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Early mornings
…are no more. You know you're awake early when… pic.twitter.com/B31XOpmp36 — Doug (@dougaitken) July 25, 2016 Saw this tweet on my Timehop and a colleague messaged me just after 6am and I realised I haven’t had a proper early morning in some time. I used to get up 6/7am for live chat but on rotation,…
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Eevee family
This is the current status of my a Pokestop. No collaboration, people have just put on their own Pokémon.
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Ocean Avenue
I missed it by a day but Ocean Avenue turned 15 years old. The album, not the single. I first heard Yellowcard via Yahoo LAUNCHcast Radio in the summer following my first summer at university. I could wax lyrical about this album, but I’ll just say that if you haven’t listened to it in a…
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Here comes the rain
Suddenly, we felt that slightly unfamiliar experience. Yes, there it was. It was raining! Anyone in the UK will know that the past few weeks, probably just over a month, has been almost solid sunshine. We’ve easily been hitting mid-twenties a lot. As someone who doesn’t deal well with heat, it was a welcome break.…
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Exploring Reekie Linn
Today we went with our friend Ian up to Reekie Linn for an afternoon to enjoy the extended sunshine we’ve been experiencing recently. Through the countryside and up past Alyth on the B954, you turn off the road just over the bridge find a grassy area at the Reekie Linn car park. There are picnic…
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Catch up
Just off the phone with one of my long-time friends, Gareth. We can go a long time without chatting but a few minutes on the phone and we’re back up to speed. I hadn’t realised it had been six months since we met up for coffee at Henry’s. To quote his oft-used phrase – Always a…
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Got a lock
After another “three year old has clearly been in my office” situation today, Kevin brought this when he came for dinner.I’m deadly serious. My office is getting locked.
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Locked office
I’m going to need to look into changing the standard door handle on my office door to one which has an actual lock and key. A certain three year old doesn’t understand “stay out and leave dad’s things alone” – found my BB-8 vinyl pop toy in three pieces along with a few other tell…
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