SUPER-SPECIAL DOUBLE EDITION inspired by late-night-drinking TV trivia discussions followed by enthusiastic recitations of TV theme tunes. What is the name of Silas Greenback's pet worm? From: AQA [63336] Baron Silas Greenback's pet caterpillar (not worm) was called Nero in the children's series Dangermouse. His sidekicks were Stiletto and Leatherhead Also! What was MacGuyvers full name? Fro ...

I love the way language evolves over time, according to need. I love that no-one controls it, that words just bend their way across the languagescape, changing and altering as required. I love watching new words thrive or die and wondering why. I love that 'cool' has stayed the ultimate expression of goodness while other, lesser would-be successors have had their time and passed. I love reading th ...

If you missed our last, first barnstorming two-level gig a few weeks ago (or, indeed, if you didn't), don't miss our potentially triumphant SUNDAY gig....THIS SUNDAY!!! Sunday? FUNday more like! Where: Downstairs at the Spice of Life, Soho When: 8.30 PM Sunday 12 February, 2006 Who else: Karim Fanous @ 8:00 pm (Singer/ Songwriter) Grok @ 8:30 pm (Experimental) Lucid Oak @ 9:00 pm ...

A year ago today, I posted what was not technically but spiritually the first post of this blog's existence, in which I discussed the following resolutions: Get out of London at least once a month. Check! Birmingham, Oslo, California, New Zealand, Amsterdam, Derby, Plymouth, Ashford, Croatia, Cromer, San Diego (again), France Update this blog thing once a day. Check! Sort of. I generally updated ...

Skiing was great- literally loads of photos and vids to pore through before I can upload them to flickr. This will have to do you until then. Actually, before the inevitable skivid is made, these three raw AVIs (about 2-6MB AVIs at this point) make for pretty entertaining viewing: Here's the video of the jump where the above photo was taken. Here's one where I fall off a cliff- keep watchin ...