Well this has been a long time in coming and since the last time I posted anything I have a new job (well one new job and a new version of an old one), and a new baby. I say "new", she’s almost one so that’s a good indication of how long it’s been.

In a nutshell, no more law firms, no more Milton Keynes, hello to a great new job, some working from home, decent hours and no more suits. That’s right. After 15 plus years as a slave to ties, cufflinks et al I am now free to walk into work looking like the suburban 40ish tosspot that I am. That involves casual dress of the middles class i.e. suede dark denim and untucked sensible shirts. As much as I’d love to think that I’m still cool (note assumption that I ever was) the sad reality is that I’m not, and am getting less so. Ah bollocks to it, I am embracing fart-dom.

As for the nipper...well she is small, blonde, looks like her mum (thank god) and is an angel. It’s a tedious repetition by new parents, but my daughter is so beautiful. I am all of those tedious made-for-tv movies in one big fat cliché. Its great though, and lack of sleep, smell-of-poop/sick, and poverty aside, there’s no downside I can see yet. Give me time though, pessimism is a patient mistress.

Anyway, today I am frantically trying to find a new laptop. I say frantic as with the information overload of the internet I have no idea what I want or if what I choose is in fact shit. I’m all for a facist state of electronics (unless I’m rich) with one TV, one laptop, one car and bugger choice and free will. It would make life easier for us awful paranoid “what if?” types who see only the one-star reviews on Amazon.

Or I could just sod it and buy an Apple 17” Macbook and be poorer but happy. I hate choice. I’m bad at it.

Anyway, lunchtime over, I’m back off to work. Hopefully I will find a laptop and be able to keep this up.

Yeah, like that was what was holding me back.

Later peeps.