Holy Guitar of Durham

Went to Durham today to visit number one son. He seems to be doing OK. Not sure about the guitar above though.

Told him about Trip Hazard. I think he is somewhat unconvinced of the concept at the moment. Actually, I'm wondering why nobody has commented on my deathless prose. Having writers angst about suitability of material, and whether or not it is actually worth bothering with any more. Should Trip be left for ever lying in an abandoned building, with the love of his life kidnapped by his sworn enemy? Do tell.

Twagging

Snuck out of work half an hour early today and sat at home consumed with guilt (oh yes). In this part of the world they use the wonderful word "twagging" to describe taking time off when you aren't supposed to:

"Is Wayne coming to school today?"
"Nah. He's twaggin'"

Of course, as soon as I get home I normally fire up the PC and bounce into the work system to see if anything important has happened in the twenty minutes it took me to drive home....

Battling in the Twilight Zone

I nearly got into the Twilight Zone tonight. I was within one door panel when the top left hand flipper stopped working. It turned out that the connecting pin had come off and disconnected it from the soleniod. As you can't hit the piano without that flipper this turned out to be fatal.

But I reckon that if the pinball machine is now having to actually break to stop me, then I must have it seriously worried....

Local Hero

This is Tom from BBC Look North. He came up to our HIVE environment to record a tiny bit of telly with me on it. I was talking about leap seconds, and their effect on computer systems.

It went out tonight. I've not dared watch it. Perhaps when I've had a few drinks.....

Happy Half Century, and a nice Wilton

Went to Ian's tonight to celebrate his fiftieth birthday. Had a great time. Here is a picture of his carpet.