This was originally intended to be a diet blog and over the last few months my attention has drifted a little. Today I mustered up the...

Many years ago I had an idea of writing a book about the probability of meeting someone with a collection of conditions. Say you were in...

It's been two weeks since I stood on the scales for my last weigh in. And today I almost didn't do it because I know how bad I've been...

Was on the razzle and committed a cardinal sin. Luckily Iulia is Orthodox so I'm hoping cardinal sins don't count. Why someone would...

It's quite irritating when you're looking online for a nice place to stay in on holiday and the picture of the dazzling location has...

When you have a rough day filled with disappointments, it's tempting to wallow in self-pity and feel downright sorry for yourself. Some...

Iu and I went to a stand-up gig by the comedian Mike Capozzola called 'Evil Cyborg Sea Monsters' in a pub in Camden. A multi-media show,...

LinkedIn is becoming more and more of digital vomit than ever. But for some reason I check it every day - I don't know why. Maybe to...

A double header of birthday parties for Loki this weekend. Yesterday was a successful one with lots of dancing and strutting about. The...

After Wednesday's exertions at work, and then evening with the two boys at home, I was wiped out so severely that the next day I was...

Finn got to meet one of Loki's Hampstead nursery mums on Monday on a playdate. He made quite an impression so theoretically I could be in...

Yesterday was April 1 and I got up bright and early to get my April Fool's play in motion. I barked out loud to Iulia and Loki my prank,...

Something I've noticed only recently is that the number of fat people at work is diminishing. There used to be a healthy proportion of...

Saturday has arrived and its time to chill. And take in our achievements so far on this diet. Well, that was the plan. A key point I'd...

Caesar was warned to beware the 15th of March and look what happened to him. Well, for me it's a case of 'beware the day before the Ides...

An occupational hazard for diets is evenings with other business people. The social lubricants for productive conversations usually...

Iulia made a very good point today. Too often on this diet we treat the week like we would a project at work. Essentially delay until the...

Weigh in day today and the scales gave their judgement. Beginning to think we may need to install some kind of CCTV for the weigh-ins...

Rained all day today on Mother's Day in London. Normally we'd get a takeaway or goto a nice restaurant and have a big nosh up with some...

We're beginning to get into the rhythm on this diet. It's only taken about seventy days, but we're finally starting to be good during the...