After having his annual vaccinations last Monday, Vinny again needs to see the vet for a cut on his paw. As my partner put it, he's going to be hating Monday's more than Bob Geldof at this rate.

It's 4!!!! Nicoli hattrick!

The best thing about the match going experience for women's football versus men? No VAR. You score a goal, you can celebrate!

2-0 and who else but the machine that is Bunny Shaw!

1-0 City, scored from a corner!

At the City Vs Chelsea potential title decider, and as is now tradition for the Etihad games, we've paid a bit extra and gone posh seats. A Sunday roast! All you can drink! It pays for itself!! All you can drink!!!

I was in a pub at Treardurr Bay with people queueing by a massive bar so... I just ignored the q, went to the bit of the bar which was empty where a lad was cleaning a glass, and was served instantly. Got some dirty looks from the people queuing, but it's not my fault they don't know how pubs work.

I speak no Latin but know exactly what this is, I need to spend less time online

As is now a January tradition, we've gone to the Nell's Pizza near us to get their half price big pizza (£18 for 22"!!!)

It has finally happened, I've crossed the Homer Simpson threshold (at least, as per his age in episodes from the 90s). Got more hair than him at least, even if I've not yet gone to space.

And this is why, if you're rich and famous, you should only ever book DJ Johnny Tightlips for your shindigs... (Yes I'm sure everyone else has made this joke but I've got a cold, humour me)

It's hard working from home sometimes, when your colleagues decide to have a little scrap...

Shouldn't have bothered, but then to be fair neither did any of the city players.

Early start today - the sacrifices I make for the football...

There's a gate called the Puerta de la Macarena in Seville, and so I was forced against my better judgement to...

Had a wander around a full scale replica of the Nao Victoria, one of the ships that completed the first circumnavigation of the globe, earlier today. Which has inspired us into watching Master and Commander at the hotel room ahead of going out for dinner tonight...

Seville Cathedral is as elaborate and immense on the inside as it is imposing on the outside - Gothic ornateness at a level that would infuriate a Presbyterian or other. Also, they've got some of the remains of that madman Christopher Columbus there...

Seville is a very pretty city and the cathedral, even only seen from the outside on a wet and dark January, is an impossibly ornate and impressive building, like someone has mashed together a range of different architectures on a frankly ridiculous scale...

At an airport, so I'm allowed to drink before midday

A somewhat confusing mix of demos in St Peters Sq, Manchester, right now. A tiny far right rally, a larger counter rally against them, and what *also* appears to be an unconnected pro-Shah/Pahlavi Iranian rally (?!), all within spitting distance of each other.

Learning that Bob Mortimer helped Edin Dzeko to pick a cheese in the Booths at media city (I assume) a decade ago has made my weekend, not sure how anything can top that.

If the "Soup of the Day" at the football is anything other than Guinness, we've failed as a culture.

Vinny's first experience of snow, and he's rather uncertain about it all, based on his reaction (as a former stray, I'm assuming none of this is new to Desmond)...

Yes, it's lovely to have the snow and whatnot, but I am now beginning to dread how cold I'll be at the City-Chelsea game later this evening, in the lesser seen 5:30 Sunday kick off - my main hope is they've got some Bovril in the stadium now we're below freezing.

Ended 2025 strongly, eating a mountain of mapo tofu from our local Chinese restaurant (absolute favourite meal, would eat every day if I could), all while getting far too drunk on margaritas. Leftovers for lunch today as I try to recover and build myself up for the pub later to watch the football...

Did not think I'd be spending about an hour today putting together an air hockey table, but there we are (a "gift for the house" my partner's mum got, for when their grandkids are over with them). Glad to say, having given it a test run, that everything seems to be working properly...

First time really doing the big Christmas Dinner for everyone (gave the in laws the year off!), and pleased with how that came up. That Nigella brinded turkey is fantastic.

Other half has been watching Gavin & Stacey again I see...

We invited a man into our home at Christmas and he stayed with us for 45 years www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Lovely (start of the) sunset today down on the South Coast with the Isle of Wight in the background

Bit windy down at East Beach in Selsey this Christmas Eve, hair is very windswept now I'm at the Lifeboat Pub...

Having heard nothing but good things about it, this year me and the other half have decided to give the famous @nigella.bsky.social brined turkey a go, to give us another reason to look forwards to the big day!

I'd somehow completely forgotten that this was something that'd been cooked up between us and Spoons ahead of Christmas... (The choice of pub from Manchester wasn't what I expected)

Well that's quite a change from the chariots before at the horse show...

Competitive charioteering is a thing?! I feel like I've gone back millennia somehow, after I finish watching this I might go destroy Carthage.

At my partner's parents' now for Christmas week. They bought a job lot of old books for decoration, and I've had a look through one and... Theology may have changed since 1829, as I doubt you should be doing that sort of thing these days upon entering a church...

Used to live here back in the day! It's now called Magpie Lane, which I feel is a massive step down.

if tumblr dies I need this video to make it's seasonal rotation here instead just in case, Happy holidays 🎄

Even by my low expectations for Kemi Badenoch ‘violence against women and girls is something done by immigrants and nobody else’ has shocked me.

It feels mean having to work this close to Christmas, and when the lads are being so adorable next to me in the spare room I use as an office...

Very much enjoying the attention to detail here from the red velvet reindeer cupcakes my girlfriend made earlier...

What an exciting life I lead, recognising supermarket fridges on the telly... (Hopefully it's not actually the same hummus, otherwise it'd probably be well out of date by now)

A study in disappointed hopes

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I look forward to the calm and completely rational reporting to this game in the Spanish sporting press.

Been having some lovely pints of mild, and somehow City are winning (it's Real Madrid in the Champions League, so that probably won't last much longer, but still, lovely milds at least)

It would appear I'm not the only @manchestermill.bsky.social subscriber on my road, as I've got back in from getting some bits to see this was posted through the door - only a few days left to claim their pay what you can membership, folks in Manchester! manchestermill.co.uk/lp-3/?referr...

I know flies in milk I know the man by his clothes I know fair weather from foul I know the apple by the tree I know the tree when I see the sap I know when all is one... ...Prince I know all things I know the rosy-cheeked and the pale I know death who devours all I know everything but myself