We just signed up with Southern Electricity. Out of the blue, and I hope for free, they send us a natty wireless home energy meter.

We keep the diplay in the living room and have attached a wireless meter around the mains electricity cable coming into our flat.

We spent all evening turning things on and off to see how much power they consumed.

I have banned Liz from ever using the shower, kettle or microwave ever again.

I dunno if you watch Dog - The Bounty Hunter, but these are the exact same MP3 player sunglasses that he wears.

Available today from Amazon

Buy some now - then catch some bail jumpers

I went to see Spring Awakening on Friday night and wanted to say how absolutely brilliant it was.

I first heard a song from the show “Purple Summer” on the show tunes show on Radio 2 that Paul O’Grady was filling on for. I looked it up on the Internet and found out that rather than it being from some gospel production it was from a recent musical that had just come across the pond from the USA.

Click here to listen to Spring Awaking on Spotify

The musical is apparently based on old German play that was banned in the 19th century.

I found it slightly incongruous that this play full of German names and places was populated with rock songs - but I soon got over that,

The songs and choreography absolutely fit this story of teenage sexuality. The energy and highs and lows reminded how it felt to be young.

All of the actors looked about 14 and sang/acted their hearts out. I really appreciated their energy.

I have been to see a fair few musicals, and my favourite must me Les Miserables. I own the double CD and everything. Spring Awakening is up there with Les Mis.

I urge you to book some tickets now.

Simon

I was challenged recently by someone at work to come up with new euphemisms for nipples. There seem to be loads of words for fun bags, but not a lot for the nipples that make them fun. Here’s my best shot:

teets
tit toppers
peep-hole pals
new-born nosh nozzles
sweater bumps
chest berries
hooter handles
knocker knobs
puppy noses
dug dimples
booby bottle tops
hooter hats
baby hangers
tit tips
rack rivets
tit tuners
smuggled peanuts
booby beauty spots
boob bumps
suckle knuckles
suckle saucers
raspberry ripples
booby bobble hats
rubber bullets
suckle stalks

This is the first post to my new blog and I thought I’d introduce myself by showing a video of me in a giant plastic ball.

You don’t know someone until you’ve been in a giant plastic ball with them: