Maelstrom was great fun for various reasons.
Having to pack up early on Sunday to get back for GC1's birthday party (and therefore carry our entire camp over 150 metres) meant that there was a free workout thrown in too.. Bonus!.
Now I just have to wait for the innevitable three day tired to set in :)

It seems the political future of the country is now down to whether or not Labour can persuade the Lib Dems to work with them in a minority government and then if not whether the Conservatives will attempt a majority coalition or to run a minority government themselves ( Read more... )

I particularly liked the question about increasing rail investment at the expense of road investment. erm..... no!

Take the Who Should You Vote For? England quiz
Conservative
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Sooooo I now have a proper business premises (nice serviced office in Stafford ( Read more... )

I hate cold calls at the best of times but some really annoy me with their useless one size fits all scripts ( Read more... )

Sooo, our Aikido Sensei has organised a visit to the Dojo from Sensei Steve Miranda from Sacramento USA.

I was feeling out of sorts on Tuesday night and didnt go but thoroughly enjoyed a good 3 hour session on Wednesday night. After all its not every day that you are taught by a Godan.

On thursday my attention was drawn to Steve_C's journal and I just ( Read more... )

Five words meme, words provided by pax_draconisChildren ( Read more... )

There were virtually no delays with any of the flights. The kids managed a day of travel really well. Car hire queue lasted an eternity but we did get a free upgrade to a chrysler tank  (its an automatic, has very little low end torque and lets just say its a good that America has very few bends).
The hotel wifi actually extends as far as our room ( Read more... )

( Superbowl Thoughts )

Here is a quick scan of the picture that I comissioned for my better half for christmas! It arrived (a bit late) a couple of days ago. It has to say the least been well worth the wait.

It was produced by the brilliantly talented Ed Org.


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