Some good reading

I’ve been reading The Lord of the Rings for the past week or so for the first time since I was at school (over 20 years ago!!!) Having seen all the films (The Lord of the Rings Trilogy (Extended Edition Box Set)) when they came out and then asking Santa…

Climbing Everest for Children 1st

What! Bruce is heading off on a major expedition for weeks of altitude acclimatisation/trekking through the Himalayas? No – don’t be silly! Since we’ve moved to our new office, someone commented on the number of stairs (we have 4 floors) so we decided to use them to make some money…

New PC

With some of the proceeds of selling the (motor)bike I bought a new PC! First one in a wee while so its been quite a leap in performance. Lorraine inherits the water cooled beastie for email and business stuff! My new one was from Cyberpower – for those that want…

The Mighty Boosh

If you haven’t heard of them then where have you been living for the past few years. Check out the Wikipedia Entry for details. Anyway, we saw them at The Festival Theatre last night and they were as odd as expected. The foyer smelled like a hairdressers on the way…

Wandering through the woods

We all headed off for a wander in the woods of Mugdock Park last Sunday to raise some funds for Marie Curie Cancer Care. It was a surpisingly sunny day through in the West near Milngavie considering the downpour that was occuring through here in Embra. Steven stayed at home…