Kitch. our new dog, has joined us. My wife collected him from the Dog Trust yesterday afternoon. Our existing dog has caught on pretty quickly that he is going to be sticking around and, of course, has reacted with some jealousy although she keeps forgetting and having fun with him. He has settled in very …
Monthly Archives: January 2008
I bought a really cheap and small laptop
ASUS have introduced a new low-cost laptop selling for around £200 in the UK. The standard system runs on Linux rather than Windows (although this is now available as an option). For every-day use, the user-interface they have chosen and the free applications all look-and-feel and work pretty much the same as on Windows. There …
Laptop FooBar
My work laptop fell ill at the weekend, something wrong with the hard disk. Just after new year is a really bad time to call on support as they usually have an overwhelming backlog of work and I am not sufficiently important to get near the top of the priority list. Sure enough, when I …
Visiting our new dog
Visiting our new dog at the Dog Trust before he moves to our home.
Adding another dog to the family
We are feeling a little sorry for our dog Tag being a loner given that she enjoys the company of other dogs so much.
Kyle Mills Smoke Screen
An unexpected read that kept me up all night. I bought it cheap with a job-lot of other books. It is about a bit of a non-entity (our anti-hero) who has worked for a large tobacco firm all his life. In fact, he is tied to it as his grandfather was one of the founders. …
Tag to the rescue
Tag escaped her cage in the night to get help for my eldest who had become sick in bed.
Calmness in our lives
I am passing this on to you because it definitely works and we could all use a little more calmness in our lives. By following simple advice heard on the Dr. Phil show, you too can find inner peace. Dr. Phil proclaimed, "The way to achieve inner peace is to finish all the things you …
Company Car
Well, finally done it and returned to the company car fold after years of running my own cars. I have just decided I no longer want the ad-hoc expenses and hassles of running my own car – the tax savings are simply not worth it to me any more.
I have not gone over the top though… just gone for a humble Mondeo and have left behind the fancy Mercedes of the past.
Light traffic
The drive down to Heathrow area from North Shropshire was a breeze today. I reached the office by 8.00AM. No better illustration that many many people have taken at least another day off if not the rest of the week. On the radio, they said around 5m people are expected to call in sick today …