New Media, Old Manners
This post is based on some comments I made on another blog recently - dealing with the question of whether using Social media turns us in to rude bumpkins. Whilst it's true that the decision to parti…
Tagged: personal-development
If this is being a Man, I bagsy being a Penguin...
I have a thing for penguins. I have no idea why, but they appeal to me. It all started 20 odd years ago when I saw the 'Bloom County' cartoon strip that featured Opus the penguin (he who features wh…
Just for today...
This is something I came across many moons ago, and is one of the most useful 'secular prayers' that I've ever come across. It originated with Alcoholics Anonymous and it's a most useful approach to …
Keep your tank full!
Some years ago when I was engaged (in a small way) in the movie industry I read a rather interesting book of advice to low budget (or zero budget) film makers. One of the most useful things I read w…
The To Do List!
With thanks to Rachel G. who gave me the idea of writing this up! Over the years I must have tried any number of Time Management techniques - I have to say that whilst I'm much better these days at fi…
Saying Sorry, Contrition, Repentance and the Scorpion
Earlier this weekI commented on the words of John Healey, the Housing Minister who said that repossession is not always a bad thing. As has been pointed out, the 46,000 people repossessed in the last…
The Lost Boys of English football
I'll be the first to admit that my knowledge of football is minimal, and my interest in the game is not that great either. However, for the last couple of weeks it's been incredibly difficult for any…
Innovative is not the same as useful
I recently found this on my Twitterfeed: @jakebrewer: Yes! Note from newly devised Hippocratic oath for Gov 2.0 apps: "Don't confuse novelty with usefulness." It is so true - and that comes from some…
Get the habit!
If you take a look at the section of this blog that lists posts by the month in which they appear, you'll see that whilst recent months have been pretty regular, there have been some hiatuses in the p…
Why do people talk purple prose?
OK. It's Saturday evening, snow's falling, I'm caffeinated up on tea and chocolates and have just watched a 'Quantum of Solace' on TV. When I first wrote the title for this piece I have to say that…