I wouldn’t really class myself as a brave person, or a risk taker. What I am though is headstrong, obdurate, stubborn, and compulsive. I usually like to call it decisive. This normally manifests itself in committing to a course of action, rather than regret making no decision at all for years to come. I know...
This weekend, I had occasion to buy son No2 his first suit. He has an interview for Uni and the sixth year school prom soon, so one that could be used for both purposes would be ideal. As he was trying on various items, and grimacing at the discomfort, I distinctly recalled buying my own...
This is not, repeat not another blog about flying, and the funny things that happen at airports. OK it is a little, but I’m using it as an example, or a metaphor so it’s alright. Budget airlines have been responsible for turning several accepted norms on their heads. Easyjet and then Ryanair popularised the model...
I’ve brought my three sons up to be grasses; tell-tales, clipes, snitches, there are many names for it, and I’m happy with them all. Needless to say, this is not a popular or common view. Society has contrived to agree with those that demand silence; that you should never tell on someone else. Excepting of...
You’ll have noticed that I do this in my blog. I tend to ask questions aloud about topics I don’t entirely comprehend, rather than tell you how angry I am about something, and tell you how my opinion matters more than anyone else’s. [OK, sometimes I’m blunt and opinionated] This applies again to this topic,...
This is a topic I have tried, and failed, to understand my entire life. As non-smoker, I’m told that I can’t possibly understand, and therefore shouldn’t try to. Perhaps in my quest to truly comprehend, I should take up smoking in order to get perspective from that side of the fence? However, I refuse to...
The festive period, that 6 week duration stretching from Thanksgiving (celebrated in the USA on the 4th Thursday of November) to the first week of the New Year, accounts for some 78% of all family visits made throughout the year. This shows that we are reminded of a need or obligation to make this effort,...
Ever since Jeff Taylor launched Monster, and Robbie Cowling founded Jobserve, it has been generally accepted that job boards are merely replicating the print media model of advertising vacancies. Enabling employers and recruitment agencies to broadcast their available jobs to candidates, who were actively looking for a career move was very civilised, but meant that...
I read a blog post tonight, entitled “ConDemd” which detailed the real life experience of a university graduate, and the ongoing effects of student loans. Despite that blog title, the fee regime Betty, and most further education students since 2002 have experienced was introduced by the Labour Government of Tony Blair, supported mostly by the...
I recently had a conversation with a very good friend of mine, who was at a crossroads in his life. He was in a position where he was in complete control of his destiny, and was therefore quite literally spoiled for choice. In the course of the discussion, I did something I have never done...
