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Can't believe I'm back in work tomorrow

I've been off with Harry for just about FOUR WEEKS now, this is amazing! I've not only forgotten what it is I do at work, I'm not entirely sure where it is any more. Luckily my neighbour works there, saw her today, they were having a very sophisticat...

Pixies tickets!

The Pixies 01/10/09 and 02/10/09 £44.2 - 54.8 Olympia Theatre, Dublin (or tout it), then to the UK:Pixies 04/10/09 £71.50 Glasgow SECC Pixies 06/10/09 £73.70 Brixton Academy Pixies 07/10/09 £75.00 Brixton Academy Pixies 08/10/...

Cool baby grows

If only babies didn't grow so fast, and need changing every ten minutes, these Slayer and AC/DC baby grows would be cool! Or there are loads of cool (but too expensive, including postage) at www.punkbabyclothes.net. Maybe not this one particularly:I ...

New comedy clubs to open in Dover and Cranbrook

@lonestarcomedy Opening Clubs in Dover and Cranbrook in September plus doing the first Mexican with Comedy night at Escondido Sandgate - all go hereLooks like there should have been a link there, maybe lonestargroup.co.uk...

Can only find first class high speed rail travel from Folkestone to London so far

See the journey planner, just testing it out with a commuter type service on Monday, I can only find first class tickets available for the new high speed rail link. And even then I can't find a train that gets me there particularly quickly. Can see o...

We have a bundle of Windebanks

Here's one John Windebank, maneuver your way around the family tree from there! Can you really trace them back that far? Would be very interested if there was some connection in to ours. My great great great grandfather had a daughter Caroline Clarke...

Folkestone - the place of dreams

Only 1100 views of this video so far, and it was the lead story in the local paper last week! Quite a good job done on this I think, good work whoever you are. It's generated some debate....

Good bath last night

Harry enjoyed his bath last night I think, kept him in there for ages, supporting his head and letting him float a bit. He likes the bath, but then gets a bit stressed when it's time to get out and get dried.Watched more Glastonbury yesterday, looked...

Do pop charts still count these days?

Jacko has every spot in the top ten and most of the top twenty too... Look Glitter, that's all you have to do to make a successful comeback!...

Steven Wells dead too

Legendary NME hack. In a wacko crossover he blamed it on the boogie, though actually it was cancer....

There's always a huge death rumour on Glastonbury weekend

Every year at Glastonbury there is a rumour going round that a major celebrity has died! Generally it's Cliff Richard though!So where were you when you heard Michael Jackson had died? I can tell you I was RIGHT HERE, in this room, looking at my phone...

About to attempt bath #4

Feed time for Harry now, then going to try another bath. He's not keen so far, first bath was a proper screamer, next one he was OK with, then yesterdays was bad once again. Will report back on this one, possibly days later before I'm back on the com...

Glastonwhat?

Would be great to be at Glastonbury again this year if the weather stays like this. And if I wasn't so old, and if we didn't have a not quite three week old to look after. This year's lineup looks pretty good.Looks like Glastonbury 2003 was my last G...

Andy Murray-ometer

Today Andy Murray is 85% British... saw this on popbitch board the other day, just been reminded by the newsletter......

Holiday has been going fast

Went along as Clare and Harry's plus one to the semi regular meet up of the mums from the NCT classes, this time to the house of someone who lives in the Duke of York Military School, had a nice walk around their grounds and good to see the other bab...

Could these baby gadgets cancel each other out?

Now we have Slumber Bear I wonder if he will cause some sort of conflict with the Babysense monitor? We have both, and they are both great, but I wonder... Babysense monitor gives a warning and then an alarm goes off if baby gets out of bed / cot / p...

Slumber bear has been dispatched

Hope this is not hitman slang and that it means Slumber Bear is on his way. Probably it's too late to be tricking Harry with somethign like this, he's just about two weeks old now.Had a great few hours in the middle of the day, paid a surprise visit ...

You never know which you will want to keep

Not until after you've chucked out the receipt... this one has been recommended by a few different sources.

Foster Gearing's virtual reality zoom around our Creative Quarter

Foster Gearing's video of it's vision for our very own Creative Quarter... hmm is there any mileage in pretending the FG on their video really stands for Folkestone Gerald?The Old High Street is much like that already isn't it? Has about that many pe...

Slumber bear

Apparently, this is great. So we are getting one.Slumber Bear Plus features a multi-function sound box playing womb sounds, lullabies, ocean waves and white noise. There is also a recordable feature allowing you to save your own unique message for ba...

Joanna Lumley is LIVE from Folkestone on BBC1 right now

We couldn't make it out this morning ourselves as we had to wait in for the midwife. Everything going splendidly here though, thanks for asking!

Where'd my paternity leave go?

Man alive that quality time with Clare and Harry has gone fast, one more day of it really. I should spend less of the remainder on the computer! Harry is sleeping and Clare is getting ready for us to go down town though. As I already mentioned he's s...

Dinosaur Planet!

MJ Hibbett is hitting the Edinburgh Fringe again!Dinosaur PlanetPerformance Dates:Tuesday July 21 2009, 8pmThe Wilmington Arms, 69 Rosebery Avenue, London, EC1R 4RLPress Launch, with Chris T-T's Improvised Piano Recital�5.00 admittanceFriday August 7...

Blur warmup at Rough Trade East RIGHT NOW!

https://twitter.com/darryl1974 Darryl is twittering it live, kind of wish I was there... but got more important things to be doing that going to secret Blur gigs these days! Just put the little man down to bed, hope he sleeps for a while now. Next ti...

Cereal? Soup?

Hmm I seem to have mixed up the food bowls with the baby bum cleaning bowls... Only using water on him at the moment.Another night of broken sleep, only to be expected at only a few days old. Started off very promisingly with a trip to the pub! Just ...

got lots of gigs and events here, all around the world

Why remove this one?

Someone just tried to add this "dover to st pancras"

we are getting off a ship in Dover at 5:30 am we catch the Chunnel to Paris at 10:35. Can we make it. How do we make it. Is there a train. Is there a fast train,Guess that means this site is confusing to use. Odd sort of journey though, can you not g...

bah can't even post on my own blog using safari

4OD's annoying-to-use desktop client is off! No more (I hope) endlessly confirming I'm over eighteen and reentering the password just to watch a few episodes of Countdown...You may have seen or heard rumours in the press about changes to 4oD. As a va...

@pauly #m12701 great picture, looks sweet, Hope everything is going well. :)

@pauly great picture, looks sweet, Hope everything is going well. :)...

Due day plus FOURTEEN

Off to the hospital now for the final push!

Oliver