Monthly Archives: December 2013

Sometimes life just winks at you. Life is a smug bastard. Life winks at me as I buy my ticket for the Metrolink at Ashton. Rewind a few hours to the belated Christmas lunch I am having with my family. My … Continue reading →

I meant to do a blog about watching a Christmas church service and it all being about one man who we were all there to celebrate and who had given his life for everyone else. The joke was that I … Continue reading →

Some things I have not yet talked about in my self-important 2013 round-ups Game of Thrones didn’t get a mention in my TV round-up of the year. George RR Tolkien, the writer, emailed me to ask me what he had done … Continue reading →

Are we going to talk television in 2013 or what? No, I am going to talk television in 2013 – there are no other options. Mad Men was brilliant as always and not the first time we left Don at … Continue reading →

I remember when social media was frowned upon in some situations. “I thought he was meant to be on holiday, what’s he doing on Facebook? He must be having a great time,” is an example of the kind of thing … Continue reading →

So the whole working December with is over. The problem is that I am now like 20 days of my December rhythm. What this boils down to is that I did some extra socialising and I did less trying to … Continue reading →

I’m not being funny but I am just about to start typing about how I showed what a great guy I was by buying pizzas for my team when Jack Whitehall started talking about what a great guy he is … Continue reading →

Just fucking horrible. Horrible, horrible. What on earth made me think going city centre shopping on the last Sunday before Christmas with a heavy hangover was a good idea? It WAS NOT a good idea. I couldn’t even get my … Continue reading →