I was intending to avoid the traditional post work drinks this evening. This was meant to be the start of my 2 weeks of abstinence for the lead up to Great Manchester Run. In the event the sudden bursting into life of one of my bits of code just before …

I watched Diva round at Aidan and Gillian's this evening. I really enjoyed the film, it was a nice change of pace to my usual film fair. One thing I often notice watching foreign language films is how different the style of dialog can be. I don't really mind subtitles …

I managed a small measure of self control with after work drinks yesterday. This was mainly driven by the fear if I had too much to drink I would fall asleep in my beer having only really slept for 3-4 hours Friday morning. It took a lot of coke to …

Jo came round and visited us last night as we sampled the best of the media blitz that surrounded the election coverage. The BBC where in my opinion the best with the elder of the Dimbleby brothers showing the Paxman's of this world how to control your guests. Peter Snow's …

Nice to see turnout in my constituency is up. Also good to see the Lib Dems climbing up the ratings. If you add up all the opposition Labour only had 733 votes more although their simple majority is a pretty respectable 7k odd. I've drunk rather a lot of tea …