• @owenblacker follow @markpack for a daily crepuscular bulletin in reply to owenblacker #
• Onward with the bumper weekend of festive fun. Off to the Playhouse for this year’s panto. #
• Bus in Angel Row has an alarm and is saying “This bus is under attack. Please dial 999” in a Nottingham accent. #
• Widow Twankee just announced the Strictly result to a horrified audience! #
• Making an incredibly evil dessert to take with me to festive gathering tomorrow: mince pie / stollen Queen of Puddings… #
• @martinjansen kann Songbird Podcasts sorgen und auch mit iPod arbeiten? in reply to martinjansen #
• Oh dear. CHF Kitty more or less better from latest bout, and now… UTI Kitty seems to be symptomatic again. 😦 #
• Plastic box containing evil dessert sitting on stairs. Cat sniffed it and took a big leap backwards. #

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• Telling cat, who is objecting to hoovering, that we wouldn’t need to hoover so often if he didn’t shed so much fur. #
• @jonxyz I always thought the water level changing in toilets in windy weather was to do with the venturi effect on the soil pipe vent. in reply to jonxyz #
• @helenduffett is that to the tune of “still crazy after all these years” ? in reply to helenduffett #
• Wondering who it was at our party who left a blue and yellow hairbrush in our bathroom. #

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• Hmmm. Nothing says Xmas quite like cat poo under the tree. #
• @helenduffett 836? eek. Makes my morning stroll around all those staircases look puny. in reply to helenduffett #
• Ooh. Someone on the radio just said gin and tonic. What a very good idea. Don’t mind if I do. #
• Tired legs. Ought to be making mince pies again and tidying the kitchen. #
• Not sure it’s entirely right I can get 3doz mince pies out of one jar mincemeat. Have made 75 mince pies so far this year. #
• Don’t really feeling like contributing to society this morning. Just wanna go back to bed and sleep til dark. #
• Hmmm. Plates of chocs and french fancies. Maybe life is worth living. #
• Have now eaten whole bowl of Quality Street and am feeling sick and fat. #

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• @simonrudkin while you’re enjoying your 55wank, I had a 2cup in reply to simonrudkin #
• Xmas cards in post. Guess the Euro ones won’t arrive in time 😦 #
• Considering a planning application for the old Odeon site. Lots of letters about this one. #
• @simonrudkin the application passed. Not entirely sure the Bromley representations were proportionate. in reply to simonrudkin #
• Rudely awoken by cat deciding to use headboard as a tight rope. #
• RT @libdemvoice On LDV today – posts about Clegg’s first year, starting with one by Clegg himself: http://tr.im/2f20 #

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• Leaving a windowless room and being suprised to find it isn’t dark yet. #
• Received a postcard from Belgium – http://tinyurl.com/6asfoc #
• Writing a Postcrossing postcard to Portugal #
• @toranika I see snow too. in reply to Toranika #
• Reading Home Office Questions. Intrigued about the “heavily fortified cannabis café” to be found in East Worthing. #
• Is @iaindale controlled by Tory HQ? He admits he received twice as many phone calls from them this year over last! http://tr.im/2cue #
• @toranika it’s probably an irritating holiday decoration. Or a reflection of the unusual weather in silicon valley http://tr.im/2cup in reply to Toranika #
• @alixmortimer I guess Iain’s got quality and quantity confused again :-^) in reply to alixmortimer #
• Gaviscon. Magic little pink and white pills that make life and sleep possible. #

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• Wondering if a coupla thousand blog posts and two visits to Radio Nottingham suffice to start referring to myself as “writer & broadcaster” #
• Horrified and disgusted by what the birds have done to my poor car! #
• @qwghlm @dieonfire seems still available? also @burntodeath ? in reply to qwghlm #
• Amazed how many other twitter users, apart from @markpack, use the word #crepuscular. #
• @helenduffett think I prefer my version of the headline: http://tr.im/2azy in reply to helenduffett #
• @adamrio that doesn’t look like a big beer, that looks like a pint? in reply to adamrio #
• @hannahvictorious http://tr.im/29ov #
• @hannahvictorious cooking for colds – with killer toddy receipe – http://tr.im/29ov #

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• @iaindale you’ve already unwittingly sent one to me 🙂 in reply to iaindale #
• Oh dear. Recognising the symptoms of early onset manflu. #
• @iaindale it was @markpack ‘s joke: he put your name as sender on the back of a card. Led to serious wtf moment until I opened it. in reply to iaindale #
• @markpack are you suddenly in Manchester? http://www.talktalk.co.uk/outages says probs oop north and implies still in business. in reply to markpack #
• @alanfleming because I am *suffering*. And I like the phrase. And it gives me greater justification for port-based remedy. in reply to alanfleming #
• Writing a Postcrossing postcard to Finland #
• Blimey, this port-based toddy is seriously powerful stuff. Better write “Catchup” before drinking the rest. Won’t even be able to stand! #
• @stephmog milk bottle full of tap warm water is what I use for deicing purposes in those circs. Or, erm, my nectar card. in reply to stephmog #
• Actually slightly surprised to discover this “bed at normal time / get up at normal time” seems to work. FSVO normal. #
• @mapkyca interesting pubs in Nottingham – Olde Trip to Jerusalem a must: has caves, good beer, ghosts, myths… triptojerusalem.com in reply to mapkyca #
• @mapkyca hmmm, however, tonight is Mediaeval banquet nite, so maybe the Salutation might be better in reply to mapkyca #
• Biggest decision so far this week: tea or coffee for elevenses? #

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• @owenblacker are you watching the first *ever* House? Oh, the joys ahead of you! in reply to owenblacker #
• Zombieing around the house doing last minute prep for the Lib Dem Mince Pie Coffee Morning we’re hosting at 10. Making mulled fruit juice. #
• Deciding against going down the garden to harvest holly for garnish. Too much rain. And too much cat shit. #
• Appear to have received a hashtagged Xmas card, but can’t open it while we have guests. #
• Well, a satisfactory mince pie morning concluded with just a manageable handful of surplus mince pies. They drank all the mulled frut juice #

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• Frantic tidying (the best kind) upstairs whilst the robot hoovers downstairs. #
• @jonxyz Roomba not perfect, but there’s absolutely no other way this house will be hoovered daily! He’s done good today and refound dock. in reply to jonxyz #
• @jonxyz ps Roomba obv prefers show-home levels of clutter, struggles a bit chez nous and has hissy fit in junk-strewn cable runs upstairs in reply to jonxyz #
• Disappointed the #Nottingham German Christmas market appears to be staffed by people who don’t speak German. #
• Looking forward to operating in a future locality based services landscape. #
• @willhowells Bettie who? in reply to willhowells #
• @willhowells ah, asked and answered, I see. in reply to willhowells #
• @willhowells thanks for the thanks meduck. It was an interesting learning experience; a string for the bow. And you weren’t in it enough. in reply to willhowells #
• Dear the people of Manchester. Wanna pay for something you’ve til now had for free? No? Really? Are you sure? #
• Feeling sleepy and tired, but loads more tidying still to do and at least 3 doz mince pies to make. #
• @willhowells which IT Crowd did you see recorded? in reply to willhowells #
• Hmmmm… watch IT Crowd or make mince pies… hmmm #
• Fine breadcrumbs-a-go-go. #
• Quite possibly the only person on the planet watching the IT crowd with 16oz pastry chillaxing in the fridge. #

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• Watching @joswinson ask a q at scottish questions. John Thurso too. #
• Peering at code trying to spot the problem. It seems curly quotes in HTML don’t work. Not that I actually typed in curly quotes. #
• @qwghlm omg, I can haz nobel prise? in reply to qwghlm #
• Not sure I needed to hear the sounds of hair cuts and cows being slaughtered on the PM prog. #
• http://twitpic.com/rojz – Reading my copy of the Tangerine Book. http://snurl.com/7qdyw #
• @jamesgraham I bagsied “reinventing the web”. And I was hoping rather more than 2 would play at the game in reply to jamesgraham #
• Nodded off there for a bit. Dreamt about @borrowman. And EARS! #
• EARS was much better in the dream, but I can’t believe I’m DREAMING Lib Dem database architecture. Can you get any sadder than that? #

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