Sunday 12 December 2010

I still believe...

It has been a fitful year.  I've learned a lot about myself and the world in general and I can't help but feel that that science has let us down too many times.  So I have decided to leave my body to magic, instead.

I think it's really important to be prepared for death, but also that we should live life to the full.  You can't do that unless your body's up to the job.  How far do you go, though?  I mean we need to be naughty sometimes and, after all, good health is the slowest way to die.

But yeah, I decided it was time to get fit.  If I run for ten miles a day for a month, I'll be SO much fitter.  I'll also be 300 miles away, but I'll deal with that at the time.




Monday 29 November 2010

An old video - Gally reviews The Birds of Lundy

Book Review: The Birds of Lundy

My first, and quite possibly only, book review. 



Like the review?  Buy the book!  Actually, if you didn't like the review, still buy the book - I wasn't really out to sell it, I was just avoiding study!

Friday 26 November 2010

The weekend crept up on me....

I'm a stickler for facebook updates which reference terrible commercials.... Have you noticed that no one goes to Paul's house anymore?  I'm delighted for Paul.  He must have been at his wits' end. 

I wonder if his visitors stole his toiletries, or is that a behaviour that we are supposed to reserve for hotel stays? 

And while I'm on the subject, it strikes me that the very best time to pick a fight is when your opponent needs the loo.  It's a really difficult time to stop and fight.

Anyway, it's time to go and enjoy Friday night... yeah, I'm working tomorrow, but I'm ignoring that.

Stay fabulous and don't forget.... Anyone who says you're hard work just doesn't know how to admit they're not up to the job.

26th November 2010

Monday 8 November 2010

Apostrophe's

There are the people who spot misplaced apostrophes. 
There are the people who put them in the wrong place or leave them out altogether.
There are people who really don't care either way.

All these people know what it was supposed to mean.


Do we really need apostrophes?


8th November 2010

Saturday 30 October 2010

Weekend joy

Well, I went out for dinner after the walk, today.  OK, we grabbed a pizza.  But I got a bottle of mineral water as well.  I love reading the labels on the stuff I buy.  My mineral water spent hundreds of years in a natural ancient sandstorm source. It's best before May. Good job they found it when they did.

And I finally finished my book.  All 819 pages. But my felt tips have run out now :(


30th October 2010

Friday 29 October 2010

Something else I don't get

I don't get the phrase "fall head over heels".

My head SHOULD be over my heels.
I keep it there on purpose. No falling required.

 





29th October 2010

Tuesday 26 October 2010

And another thing...

Is it late enough in the year, yet, to start believing in Santa Claus again?









26th October 2010

Growing up.

I find it interesting how our moral values change as we grow and how some really don't.  The same things are not as important to me now as they were in my earlier years. 

I still value my friends and family above all else and I still want to make a difference in this world.  What’s really changed is that I do that by working for a charity, whereas at the age of 5, what I really wanted was to be a knight who fought evil dragons (and befriend the good ones!).  Oh and I wanted to wear a tutu. So not everything changes, I guess, but my career choices were much more exciting when I was five.



26th October 2010

Monday 25 October 2010

Do people still blog?

I often wonder whether I should blog more often.  Then I wonder whether I actually have anything to say which people will want to spend any time reading and I can’t think of anything that would amaze and astound you. 

I therefore surmise that, if you are reading this, you must be stalking me. 

But that’s OK, because I’m stalking you, too.

Life is busy for most of us yet we’re finding time to keep on top of updates from hundreds of people on facebook and still find time to think of something funny to tweet, so does blogging have any place in this manic online lifestyle?

Probably not.  And I’ve nothing interesting to say anyway.

I’ll come back when I have something of national importance to impart.  Or at least something vaguely funny.



25th October 2010