On This Day, 5 May
2026
2025
2024
2023
Fragments of #Portishead https://t.co/zjf8CWSX7N
I'd propose using the abbreviation f27n for "floccinaucinihilipilification" but I judge the idea to be worthless.
2022
@stillawake I have made pretty good progress on my mile! https://t.co/ZAHUrmpUA6
@shezza_t @Scofflawconor Dear Sir, Please send one buttered rum by return of post. I enclose a stamped, self-addressed schooner. Yours etc.
@JoshDance No, but I do it in Alfred (which also copies the result to the clipboard if you hit return at the end, handily...)
2021
Oooh. Someone's selling a P&A Campbell sailings listing on eBay. Fascinating to see all the places you could get to from the Hotwells landing stage in its heyday. https://t.co/EFyLoUerm7. #bristol
Also, check out the company address: 1 Britannia Buildings. You can probably guess from the list of steamers that the building in Hotwells was named after one of the ships... https://t.co/LKGNjZJdGY
RT @BristolCouncil: Grab a walking buddy, it's #BristolWalkFest! đśđĽž Enjoy nearly 100 #Bristol walks for all abilities this May and beyonâŚ
2020
It's the kind of nice clear night that makes me wish I had a good long lens... https://t.co/VSJXF2N08F
@tsunimee Stress on the first syllable, and I'm a "vacseen" person rather than a "vacsin" person.
2019
And Brooklyn Nine-Nine illustrates how I have felt in many an open-plan office. https://t.co/Abtpa38wR8
I often feel depressed, but then I listen to Fields of the Nephilim's _Psychonaut_, and it turns out that feeling like a depressed eldritch demigod is an improvement. https://t.co/i7EaZGgpnc
RT @rapturebird: Love to be out with a group of people and realising the extent of my isolation (now and historically) because following aâŚ
Oh, of course. The loud drumming in Hotwells will be #Bristol10k supporters. Happy running, everyone! đĽ đââď¸ đĽ
RT @BryceElder: Please enjoy this novelty item I bought in a Golders Green charity shop. https://t.co/gHh88YmPnQ
RT @Coldwar_Steve: Shitehawks https://t.co/B6qqQhSuEr
As you do. #bristol10k https://t.co/HT1nCdjQuQ
A few hints of Spike Open @_SpikeIsland #bristol https://t.co/jKWN3LIxru
And some contemplation on the way home featuring @_pigeons_. https://t.co/KvyKbzX5BN
RT @petedoherty: Thank you Dublin x Next stop for Peter & The Puta Madres, Bristol! đˇ @cristinamassei https://t.co/y84Ll7kIsy
RT @nicolaz: 19th C technology as erasure. https://t.co/IRFA4GMb73
At the Academy, awaiting Peter D. Support excellent so far. Book on his appearance running at: 10pm: 7/1 11pm: 5/1 Gone midnight: 1/3 Eaten by giant hedgehog: evens
Okay, that was a fucking fantastic @petedoherty gig #Bristol. Loved the new Putas numbers, plus a great version of Youâre My Waterloo. Plus huskies on stage! đ
2018
Last weekend. https://t.co/3H4v9VPErI
Unfurling. https://t.co/2TFj4AMo3A https://t.co/kd4DUdBRNf
RT @doctorow: An excerpt from "Bullshit Jobs," David Graeber's forthcoming book about the rise of useless work https://t.co/FLA0BRn6D1 httpâŚ
âDellipsisâ https://t.co/Qa9YMYaNPp
2017
It's refreshing to see someone say their longevity is down to luck. https://t.co/LA8PvP4Kqw
<30% turnout in the West of England mayoral election. WellâŚ
...I live a single minute's walk from the polling station and work from home, but it was still hard to summon the energy.
@ahnlak I do think it might've been higher if they'd put an extra entry on the form for "Oh, please do FUCK RIGHT OFF."
RT @angelbelsey: Prince Philip just avoided having to meet Donald Trump by retiring https://t.co/c4LdJdniV4
@EffBeeee Try to figure out why, first off. But sadly I think most things that can be wrong with sofa comfort lead⌠https://t.co/XXIrHjEIeV
Awww. I agree, but still. Let's have a moment of nostalgia for interacting with Twitter through the good ol' SMS in⌠https://t.co/L4qln1mde5
I can see right through you. https://t.co/t0VVENaeYJ https://t.co/vviLUT5Ejz
@Gizmodo It looks like the murder weapon was a... ( â˘_â˘) ( â˘_â˘)>ââ -â ...micrologging platform. (ââ _â )
RT @Gizmodo: North Korea thinks the CIA hired a lumberjack to assassinate Kim Jong Un with nano weapons https://t.co/D9i18j7sha https://t.câŚ
Is it really that windy in Bristol today, or is next doorâs scaffolding just whistling and rattling in a mild breeze?
Ah, okay. Not just just me, then. https://t.co/jLihERlVqi https://t.co/YRZxdQw98R
Humble beginnings. https://t.co/T96CaXZsFR
Et voila. https://t.co/p09ByYLRM6
@stevenchapple Always loved those lights. Remind me of the Martian machineâs eyes in 1953 War of the Worlds. https://t.co/OEmWFM6exB
Just tried Murder in Successville. It appears to be the opposite of my cup of tea.
Also: "restaurateur" does not have an "n" in it and I may be too grumpy to listen to other humans tonight.
Back to basics. https://t.co/Bs3L5KSD8X https://t.co/DtSCQvlqDZ
@Kavey It were lush. And foraged wild garlic, too. *Engages Smug Mode*
2016
Been there, done that. https://t.co/3yYZ5rFBFU
Row, row, row... #igersbristol https://t.co/wC7bBpVcrr
Oh, y'know. Just taking the dog for a... kayak. #igersbristol https://t.co/mZ6rqxTcxN
Splendid. #Bristol https://t.co/jq5yW10ZVa
RT @windyoona: Our conductor, lacking a tuning fork, took G from the mains hum in a nearby fridge :)
@BenPark âExcuse me sir, but are you attempting to undermine the course of due democracy?â âGolly, no. Wouldnât think of it.â âSpiffing.â
@Bristolvor Those exit pollsters can be quite insistent.
Went out for exercise. Stopped at Cottage on the way home. May have watched a football match in Merchants Arms. Now in Asia Channel. Oops.
Voting takes calories, right? Right?
2015
2014
We are *not* the first here. We are the second. Therefore we are not alcoholics. http://t.co/hKv3hH7rDg
I only got 20 down in the Times cryptic crossword today because I know @tsunimee :D http://t.co/JDNiAI0Ns8
Not for me, honest. http://t.co/DZ9AEZSWeS
@rbrwr Mais oui.
@ahnlak Uhuh. http://t.co/N12CA9yFlo
@archidave Must provide such great natural light for checking out the clothes colours, too...
2013
Gettin' ready. http://t.co/wAhVLWSeIg
Glad I put sunscreen on. Be careful out there, #Bristol10K runners & supporters. I think itâs going to be a hot one.
First time in the Yellow starting stream. Hope this lot donât all go haring off without me.
@Thehappyfatgirl Happy birthday!
@liveindetail dunno. Did 1:05 last year, but had a faster pace-setter to run with.
Nice to see lots of people on the way round! @RamonWrites @stillawake @Bristol_Culture ;)
Much slower than last year, lacking the helpful pace-setter I was running with then. Still, very happy to have got round ;) Well done all!
@chris_j_hughes Ra!
@chris_j_hughes Or âTaâ, even, but I guess both are appropriate ;)
Most importantly, of course, today's 10K means I probably get to beat @hayles on the FitBit friends' leader board this week :D
@chubbybannister @RamonWrites Slooow. Reckon about 1:12. Enjoyed it, though!
Hrm. My Kindle is literally on the blink. https://t.co/NjpLcXNFn9
@chubbybannister @RamonWrites @bertyc Thanks!
2012
@oliverburkeman I'm certain one did.
Apparently, I will be dining in a TiPi tonight. @stillawake
@jorence Oooh, excellent. Might have to pootle myself, tomorrow. Love the Spike Open.
@jorence Yes! Most definitely. Let me know when you've decided; I should be fairly flexi on time tomorrow.
Limited to the local area this weekend, as my car is still at the garage. Spring cleaning interspersed with food and culture, I think.
@stillawake I don't know. Was going to Spyglass, but friend I was going with phoned me from a Tipi last night and changed the plan :D
@stillawake All I know about what we're doing is that it's in Queen Square and that tipis are hard to hear phone calls from.
Morning post http://t.co/SgSip4WZ
@JimCombiline Cheers, just paid :)
@KeithGough1 Tuesday afternoon.
Lunch. Then some photo processing. Then maybe some music making.
Just posted a photo http://t.co/FfRzbypH
@KirstyHigginson Oopsie. *plays soothing music*
I am in BTP, idly watching the zebra crossing on Regent Street. Many of these people really need to work on their crossing-the-road skills.
@KaveyF Er, no.
@KaveyF There you go.
@KaveyF Unfortunately not. Especially as my car's in the garage all weekend.
@KaveyF And a new super exhaust. In fact, for what I'm paying, it'd better be made of fecking diamonds.
Photos processed. Maybe if I clean the kitchen super-fast I'll have time to fiddle with some music before I head out for dinner.
For those who were wondering why my new Mini tyre was pricey, here's Tiff Needell explaining at 100mph on flat tyres :) http://t.co/MDaOCZ62
@chris_j_hughes My main defence against the police stopping me is being a boring, law-abiding driver.
@chris_j_hughes Yes, I dare say that helps, too.
Bang goes another pub. Window of the Spring Gardens. #bristol #hotwells http://t.co/1wYxfGGQ
@amberanima Seems likely.
Of course, I'm partly responsible for local pub closures, as I'm shy, don't like going to pubs alone, and have few local friends. #catch22
Knickerbocker Glory. @ Spyglass http://t.co/T5TamgZB
@spartacus303 @MrGreenGus If the smoking ban hadn't come in I'd be far less likely to go to any pub...
@archidave Ah. I shall bear that in mind :)
@spartacus303 @MrGreenGus ...but I certainly take your point on the planning.
Failed to get even to the entrance to the Tipis in Queen Square. Turned away by burly security guys because we'd not booked in advance.
On the plus side, Spyglass was really good. As was the King William, actually; seems a nice crowd in there.
@chubbybannister @guriben I was tempted. In the end went for nostalgia with first knickerbocker glory in about 15 years :)
@oxfamcothambook Ah. Sounds good, but probably depends on how I'll feel after running the Bristol 10K!
@oxfamcothambook :D Will do.
@oxfamcothambook Thanks!
@BlackDogDays oh. I might have just walked past you :)
@BlackDogDays Yup! Walked past Tikka Flame about ten mins before your tweet ;)
RT @garwboy: Imagine Boris's face if Labour choose to fight fire with fire and announce that their next candidate for London Mayor is Br ...
@FantonEsquire Only the ones whose bonuses depend on the survey results, in my experience.
@BlackDogDays Yur, though Spyglass a bit more out-of-the-way, so didn't see so much of that once we got there. Never been in Tikka Flame...
@BlackDogDays ...always looked a bit soulless from the outside.
@BlackDogDays Had v. good curry at Ganesha in Bedmo t'other night on @crookedfootball's recommendation. Raj ace but haven't been for ages :(
2011
Dearie me. Shouldn't have had beer last night. Not that I had *that* much, but still feeling slightly fragile. And Pete Doherty tonight!
@tsunimee When you say you get network errors, what network errors do you get?
@tsunimee Well, that's desperately helpful of it :( And what exactly do you see if you try to go to twitter.com in a browser? ...
@tsunimee ... (do any of them say anything different or useful-looking?)
I have to go and vote, then get on a boat. Maybe I should put on a coat first.
@tsunimee I got to go vote and get to work. Will be back later, honest. Don't disable your firewall! (Which firewall is it?)
Just posted a photo @ Redcliffe Bridge http://instagr.am/p/D4ZkH/
@BlackDogDays Ta :)
@g_e_r_b Well, it will be an option. With the new Airs so popular, guess the App Store approach might be aimed at people with no DVD drive!
@tsunimee Are you near your problem computer at the mo?
@tsunimee 'K. If you've not got it sorted, maybe we can fix it at the weekend when we're both around at the right time (am out tonight.)
@tsunimee Not unless you really like Pete Doherty and can get here fast :P
@bexxi Toughie. Personally, my solution would be to listen to Radio 4, and switch to 1, 2 or 3 during religion, cricket or _The Archers_ :D
@tsunimee I'd take issue with the "rhythm" bit, but yes, that one :)
@bexxi Of course! :)
RT @ruskin147: http://t.co/IF4Fpap New blog post - a ÂŁ15 computer to inspire young programmers.
@g_e_r_b Well, I guess from scratch you'd have to restore from the Snow Leopard USB stick and then upgrade from App Store.
@g_e_r_b ...but I'd hope I'd never catch myself so un-backed-up as to need to do that!
@tsunimee I don't know much about Shakira, so I can't really comment!
@g_e_r_b Yeah. I guess that's why they're giving us both options.
@g_e_r_b Just had a thought: what if the App Store version came as an install image you could burn to bootable media yourself?
Okay. Food, nap, Pete Doherty. Yes, a nap. I am an elderly lightweight, after all.
Right. Off to the Academy. If you want to meet me, I'll be the one twice the age of everyone else. Hey ho.
Waiting for Mr D. @ O2 Academy Bristol http://instagr.am/p/D5adQ/
You know, you think you'd get 3G in the *O2* Academy...
Awesome! Ballet dancers for _Last of the English Roses_! :)
Slightly abrupt end after Bilo throws Alan's guitar into the crowd, and the crowd decapitates it. Still, pretty good night :) #Doherty
@treblechamp All three :)
@treblechamp Was good. Bit of an odd crowd (even compared to usual); bit nasty in places. But this time I picked right and wasn't at front!
2010
@rabidbee Thanks! ;) I'm just quite old-fashioned when it comes to software...
@hayles Coming in, or leaving?
@talkie_tim But I'm still not discounting the possibility that you're delirious.
@talkie_tim Oh, yes, she did! Sorry, couldn't quite put it together without context -- I can't see what you're replying to!
@talkie_tim Huh?
@DrHairbear Well, I guess someone's got to pay for the "extra sticky floor" option they'd installed.
@richardjfoster Maybe. But I don't feel too comfortable blaming my weight problem on the retailers.
When a cafe claims only to sell medium and large, I suspect marketing bull. The Clifton Fish Bar, however...
"Zoo blamed the incident on a production error." Presumably the error of "involving Dyer with one's production."
@hayles I bet his train actually gets to bloody London on time, though; if it was me it'd be delayed for two hours for no apparent reason...
@rabidbee Hmm, but if I'm going to do something naughty, surely the sensible option is not to pay at all... #iwouldntreally
@rabidbee Probably. But I wouldn't be eligible.
Hurrah! More Amazon goodness. Looking forward to listening to some @courtneyloveuk later ;) http://twitpic.com/1l84g4
@tsunimee I think the Brit version was fairy cakes, which were small, moist and iced flat. These dry things with the big hairdos are odd.
@tsunimee Odd, I've never thought of cupcakes as British. Wonder if they are?
@archidave Even despair? Better than my place, then :)
@tsunimee I wouldn't want to be partisan about it; would make sure I had warehouses of all shapes and hair colours ;)
@hayles Well, just try not to shut down any hospitals, or start chasing foxes. Otherwise you'll be prying them off with a crowbar.
Currently within the gates of one of the biggest bonded warehouses in Europe, stock full of wine!
So, still no voting card. Guess I'll be assuming my polling station is Holy Trinity, as usual? Hmm. Hope I've not disenfranchised myself.
Waiting in nice MINI showroom for my lift into town. http://twitpic.com/1l6l08
Okay, off to sling the car in for an MOT test.
Of course, it's ÂŁ600. Silly me, why did I wait for the UK page to load when I could just have replaced the currency symbol on the US price?
Finding the price for Illustrator. Naturally, this involves a Flash app progress bar rather than an HTML page with the fucking number on it.
@ahnlak Sadly, I may be too busy. Maybe I'll video the election and watch it next week. Nobody tell me what the result is, okay?
Dear God, Newsnight appears to be a triumph of bad CGI over content. It's like watching Van Helsing, only with opinion polls.
@archidave @hayles Avonmouth. That's about all I know, garage driver dropped someone else off there on "lift into town" duty. Huge place.
@hayles Do you wear lots of blue?
@Catreia Indeed. And people are going to be taking photos, want to look my best :)
@mhoulden A couple of things from Blacks. This fetching North Face number is likely to be the race top. http://twitpic.com/1lcen1
On the plus side, (and the plus size) I now own a couple of running tops that don't make me look like a hippo squeezed into a smurf outfit.
@hayles Awww! How cutez.
Come to think of it, the local Tory candidate looks about that age to me, too.
Oh, so _he_ gets a polling card, but I don't? http://bit.ly/bElgxn
2009
Wow. Up early, walk to work, work, walk home, decorate, walk to songwriting lesson, lesson, walk home, decorate more. Just a tad tired now.
2008
Chocolate covered Kendal mint cake is like After Eight mints on PCP
About to descend into Blue John cavern.
2007
Making final changes for alpha release of www.uniquesentence.com!