Category Archives: personal blog

I have really gone out of my way to stress that I have no desire to write fiction. Well, that isn’t 100% true, occasionally a thought passes through my mind, followed by “Could that be a short story or a book”? I am about to risk a Ratner moment, by saying that of late, IContinue reading “1789 – Imagination and Originality”

I really should have gone for a walk today. I’ve been following a slightly different pattern during the week. Instead of going for a walk at 6AM, I’ve been going to work, clocking off at around 8 and back to work for 9. I find it easier to get up and go to the officeContinue reading “1788 – Friday”

I’ve never been to an event like this before. But, I’ve seen TED talks on YouTube. But those were huge events, in a vast arena, and tickets can cost thousands (reflected in the types of speaker (US Presidents, former that is, for example). The thing about TEDx is that it is locally organised and funded.Continue reading “1787 – Thursday, and it’s TEDx Gosport”

Thursday will be an interesting day. I’ve taken a days leave because it’s the first Gosport TEDx Event, and I have a ticket. I first heard of TED talks several years ago, but it is only in the last couple of years that I learned the TED stands for Technology, Entertainment and Design, but inContinue reading “1786 – Thursday”

I think the title of the post pretty much sums it up[ really. Of course a large chunk of the day was taken up with work. I won’t write about that. I watched a bit of TV. I didn’t go to the camera club, I just sat downstairs and watched TV. I’m a bit annoyedContinue reading “1785 – Not much happening”

For some reason, I seem to be determined to build a relationship between this blog, and my facebook posts. I don’t really know why, and in doing so, I appear to be making a rod for my own back. I see no reason why the two can’t be entirely independent. After all, they do serveContinue reading “1784 – Relationship Management”

I managed to do posts to FB over the weekend, quite pleased with that. They were a bit diary-like, as I hadn’t gone in to town. But that was OK. I’m going to see if I can keep it going, doing the posts in the afternoon certainly helps, but I still think I would preferContinue reading “1783 – Weekend Posts & The Week ahead”

I am not used to doing regular weekend posts on Facebook, which is why I feel that today’s felt a little bit “forced” or artificial. I do hope that it didn’t come across like that. Weekends can go in several directions, frantic or lazy. I confess, I tend to prefer the latter. I find itContinue reading “1782 – Weekend Posts”

I’m having a bit of a mind block. I wrote a reasonable post on Facebook this evening. What I want to do now is write a complementary post here. I’m not going to just repeat the post, but I just can’t think of a link that is robust enough to lead to a full article.Continue reading “1781 – The Morning Walk”

I’ve managed to get up for two walks this week. I’m hoping to get up for a walk in the morning, it will be another one of the “late” walks. It’ll be interesting to see how the bus station is progressing. None of the other projects that have planning permission have started. We’ve had aContinue reading “1780 – Out tomorrow?”