This is Napoleon and Tina – our two Clownfish. I love this photo showing the mini reef world of my nano tank and the reflection of my garden outside. A little joining of worlds that would never otherwise meet.

I’m on a course all week learning what I need to know to supervise gangs carrying out work in the road. I’ve coordinated Streetworks for years so this is something a little bit different (and actually hugely interesting – more so than you’d think). For example yesterday we looked at all the different kinds of [...]

Image from National Geographic.. view more of their brilliant photos here

On Sunday afternoon we watched a DVD. It was a Chinese film called Beijing Bicycle, subtitled due to the original language being Mandarin. I would happily watch only independent films even if it meant I could never see another blockbuster ever again, I’m also very partial to foreign subtitled films. Sometimes however, they can be [...]

I won’t be making any friends with this post but sod it – this is my space to shout and shout I will. I bloody HATE cats. I’d rather be infested with mice, rats or any other vermin than have a cat stroll through my garden. I hate their smarmy faces, I hate their whingey [...]

The hour of BBC television I’ve just sat through was not so much Comic Relief as it was FUCKING ANNOYING. Ferne Cotton looked like a pastey ghost as she vomited her way up Killimanjaro. Gary ‘Backache’ Barlow hobbled up like a old man, Cheryl Cole acted like a whingey 5 year old, nearly breaking into [...]

It’s been a manic week so far. Work is so busy as there are 3 of us doing the job of double the amount of people. Fortunately we’ve got a great boss and she’s heard my screams of pain and is organising some help. I just can’t believe the nastiness some people put effort into [...]