Man with shiny new bicycle have smiley face:D
Arrived mid-morning at the office. Its the first new bike I've ever had.
Brought back memories of my Christmas present when I was about ten - Mum and Dad got me a bike. Not new, but all done up and I was dead proud of it then.
I know better now of course.
It's even locked up in the garage.
Tomorrow evening I go to Geoff and Becky to return his loan and take a box of chocs and some wine (only two Chrsitmas leftovers left over now!!) then round to Matt to give him the panier set that came with the bike. I still have an old one soemwhere in the garage and I feel he shpould get something outy of this as it was after ll his bike that got nicked in the first place.

If you want something doing, ask a busy person
Today, Trx told me that her friends that run the local NCT branch would love an article from me about our exciting predicament. I used to write a regular Dad's Diary column when Flo was first born and it would be fun to resurrect that.
I'm going to go mad (you know me!!!) and put together a short kind of press-release about the baby, and dig out a couple of my old Diary pieces to sent to the various magazines and stuff.
Becasue I have so much spare time...

Alpha goes on downstairs. All women this year - but six of them. I did it more or less on my own. I so admire Trx for doing this - it brings everything to life for both of us to have a deeper understanding of where we are.

I am, as Flo correct diagnosed, a "worryhead". Kin seems happy enought o get the train here on Thursday. I interrogated her about the car and she was wonderfully vague. Obviously hasn't a clue about it and has got nowhere sorting it out. Full of talk about job interviews though, and excited about an interview tomorrow in a print shop. Apparently the mini-gallery online is getting 80 hits a day. You can't tell her that she won't make her fortune selling digital art online...

Speculation grows at the forum about Foxx's activities and his plans for this year. I am keeping a low profile there theses days I have chosen to chat and interact with other fans, but not declare my hand yet over the website, so no-one knows exactly how much involvement I have with that. There seems to be more than a hint of awareness about the fourth album with Louis, which I agree should if possible be a high profile release with good distribution. I suspect this will be Metamatic 2 - re-working of ALL the first album and a second disc of new material inc versions of Man Who Dies and …Machine. And a tour. A big Fuck off tour taking in Europe and America. Foxx should play America again - its long overdue. Tie this in with the release of a more subtle, fan-based collaboration (perhaps the Guthrie album). Personally I don't think this is the best year to try and also release the Virgin albums again unless they can be dressed up really special.
Still slogging through the sleevenotes at the moment...

I have a nagging pain in my lower back.
And my ears still hurt.