I'm one of those people that has two phones. I don't like it but it's a bit of a necessity to keep me sane. Having an iphone is pretty neat, but it's saturated with day-job stuff and you simply can't escape doing more work every time you press the damn button. My other phone is (was) a Sony Ericsson Cyber-Shot. Great phone but the key for a space has died a death and it's pretty annoying. So yesterday, I went to find a new phone and at six o'clock came out of Tesco armed with a BlackBerry. There was good thinking behind it. I needed a decent phone, some messaging services and the ability to keep on top of my personal email. Picture my face. Three hours to try and hook it up to wi-fi (never successfully achieved despite it being as simple as entering a password), total complexity when it comes to setting up email accounts, a lousy app store with an even worse interface. The only thing the damn thing had going for it was that it was black. By midnight, it was back at the store and the money back in my account. Compared to how unbelievably easy the iPhone is when you want to do, well, anything at all, it's shockingly awful that they think they can get away with this shit and hold their heads high as a market leader. Honestly... a worse piece of tech I have never layed my hands on.

The search continues - annoyingly, a couple of years ago, there were some great looking phones on the market but now, they're like cars. They all look the same and they all do the same thing. Functionality over design is really fucking dull believe me and not all it's cracked up to be.

I finished a crackerjack of a book yesterday too. It took me well into the early hours of this morning but it was worth it. Nattily titled She's Never Coming Back, it's a real Harlan Coben affair but Swedish (by Hans Koppel - real name Karl Petter Lidbeck, hidden presumably because he normally writes for kids). If you can handle the darkness of a Swedish kidnapping in the most bizarre of circumstances and have got enough time to chew it up in a day, grab yourself a copy. That leaves me free to make a start on Clive Barker's Absolute Midnight this evening.

Which won't be finished in one sitting. Guaranteed.

I have also decided that I am going to start wearing a lot of suits (not all at the same time). This may be a passing phase, but seems to me if you can find the right suit, it can speak volumes about you. Especially when you've got a ton of hair to go with it. (Note to self: be careful! This road has potential potholes every ten feet.)

Anyway - back to work. Lots to do...

Currently listening to: a great Stevie Wonder mash-up.

Currently reading: see above.

Not currently: speaking much on the phone

Liking: how Alcatraz might shape up over the next few weeks and seeing the potential in Once Upon A Time

Not that impressed with: a really slow kick-in for the second half of the Supernatural season. Sloooow.