So I have started the journey today away from my mid-30’s and towards reaching 40 (which for a whole host of reasons I can’t wait to reach).
This year there has been an interesting development on the whole b’day thing though. The increased use of it for direct marketing purposes. Now I know this is something [...]
I had a variety of interesting things arrive in the inbox yesterday, but want to bring to your attention 3 varying ones which you may or may not be interested in:
1. For anybody who may (i) happens still to smoke and (ii) be a football fan The Smoke Free League which is a tie [...]
Ok, before I start a few things to say:
1. I am still feeling urgh and probably shouldn’t even be on the computer (so this may not be the best post ever)
2. I feel qualified to say what I am about to because in my time I have been, gained or accepted I am the following: [...]
Having had the lurgy today I have, in small snatches when heavily dosed up, been able to finish my wade through Living History by Hillary Rodham Clinton.
It’s a book which has possibly taken me longer than any other to read and one which, in light of current affairs was obviously crafted with her current [...]
The above equation could have a range of answers depending on what values you choose, and so does the question the education section of BBC News has been asking; what makes a good teacher?
Have to say the research they are quoting which seems to be saying a range of things but particularly the ability [...]
**Warning miserable type posting – if you are depressed you probably don’t want to go any further**
Once upon a time that was a matriarchal structure in place that somehow ensured that everybody knew all the really important stuff and that everybody else hadn’t assumed everybody else had passed on the information. Basically they made sure [...]
Yesterday I went wandering around London with some Christians before we retired to the pub and this morning I’ve discovered an agnostic.
Now, whilst these events aren’t strictly linked I thought that was an interesting opening…Ok, I’ll explain.
Yesterday I did a Vauxhall and Pimlico Walk with a couple of SOF people before retiring to the [...]
Apparently Tricia says that normal is just a washing machine cycle. Whilst on one hand I agree with that the idea of normality is still an incredibly powerful concept which some of us spend way too long trying to achieve, however much we know we’re never going to quite get there.
In this search for [...]
Yesterday I talked about my visit to the theatre, what I didn’t mention was that I went with a group of mature students. Somebody else was organising the trip and had the problem of an ill student dropping out and so I took their ticket, (on the logic I was treating myself to an early [...]
Last night I rather unexpectendly found myself indulging in an evening of classic Shakespeare, or rather The Complete Works of Shakespeare Abridged .
Imagine if you will a kind of punk rock anarchist panto for grown ups with classic lines rather than classic tunes. As with all anarcho punk rock it has the potential to be [...]