I really enjoy doing photography. It is great fun, can be done at any time, and generally gives pleasure to many. Getting paid for it is even better. I choose not to take on the high-pressure work and responsibility of weddings (I just do not have the time to prepare given the long hours I …
Monthly Archives: July 2008
To Blog or not to Blog
View from the Corner Seat
Brain op girl – not for the squeamish
A colleague shares a few tasteful photos of her brain operation. She had a life-threatening brain tumour and a major operation. She has bounced back seemingly positive and looking forward to the future.
Fast food junkie
I have a colleague who tells me he lives alone and virtually never cooks. He is missing out on so much.
Description of film on TV give in The Independent today
Channel Five 10pm FILM Maximum Risk (Ringo Lam 1996 US) Smash-bang-wallop with Jean-Claude van Damme. To bother you with plot or character details would be to work harder than the scriptwriters. Brilliant. I do like the pithy little comments the usual have on their TV pages. Having decided to blog this, I thought I should …
The cruelty of children
For months, one of my daughters has been looking forward to going off for a summer holiday in France with a friend to stay at the friend’s family holiday home. Our daughter was a little concerned about telling us about the holiday offer originally as it overlaps with a family booking to see Hamlet in …
Build a new PC day
One of the computers in the family has broken down. Initially it looked like it was just a PSU but it looks like more damage was done when it failed that I first though.
I am not a car snob nor am I am environmentalist
At least, I don’t think I am a car snob. I decided earlier this year to go back to having a company car to save hassle. I chose a Ford Mondeo. This was after having two S-Class Mercedes and a Volvo XC90 as personal cars. I am a big guy and not many cars are …
Returned to work
I was only off for a couple of days but it felt a lot longer as it always does when breathing is difficult and also because I knew things were changing quickly at work.
Family photos
Just got around to looking at some of the pictures I took a ccouple of weekends ago when in London for a Christining. I have picked out a couple of simple family photos that I my SO will particularly like for content rather than photographic quality.