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Fruit juice, special forces and GTA larks!

A day of culture (and trains)

This weekend, four of us piled onto the train from Bristol to London Paddington. We were off to The Menier Gallery to see an art exhibition of pal of mine. We unashamedly did the whole tourist thing based around this visit, it being the first time on the tube for Small Sprog I take the train at least four times a week for work, but this felt new and enjoyable because of the company and the lack of association with work.

We also took in a look at The Shard, Borough Market (est. 1755 and very, very foodie) and Tate Modern. I liked the bricks and mortar of Tate Modern but the exhibitions weren't really my thing .

A BS5 Saturday

Today I have been at my house here in BS5.

BS5 has had a fair bit of traffic these last weeks, with a pal staying two weeks and more nights here myself.

This morning I woke at ten to six to enjoy not going to work. I had a ruthless empty of my loft - stuff that has been up there for ages and from former BSFivers, each of whom had left the odd box of old crap. Out it went! I then used the space to tidy away stuff from the rest of the house that has just worked its way into inappropriate places. I shifted two old beds, an old stereo, old PC speakers, loads of old shoes, a tyre, a bicycle wheel, old suitcases, cardboard boxes and some stuff I didn't even know was there.

Some order restored and my lounge can now be lounged in for the good of all, and every box in the loft can be seen and accounted for. Happy chap here :-)

I've indulged in a new bin too.

Spiderman at The White House.

Here's a cool picture of Barack O. I saw it in The Telegraph this week as a summary of Presidential Term 1 (but originally in The New York Times some time ago).

It was taken on Hallowe'en 2012 and the little chap is the son of a member of the Administraion who was trick or treating with his Dad. Barack O' was game enough (or savvy) to join in and has reputedly said that this is his favourite image of himself from that year.

I like it, staged or not: it will make this little chap a happy young man for years to come.

Post Office

I have spent this weekend in BS5 and it has been strangely interesting in a niche sort of a way, with plenty of activity in unusual things. My friend Andrew is here, preparing for his imminent art exhibition in London. I accompanied him to my local post office to send 45 packages around the world promoting his show. We chatted to the post office fella about stamps, envelopes, weights, rates and shipment times. He was geekier than we were and had some serious interest in envelopes. Who knew it was such a topic of delight?

What to give up for Lent

I enjoy giving up stuff for Lent but beer, trains and my apple mac is a bit of a tough call. Instead I am going to try to add something for Lent instead by doing someone a good deed each day of the forty. I know someone who wrote a letter to a different friend each day last year, which was a good idea. I did think about that but I'd just have forty more people unable to read my illegible scrawl. So, look out for good deeds either digital, virtual or actual from next week.

Friday, WFH.

Today I am working from home. Most , if not all of Bristol's schools are closed and as BS7 works in a school too, it's full on and noisy here. Ideal for a Friday really.

A random selection of my recent Google searches

Suitably informed here at BS5...

A BS5 Weekend. Lamb and Spaceships.

This weekend I have been at my house in BS5 whilst BS7 has had a weekend at her house after a lunatic busy week involving a school bus crash, exam results (mock and real)  and loads of errands.

Over my BS5 weekend I have been for a couple of pints with my brother, we have watched loads of star trek and I have been spodding about on my apple mac.

I have also taken an unhealthy amount of pleasure from doing all my laundry, changing the bed clothes, tidying my room and making plans to hang this fantastic picture.  I bought the print about 20 years ago and it was framed for me last year as  a gift.  

A post to follow when it is up in all its splendour.

Too Golden?

Now I love a bargain and these cords hit the spot this week.

They were in the sale at Austin Reed, a well to do menswear retailer of long standing .

I like Austin Reed because their long trousers are a generous 35 inch leg, ideal for me really. I have a few suits from AR and they are excellent.

These cords were £99 down to £28 but it has been suggested to me that they are a little too golden. I think they're great and let me tell you, they are comfortably numb.

Too golden? I hope not!

Festive welcome!

Today I'm on Store visits in north Wales and I'm at my usual and excellent B&B (The Clontarf, Llandudno).

It's the little touches that impress, such as changing the usual door welcomes for these festive ones.

Christmas soon and my iPhone is filled with Christmas tunes for the 5 hour train ride home.

Phew! Guess who just called?

Barack O called me just before 6 am to tell me that Mitt had just conceded.

This is good news for BS5 as that other loony isn't in, and therefore China won't be branded a currency shark, and Israel won't have tacit backing for a pre-emptive whack on Iran. And America might look soundly beyond its shores.

As you can see here, Barack was gesturing for a phone so he could make that call to me.

Four years ago I heard the news first time around in BS5, but today it was heard in Bangor, north Wales.

Well done America.