June 2011
7 posts
“what a fight we have had - and how near defeat..it is like looking back on a...”
– Isambard Kingdom Brunel’s diary 26/12/1835
Flatshare Slamdown Episode 5: Rufus Hound & Holly... →
pappysfunclub:
Episode 5, Milk:
It’s the penultimate Pappy’s Flatshare Slamdown and we’re getting milky as bottle-fed Tom and Holly Walsh take on by-the-breast Ben and a ‘tipsy’ Rufus Hound. Can Matthew keep the panel on the correct side of the taste, decency and misogyny line? As battle progresses, Ben gives us a recipe for Strawberry and Garlic milk, Tom finally gets a response for banging...
Today I have..
- Been reading a biography of Isambard Kingdom Brunel. I’m up to the conception of the Clifton Suspension Bridge which i think is one of the most beautiful things in the country. I’m learning so much more about what kind of man Brunel was which is ambitious, determined and proud. I hadn’t realised how many setback he’d encountered along to way to becoming...
Goodbyes
are very strange. I’m moving out of the house I’ve lived in for the last year whilst I’ve been on placement in Newcastle. Tomorrow I wave goodbye to the North East and a head to the house I grew up in at the opposite end of the country. Have just said goodbye to my one remaining housemate and our conversation turned into a lovely reminiscing session. I can’t believe I only...
oh hello!
I’ve always found it inspiring that some people carry notebooks around to note things down and not loose them. Actually keeping a notebook long enough to make note of something interesting is something I have always struggled with. One (golden!) survives for personal things, which is to say I’ll vent into it when I’m having a bad day. As for the just plain cool stuff, well,...
