Zoomy's thing

Yep, I'm back home with no problems or delays - even getting from the aeroplane at Heathrow to my front door took no more than three hou...

Well, since my flight's been delayed by three hours (so far) and I've got nothing better to do than hang around Heathrow all night, ...

Or words to that effect, anyway. My grasp of Japanese isn't anywhere near sufficient to have a conversation or to read a road sign, but ...

The memory-championship rundown won by two votes to one, so I promise I will eventually get round to that. I can't tonight, though, beca...

That 'who will win the world championship' post last night got me a surprising volume of comments and emails, considering it was suc...

There's a poll on www.brainboard.eu, and at the moment I'm winning it, ahead of Johannes Mallow. Personally, though, I voted for Sim...

I don't remember actually saying here on my blog what dates I'll be in Japan. I'm flying out on Friday evening, arriving on Satu...

Sorry I didn't post anything yesterday - there was no reason, I just didn't. But you can take comfort in the fact that I'm posti...

Boo. But on the other hand, it's another 364 days until I have to be 34. 34 is a terrible age to be. It symbolises being in the middle t...

So very many people have said that to me today, either face-to-face or electronically, that I really have no choice but to obey and be happy...

One of the many things in this world that irritate and infuriate me beyond belief is adverts for toothpaste or toothbrushes where they cut o...

There really is no need to nag or persecute me about memory training, because I can safely report that this weekend I did a full practice ru...

Registration for the World Memory Championship is closing tomorrow, so make sure you go to the website and register, otherwise they might no...

Bahrain could only manage to draw 0-0 with New Zealand in the first leg of their play-off today. So it all comes down to the game in Welling...

This weekend, I'm planning to do a huuuuuge amount of memory training, and also learn to speak and read fluent Japanese. And get my cent...

I'm a busy man, and it takes much too long to learn how to tell the difference between シ and ツ. Maybe I'll just be one of those tour...

I can't believe I didn't notice Aubrey was on telly yesterday, on a brand new BBC4 series, "It's Only A Theory". Lucki...

There's no denying that my beard is more white than black these days, at the sides at least. I suppose I could disguise it by shaving th...

... that I could learn Japanese in the course of the next couple of weeks? If I made a proper effort and didn't do anything else in the ...

My presentation was quite fun, considering it was essentially written in the 45-minute period immediately before I had to go on stage. As it...