New (old) photos

Nearly two years ago I was lucky enough to go to Copenhagen, for an EEA meeting on Reporting. OK, the EEA meeting wasn't all that exciting, though we did get to look at some really groovy spreadsheets.

I also took some really, really bad photos

Lack of gravitas

Kate is reading "Our longest days", which is a collection of diary observations by British civilians during World War II. Alan Clarke's diaries may be more famous for their sexual revelations but they cover a fair bit of social territory, spanning the rise, reign and fall of Thatcher. And then there's the Pepys chap. And probably a few others, like, er, Gladstone?

I was thinking this as I rode through Battersea Park this morning. That's an unusual thought for me, because on an ordinary day I'll either be thinking about what happened in the football last night, different permutations of English cricket selections with imaginary future Test performances, or work. I try to save introspection for when I'm part-drunk.

I digress. The question which was bugging me was does this blog, or indeed the act of blogging, tell people anything about society? Is it of its time? Does it mean anything? Should it? Does the fact that it doesn't mean it's worthless?

Then I wondered, "Does anybody care?". Having arrived at the answer, I went back to thinking about cricket teams, without a worry in the world.

What's happening here?

Some random observations.

First, it's autumn. Or, to be precise, it's autumn here, in England. I like autumn. It's leafy, and the air is crisp.

Second, as of 28th August, I'm an Uncle, and Kate is an auntie. There is evidence of this ->

He's called OB-1, because his name is Oliver Bruce Lendy, and he's the first of his generation.

Third, I am hungry, so I'm going to make myself a midnight snack. Good night.

Cold turkey

This is harder than it looks...

Stop reading this

I've made a big decision. Well, actually, it's only a big decision if I decide to stick to it, a bit like giving up, well, giving up something.

I'm giving up the Internet. Actually, this is not, in any way true. I'm not giving up e-mail. And I might stop giving up blogging and actually write something here on occasion. And I can't think without Wikipedia any more.

But news.bbc.co.uk, news.bbc.co.uk/sport, www.cricinfo.com and www.guardian.co.uk plus everything else are history baby! There's a whole world out there, just waiting to be explored.

I haven't decided what to do with Facebook yet.

Alive

Hello

Yes, I am alive.

Yes, my life is so dull that there is nothing of interest to write here, which is why I'm not burdening you with it.

Yes, we are still married. Everything is lovely. But that, in itself, is not very interesting.

Oh, I got promoted. I'm now UK lead on technology policy, in the context of the UNFCCC negotiations. This means I have a completely identical desk, about 10 metres away from my previous desk. And I only have that desk 80% of the time, because none of us are more than 80% of a person.

Right. Off to Bangkok. For a holiday.

Married

Hello

As you can see, Kate and I got married. Which was rather wonderful.

It's been something of a summer for weddings. Dan and Helen were married yesterday afternoon and are currently en route to Japan for their honeymoon, and the two of us have three more weddings to attend. The final wedding of the summer is actually in the Australia winter, in Sydney. We are both very excited about this as neither of us has been to Australia before.

Our honeymoon, in case you were wondering, was spent in Brittany, and we have taken many pictures of sea birds and excitingly shaped rocks. Hopefully these will be published soon.

Married life seems, to me, to be very similar to normal life, though I am very much looking forward to spending the rest of it with Kate!