00:49hrs Mouth retainer ✓ Vagus nerve meditation✓ Electric blanket x Insomnia ✓ Bed hat ✓

This winter's ambition is to make it through October without turning the heating on.

A new dawn. The coffee through a (glass) straw era begins. A new but necessary nadir. What new words will I write from here? Will they be shaped by the (glass) straw? How visible are the straws? What will the regulars think? Year 24 in THE café is very different.

Six tops on. And a hat. Indoors. It's going to be a long winter here on planet Hoth.

Just ordered some thermal fingerless gloves only to find out they're not arriving until 1st November. That's ridiculous. Reminds me of a gig during the summer where I only got on stage 3 hours after the show had actually started. #comedy #standup #winter

The day starts with too many loud EXPLETIVES. Followed by some EXPLETIVES-related muttering. And then a post about the EXPLETIVES. A recurring theme this morning.

Uncommon to see this baked offering on public transport. Normally on south London bus routes, it's usually CHICKEN.

20:07hrs The day has peaked with the customary glass of milk. Loving the milk.

Always a poignant moment when the blue on the Classic 4-Colour Bic goes. We wrote some good words together. RIP.

Video killed the radio star. And much later, the podcast.

The Workman is on a very animated personal call in the flat. It makes me feel like this is his place and I am the visitor.

Now that they have dried, the multiple avocado stains on the crotch of my jeans look very suspicious.

23:43hrs Found my bed hat.

The most crucial thing for me when you sit down in that barber's chair is to make it clear in those first few seconds, unless it's haircut-related, you will not welcome any chatting.

I like my tradespeople to be professional at all times. The plumber calling me 'Bruv' when money is involved doesn't really cut it with me.

The Plumber is due this morning. I always put on Talksport when he's here. When the multi-degreed downstairs neighbour is at my door berating me because their flat has flooded again, I switch to Radio 4. Know your audience.

Sunday. Double-socked. Quintuple-topped. Indoors.

My First Holy Communion hairstyle.

We are coming into the (long) season of the electric blanket.

www.justgiving.com/page/micky-b... I'm #running the #RPHM on behalf of #batterseadogshome. Please take a look and give whatever you can. Thank you. #dogs #cats #parkrun #social

5 words you never want to read in an email. 'Evri: We've got your parcel.' These guys are terrible.

Star Wars Football just got some new balls. Resistance Trooper and Squidhead of Second Division Zonama Sekut pose with the new ball which will debut this weekend. #football #subbuteo #tablesoccer #starwars #soccer #vintagestarwarsfigures

The post-gig porridge.

A neighbour declines to board the bus after seeing me getting on. I like that. It's exactly what I would've done in their position. We didn't need the SMALL talk.

Smartphones are eroding the experience of everything.

Pic: Mark Duqueno Outside the Box Comedy Club. #standup #comedy #comedian #standupcomedy

22:29hrs Post-gig muffin and a pint of milk.

Busy night at Outside The Box Comedy Club. An enjoyable gig to start the week. #comedy #standup #comedian #standupcomedy

Northbound bus crawling through Brixton traffic. Outside, a woman rages at two police officers (Bobbies are a rare sight in these troubled parts), daring them to arrest her. Sat behind me, a young woman on her phone remarks, "There's always something going on in Brixton." There certainly is.

Late night muttering. Largely revolving around the brilliant mid-90s Ajax team and wondering when was the last time I had jam.

Appearing here Monday 8th September. The Fighting Cocks Pub 56 Old London Road, Kingston-Upon-Thames KT2 6QA #comedy #standupcomedy #comedian #funny #standup #haha #Kingston

It's been a summer of stitches. Tonight and tomorrow I shall be gigging with stitches in my mouth and an Elvis lip. Currently drinking through straws.

Friday 5th September. Starts 8.30pm Brixton Craft 11 Brixton Station Road #Ldn SW9 8PD #brixton #comedy #standup #comedian #funny #standupcomedy

This Thursday. Tickets: wegottickets.com/event/659058/ #comedy #standupcomedy #walthamstow #comedian #funny

It looks like September. It feels like September. It is September.

New Meet Up suggestion hits the inbox. 'Poetry Circle'. Hmmm. I think I'll pass.

And that was August 2025. Never to be lived again.

It's the Please Don't Hug Me derby. #LIVARS

Post-gig. There's a phone by my feet on the floor of this bus, but I have too many OCDs to pick it up.

Spotify trial subscription cancelled - empowering. Ice pack on the jaw - uncomfortable. Weak sock elastic - frustrating.

Reflecting tonight that I am running out of time to make my first ever lasagne. I suspect it's unlikely to happen. Just crossed my mind as I watched a prisoner making one in a documentary.

August, weather-wise has been poor. Another month and I'll be sleeping in my indoor-only hat.

Never forget.

How do you persuade modern-day #podcast audiences not to be obsessed with mainstream names? How do we get back the weird and wonderful bedroom podcasts of that earlier lost age? Can we persuade today's audiences that #podcasts are to be listened to rather than watched? Can anything be done?

How do you persuade modern-day #podcast audiences not to be obsessed with mainstream names? How do we get back the weird and wonderful bedroom podcasts of that earlier lost age? Can we persuade today's audiences that #podcasts are to be listened to rather than watched? Can anything be done?

I do love a stream. Preferably one without a trolley in it.

It was a pleasure to have @billytworivers9.bsky.social on the show 'back in the day' in-between, I think, him having a couple of car crashes in his suede shoes.

@1607westegg.bsky.social Quite a moment. On the coach back from Selhurst Park and have just passed the setting for the DRT is Available photograph.

Anyone ever find a fix for this annoying #Instagram bug?