Our DVD rental queue doesn't just have a list of the films we missed at the cinema in it. I've consciously added classic films from before my time or widely acknowledged films from outside our filmic comfort zone. So last night we sat down to watch the classic romantic weepy …

Cambridge has been improving it's kerb-side recycling scheme to include plastic bottles which will make another dent in our total black bag waste volume. While some people complain about the two week rubbish cycle we haven't found it that bad. Currently pretty much all of our vegetative waste going on …

I keep having to re-adjust my expectations of the weather down here. As we approach the depths of September it's not unknown to have nice crisp sunny days as the weather attempts to make up for it's disappointment for the summer proper. To that end we went for a walk …

Yarr, tis morning I mounted my fine vessel for the first time since me experience of tasting the salt of da road on Monday. I was a wonderin' why the chain had come away, perhap some plan by the revenue them scurvy bilge rats? Despite that I made good time …

Has anyone seen the rather excellent documentary The Smartest Guys in the Room? It analyses the Enron scandal and the hows and whys it happened. They had been indulging in accounting fraud where they hid losses and inflated assets until the wheels came of and the hole house of cards …