civil service time
no wonder we have problems with public projects in the UK. it’s because civil service time is completely wrong (i took this photo just after 1pm)
brad
i had lunch with long time blog reader and international singing superstar Brad. he was over in london for work. We had a really great lunch and it was great to meet in real life after like 3 years or something. i think he’s in this video if you want to see him in action
great west road art deco buildings
there are so many cool art deco buildings around london (list here).
and there’s quite a few on the road near my office on the outskirts of london
one morning this week i walked to work just as the sun was coming up so managed to grab some shots with blue sky in the background
the bright thing is a street light, not the sun which wasn’t yet above the horizon
here’s another building.
i’m going to make it my duty to take more pictures of these fantastic buildings which are all over the place according to the link above
a tiny loo
i went for a windowless room in my most recent stay in an easyhotel. i think i’ll go back to the windowed option next time though. it was just a bit too much like a cleaning cupboard. but brilliant nevertheless (and for 40 squids in central london, you can’t complain)
mince pies as examples of sizes
i’ve no idea what this was about, but it was at the back of our church on sunday
broken glasses
i walked past this run over glasses case on the way to a meeting. i wondered if it had some glasses in, but didn’t pick it up to have a look (for fear of being run over myself)
on the way back from my meeting it had been moved and was now resting on a bollard and the (broken) contents could clearly be seen
here’s mark in the background being a witness
the arrival of my tweetcret santa
my secret santa present arrived at work this morning
it was well wrapped in a jiffy bag then countless (err 2) layers of bubble wrap
so at 6am this morning i was in a dark office on my own on the outskirts of london opening a suspicious package from an unknown stranger (i know plenty of strangers, but this was an unknown one)
first thing i came to was this lovely red reusable guerilla carrier bag
i unravelled it a bit and there was something inside
so i reached inside and there were two more bubble wrapped items
inside the bubble wrap was tissue paper
and finally, the contents were revealed
two fantastic and lovely egg cups
so hoorah. a real success from mr or mrs tweetcret santa
you can view photos of other tweetcret santa gifts on the flickr pool here
nigel planer
it’s nigel planer who kindly let me take his photo as he went about his business. he’s better known as his alter ego neil on the young ones who of course sang ‘hole in my shoe’. My favourite bit ever is around 40 seconds in to this . the timeless wonder of it: we sow the seed, nature grows the seed etc. A quick youtube search for ‘nigel planer’ reveals how many fantastic comedies he’s been involved with.
fancy a snog ?
great name for a shop/brand/thingy
too many messages
aaargh. too much to remember. just as well “don’t panic” isn’t on the list
carnaby street
the scary giant snowmen of carnaby street
the mystery thing was …
a hideous santa light stuck on a wall
party party party
i had three xmas meals last week. and a non-xmas lunch. and a 50th birthday party. all excellent stuff
street ambassador
i took this photo a few weeks back before it got really cold. i particularly like how he’d organised himself with his shoes neatly lined up and even a bed side table with tray and drink. lovely stuff
