(Picture courtesy of Seb) Having seen Marcus’s post for sausage V bacon,  it’s easy to be complacent about the meat project quarter final (not least because of the amazing pork and mushroom ones I had from my local butcher this week) BUT… The last bacon round was close, we must make sure no one confuses…

Kirsten at work was bouncing up and down the office  on this space hopper: Thinking it looked easy, I had a pop and managed to fall off and twist my knee. I pretended it didn’t hurt, but they’ll be no five a side for a week or so. It reminded me of all sorts of…

I watched a film this weekend where someone had to phone a friend to tell her some bad news. While it was ringing, she repeated to herself, "Don’t pick up, don’t pick up". It made me think of the times I have HAD to phone someone, not text, either I don’t want to talk to,…

I had a little car bump during the drive home Friday night. Since The ice and snow had left the roads in my village like glass, I was driving at glacial pace when the girl behind me lost control and drove into my rear bumper. We exchanged details, both cars and people we’re fine, though…

The other day I got a nice little leaflet from an company that delivers organic, eco friendly boxes. I got a bit excited – I like good food, stuff like this is important to me and companies that do this are rare Up North. Lovely little website, lots of nice stuff. I got very excited,…

I’m reading a rather lovely book by Alex Kapranos- him from Franz Ferdinand – about his food adventures on tour. It’s beautifully written and shows you should be careful when judging what people are capable of – he did quite a few things before getting famous, it shows.  I’m also liking how he demonstrates the…

I’ve had to make some hard decisions this week. It doesn’t matter what it was about, but it’s forced me to think about what’s really important. Once upon a time I would do whatever I wanted, and hang the consequences. That’s fine when you’re young, but when you get older the stakes get higher. You’ve…

The IPCC Report came out on Friday. Since I this issue’s important, I bought a few papers on Saturday to delve into it as much as possible, I also thought a few perspectives would be useful. I won’t bore you with what they said – you’ll have your own views anyway – what surprised me…

I  was doing some research in Watford last night. By the time I finished it was too late to be bothered about what I ate – it was a Pot Noodle in the hotel room. Strangely satisying, although I’ve never figured out how to avoid dribbling scorching noodley sauce down my chin.  Eating slower might…

I’ve just been reading the last few posts (not a self referential way of course!) and I’ve noticed that I seem to overuse the word genius. I’m not sure what this means, and I’d rather not know, so to avoid closer inspection the  word will be strictly rationed on this blog (from me anyway).