The Tempest was magnificent. Was spellbound from the very first moment and didn't think about the high priest of love. Patrick Stewart was great and squeezed every ounce of laughter and pathos out of the role. He got a great ovation at the end and seemed genuinely delighted with the response from the audience. Only downside with it being February and the season for colds and flu was that is sometimes sounded like you were watching the play in a ward full of consumptives. Didn't detract from a great play very well acted.

The wife starts a new job today - she is a bit apprehensive but I am sure she will be a great success. I know I would say this wouldn't I but apart from being lovely she is one of the most talented administrators I have ever met.

KILBURNFLYER
Somewhat irritated that I have tried loads of people and nobody wants to go to see the Tempest tomorrow. Consequently while I would much rather be getting my ears bashed by the very excellent Zodiac Mindwarp at the Intrepid Fox I will be getting cultured up by Patrick Stewart. I am sure he will be great in the role and that it will be a very good production but I will be sitting there wishing I was somewhere else. Could always leave the wife to go on her own but that would be a somewhat shabby way to treat anyone - least of all the woman I love. Sadly I will have to just sit there and look like I am having a good time.

KILBURNFLYER
Just read that Kurt Cobain would have been 40 today if he hadn't blown his brains out with a shot gun all those years ago. His music still sounds as fresh today as it did when I first saw them more years ago than I can recall. Have had a few friends commit suicide over the years and it is always a massive shock for those left behind. I was always wondering why I didn't see the signs or perhaps do more to help them while they were alive. It acts like a corrosive on the soul as suicide is ultimately a very selfish way to act. I suppose you can never tell what is going on in someone elses head so you cannot judge why they did what they did but I still can't help wondering why they felt so low that they could see no way out. I have never felt like that and can't envisage the circumstances in which I would kill myself. However, I bet they would have all said the same themselves before they actually did it. Anyway kurt happy birthday and thanks for nevermind - I originally wrote music but thats an ABBA song so fuck that.

KILBURNFLYER
Our fucking drains have blocked again - second time in the last six months. Am sure one of the people in the flats above us is some latter day Dennis Nielson and chopping up bodies and flushing them down the toilet. That said the more likely answer is that they are a bunch of pikeys who chuck lots of inappropriate rubbish down thje bog and we end up with the overflow problem caused by a blocked sewer. The whole thing is just so fucking annoying but there is not much we can do other than get the drains cleared and ask the people upstairs to be careful about what they put down the toilet. Will be ok until the next time i'm sure.

Still no resolution on the zodiac mindwarp vs tempest dilemma but sure it will resolve itself before saturday.

Col Jorge Mendonca is cleared by a Courts Martial in the case of the death of Baha Musa. I could not be more delighted for him. I hope he takes the opportunity to sue the Mail on Sunday over the way they splashed his name and picture all over their front page with the words War Criminal liberally spread throughout the story. A fine officer's name gets his dragged through the mud for the sake of a headline only to be cleared of any wrong doing by a court. I bet he is a relieved but very angry man this evening.

KILBURNFLYER
Is it me or is it the British in general - we are just so fucking polite. Went to see The Dumb Waiter with Lee Evans and Jason Isaacs (finally remembered his name) on Friday. Came out after 70 minutes or so - a one act play - said "well that was a bit shit" to the wife and went round the corner for a Thai Curry. Finished the meal and bumped into Jason Isaacs on the way out and all I could say was "really enjoyed the show, well done". Politeness wouldn't allow me to say "thought it was a bit crap".

Would have kissed Rhys Ifans on saturday night if the same thing had happened. His performance in Don Juan in Soho was incredible. Friends we went with are big fans but all I could recall him playing was the stupid welsh bloke in Notting Hill. A magnificent night out - also told that I sat very close to Sienna Miller - had not a scoobie who she was but clearly very pretty.

A shitty day today waiting in for plumber to mend a stinky and leaky bathroom. Wife out with work so a dull night in front of the telly smoking too many fags. Need to quit or they're gonna kill me.

KILBURNFLYER
Since I was about 13 I have been going to rock concerts - am now in my forties and have done on average a concert a fortnight. Every now and then you get to see something that blows your socks off and leaves you in awe - it doesn't happen often but it did last night when I saw Wolfmother. A terrible name for a band but it was one of the best shows I have seen for about 10 years. I hope they can continue to write the material so they don't become a bit of a flash in the pan. Have great hopes for these in the future - one to watch.

KILBURNFLYER
A now familiar 2nd half capitulation when Spurs lost heavily to Man Utd yesterday. We deserved to get beat as Utd were the better team but I was still really irritated by the Ronaldo penalty which was won by cheating. He does this sort of thing so often and so well that the case for video playback for such important decisions is deafening. This was not a penalty and Ronaldo should have been in the book for "simulation". Utd would still have had a penalty earlier for a clumsy challenge on Larsson but so would we have for Gary Neville's rugby tackle on Chimbonda. Video replay would greatly reduce the diving and make the game better. A few minutes delay for (usually) the right decision is a better situation than leaving referees to get moaned at all game by disgruntled players so that they eventually even things up with another bad decision later in the game.

That said, even video replay's do not always lead to the right decision - Jonny Wilkinson's try was called good but his foot was clearly in touch before he got the ball down. Still, after 3 and a bit years of injury I am glad the 4th official got this wrong so that it did not take that additional shine off of Wilkinson's his fairytale return.

Good Saturday for England but another shit day for Spurs.

Just back from a weeks skiing in Austria and had the very unfortunate experience of watching Spurs throw away a two goal lead to the Arse in a pub full of gooners. Tottenham played so well in the first half that victory looked certain but they seemed terrified when they came out after the interval. Jol is proving a very good manager but the players need a bit of self belief. A shame as I was really looking forward to a day out in Cardiff with a load of mates - most of whom support Chelsea and would have probably beaten us. As a member of ABBA (Anyone But Bloody Arsenal) I will have to make do with watching it on the box and cheering for the Blues.

Saw Anthony and Cleopatra at the RSC last night - Patrick Stewart superb but the man who played Ceasar stole the show. Am such a crap blogger that I can't even remember his name.