Shorter posts, links, or thoughts. No schedule, not heavily considered.
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The Monarchy
With the Queen’s Golden Jubilee imminent, the press has been focusing on all things royal. As usual this includes discussions and commentary about the role the monarchy play as part of British society. One particular piece on this morning’s BBC Breakfast News suggested that the only thing that needs to change is moving the monarchy…
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Censor
This site is mine. I write what I like. I answer only to myself. OK, which of the above statements are true? Well you’d think all of them, wouldn’t you. At the very least the first two. Surely? When I started this site, it was merely a placeholder for my thoughts and rambles. The bulk…
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Primeval
OK, let me run this by you. I wanna see if it’s just me or whether this is reasonably common (well common in people like us – you know what I mean). Sometimes I like to do nothing, well more often than not actually. I’m adept at finding excuses to not do something. Take, for…
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Weekender
East Kilbride shopping centre early a.m. – hunting for wedding present and purple attire, found neither. Hamilton for lunch – same shoppng goals – got wedding present, a lovely set of glasses (more on that in a sec). Glasgow for secondary shopping goal – purple attire – remembered why we don’t travel across the city…
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Busy bee
I’m working from home today, tapping away on my laptop. I get twice, nay thrice as much done when I work at home as there are NO interruptions. I don’t mean that in a bad way, as a team leader/manager type bod my team require me to answer questions. I get involved in impromptu discussion…
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There's a catch
Almost forgot. Last night Louise and I attended a ‘Presentation’ for a Holiday Club. Not time-share. We were there to get free holiday vouchers. The presentation was well crafted and thought out and utterly convincing. So there we sat, 5 couples, having heard why we had been asked along, making no effort to conceal the…
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Out of touch
Dammit, Vaughan keeps making me think… (actually it wasTinka). We live in an age of instant communications. Why write a letter when you can email someone and receive a response in hours rather than days (depending on the person of course). Want the latest news? Check out your constantly streaming ticker app, hey, it even…
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Scruples Saturday
scruples saturday 04.20.02 1. as a famous athlete, you are offered $100 000 to endorse a product you wouldn’t use. do you endorse it? No. No way. Against all my principles. And anyway if I was a famous athelete I wouldn’t need the money! 2. a friend who is a strict vegetarian is coming for…
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Friday Five
The Friday Five 1. What’s your favorite TV show and why? Without a doubt, The Sopranos. Well written, superbly acted, and completely rewatchable. Main cast are all very strong, and supporting actors bring the whole thing to life. Previously I was horribly addicted to This Life. I miss Anna, Miles, Milly, Warren and all the…
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Linkeroo
Bed soon, Big Day has worn me out, and I don’t think a hard game of 5-a-side helped (neither did losing 10-1 mind you). Before I go a few weird and wonderful little links to waste your time with: Queen Mother memorabilia and yes I think it’s for real… scary! A much needed 404 page.…
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Big day
Yes I was slightly nervous, but quietly confident that I knew what I was talking about and that it would show through. Training Strategy presentation to senior management, Vice Presidents and Directors. I think it went well, and prompted a few good questions, but thankfully none I hadn’t considered. Things seem to be moving on…
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Pirate
Global music sales drop but the UK CD market beats global slump. Why? I also caught this on the news this morning, the reporter reasoned that us people in the UK (and France) still want the social kudos that goes with ‘owning’ the latest album. This is backed by figures which show the sales of…
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Impossible?
Monday Mission 2.15. 1. What caused your last case of pseudo-road rage? A White van! Pulled across me at a roundabout, caused me to swerve and brake hard. Didn’t even see me, or acknowledge what he had done. I didn’t chase him for about 2 miles, honest I didn’t… GGRRRRRRR. 2. Tell me about one…
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Grrrrrrrr
You know, flooring the throttle and pulling out across me two lanes in front of me is scary enough. More so when it’s a minibus full of kids. Don’t make things worse by tailgating me to the end of the road. Asshole. Shouldn’t there be speed/acceleration limiters on minibuses? Anyway… Friday Five 1. What is…
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Manly man?
S/he. Interesting piece. I have always found it easier to make friends, with women, and tend to shy away from the more ‘lout-ish’ kinda guy. I do watch and play football, but it really is only a game. I do drink beer but it’s not a contest. I do flirt with women, but that is…
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Weekender
So Saturday saw us in gardening mode. Well it saw Louise in gardening mode, I was in “watching the rugby” mode… Congratulations to France for their Grand Slam. Sunday was visiting parents mode, and also led to “slight sunburn mode”. Glorious weekend, just wasn’t long enough, when is it ever! Only a few days late…
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Miscellany
Blowing Wind. No, not my new hobby, but the horse I pulled out of our office sweepstake for the Grand National. Initial reaction: “Blowing Wind? Flaming heck, sounds like some also-ran donkey…” Reaction after reading the above news article: “You mean people actually fancy it to win? Wow…” I did win last year’s sweepstake (Ahh…
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Numbers
(via Julie (via Jaemie, Maura, and here and there)). Nine things I wear daily: 1. Underwear 2. Skagen watch (top left pic) 3. Leather belt from Malta – present from parents 4. Aftershave – currently Polo Sport 5. Dressing gown (in the mornings) 6. Jogging bottoms (in the evenings) 7. Glasses (when driving) 8. Blue…
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Links and Thoughts
Top Ten Signs Your Weblog Might Suck. Sex loses net appeal (via Hydragenic) “Some analysts believe that searching for porn has decreased simply because there is no need to look for it these days.” Alternatively because everyone now knows the good site and has a list of bookmarks as long as their arm. Obviously I’m…
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Freeware
ShortPopUp – sometimes you just find a piece of software, something simple, that does exactly what you’ve been looking for since, well since Windows 95. Display the contents of a folder from the taskbar (including the ability to filter the list). Simple and allows me to pull my playlists from my ‘Music’ directory, fire up…