So I was watching Supernatural. A nice enough series with a distinctly action based bent. But then I realised something very important. It's opening credits. Blink and their gone! And that's happening a lot these days with series. They don't have opening credits, I mean, not really. And that's crazy! When I was growing up US imports had AMAZING ( Read more... )

I left my job last month ( Read more... )

So, the three peaks.

Before I start let me say that yes, I did fail. We managed two of the three. On the other hand I’m still massively proud of what I did, utterly loved every moment and am already making plans to go for it again.

So, a bit of a round up of what happened:

( Friday the 20th: )

Now I've said many times I don't know that much about 'finance'. It confuses me. Lots. But back in 2009 the Bank of England started quantitive easing. (Printing more money) The theory being it would spark growth in the economy. We would have infrastructure projects with happy workers earning an honest wage. What happened was the banks got the money ( Read more... )

While enjoying a meal with a few folk the other day I was quite surprised when one of them decided to - and I believe I'm using the word correctly here - harangue me over my decision to attempt the 3 Peaks. This wasn't the usual "Haha, you're mad. How do I sponsor you?" conversation I have come to now recognise, it was a full on assault against my ( Read more... )

I got sick in 2001. Very sick. And by very sick I mean utterly bug nuts crazy. If you knew me then you’ll know what I’m talking about. I couldn’t leave the house, for a lot of the time I couldn’t even leave my front room. I was unable to answer the front door or the phone. I couldn’t walk places on my own. Taxi drivers literally had to hold my hand ( Read more... )

I've never been s big fan of the theory of mutually assured destruction. It's always just seemed to me like playing chicken with *everyone*.

I find the idea even worse when the person who can give an order that will possibly lead to the end of the world actually believes that that might improve things.

Unlike many of my friends I have no issue with ( Read more... )

Informed opinion....

Opinion. When did it become so important? I don't want people to email their stories or text their comments. Why on earth should I respect someone's opinion? People are idiots. We go around forming opinions willy nilly. We glance over someone's shoulder on the train, read a few lines in their god awful free hack sheet and pop, an opinion just forms ( Read more... )

I'm tired ( Read more... )