There's one thing we got to get, Heyes....
...and that's out of this business!" One of the TV highlights of the week for me in the early 1970s was the TV series 'Alias Smith and Jones', following the adventures of two outlaws on probation, Han…
Tagged: personal-development
I'll keep my dreams non-lucid, thanks!
I'm a dreamer....not in terms of Peace on Earth, winning the lottery, etc. but more in the line of trying to keep an eye on my own internal, nocturnal landscape. When I wake up, if I remember a dream…
'Does Microsoft move the cheese too often?'
Every now and again I bother to read something about my profession. I know that this sounds rather bad - continuous professional development and all that stuff - but usually I'm too busy doing stuff …
Johnny Cash and me.
An early memory of mine is listening to my Uncle Idris play Johnny Cash songs on his guitar. Particularly he did a great rendition of 'Ring of Fire', though without the Mexican trumpets, Mexican trum…
The Competent Person....
The 'Competent Man' (or woman) is a character in literature who has a vast range of skills and abilities that make them appear to be capable of doing anything. Classic male examples are Jeevesor Angu…
Life is what happens....
...when you're making other plans. That's the way things work according, I believe, to John Lennon. I have to say that that's how it felt a week or so back when I realised I hadn't blogged for about …
All things
A Facebook friend of mine (and an author whose work I've admired for over years) Jessica Lipnack shared this article – http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ron-currie-jr/things-i-learned-while-wr_b_659568.ht…
Chasing Cars
'Chasing Cars' is the name of a song by the band 'Snow Patrol'. I quite like it - I'm a sucker for sad songs and this is a fine example of the genre. However, it has a little bit of 'back story'. A…
The world's messy - get used to it
One of the great things about Twitter is that it brings articles to my attention that I wouldn't otherwise have read. This blog post originated in one of those articles. It's here- in it, the writer n…
I sometimes wonder....
As some of you will know, I'm what's best described as an (occasionally) practising Christian. Just to get the joke out of the way early, I'll keep practising and one day I hope to get it right! Yes…