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Forty years is a long time, and I am guessing that some of you were not even born all those years ago. For me, this year is my fortieth with technology. Hard to believe. One: that something captivates you for so long, and Two: that there...
If you have not discovered Bubbles yet, then I suggest you go and have a look. In the Bubbles Team's very own words: Somewhere out there, someone wrote a really good blog post today. You'll probably never find it. Bubbles tries to...
I completely missed the 100 Days To Offload blogging challenge. I had seen the hashtag but didn't delve deeper. Today I discovered the website. Simply, the aim is to write 100 blog posts within a year. The year can be any point in time,...
Just checking my thoughts out loud. ARTEMIS II cost $4bn to launch. The overall spend on the project has been $93bn. The emissions into our atmosphere are huge. All that to take a photo of the arse end of the moon 🤣 Crew TasksI was...
Words, and meanings, amaze me. More so the ones which are used colloquially — and have different meanings across the continents. Recently I was sarcastically ridiculing someone. (it was Trump and he deserved it!). This blog post was...
I love a good podcast. Especially at night when I am in bed. Forty minutes on a good topic and I will nod off to sleep half way. If I wake up through the night I tune into the second half. But here is what's starting to get on my paps!...
For the last several days the dog has been under the weather. She's been lethargic, miserable looking, and melancholy. I had hoped she would perk up in a day or two, and on Tuesday she seemed to have bounced back to her usual cheery,...
I have a work meeting at 9am I need to leave the house at 7am to drive there I should get up at 6am I'm wide awake at 5:15am
One less hour in the day always seems like someone has stolen an opportunity from me. Here's how the day panned out: Very early this morning I took an hour to walk from the bedroom to the kitchen and back. In an uncanny moment, I woke...
I was having a conversation with somebody last night. We were thinking about the last movie we went to see in the cinema. My last cinema visit was 10 years and three months ago. I really don't have attention span to watch a movie. I get...
Seriously, I did. I was driving along the coastal road; I stopped the car and got out; staggered over some large pebbles and rough sand; found a very specific rock, and said: "Hi Dad". Rewinding slightly: I was out at a meeting today,...
Remember this? 21 March 2020. We were two days away from total lock-down in the UK (and most of the world) due to the COVID pandemic. Speculation was high that it might happen, and the supermarkets were struggling to maintain stock....
I enjoy writing. In my career I have written a lot: Proposals; Training Guides; Management Reports; Funding Applications.... For fun, I really enjoy writing my blog, but I am also a bit of a frustrated fiction writer. I would love to...
Thanks to Alex for this blogging prompt, here's my own favourite reading genre. What is your favourite genre?It has to be Crime/Detective Fiction. It's a massive genre; very populous and busy with authors vying for attention. I love...
One Mother available for short term use; may considering selling her. Comes with interchangeable models: demure or cantankerous.