Chris Garrett’s Personal Blog

Broken chair - suddenly, originally uploaded by chrisgarrett.

I was talking to Clare on the telephone when I suddenly found myself laying on the floor with my legs in the air. All Clare heard was a little yelp.
My chair had finally given up doing the job it was bought to do, ie. keep me comfortably off [...]

I don’t watch talent shows very often, the last one I watched I think was when Will Young won pop idol. But this girl would have gotten my vote, no doubt about it.

In fact does anyone else find this just a little spooky, like she is channeling some long-dead soul diva? :)

Guide your dart-throwing-monkey to pop balloons with his darts in Bloons

Aaron posted up a piece on social media and politics. I would have commented but I think my thought is a little off-topic plus I have no right to meddle in politics over the pond :)
My thought is this. The last two elections in the US of A haven’t particularly been celebrated in the rest [...]

coyote crossing, originally uploaded by chrisgarrett.

Loved it. Both series, right up to the end.
If you don’t know what I am talking about (and therefore the great telly you are missing!) check out the BBC website, wikipedia or IMDB.
The last episode (ever!) was last night. It could have gone so bad, it could have been a travesty. I thought they were [...]

Calgary tower, originally uploaded by chrisgarrett.

These pictures are from when we met up with D’Arcy and Teddy at a sports bar to watch ice hockey. I don’t know what the Calgary contingent thought but we really enjoyed both meeting up with the guys and watching the Flames shambolic performance on the big screen.
I’m pretty crap at meeting people for the [...]