where were the missing boris johnson books?. stuck under a table next to some jeffrey archers. their natural home.

defcon 1!. the light in the men's toilets has blown. don't think the ladies would be happy if we used theirs. maintenence are on the job.

hi. open til 7. load more lights seem to have blown at front of store today, pretty dark in shop anyway. happy times.

god bless mark for fixing the light in the bog. no excuse now for pissing all over the floor as i did earlier.

5 o'clock is officially "opening time". dandelion and burdock or ginger beer depending on your proclivities. gets us through to 7 o'clock.

contrary to rumour i have not been sat in the toilet in the dark singing "broken man" (by the von bondies) to myself. not today anyway.

tips for bookselling no.2 : never boot boggle games across the floor in frustration wearing only a pair of trainers. wear boots.

you spend 10 minutes looking for a book and then he goes "oh, don't worry, it's my book, i was just seeing if you have it". Grrrrrrr etc.

i have a quite literal pain in the neck at the moment. it's not improving my christmassy mood any. hope your mood is more festive.

luca is looking very much like geezer butler circa 1973 today. we all would if we could obviously (even the women).

woke up at "07.01" this morning, spent ten minutes getting ready for work before i realised it had been 01.01. not a good start to the day.

is it my fault that where it once said "fiction" it now says "stories that sparkle"?. no it isn't. moan at head office not me thank you.jeez

our 99p 'sale madness ' sale enters it's final (?) week. there's some good stuff in there if you look hard enough. i don't look hard.

replaced community noticeboard with a store directory. yes, we have a basement with books (you want to buy) in it. felicitations.

bunting is being rescued from its usual street party existance and used to celebrate the best in new literature for children. go bunting!

people are literally tripping over themselves to get in this shop. maybe the hazzard tape on the steps will put a stop to it. careful now!.

the horror!, the horror!. visit our newly installed horror section (if you dare).

what could be nicer than sitting in the sun reading your book?. loads of things probably, it's still pretty nice though.

we saw that book yesterday. made manager laugh. probably can't print the "best" ones!. will have to have a look myself.

our "IF" book related gift spinner turns for ages.tis a thing of beauty to behold .i URGE you to come in and push it. not too hard though!.