Ah, Wayne's World 3 screencaps have leaked.

The last day until a trip down under for Christmas (sadly, the laptop will be coming with me...but barring that) Cannot wait. The first summer Christmas!

Originally, i'm from Worcestershire. Believe me when I say - the shiniest pennies in the fountain don't tend to be found in Redditch; this is entirely believable.

New Home Office impact assessment finds that cutting skilled and social care visas will cost the UK up to £10 billion with a central estimate of -£5.4 billion. It would be good if this got even a fraction of the coverage devoted to the endless debate about boats, flags and Turkish barber shops

My children are ALL IN to the Muppet Christmas Carol for the first time proper this year. Excellent. Just need to work on their mince pie consumption.

Who has made this 🤣

Random recruiters who inexplicably have your phone number and text you to ask if you can chat... ...if you're like this with my personal details, what will you be like representing me? Sending a QR code to a business for feedback? Mangling 300+ CVs through an AI slop machine for buttons?

God, no. The worst meal I’ve ever had in London, and I’ve eaten at an Angus Steakhouse. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

In my corner of suburban Surrey, I’ve noticed a lot of very boring, yellow lights. More insanity in the light choices, please. Up with colourful christmases! Down with White Company-ification!

You can never judge a pitch until both sides have batted. It makes you realise a) How bloody stupid Brook was and b) How Starc is a cut above every other bowler on display.

Glenn McGrath talking pap on TMS. I'd rather 320+ with a batter remaining. 4ish wickets under lights is wishful thinking.

Over 300 and a Root century. That will very much do.

So thrilled for Joe Root. What a player.

Wearily reading the same tired polemics about how agency people can wear lots of different hats. In my experience, the best strategists aren’t the best creatives, or account men. Or producers. It’s wishful thinking, designed to be a salve. Trade on your actual skills. Writing, synthesising, etc.

I have no interest in Scott Galloway's opinion about men, someone who thinks blokes shouldn't go out unless they automatically pick up the tab. The 1950s called, they want their views back.

Waiting for the bubble to pop. The question is, when?

Adding alt text to this because this is fucking amazing and everyone deserves to read it.

Fighting very hard to not let the nihilism win. (I blame too much time working from home).

<Insert joke about middle aged planning / creative directors here>

Brand worlds are back, everyone. Looking forward to the Finish Dishwasher tablet world, though you could argue we exist in one, as there's lots of frothing and some things end up squeaky clean despite all the muck they've accumulated.

you call it diarrhoea I call it

The definition of a life well lived. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/n...

OH, LOOK, ENGLAND ARE ACTUALLY TAKING THEIR TIME TO PREPARE. PERHAPS BLINDLY SLAGGING THEM OFF WASN'T THE RIGHT THING AFTER ALL. ahem. (yes, they are still very stubborn, but let's sample the pudding to obtain proof...) www.bbc.co.uk/sport/cricke...

Now 'The Laws Have Changed' by the New Pornographers. Ah, power pop.

Tomorrow is a day off. Almost there. Time to put Yes by McAlmont & Butler on.

The internet has peaked. (Needs sound on): andrewlloydwebsite.neocities.org

new favourite New York Times term for a British thing just dropped

Whatever else this government do (and there's plenty of issues with this budget) ministers will always be able to point to this as an incredible important contribution to the country's future. Almost half a million kids taken out of poverty.

Marvelling at Dunning-Kruger fuelled hubris this morning. I think the more I work, the less I realise I know. Not so across the piece.

I struggle to reconcile much American discourse about British food when Thanksgiving… …*removes glasses, furrows brow, squints*… …involves a hate crime featuring Marshmallows and sweet potato, and Pumpkin Pie/cobbler, an infinitely worse crumble. A fruit so horrible it must come from a tin.

This man will probably lose this, I think. If he does, I hope he can crowd fund to pay off what he'll probably have to pay. Hopkins has a brass neck. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

Convinced that the biggest challenge of modern parenting, once you overcome the barriers of support network, expense and 'the juggle' - is the sheer amount of admin. So much admin. WhatsApp groups for teacher gifts, endless school reminders, parenting groups. Groups about the groups.

This is S. B*rtlett's career in a comic.

Listening to a Yacht Rock playlist in an attempt to inject energy into the COUNTLESS CORPORATE FORMS I MUST FILL OUT. (I can't complain too loudly as Mrs H works in the compliance field..!)

maybe i am going insane

It's that time of year

Blowers has a YouTube channel, my dear old things. Worth having a look: www.youtube.com/@blowerscric...

So. Have just finished a few Booker nominated / winners. Audition: 4/10, starts interestingly, doesn’t go much of anywhere. Flesh: 7.5/10, good, very much has a chord sequence and is fond of it. Am off to Australia for Christmas. What should I read? What have you enjoyed recently?

Old man in comms moan: Everybody wants a fucking NPS survey after anything. If it's crap, I'll tell you. If it's good, I'll tell you. Most stuff is fine. I don't need perpetual email chasers.

Well, THAT helped relations with my extended Australian family. #CRICKET

Day 4 at the conference. I am mostly buffet.

Gans, what a band. Making this rainy day go quicker.

The new Wire, Plastics & Packaging AI collab with a little known start up called Goggle - can only mean one thing. MASS ADVERTISING SLOP-FEST.

Wrapping a gift for the ex Belgian Prime Minister. How’s your morning going?

Petition to rename genAI as genBJ (bin juice).

Intriguing when your former and current employer make the news for working together. Despite what the pundits say, Mum and Dad aren't fighting - but if you believed the American Psycho factory that is LinkedIn, you'd be forgiven for thinking so.

Age yourself with gaming.