Blogging… Lego Blog: Hex Tower 27 Oct 201527 Oct 2015 Towering Inferno I like towers; I like building them. There's a lot of appeal to their height and for me, the way they go straight up is really helpful since…
Assorted Ramblings… Lego Blog: Toy Shop 13 Oct 201512 Oct 2015 Happy Places I've loved toy shops for as long as I can remember. If I happen to be in town there's an excellent chance that I'll pop into John Lewis…
Lego Lego Blog: Space Cube 6 Oct 20155 Oct 2015 In Space No One Can Hear Geometry Unless you're the Borg of course. I'm not the Borg though, so everyone is perfectly safe - I have zero wish to assimilate anyone…
Lego Lego Blog: Ruins 1 Oct 201530 Sep 2015 Digging Into Flickr There are some great solutions to life out there - like auto-upload to Flickr. I can then promptly forget about what I've built and photographed. I don't…
Assorted Ramblings… This Week, Monday 15 June 2015 17 Jun 201516 Jun 2015 Stuff to Report There is little of note. This is good. Life is fairly quiet right now, and thankfully so. We're thinking about kitten things, and about what to do…
Assorted Ramblings… This Week, Monday 8th June 2015 9 Jun 20158 Jun 2015 The Brain, Its Eye Peels I feel as if my mind is slowly reawakening. Normal things are being normal again, I'm laughing at funny things and am sad about sad…
Assorted Ramblings… This Week, Monday 8th September 2014 8 Sep 20148 Sep 2014 S'autumn isn't it? I so very nearly dated this January; I am uncertain of time. When I spoke to my doctor a couple of weeks ago she asked how I'd…
Lego Lego Blog: Mini Office Block 19 Aug 201419 Aug 2014 Tile Your Kangaroo Down Sport I just adore the shiny little things. This love is in ironic opposition to our actual bathroom tiles, who I despise and am in a…
Assorted Ramblings… This Week, Monday 4th August 2014 4 Aug 20144 Aug 2014 It's My Birthday, Pity Me Yay! I'm on leave for a whole week. Sure that may not sound like a lot, but when you slice it into hundreds of frantic…
Assorted Ramblings… This Week, Monday 28th July 2014 31 Jul 201430 Jul 2014 Running Downhill That's how it always feels in the run up to a little bit of time away from work. It's my birthday next week see, so I get to…
Assorted Ramblings… This Week, Monday 21st July 2014 22 Jul 201421 Jul 2014 As Time Goes By Not the TV show, just that general sense of time flowing past like hair in the wind. Or something. I skipped a week. It is a…
Assorted Ramblings… This Week, Monday 7th July 2014 7 Jul 20147 Jul 2014 A Rose By Any Name Is Probably Not A Rose It's been a nice weekend for buying stuff. I like buying things; I have fully invested my emotions in retail…
Assorted Ramblings… This Week, Monday 30th June 2014 1 Jul 20141 Jul 2014 Time For Some Quiet Exactly where I'll find such glorious peace and quiet is unclear. It's slightly concerning that I'm already seeking to hide away... I guess that's mostly a…
Assorted Ramblings… This Week, Monday 23rd June 2014 23 Jun 201423 Jun 2014 I Am Made Of Wood And Earth, Air, Fire and Water. But mainly wood. The kind of wood that's been soaked so you can bend it into a pretty table.…
Assorted Ramblings… This Week, Monday 9 June 2014 11 Jun 201411 Jun 2014 Week One Is Over A sense of relief. As promised, last weekend's insane ICT migration completed with a paucity of useful information and no assurance of success. Thus does…
Assorted Ramblings… This Week, Monday 2 June 2014 2 Jun 20141 Jun 2014 The Sun, Oh God The Sun The sun has come out again. I feared that returning from Scotland had plunged us into a time of gloom and greying clouds. It…
Assorted Ramblings… WHERE IS THIS Week, Monday 26 May 2014 ? 29 May 201428 May 2014 Gaaah! Time Is Running Backwards I think is. It appears to be Wednesday night yet I'm sure I just got back from Amsterdam the other day... but no. I've been…
Assorted Ramblings… This Week, Monday 19 May 2014 19 May 201418 May 2014 Back In The (Robin) Hood Ooosh, what a lovely week. Sure, Monday was kinda manic, and I won't know until I return to work whether any of it actually paid off!…
Assorted Ramblings… This Week, Monday 12 May 2014 12 May 201411 May 2014 Run Away! Yup, that's my plan this week. I'm pushing outside of my own comfort levels by some considerable distance and am having a few days away in Amsterdam on…
Assorted Ramblings… This Week, Monday 4 May 2014 6 May 20145 May 2014 Escape, Flee! I have been burying myself in films and books this last week. It's much easier than dealing with the world. It also reminds me of why I so…
Assorted Ramblings… This week, Monday 27th April 2014 29 Apr 201429 Apr 2014 Time Slips I missed a week. I know, I am a dreadful person both inside and out. That's sort of why I missed a week. I'm not great at balancing…
Assorted Ramblings… This week, Monday 14th April 2014 15 Apr 201414 Apr 2014 That's All Folks Sorry - this is a very short this week post. I'm busy innit? Well, busy and already back to a state of extreme stress and weariness -…
Assorted Ramblings… This week, Monday 7th April 2014 7 Apr 20147 Apr 2014 Sweet Sweet Sleep I've spent most of the last week catching up with sleep and relaxation. I've done very little else, which in this rare case is actually a good…
Blogging… Lego Blog: Microscale Castle Building 19 Mar 201419 Mar 2014 Emails and Castles I get nice emails sometimes from Lego-ing people. It makes me feel warm and fuzzy to be part of the Lego community. This time I was sent…
Assorted Ramblings… Lego Blog: The Lego Movie Giant Brick Storage Boxes 18 Mar 201420 Nov 2016 Lego Accessories Are Also Lego I believe we should start with full disclosure - I was sent this item to test and review by A Place For Everything, also I…
Assorted Ramblings… Lego Blog: Jabba’s Palace Part 3 – The Droid Dungeon 10 Mar 2014 Oh-oh-o, we're in a dungeon now I've been cheerfully modding my Jabba's Palace since I got it some time last year. It was an absurd bargain and totally validated trekking…
Assorted Ramblings… Lego Blog: Rummaging In The Body Bank 12 Dec 201311 Dec 2013 Pre-Christmas Brick Jaunting A bunch of us took a day off work so we could go on pilgrimage to the Lego Store at Meadowhall (near Sheffield - the source of…
Assorted Ramblings… Lego Blog: Making Stuff and Finding It Strange 9 Nov 2013 A Highway Into The Mind There are lots of supposed indicators of what's really going in people's heads, I'm thinking of 'Freudian slips' as well as complete nonsense like astrology…
Assorted Ramblings… This week, Tuesday 8th October 2013 8 Oct 20138 Oct 2013 Is This Week Really Not Over Yet? It already feels like weeks since we found out that Colin had gone missing; in fact it's only been five days. That compression…
Assorted Ramblings… This week, Monday 30th September 2013 30 Sep 2013 It's A Needlessly Exhausting Life I'm not entirely sure how I've just slept for twelve hours; it's a good job I'd taken the day off work... I didn't really take…
Assorted Ramblings… This week, Monday 16th September 2013 16 Sep 201315 Sep 2013 A Whirlwind of Terror Alright, that's a slight exaggeration. Last week was, although relatively quiet, very busy at work attempting to grasp new systems by their hair and slam them…
Assorted Ramblings… Lego Blog: Jabba’s Palace Part 2 12 Sep 201312 Sep 2013 Jabba's Palace, Special Revision The recent Lego Star Wars set for the palace is lovely, but it's small. I'm glad I didn't pay full whack for it (thank you ASDA)…
Assorted Ramblings… This week, Monday 9th September 2013 9 Sep 2013 I'm Late I'm Late But I am not, of course, pregnant. This appears to be a blessing, though the superficial benefits of having a few months off work do occasionally…
