2008

Plan my room

is storing cupcakes under his desk for this evening…

How Richard and Judy changed the...

is baking resentfully :)

is trying to spot the sequins and big hair http://ping.fm/NH04L

The Straight Man's Guide to Getting Hit on by...

is Amazoning out…

Yes, yes, I KNOW it’s not very PC but there are some VERY hot Russian soldiers on the front of...

Wondering if anyone else is being driven BARMY by that East European woman who sings “Et si tu...

Have decided to be “more like Ryan Seacrest” and start going to bed at 8pm - a media...

has been lured onto the rocks of mid-afternoon chocolate eating…

is trying to resist the siren call of the KitKat….

There are as many McDonalds in Paris as there are in London - for a third of the people…...

thinks his homemade wasabi-lime dressing was just a little *too* kick-ass - the rocket and mache...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-8-17)

is weighing up the pros and cons of fly fishing and needlepoint…

is spacing out - that’s what a three-day weekend does for ya…

feels all shopped out…

British pensioner bullfighter makes comeback...

has a new fave Japanese lunch place, thanks to Simone!

thinks the shots weren’t the best idea he’s ever had…

thinks that if Madonna is going to wear a “dominatrix-style” Givenchy frock coat on...

“That which does not kill us makes us stranger” - The Joker

is in 4-day week mode

is aghast at this news from Switzerland http://ping.fm/TtEZD

has seen the first half of “The Dark Knight” and liked what he saw…

choc-orange cupcake (via rhino75)

thinks work is EVEN MORE boring when there’s nothing happening…

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-8-10)

is a bit bored of Mondays generally

has had a weekend filled with friends, booze and yummy food

is in recovery

is now OFFICIALLY counting down to the weekend!

has recovered phone and watch and now has a disproportionate sense of achievement.

is in Friday mode - and managed to leave both his watch and his phone at home

Code 9s recruits look to the future of...

was rather impressed by the Brazilians…

is going for a Brazilian…

'Girls Just Wanna Have Fun' writer dies -...

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Can hear the call of the Saketini…

Thinks an after-work Saketini might be in order…

is full of the joys of Wednesday

doesn’t have the inside track on Jimmy Choo…

thinks the summer slowdown is finally upon us

Hollyoaks: Corden confirms what we already...

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-8-3)

is thinking he could have done with a day off today…

is heading off to the Eurostar shortly…

thinks it's always nice to bet chatted up on a Friday lunchtime

Getting the Eurostar tonight and heading to Brighton…

Dick Bruna, creator of the Miffy books, talks...

Thursday night is RPJ night. Always.

CTV.ca | Police don't know what prompted...

Hoping there's a cocktail or two waiting when I get off work…:)

Ladies and (particularly) Gentlemen: The countdown to Brighton has BEGUN….

Surprised to see that stuff I learnt as a trade press hack is still there, albeit buried…

Thinking about John Barrowman’s fingers…

Gearing up for another picnic

Still thinking about last night’s raspberry tart…

Off to the open-air cinema at La Villette tonight to watch Clark Gable and Marilyn

Elvis on my Fridge (via rhino75)

I love Sunday morning lie-ins :)

Madonna at 50 | The Observer

Listening to Scotland’s finest 70s export “Middle of the Road” :)

Tonight I shall leave the limelight to others and stay in watching “Gossip Girl” with a...

The end of the G-A-Y - Times Online

New Line asks for more 'Hairspray' -...

Loving Rupert Penry-Jones in “Spooks”

Can’t quite bring myself to pay THAT much for a “weekend break” bag…but it...

BBC NEWS | MPs scrap France's 35-hour week

At a certain point in the afternoon, a gentleman’s thoughts turn to cocktails…

Suffering from a serious lack of motivation this afternoon

Getting hungry…

Feeling a bit out of it this morning…must have been the saketini…

Tuesday and I’m feeling efficient. Mind you, it’s just a feeling.

Daniel Craig wears stacked heels in the new Bond movie - another dream shattered….

Back in Paris after a lovely weekend!!

Full of yummy lunch, settling down with the Sunday papers - bliss!

Thinking about Sunday lunch…

In England - Yay!

Against all odds, am actually on the Eurostar!

Up FAR too early for a Saturday…:)

Really loving “Gossip Girl” but have to be up SUPER-early tomorrow…:(

Oooh it does!

Does this work?

Looking forward to a weekend in Brighton :)

New recipe KitKat = old recipe KitKat + the chance to win a trip to outer space (subject to the...

Today I wanted to slap the [rubbish] sales assistant at Printemps.

A phone is a phone is a phone.

Nine to Five musical bound for Broadway

Birthday picnic tonight on the banks of the canal…

What a weekend: Mamma Mia!, karaoke, good Indian food, fab concert, firemen on the quais, custard...

Lounging around at the k&k picnic…

My Top 5 Artists (Week Ending 2008-7-13)

portuguese custard tarts (via rhino75)

lie-in after excellent concert last night, followed by firemen on the quais…

Off for an Indian and to see a gig in the 10e

Petite explosion dans le Marais - Faits...

Knowing Mia knowing you

Waking up with muffins and Veronica Mars…

Mamma Mia was FAB!! (though ended up cutting it SUPERfine…suspect package on the metro).

Why The Wind in the Willows still lifts...

What will the BICPhone look like though? http://www.cnbc.com/id/25632386

Enough of the iPhone already - is no-one else excited about the BICPhone?? :)

BBC NEWS | Europe | French veteran anchorman...

Off to see Mamma Mia ON STAGE (yes, finally in France!) tonight. Mere words can’t do justice...

waving goodbye to PPDA’s hairplugs…

In love with Kenny Chesney’s arms

Serene (bizarrely, given the state of things)

Carla at Groland http://tinyurl.com/6p3hno - cheered me up no end :)

Fixed my specs, made teriyaki salmon and baked cranberry breakfast scones - am superman.

Feeling an urge to bake

Tonight I had my first gado-gado and very nice it was too.

When the going gets tough, I pick up a banana…

A lunchtime full of errands, but successfully accomplished. And my Amazon delivery arrived...

Why is my face so sore and dry today?? And my ear infection appears to have returned. Oh, am in the...

wholewheat pasta with roasted cherry tomato and thyme sauce for dinner, and raspberries for pudding...

Listening to Elvis (the post-Graceland effect)

Just bought limes, fresh chillies and coriander - yum!

Trying to get my act together (but it’s sooooo hard) :)

I belive in angels

Saturday morning, have I ever told you how much I love you?

Pizza, that’s what I want. And sleep, lovely, beautiful sleep.

I think Ingrid B. may be a coke mule - that’s why they flew her back to France…

Ken Livingstone's London top 10 | Travel |...

The 10 greatest episodes of Doctor Who ever

Hitchens: Waterboarding isn’t very nice and...

Oooh, a new series of “Spooks” on Canal+, featuring the rather dishy R. Penry-Jones....

Pascal Obispo and Jenifer in police custody after assaulting a photographer - presumably he...

I wonder if I’ll get around to unpacking tonight…

Ordering cookery books online in a huff (because WH Smith’s cookery section is closed, owing...

It just feels more like home with the cat purring away somehow…

Mercifully, it was a short speech - quotes filed, time to go home….

Still no sign…and I’m rapidly reaching Ingrid saturation…

I mean why SAY you’re going to speak at a certain time and then not do it??

Sarkozy is now going to keep me waiting until 22:55 - pour moi, “c’est une question...

Now waiting for Sarkozy….pffft -

annoyed at still being in the office

Doctor Who: Robert Carlyle tipped to replace...

Show me your iPod and Ill show you mine... -...

And no, you can’t read it, so don’t EVEN ask. What happens under the influence of...

Oddly enough, though, I’m writing a poem - haven’t done that since I was about 18 -...

I thought I’d escaped jetlag but here I am, wide awake at 3 a.m.

You know you’re back in France when…you have two things to do at lunchtime and you...

I’d forgotten what miserable pr*cks some of the people I work with can be

Completely WEIRD to be back in Paris…

Waiting for the Eurostar…

Back in London on the tube - home to Paris this afternoon - a FAB holiday!

Someone just asked me if I was one of Dolce & Gabbana - at Memphis airport

Lunch at Graceland

At Graceland, very exciting!

We’re SO HAPPY to be leaving NO, even if it means five hours of train back to Memphis. Only...

Rhino’s guide to Louisiana “cuisine” Part 2: Red beans ‘n’ rice =...

Rhino’s guide to Louisiana “cuisine” Part 1: Po’ boy = sandwich. With chips,...

Tomorrow is the 38th Anniversary of the First...

Cher Still Has A Fan | Dlisted

Bored of New Orleans…

…so we’ve started drinking in the afternoon - very Scott and Zelda :)

We’re running out of steam in hot and rainy New Orleans - it’s just not that pretty...

Then we’re hitting the gay bars to see if our lucky streak continues :)…

Going to see our waitress from lunch in a play tonight (‘cos she was lovely)

knackered so lazy morning, lounging around our completely decadent New Orleans hotel...

Ate our first crawfish and jambalaya tonight on Bourbon St., New Orleans

Amtrak trains have LOADS of leg room and proper di