Zoomy's thing

I always forget how long it takes to print all the papers for even a tiny little memory competition like Cambridge. It does give me a much g...

Some of the lights in this place have sort of strange frosted glass globe lampshades instead of normal ones. I was just sitting down to eat ...

To celebrate the launch of a scary-sounding miracle weight loss pill in pharmacies, there were weighing machines at work today, inviting eve...

Watching some snooker player trying to conceal his annoyance as he snappily answers questions like "What's your favourite colour...

Well, two of them, anyway, which is two more phone calls than I like to deal with of an evening. But hopefully they'll result in an arti...

A journalist from a local Cambridge newspaper said he'd call me at some point tonight for an article about the Cambridge Memory Champion...

As I think I've mentioned, I've been browsing around coin-related sites just lately, and in the process discovered something I didn...

When the weekend brings such lovely, warm, sunny spring weather, what better way to spend the day than sitting in a room above a pub in Lond...

I do watch the Simpsons quite a lot. It's just that it's always on in the evenings when I'm sitting around and feeling lazy. But...

I was feeling really productive and fired-up at work today for some reason, and considering staying late even though I didn't need to, j...

A mobile phone Hammers, nails, screwdrivers, electric drills, basically anything you can buy from B&Q A microwave Nail-clippers A car A ...

London regional this weekend, and I've been playing online a bit to see if practice helps me or hinders me. I can't quite understand...

Well, it's back to work tomorrow after four days off, and naturally this puts me in the mood to plan not going to work again at some poi...

I've got worryingly addicted to playing Arkanoid since I discovered it online yesterday. It's a very compelling game that I haven...

Flat 7, Gordonstoun Court, Suffolk Street, Oulton Broad, Suffolk is the subject of an interesting law, enacted in 1537 by Henry VIII and sti...

I feel bad about devoting a whole blog to a TV review, because I like to be a bit more unconventional than that. But I feel that I should me...

Ahh, a four-day weekend. Exactly what I need to do all that Cambridge Memory Championship preparation I was meaning to do last weekend! It r...

There's an advert on TV that sings the line "Don't be afraid to be young and free", which I misheard as "Don't be...

Yay, it's been too long since the last time the Doctor was on our screens, so I'm looking forward to the Easter special on Saturday....

Thanks to everyone for the messages of sympathy, and sorry for not even mustering a word of bloggery last night, but I decided to just go to...