After a day spent (semi) mastering the formatting of every single ebook format there is, Eleanor and myself went out earlier on this evening and put our money where our mouths are and joined a gym. I have to say, it's pretty impressive - not only is the gym pretty full on, but there's a gorgeous pool (as opposed to the public one we currently go to which is - to be frank - a disgusting hole that I can't believe we pay for) with more included classes and associated paraphernalia than I will ever use. Considering the monthly membership is what I pay in a week for cigarettes, I could hardly say no really. Now I kind of feel pressured to figure out what to do there because there are so many option, but I shall start tomorrow morning all the same. If I can get my fitness back to something that looks like a real-live human being, I'm tempted to take up some new classes - something that I've never done before maybe.

I have quite a bit of work to do tomorrow on the books. Regular visitors will notice I've had something of a carve-up in the navigation here. Hopefully, it's a lot simpler now and makes a more logical sense. I know I shouldn't work like this, but doing things publicly makes me work an awful lot harder to get them finished. The beauty of the web is that 24 hours later, most of you (self included) can't remember what it was like before - and I am grateful for that! Don't change a thing!

My friend Mr Downes pointed me in the direction of the Radio 6 "Paperback Writer" series earlier this week. It's a great idea but some of it is sinfully dull. I expected a lot more from David Nicholls for one. Mark Billingham was cool as always as was Iain Banks, but the rest... I'm not so sure. I figured it couldn't be that damned hard to do myself, so I've started to put together a podcast - just for fun! Certainly not ego driven. I'll post it up here when it's done - there's some classy tracks waiting in the wings. Probably an awful lot of material you wouldn't expect from me either. For a start, everything I have on the list so far is British. Yeah, that surprised me too...

Anyway - gotta bail. Lenny Kravitz on the TV... like most, he should grow his hair again. This here is a good look for him (said the fashion guru).