I cooked!

I was home late today so I said that I would cook for myself when I got in.

I was trying to decide what to cook - I was tempted to do a three course meal, but it seemed like too much effort.

Then inspiration hit me!

Take 1 bottle of Piccalilli, 1 bottle of Lloyd Grossman Masala Sauce, a tin of corned beef and a chopped red sauce, mix it all up good and bake it for 20 minutes.

I give you - Corned Beef Piccalilli Masala!

My fiancee says it's disgusting (without having tried it) but I've devoured half and am saving the other half for tomorrow.  It's a bit acidic but very tasty!

Just noticed that I'm about to pass 4000 views. Thanks to everyone who's viewed my blog, you make it all good.

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Working out hurts!

 I've worked out tonight for the first time in months and I ache.

 When I say work out, I've actually played on the Wii for an hour.

 Think I need to do it more often.

 It's the first step in my new project that I'm working on - details are restricted right now but I will be trying out some new stuff over the next few months and I'll keep you posted (hopefully with pictures)

 I'm going to sort out a cherry scone and a cup of coffee now - after that I might watch President Obama firing a marshmallow cannon!

 Finally, if you've got a Twitter account and got nothing better to do, why not nominate me for a Shorty award?

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My son is a geek

My son is a geek.  Here he is with his laptop and his tablet.

My son busy multi-tasking between his tablet and his laptop. The kid has more IT kit than I have.  I tried to arrange to take him to the park but apparently he had a videoconference with his team in Tokyo scheduled.

Had a very busy day today - I've been off, which sounds great (and is great) but I basically leave the house with my son around 9.30 in the morning and don't get back in until about 4.30pm, spending the day shopping, visiting people, going to one of the kids classes, more visiting, more shopping... it's a busy day.  Glad I've got a quiet evening ahead of me!

I wanted to flag up an interesting YouTube channel today, henders007 - the channel has all kinds of fun videos of scientific tricks.  For example, check out the below video of some ball bearings and a couple of magnets creating a Gaussian Gun:

Very cool.

Finally, if you've got a Twitter account and got nothing better to do, why not nominate me for a Shorty award?

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Obviously there's no chance that I'm going to win but I've checked the charts and even just eleven votes will get me into the top forty bloggers!

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