View from the Potting Shed

What excitement! On Friday a package arrived for me: it was a limited edition (one of only 10,000) CD/DVD package of Fish’s new album 13th Star.
Five listens — and one watch of the DVD — later and I am delighted to report that I absolutely love this album.
I’d already heard a few snippets/demos on Fish’s […]

I think I’m stuck in Groundhog Week! Looking back, this is how every week has felt since about March:

Monday

Work

Tuesday

Work

Wednesday

Work

Thursday

Work

Friday

Work, then drive to Selkirk

Saturday

Sort out Mum’s house

Sunday

Sort out Mum’s house, worship God, drive to Anstruther

I don’t mind saying that I’m now feeling quite exhausted. I’m writing this at 16:25 on Sunday afternoon, but it feels […]

On Friday evening I popped down to sunny South Queensferry (next to the Forth Road Bridge, just outside Edinburgh) and met up with old friends Alan Vance and Ricky Carvel; friends from my first time at St Andrews (1989-1993).
Alan
Alan is a physicist who works for the Met Office in Exeter (at the other end of […]

My third monitor arrived this morning, which I installed very quickly. Tip: power down your PC first … I didn’t and for some reason it crashed.
I’m now going to be at least 33% more efficient now, and I now have a wider view of the already World Wide Web!
UltraMon has been a real bonus, […]

I spotted this YouTube video on Ricky’s blog.
It would appear that for one night only (The Market Square, Aylesbury, 25 August 2007) Fish had a new backing band!
I feel that Anthrax could have gained a lot from that approach to playing with former singers; I’ve made my views clear elsewhere. I’m just sad that a […]

View of University Library from my office window
So there I was sitting at my desk staring through my office window towards the University Library, taking a break from redesigning SAULCAT (the University Library catalogue search pages), and wondering: how can I find out more about the whole IVF process?
And then like a moment of epiphany […]

Conversation between Jane and me while driving home from Edinburgh on Saturday night. I was driving and feeling quite tired; Jane was in the passenger’s seat.

Gareth: How awake are you?
Jane: Not very, why?
Gareth: Don’t worry, I just wondered if you wanted to take over driving. I’m getting sleepy.
Jane: I could … it would probably […]