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No, this isn't a new SPAM subject line that I've being constantly deleting from my junk mail but an insight to my birthday surprise on Saturday. All I knew was we were going up to London for an event. The mystery tour started with a drive to Croydon and picked up another ginger legend that is Trev. Were we just giving him a lift or was he part of the surprise? Next we headed further in London and ended in West Norwood, home of Kev and Karol. It was all starting to add up. Viv left me a smelly Lush present, K & K contributed to my wardrobe funds and Steve and Sam finding the grooviest dancing wind-up robot toy (oh, and very handy ninja plasters). After the taxi firm cocked up with the address we arrive late at the old Oblivion bar, Gigalum. Shame the staff couldn't get their act together but at least special guest Sarah arrived (without Paul), all the way from Ibiza with a remote control helicopter as birthday present. As the champers flowed, Kerry gave me her main prese...

I've managed to buy some Mighty Boosh tour tickets for Brighton Dome a day before their release thanks to the Modwolves club I'm a member of. It's finally paid off and will hopefully get front row seats for their live show next November. The same club/mailing list also promoted a great cartoon joke book called 'Don't arm wrestle a pirate' which the above image is from. Perfect as a Christmas present. They also have a MySpace entry which features more drawings.

Happy Birthday to me, happy birthday to me! Kerry's spoiling me as usual and there's more to come Saturday apparently?! Random entry: Japanese TV Zelda themed dance video taken from this recently found cool website/blog . Has everyone heard that the Mighty Boosh has announced a tour next year? Tickets are on sale this Friday.

As per my last blog entry, in the interest of teamwork I appeared in my work's pantomime. This is probably the strangest employer/work based event I've ever come across and only accepted the task as it was a non-speaking part. To remind you, I work for the Institute of Development Studies , which is like a university offering post-graduate courses but mainly researching methods to improve people's lives in developing countries. All serious stuff and the panto is scripted with interdepartmental jokes and a development sector themed story. My role was to play a bored office worker in a meeting - just to yawn a bit and look at my watch. However, over the course of a couple of rehearsals I was to join in the chorus of the song and dance about. Before the dress rehearsals, it was looking like a complete shambles with people forgetting their lines or fluffing their actions. But it all came together rather well. Even Kerry liked it dismissing my worries of in-work jokes would go o...

Kerry spotted this 'art' in the Guardian and, with a bit of research, discovered a bit of local history which is no longer available to the public. The news-story was the seller's claim that Bonham's refused a £1m bid from Damian Hurst for a piece of Walter Potter's work. Shame we moved here too late to see the stuffed animals in Victorian past-times . If anyone's seen this or know where any of the pieces can be seen please tell me! Tonight I'm taking part in my employer's (real) pantomime. Apparently its a long institute tradition where I have a non-speaking/singing part. Full report later.

This weekend will go down for two memorable events. Tony, Kerry's hairdresser brought his friend down to Brighton to celebrate his birthday. We met them at Legends, an infamous hotel for a certain segment of population (I only realised after I got there) on the seafront. We had high expectations of an expensive night being Tony, hairdresser to many fashion shows and friends of famous people. However, arriving at the hotel bar at 10:30pm brought home the flavour of the evening with a tinge of cheap cheesiness. After Tony and Chris faffed about for a good hour showing off their 6 outfit wardrobe for two evenings we avoided the hotel bar and headed for Dr. Brighton's. Based on a memory 7 years ago, it turned out to be an old duffers pub so turned straight back. Audio was busy and many people taking advantage of the outdoor seating for smoking and braving the gale-force winds. The downstairs club had Andy Weatherall playing that night. Instead we headed around the corner to Revenge...