I realised that it's been way too long since my last update; as I'm in the mood for getting things done...the photo with this update is of some marigolds which were overdue being planted along with the wall-bracket they're hung from; must admit I don't recall ever having planted anything before, but as it involved power tools to fix the hanger to the garage wall it found it's way onto my radar...

Here's a new entry...

I was sat in the office last week when my occasional desk-mate (I have a hot desk next to mine) mentioned twitter was becoming a search destination, in that people are using it to find out whats current and who's talking about it; e
ffectively live search and in fact how they caught Google a little off guard.

We got chatting and in amongst talking about twitters breaking of the @reply feature (and later retraction) I noticed Martin (occasional desk-mate) was following Dave Gorman. Being something of a fan of DG I looked to see what he was talking about, apparently on his next tour he's cycling between venues. Last time I encount
ed DG he was driving between US seaboards - well driving from Califronia to the East caost along the scenic route doing his utmost to avoid buying fuel, food or lodgings from any of the large corporations (aka the Man) and instead trying to rely solely on Mom-n-Pap businesses.

Now normally at this stage (having found out that one of my favourite commedians is touring) I'd find that all the local gigs were sold out, but on this occasion not only is he doing 3 nights in Andover (about 30mins away), they've
still got tickets and because it's a warm-up to his tour (presumably) the tickets are only £10! Not only that but I've found out about his tour early enough to book at either The Anvil and/or The Appolo next year. Although by this stage he's admitted he won't be cycling between dates.

So I booked up for The Lights at Andover at lunchtime; during the phone call (I couldn't get the seat allocation I wanted online) the nice lady (she was very efficient and on the ball) asked how I'd heard about the gig. I'd like to think we heard some moulds being broke when the reply "on his twitter stream" was heard.