Re: my previous post..

me: You must have loads of time on your hands...

her: (indignant) No I don't!

me: How come you have time to blog three times a day? (as done today!)

her: Oh all right then I do.



Yes yes, I realise I've blogged twice today, but I have squeezed it in to an extremely busy day working from home. Which by a freak of nature co-incided with day 2 of the second test.

The Prisoner...

Those of you who know me well know that my favourite TV programme of all time is 'The Prisoner'. It is genius. Whether planned or accident, it seems to exist on many levels - on one level a cool 60s spy caper, on another questioning the nature of individualism. Great stuff, get the DVDs!

Anyway, after years and years of rumours (at one point Mel Gibson had signed to play No. 6), this news just in from the most trusted source in the known universe : Sky One are going to do a new version. I'm sure it's going to be brilliant. I really am. Honestly. They're so good at telly.

For other Simons news, probably best to bookmark Rach's blog and go there instead of here - not only more frequently updated but much more entertaining according to my colleage Gerald. She seems to be able to manage her time at work much better than me.

However, I will report that our kitchen is now finished and fully operational. Despite the firm's owner and son being complete tossers, they did a superb job, and for those of you who've been here it's a complete transformation. The plasterers even took some initiative and fixed some holes we hadn't asked them to do! Will post some photos later.

Next up: painting painting and more painting in preparation for the upstairs carpet and downstairs oak flooring installation in the next few weeks. Bought our bed yesterday on a near whim on the way to the rugby yesterday (Scotland were terrible in a 3/4 empty Murrayfield). Pre-Christmas completion of everything bar Rach's play/craftroom is on!

Here's something new...

This rather bizarre internet sale took my mind off the problems with our rude pathetic mysoginist builders for a few minutes.

Washington!

Washington Monument
Originally uploaded by nicktryg.

Back, had a good time. Quite tired, no sleep on old rickety 747 home next to large smelly man with no sense of personal space, so probably won't make much sense. Saw some famous and very familiar buildings. Almost felt odd that there weren't any aliens attacking or something.

At the conference, one speaker had a powerpoint slide called: "how gaming is contributing to winning the war on terror". Says it all really.

More chat later, follow the photo to see more... the Smithsonian Air and Space museum was the real highlight.