Be prepared...
...unlike me. I currently drive a Ford Focus - about 10 years old. I like it. It exhibits more intelligence than any car I've driven previously, and, going by my recent experiences, more intelligence …
Tagged: personal-stuff
The joys of fishing tackle catalogue porn...
I've recently been watching a TV show featuring Paul Whitehouse and Bob Mortimer called'Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing' . As is often the case with me, I'm late to the game and have found I hav…
There's something in my eye...
I have always been prone to crying through most of my adult life. I've never been one to boast of a stiff upper lip - I can hang on under certain circumstances but I will express my emotions when requ…
The long-lost book...
This isn't a post about a book that I've mislaid, or lent to someone and never got back. This is about a book that I should have written, but didn't. A few months ago I was sorting through some files …
Warning - Inner work taking place...
“Your memory is a monster; you forget—it doesn't. It simply files things away. It keeps things for you, or hides things from you—and summons them to your recall with will of its own. You think you hav…
Greater love hath no man...
The title of this post refers to a very well known line from John's Gospel: "Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends." The surrounding lines provide a bit of c…
Facebook makes you miserable...
I came across this item a few days ago - the hardly surprising revelation thatlurking around on Facebook makes you miserable. Although 'lurking' - looking at social media without interacting with any…
And so in to 2017
My attitude towards New Year's Eve this year was summed up rather well when I went to Asda this afternoon to buy 'the boys' - our 2 cats, Jarvis and Marvin - some cooked chicken. They like this as a t…
Memories of a Sunday afternoon
Since I turned 50, I've occasionally found my thoughts turning back towards my childhood and adolescence. I've no idea why - my parents are both dead, I'm estranged from my biological family and have …
Today me, tomorrow you
A few weeks ago I wrotethis Blog Post around the theme of Today You, Tomorrow Me, a 'pay it forward' sentiment summed up in the attitude of someone doing a favour for someone on the ground of 'Today y…