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October 31st, 2007 — Global
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You so will not believe what I did last night.
I did something silly last night. Foolishness swept over me in a rush of impulsiveness. I was irrational. Totally not making sense at all. I was reckless and threw any form of logic to the wind. I threw caution out into the dark cold night.
October 29th, 2007 — Global
Summer is over. This evening we all drove home in the dark. The UK winter is here. Oh dear, oh dear, oh damnation to hell.
And I still have exterior of the house painting to do. Oops.
October 26th, 2007 — Global
We were taught (well we should still be if not) to respect our parents, all other elders and people in authority. Somehow, it was hardcoded nto our minds during our formative years that all people who held high office of state and in business were to be held in high esteem, respected and knew the answers to all our issues.
Today I was treated to a classic case of, “Hi, I’m a director and I have no people skills at all and I don’t have a clue how or what I need to say to this highly regarded member of Will’s team to make her stay at the company so I’ll just ask her to make me an offer of what she thinks she needs to make me say, you must stay”. The moron I am talking about is my boss.
October 25th, 2007 — Global
Winter is setting in too rapidly. The central heating has been switched on after a 7 month sojourn. At 05:45am when I get up each day and turn the heating on, the pipes creak and crack like crazy and the water bubbles away along it course through the system.
The new vertical chrome radiator in the new bathroom works like a treat. I must still test the underfloor heating. Somehow I think this winter the UK will be hit hard by cold and freezing weather and will need the heating more than usual.
The windows and front door were installed just in time to bed in before the cold weather set in.
Now I look forward to using less heating fuel than ever before. The wide spaced vacuum between the double-paned windows are said to be great heat conservers. They prevent heat loss which translates into less fuel used. We shall see. I am hoping I will need only a single half tank top up to see me through to spring. Fuel will be expensive due to the oil price hikes and I am not looking forward to making the call to Total’s Domestic Heating Products sales desk!
The Daylight Savings clock reset occurs this weekend. You guys in SA cannot imagine the sheer joy of it getting dark at 4pm each day. All of you who have stayed in UK for a winter will remember how inviting the duvet is at 06:00am on a freezing cold frosty or raining dark morning. Getting up in that lot is seriously not fun.
October 24th, 2007 — Global
Have you seen two professional dancers dance the Tango? I have never been present when this erotic and sensual routine was danced. But I hope to correct this missing bit in my life experiences by going to Buenos Aires where Tango was born.
There is a great deal of misunderstanding about Tango. It began in the brothels of an infant Buenos Aires. And it was not danced by the prostitutes as is generally believed. Buenos Aires had a shortage of women and the prostitutes were too busy earning a living.
October 23rd, 2007 — Global
I’m juggling too many things. I am. Are you?
Do you get the feeling that there is just too much to do and only so much time to do it in? For the past 4 weeks now I have been overwhelmed by what I have to do just to get the workload eased back slightly. And the job jar will still be overflowing.
Does your homelife get shoved on to the backburner while you try to get up to speed with the job? Yes? Whoops. Me too. But this is bad. We should be working to live, enjoying our life etc etc etc blah blah bla yadda yadda yadda.
Well kiddo, don’t look to me to wave a magic wand and make the job stuff disappear. I cannot and that stuff will stick to you until you do it. So I guess you and I need some help from a friend. Luckily I found Lifehack.org and an article that got me back into the working groove.
Click here to go read the full article and get your motivation doldrums sorted out.
October 22nd, 2007 — Africana
Give me 1 x good reason to:
October 21st, 2007 — Global
Every Englishman can be proud of their national rugby team. As the final whistle blew last night in the Rugby World Cup, I could hear the groan of every Englishman I know. In part it was the groan of defeat. But a large part of the groan was related to the fact that these same Englishmen and women know a South African and today and tomorrow (Monday) they will have to face that ‘bloody arrogant sob South African’!
I know that South Africans can be arrogant and do gloat fleetingly sometimes but last night’s thriller afforded them the right to do so. I also know for certain, South Africans can and will be magnaminous in victory. Last night’s final against England was no rollover.
The Boks were made to work hard for the win. England forced the Boks to dig deep. And in this, Every Englishman can be proud of their rugby team. Considering that 6 weeks ago, the English were beaten 36 - 0 and written off in a lot of peoples minds, to reach the final was a magnificent achievement. Thank you England for providing the world with a thrilling final. You deserved to be there with the Bokke.
Well done South Africa. The Springboks are World Rugby Champions. Thanks for making South Africa the best rugby nation in the world. Eish!
October 19th, 2007 — Global
WHY I THINK FACEBOOK IS THE PITS
If I post anything related to Facebook:
1.) It attracts readers.
2.) It creates reactions.
3.) It attracts comments.
4.) It encourages thought.
If I post an article (see here) about potentially cataclysmic events in the real world that could be detrimental to your future existence on this planet:
1.) It creates no reactions. Not a flutter.
2.) You probably don’t give a shit if your Earth dies
3.) You don’t pass comment
4.) You prefer to meet up with virtual mates on FB
4.) You place more faith & importance in something so unreal, so shallow, so transient as Facebook.
This is why I think Facebook is the pits. You no longer care about Earth.
October 19th, 2007 — Global
This is the Citadel at Villefranche-Sur-Mer, my home from home in Europe. The Citadel protected this region of France from invasion.
The best lookong fisherperson I have seen at this spot, but fishing from the rocks below the chappie I snapped here, was a beautiful topless lady. Yeah, I did not have a mobile or camera with me at the time. Damn!
And this is why the route around the base of the Citadel became a favoured daily ‘promenade’ puor moi!
October 18th, 2007 — Global
Today I wish I was here. The picture is of Corsica. How I wish I could be sat on the jetty dangling my feet in the cool water.
Great picture isn’t it? It has been a frenetic day. Busy with lawyers and depositions and affadavits and last minute reconciliations and emails to and fro.
This is why Corsica appeals so.
If only I could get away for a day or three.
October 17th, 2007 — Inspiration
Dave Winer thinks Facebook sucks. He isn’t alone. I do too. But for totally different reasons.
Facebook makes my teeth itch.
Dave Winer: Why Facebook Sucks
[Photo Fact: This photo is of the Class of Y2K's stained glass window at University Hall of Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, Canada. I think it absolutely fantastic. Laptop keyboard spells out Class of Y2K. Neat!]
October 16th, 2007 — Global
To blag: [From French blaguer, to talk through one's hat, from blague, bladder, pouch, of Germanic origin, ultimately from Latin bulga, leather bag; see bulge.]
Following on from yesterday’s theme about Al Gore and his movie “An Inconvenient Truth”, I felt it important to reproduce the 11 misconceptions (my word), Al Gore presented in the movie which the English High Court’s Mr Justice Barton, found necessary to rule that schools should not show the movie and what Gore said and showed graphically, without counter-balancing Mr Gore’s ‘one-sided’ views.
Below are the 11 blags, deceipts,misguidances, misquotes, blurred facts or lies that appeared in the movie. I reproduce them with thanks to Noel Sheppard at Newsbusters
In order for the film to be shown, the Government must first amend their Guidance Notes to Teachers to make clear that:
1.) The Film is a political work and promotes only one side of the argument.
2.) If teachers present the Film without making this plain they may be in breach of section 406 of the Education Act 1996 and guilty of political indoctrination.
3.) Eleven inaccuracies have to be specifically drawn to the attention of school children.
The 11 Blags
October 15th, 2007 — Global
Yeah, so like wow, Al Gore was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize. Great. Good for him.
I was genuinely happy for Mr Gore. I was cockahoop for the man but then Saturday I read The Times and Ross Clark’s article, [reproduced in part at left], “A convenient Nobel prize for politics” and then as if that was not enough this article in Sunday’s edition, did it for me so my view about Gore and the climate changeologists movement crumbled and upgraded to an even deeper cynical view.
The smidgen of respect I had for the movement and Gore, evaporated like the steam from my cooling latte’. I have always thought Gore was the best, most active and influential VP of the few who have served in my lifetime. But then in hindsight, he had a fantastic boss who provided the stage for him to go about his business and succeed so wonderfully during the Clinton years.
I had a completely different article prepared to help celebrate Action Day with the other 15,567 bloggers. But the ruling in England’s High Court changed that. So I deleted it.
You will know that I have previously raised my opposition to the facts presented to support Global Warming and have stated here that we have been lied to. So we need a debate. A debate will balance the views, denounce the liars and bring facts to the fore that the world can rely on to make sound decisions about the future.
It is a shame that Gore went down this road with his movie all the while knowing he was not representing the truth or the facts. Was he hoodwinked by ultra-ambitious businessmen or political cadre’s? Whatever, it seems his ambition has got the better of his judgement. And now the rallying cry of us unbelievers will be heard even more loudly and clearer.
October 15th, 2007 — Global
It’s 15th October 2007 and it Blog Action Day. Today around the world, I am one of 15,568 bloggers with a collective audience of 12,507,731 participating in Blog Action Day. Today all 15,568 of us have committed to writing about the same subject: The Environment.
We may not share the same viewpoint about Climate Change or the state of our environment, but one thing is sure (speaking for myself ) you will get a blog from me that relates to the environment.
In fact you may be treated to more than one from me because as you should know already - I have become seriously protective about my backyard - The Ridgeway, and the need to save it from dickhead quadbikers, 4×4ers and bikers who are just too thick to get the point that what they do is ruining Britain’s oldest road. More on this later.
But first, it is important that you click here to go read the official list of 50 quick painless ways you can help the environment today.
It is very important for you to read the list and action as many as you are able to do today.
I am able to comply today with the following: #1, #2, #3, #5, #6, #7, #8, #10, #12 (to anyone who will listen), #19, #21, #38 and #50. This might not seem like a lot but these are things I can and do do already and can also do everyday. Like it or not, even the most cynical of us are prone to agree with certain ‘greenie’ things. I do.
