You know, when I’ve written a post, the last thing I do before publishing it is go through and delete just about every use of the word “that”. It’s amazing what a difference it makes to the quality of your writing.
It’s been really quiet at work this week. I work in an office that normally has 6 people in it. This week there has been only the one person - me. Everyone else is on holiday or out visiting another site. Of course I’ve got loads of work done - notwithstanding the interruptions caused by […]
My mobile phone boasts a rather nifty 1.3 megapixel camera. So I thought I’d brighten things up by having a little picture post. Probably not ideal for those who read this blog through the rss feed, but I can’t please everyone…
Here we see Jervaulx Abbey, a lovely ruined abbey in the middle of Wensleydale bedecked […]
I’m enjoying watching series four of 24 at the moment. I gave up on 24 after the first series because I found Jack Bauer’s daughter to be one of the most infuriating characters on television. If you’ve seen the series you will know what I mean. However, series four was recommended to me and thankfully […]
Idly surfing the ‘net this evening, I stumbled across an intriguing site: www.pledgebank.com. It allows you to publicly pledge to do something, but only if other people pledge to do the same.
Current top billed pledge comes from Nicola (or ‘cola’ as she prefers to be known), who has pledged to donate 1% of her […]
I had the strangest dream last night. I dreamt that I was in the audience of a television show. The stage was a large round circle, akin to that of a circus, with the audience arrayed on one side. We all sat there watching Prince (or whatever he’s called now) performing “Nothing compares to you”. […]
An insurance company, who shall remain nameless, sent me a letter today. The gist of their message was:
Hi Richard. As your thirtieth birthday is approaching, now is an appropriate time to think about getting old and dying. So how about some life insurance?
Thanks.
Aargh! My hosting isp’s nameservers died for a while this evening - meaning that I could not get to this, my new blog. Most mysteriously, my mobile phone decided it was going to spontaneously shut down at the same time. For a moment I wondered if someone were out to get me…
But then the phone […]