Wolverhampton author Mil Millington, noted for his website and subsequent novel "Things my girlfriend and I have argued about", has released his latest book.

Chris is 25. He has a job in advertising he despises - despite being naturally brilliant at creating shamelessly successful campaigns - an 'artistic' girlfriend and his two best mates from university, who spend a lot of time playing pool, drinking Grolsch and quoting lines from Robocop at each other.

But Chris's life is about to change. The eighties are coming to an end and he must take decisive action if he is to fulfil what he suspects is his true potential.
So, after pre-emptively celebrating the fact he is about to hand in his resignation, Chris goes to bed drunk in 1988 but very unexpectedly wakes up in 2006, with an unbelievable hangover, a long-suffering (and worryingly 'old'-looking) stranger for a wife, a life that hasn't turned out the way he had hoped for at all, and an unnerving amount of new body hair.

For any one who has ever felt like a 25-year-old stuck in a middle-aged body this is a brilliantly funny and moving novel about love and experience, choices made and consequences lived with, and how although we may get hopelessly lost in life, the most unexpected people can help us find our way home.

 www.myspace.com/milmillington

Here's an interesting fact i read today:

Buying green power for the average UK home for one year saves as much carbon dioxide as planting nearly two acres of trees, removing a car from the road, or not driving nearly 12,000 miles. Energy generated from wind, solar, geothermal, low-impact hydropower, and biomass has low or no carbon emissions.

Well, i done it!

After a lot of blood, sweat and tears, i finally finished the Peru Inca trail trek.

It has been the hardest challenge i have ever done in my life, both physically and mentally and at the same time most rewarding.

I never expected it to be so hard and at times i thought i would not finish, especially after just arriving at Cusco and suffering from altitude sicknes, cold shakes and diarrohea!
 
I have almost reached my target of £5,000 and all it would take is if another 100 people sponsored me £5 each which would get me past the target! My sponsor page is http://www.bhf.org.uk/sponsor/bostin and if you want to send me a cheque instead that would be good too!
 
In celebration of completing this trek, i have decided to have a 24 hour discount sale for everyone on the mailing list on 31st May, this Saturday. Everyone who is registered at http://www.bostin.net/mailing-list/ will be emailed a discount code around midnight on 30th May, which can be used at www.bostin.co.uk for a 20% discount for ALL online purchases on the 31st May only.
 
Feel free to mail this to ALL your Bostin friends and family and tell them to register at http://www.bostin.net/mailing-list/ so they too will get the discount code for 31st May. 

Tara-a-bit!

This is an event that your family and friends may be interested in. Stands that have been booked to date include:

Company of Cyclists (lots of weird bikes to try www.companyofcyclists.com)

Blendavenda (blend your own smoothie on a converted bike www.blendavenda.com)

Stunt bike rider (www.rjrideguide.com)

Sign posted 2, 5 and 10 km routes to try on your bike

20 bikes for people to use on the 2, 5 and 10 km routes if they do not have a bike

Two food stands have been booked as well

Birmingham City Council TravelWise stand (advice, including the 2008 Birmingham Cycling and Walking Map)

More details can be found at: http://www.birmingham.gov.uk/familycycleday

A new website has been launched to help the environment.

The website is aimed at reducing the landfill of the Black Country by getting locals to reduce, re-use and recycle items they would otherwise throw away. You can also turn your junk into cash by selling items you have no further use of.

Checkout www.UsedBlackCountry.co.uk