What a weird week. When I got back, Eleanor had been busy taking stock of "all my shit" - which basically meant filling a lot of black bags with stuff she didn't want anymore. Inspired by this, I took a good look around the house and filled rather a few myself with absolute garbage. Where does all this stuff come from - and why is it still here? With that under the belt, I took another look around and decided that I would give at least half of my book collection away. I shipped some to my Ma, gave some to Eleanor's Dad, dropped a stack of 'read once' hardbacks in at the library and donated about 200 paperbacks to the charity store.

Anyway, now a few days have passed, I couldn't even tell you what 95% of it actually was - and there doesn't seem to be any more space than there was before either, so tomorrow I think I may repeat the exercise. It might be a little harder this time, but I've grown to quite like the idea of owning very little. Long-time readers will know that I go through this exercise reasonably often and I can thoroughly recommend it. It's very liberating not being attached to anything at all.

All of that didn't stop me from buying a copy of Daytripper - I've heard nothing but great things about this book - shall report back later... if I remember.

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Good observationalists will notice a new tab at the top of the page called Under The Rose. This is a little project that I've been meaning to start for a while now. It can live here for a little while and if it gets to be as big as I hope it will, I'll move it to a new home where it can fend for itself. I've also just about finished building the store - or at least I have behind the scenes. I just need to order some stock in and I'll take off the gloves and see what happens...

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That's about it! Can't believe it's Saturday again. Looking forward to Doctor Who this evening. Last weeks Gaiman driven episode was easily one of the best I've seen in a long time, but I'm really hopeful for this week and next (two part episode) as they're fuelled by Matthew Graham, co-creator of Life on Mars. Gaiman is probably the best novelist alive today but Life on Mars... that's a whole different ball game! Bring it!