I am an uncle again! Sister gave birth to her daughter at 15.15 on 09.01.09 in New York – and they are calling her Emma Elizabeth. It wasn’t quite one of those set-ups where you’re going into hospital to have an in-growing toenail looked out, only to find yourself gowned up for major by-pass surgery: [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Unclehood
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Family, Sister on January 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
The New Woman In My Life
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Geography, Lost, Tom Tom, Wife on January 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
There is a new woman in my life: even-tempered, knowledgeable, fair and calm – she is a joy to be around. Jane (for such is her name) has made my life better in ways that I could not have imagined before our paths crossed. Jane is the voice of my Tom Tom satellite navigation system [...]
The Return
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Advertising, New Year's Resolutions, Old Friend at Work, Travesty of All Things Gay, Woody Allen in Robert de Niro's Body Creative Director on January 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
My return to work is imminent. I have already had lachrymose e-mails from both Old Friend At Work and Woody Allen in Robert de Niro’s Body Creative Director on this subject – and the consensus is that we are not filled with joys at the impending return, nor are we simply going to go ahead [...]
Praising The Police
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Chiswick, House, The Police on January 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Not fashionable, I know – but here’s something positive to say about the Police:- This morning, they rang our doorbell to see if anyone answered, because our bedroom window on the first floor was wide open and the burglar alarm was tilted at an angle. The police, seeing this, were concerned that someone had used [...]
My Father in Law, The Time Lord
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged Elton John, Family, Father in Law, Hamlet, Jools Holland, New Year's Eve, Wife on January 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Father in Law joined us last night in a low-key, non-Champagne reserves-draining party for New Year. Wife and I were talking about the famed event, and established that between us with a combined age of 70+, we’ve had about five good New Year’s Eves: and so this one was a very low key affair – [...]
