Today, I have no opinion on anything. What??? No.  Seriously.  I have no views at all today.  Nothing.  Not a sausage! I have nothing to say about the horrible Beijing [...]

You remember yesterday I told you about this: And I was worried about having to burst out a load of concrete to find the source of the water. Shit! But [...]

I was wondering why the floor tiles were starting to crack. That little en-suite bathroom was going to be one of the final jobs in the mega-reconstruction of the Bockschloss, [...]

I took a little break from decorating to check out the women's final at Wimbledon. There's something mesmerising in the spectacle of the Williams sisters and, if I'm to be [...]

It's high summer, which means it isn't freezing cold and pouring rain all the time. No.  Instead, it's just chilly and showery, which is how you know the difference between [...]

After all that heavy labour over the past couple of years, we finally get to enjoy a little bit of relaxation. The old garden is coming on at long last.

I'm tired and sweaty.  I'm covered in dirt.  Sweaty, tired and dirty. Bullet and myself have been slogging away over the entire sunny weekend, trying to finally sort out the [...]

The old house has gone very scruffy. Very. Scruffy and dirty and just plain messy. Very fucking scruffy and it's all my fault: I admit it. It's dirty. Well, it [...]

In a petulant, and completely unreasonable, fit of pique I told Joe the builder to fuck off, and then I stood there looking at a half-completed kitchen and wondering what [...]

Well, after that violent experience, there was nothing for it but to go out and buy a 42" tv. Nah! Joking. I actually bought the 42" tv last week and [...]