Tumbleweeds...

Alarm clock #fail this morning. Now completely discombobulated by the messing of my routine. Grump.

Aug 29th

Starting to think about getting an ebook reader. Are any of them mac compatible yet?

Aug 29th

Best drink ever - Elderflower and gin (@rustybicycle)

Aug 29th

My personal email address being taken OFF the main website - fingers crossed no more bizarre queries...

Aug 28th

*beats head against desk* I had a finalised catalogue! Then people make comments!

Aug 28th

Support Hours and Updates

Aug 27th

Anyone got holiday read recommendations? (NOT romance, OfficeGirl requests!)

Aug 26th

Book piles spreading from shelf to desk. Time to send backlog of author copies out I think.

Aug 26th

Can I really spend $275 on a bag? http://bit.ly/15G6Yr

Aug 26th

(For the brits, 275 U.S. dollars = 169.40 British pounds… I soooooo want!)

Aug 26th

Oh dear, today the grumps have attacked. Just going to keep head down and not acknowledge the world.

Aug 25th

Oh Expedia, how I hate you. Let me count the ways…

Aug 25th

Started rereading Dead Until Dark (Sookie Stackhouse 1) God but I do so love me some trashy southern...

Aug 25th

Internet down AGAIN this morning at home. That makes four times this weekend. F***ing Tiscali.

Aug 24th

Started Hunger Games 2 - really enjoying it so far :D

Aug 24th

Not rocking original choice of candy pink nail polish on toes. Changing for mild opalescent shimmer...

Aug 23rd

This is news? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/8215564.stm

Aug 23rd

What to wear to the picnic in London this afternoon? Seriously, anyone got a clue what the weather...

Aug 23rd

On the OxfordTube again. Next stop, London…

Aug 23rd

Well, did better than thought. Good solid 1st draft done. Now Big Boss going to come back on Monday...

Aug 21st

RE: @brilliantology This is the main reason I never wear a watch. Things take as long as they need...

Aug 21st

Experiencing total design block. Have a leaflet to create, and NO idea of what to do. Arg!

Aug 21st

Morning all. Had a thought on the walk into work - anyone want to guest blog for Bright Meadow?

Aug 20th

Working steadily through jobs pile. Sadly, now left will all the stuff I really am not inspired to...

Aug 20th

New Theme: Sandbox 1.6.1

Aug 20th

Contracts: One author wants to know details of all his...

Aug 20th

Ooooh dear, I am NOT good with little sleep. Silly Stephanie Laurens book keeping me up last night!

Aug 19th

Finally have a new name for the main character. It’s been quite traumatic, as he was the...

Aug 19th

Roped in a guest blogger. Well, it’s that or have Bright Meadow die a protracted and (more...

Aug 19th

Inbox down to 1 thing (and that not actually a job). Tasks standing at approx 50 mark. Not too bad....

Aug 18th

Only an hour left. Still clinging to my calm by my fingernails. Will it last all day, that’s...

Aug 18th

Sister-in-law has even trashier taste in books than me. One copy of White Queen ordered for her...

Aug 18th

Chocolate sent to US client. The things I do to keep our customers happy and build good...

Aug 18th

waiting for @7pleiades - you’d have thought I’d have learnt by now…

Aug 18th

Back home, checking up on week of feeds, pootling about before work tomorrow. Ugh.

Aug 17th

London transport fracked me off today. DLR & Jubilee line closures? Not a good end to the...

Aug 17th

Continuing my Placebo binge.

Aug 17th

First day back after the holiday. A lot of stuff to stort through - people trying to be...

Aug 17th

Bed. Sleep. Work.

Aug 17th

Tea made. Psyching myself up before I look at the inbox.

Aug 17th

Pulling a few last minute things together before off to the Science Museum with @girlwithtrowel

Aug 15th

Gilbert put himself to bed. Gracie just sitting there, clearly going “uh-uh. We got treats...

Aug 14th

OK, just one chapter left of the print out (remaining chapters can wait till I get home). Then back...

Aug 14th

OK, back to the thesis. Final push. Then another submission to read - eek, I underestimated amount...

Aug 14th

OK, sleep beckons. Up early(ish) tomorrow - Science Museum awaits!

Aug 14th

Well fed, thanks to the Crazy Canalman. Now can settle on sofa with trashy tv. I love having Sky...

Aug 14th

SoundCloud

Aug 14th

WP.me — shorten your links

Aug 14th

Miami Ink is a *bad* programme to watch. Promised no more ink till after the bro’s wedding...

Aug 13th

And cup 3 is about to be brewed. Oooh, the delights of the hellenisation of the southern france!...

Aug 13th

Rabbits won’t go to bed. Even tried the RabbitNip. Grace being stubborn (Gilbert is dumb and...

Aug 13th

Monsters starting to hop around living room. Sign that they need feeding. Who knew rabbits were...

Aug 13th

First cup of the work-day required. Brain overloading on Iron Age settlements. There’s a...

Aug 13th

And now I am awake and breakfasted, I am heading back into thesis-reading-land. How many cups of tea...

Aug 13th

Food, then back into the thesis. Chapter 5, here I come…

Aug 13th

Music. Through headphones and not speakers but it will do for now till I sort out the spaghetti...

Aug 13th

Ah yes, the reason I gave up on classical archaeology as soon as I could: endless pot assemblages....

Aug 13th

New Theme: iNove

Aug 13th

Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for the freedom-loving plucky kids. Just stop making me...

Aug 12th

I know the computer has speakers… But which of the gazillion wires controls them is another...

Aug 12th

:( no Placebo for Cas whilst she reads a bad manuscript then :(

Aug 12th

One m/s down. Ugh at yet another totalitarian government regime brought down by a plucky kid. Enough...

Aug 12th

Going for a wander. I need some fresh air.

Aug 12th

and any suggestions once I get there? turns out there is a limit to number of times can read Crow...

Aug 12th

Two badly stubbed (to the point of blood) toes in as many days. Sore feet, and not from fun...

Aug 12th

MUST FIND BOOK TO READ TODAY!!! Nearest bookstore to Limehouse anyone know?

Aug 12th

OK, heading out for supplies. Am I the only one who thinks it’s absurd the nearest supermarket...

Aug 12th

FYI- I’m averse to targeted marketing emails direct to my inbox. No your book would NOT be...

Aug 12th

Fresh air didn’t clear headache like I hoped it would. Damn. Nothing on TV tonight and bro has...

Aug 12th

(approx 10 for the curious. Adore the book)

Aug 12th

One cup of tea down. On with the next…

Aug 12th

Cup of tea, comfy armchair and @7pleiades phd thesis to proof. I can’t think of a better way...

Aug 12th

Off into central London. Feels v. exotic. Hard to remember am actually only an hour away from where...

Aug 11th

Skybox has fritzed. Oh noes!

Aug 11th

V&A tomorrow I think.

Aug 11th

Seem to have developed mildly unfortunate allergy to rabbit hair. Today’s mission -...

Aug 9th

Missing my RSS reader. Hadn’t quite realised how much of what I browse daily comes from there.

Aug 9th

can now breathe in the presence of the rabbits. Gods bless antihistamines!

Aug 9th

Awake on this sunny Sunday at last. Damn having access to Sky in the flat and watching Medium...

Aug 9th

Today’s lunch: pan fried wild alaskan salmon, with fresh ginger, corgette and romano peppers...

Aug 9th

Wow, I could sell my old Razr online for £5 (the working one, not the sat-on one...

Aug 9th

Caught an episode of Bad Blood. Think I’ll be buying the DVDs, if only for the yummy accents....

Aug 9th

Leg v sore today. Hopefully I can walk tomorrow - off for lunch with old school friend and...

Aug 9th

Cat having crazy five minutes dashing round house. Funny to hear her slid on the wood flooring...

Aug 8th

Finishing off packing, then trying to catch a few hours sleep before catching early train off...

Aug 8th

Work emailed closed (finally!) I am now officially on holiday and I WON’T look at my emails...

Aug 8th

And now my phone is fucking up, when I actually need to call someone! Buggering useless 3 service.

Aug 8th

Fantastic Mr Fox trailer looks… Fantastic! http://bit.ly/13zAJo

Aug 8th

Ooh, I like Safari 4 and the top sites thingy!

Aug 8th

Just back from grocery shopping in Canary Wharf. Feeling rather posh today! (And having issues...

Aug 8th

Waiting for taxi to show then off to the station. Ugh morning.

Aug 8th

Last day before holiday. Lots to do. Plus contact lenses and haircut. Ack. Not enough hours in the...

Aug 7th

Yeah, I wimped out of the contact lens appointment. Nothing you can say to me, I haven’t...

Aug 7th

Starting to worry about hockey this evening.

Aug 6th

What shall I do in London next week? I have a week of leisure to explore our capital. Suggestions...

Aug 6th

Hockey good but I am going to ache soooo much tomorrow! I’m more unfit than I thought!

Aug 6th

Home. Showered. Collapsed in a heap with book. Will sleep the sleep of the virtuous tomorrow!

Aug 6th

Off to hockey. Haven’t played in a decade. This could be fun!

Aug 6th

Not as stiff as I was dreading. Legs a little sore, that’s all. Go quick recovery times!

Aug 6th

July Wrap-Up

Aug 5th

Schliemann discovered Troy, not Knossos as I was thought in the shower this morning. Knossos was...

Aug 5th

Oh god, off to the optician again. Can Cas get her contact lenses in this time? Find out in an hours...

Aug 5th

Oh, I shouldn’t have had that last glass of wine last night. Today is going to be a *long*...

Aug 5th

Got the left eye in. The right is being more recalcitrant. Final session on Friday. This is just...

Aug 5th

ARGH! Can’t think of a word. Know it was related to FISH/MIDAS/INSCRIPTION and libraries of...

Aug 3rd

20 minute engagement/wedding conversation with colleague. Should really do work now I suppose.

Aug 3rd

What do you get your brother to celebrate his engagment? #giftdilemma

Aug 3rd

Once again, I leave it till I actually want to be in bed to put fresh sheets on it. Forward...

Aug 3rd

Can even hear the man at EH telling us he was maintaining the XXX’s of agreed words that were...

Aug 3rd

Don’t you just hate it when you start writing one argument, then end up arguing completely the...

Aug 3rd

Am curiously addicted to Knock You Down by Keri Hilson at the moment. By idea why.

Aug 3rd

Was it a data thesaurus he was maintaining? Hmmm…

Aug 3rd

martini in hand, the day ends well.

Aug 3rd

An oldy, but a goody -http://xkcd.com/123/

Aug 3rd

Thanks to @fulnic this is how I’ve been all week: http://bit.ly/19pDK6

Aug 2nd

Two lots of police cars on the road this afternoon. The crazy has made it to this corner of Oxford.

Aug 2nd

Waiting for bus. I seem to spend large amounts of my life side employed. At least the sun is...

Aug 2nd

My brother just got engaged!

Aug 2nd

I just took “Which Whedonverse Character Are You? (Buffy Angel Firefly Dollhouse)” and...

Aug 1st

Screw you contact lenses: Valerie Thomas likes my glasses :P

Aug 1st

ANGEL?! Pah! I’m never Angel. Far too broody.

Aug 1st

I joined twitter 874 days ago - http://whendidyoujointwitter.com ?

Aug 1st

OK, getting up now.

Aug 1st

I just took “Which Whedonverse Character Are You? (Buffy Angel Firefly Dollhouse)” and...

Aug 1st

Are all Mary Balogh’s heroines incapable of keeping their legs crossed and their knickers on...

Aug 1st