

Stay glued to the telly all day tomorrow, fans. Five News at 11am on channel 5, Richard and Judy at 5pm on channel 4, Extraordinary Animals ...

Did you know that Fry's Turkish Delight has significantly less fat than other chocolate bars? I might have heard it once, but I'd fo...

I watched Havant & Waterlooville play Liverpool today, thanks to the miracle of streaming video from ESPN's far east broadcasts. If ...

Yes, as several of my readers have noticed, the Daily Mail finally picked up on the man versus monkey memory marvel and ran an article about...

I'm really back in the groove of memory practice now - I've been doing lots of speed practice this week, I've created a few new ...

I've been "tagged" by "Sam" and ordered to talk about what I've experienced in every possible medium over the l...

I've been practicing, but I don't think I've been practicing in the most intelligent way. What I should be doing is practicing t...

This is, Blogger tells me, my 850th blog post. Which is a really huuuuuge number, and deserves a really huuuuuge topic, like how really huuu...

I've only just found out, but it seems that January 16th was Appreciate A Dragon Day. No, really, it was. Look it up on the internet. Yo...

Yes, yes, I know I'm always scathing and rude about unimaginative people whose blogs consist of links to more interesting places on the ...