Turning 30

Two days ago I was wild and crazy, a rebel without a cause. My body was like that of a finely tuned athlete. I was misunderstood, dreamed big and thought the future would never happen to me. But yesterday something changed. I got old.

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The Hosepipe Ban and the Flood

The surefire way to end a drought is to put a hosepipe ban in place.

This weekend Faith, Adlai and I had some big plans. It was meant to be the weekend where Adlai has funtivities at his aunty and uncle's and Faith and I go to a hotel and sleep for 36 hours straight.

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I see sleepy people.

I once heard someone say that if you don’t sleep for 48 hours you start hallucinating. I don’t know if that’s true but for some reason I’ve repeated this piece of information as if it’s hard fact for as many years as I remember. Being a parent there are times when I have come close to finding out if the statement is true… now is one of those times.  If sleep made you fat, I would guesstimate that Faith and I would be invisible from profile. Yep…I’m suffering.

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Igglepiggle vs Harry the Hornet

I wonder what attracts you to a career in children’s television. Or to be the guy inside Igglepiggle’s costume. Do you think you have to work your way up? Maybe start off as Harry the Hornet for the Watford football team or Millie the Cow for MK Dons. Is it the sort of thing you can ask your careers advisor at school about? I wonder what the national careers service would make of it.

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