The Spirit Of Christmas Present
While cycling to work through the frost laden air this morning, I couldn’t help but be reminded of perhaps my favorite book at this time of year”A Christmas ...
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On Friendship
Through many times in my life I have struggled to find the place where being a good person ends, and friendship begins - and where friendship ends and love b...
Cold And Frosty
Flying in the face of the long, wordy posts I have shared recently, I thought it might make a change to share a photo taken during my journey to work. I ride...
Choosing A New Mobile Phone
My mobile phone contract comes up on 19th December, meaning I get to upgrade my phone handset. I have no idea which way I’m going to go at the moment. I gues...
The One Where We Bought Three Laptops
We have been agonising over the decision to buy our children laptops for Christmas for the last week. We talked about it over the weekend, and pretty much de...
Professional Procrastinator
If there is ever an olympic event for getting nothing done, I’m pretty sure I could be a contender. It’s not that I don’t want to get something doneit’s just...
Frozen Rugby Christmas Shopping And Car Park Stalkers
When we left the house at 9:30 this morning, the frost was thick on the ground, and the car kept flashing “RISK OF ICE” messages on the dashboard. It was -3C...
Living It Up On Friday Night Not
In television shows people always seem to have time to meet-up with friends at a local bar on their way home from work on a Friday night, catch up with each ...
Three Children Three Laptops
We are currently wrestling with the idea of buying three laptops for Christmas for our children. It sounds insane, and it sounds expensive, but there is SOME...
The Twenty Fifteen Theme
Last night I noticed a post from WordPress in the dashboard that scrolls towards oblivion (and causes me to get nothing done)a post announcing the availabili...