Over the weekend, me and Clare made great strides towards getting the dining room sorted. We managed to get the new dining table and chairs constructed and vaguely positioned in the now fridge-less dining room. It mostly thanks to Clare to be honest, she’s the motivator out of the two of us. If things were [...]
I’d like to think that I’m quite an observant soul. I tend to notice things. A lot of the time, I notice things other people don’t. Sometimes I make things more complicated than they need to be, and so miss the obvious things… An example? Ok then: The other day, when I came into work, [...]
Dec 132006
I’ve been thinking about subliminal messages lately, from an idea to start slipping the odd suggestive phrase into documents at work.So, can you actually make people do things without them realising? If all it takes buy Dave new stuff to coerce people into actions without their buy Dave new stuff knowledge, then surely everyone would [...]
Nov 162006
On Saturday night, there was a funfair in Donnington, near where I work. Now I think funfairs are a bit of an oddity. They seem to attract such a wide scope of people, from the blue rinse brigade, to the young families, right the way to the aggressive looking youths, having a crafty can of [...]
Nov 142006
Both Clare and myself support the Dogs Trust by sponsoring a dog that cannot be rehomed. Part of the sponsorship means that we get a magazine every month or so, letting us know what’s new in the world of dog ownership, rehoming issues, and of any events that are upcoming. We always like to look [...]
On the side of a bottle of water I bought yesterday, there is a warning: “Bottle intended exclusively for the use of Volvic Natural Mineral Water, do not refill”I can’t help thinking this is a rather selfish way to go about things, and one which isn’t particularly good for the environment. My first concern, and [...]
Oct 172006
In the UK, today has been called “One Day In History”, by the National Trust. They are asking people to record, in the form of a blog, the events that made and shaped October 17th 2006 for them.The hope is that it will form a huge archive of an average day, what people do, what [...]
Oct 112006
On the way to work, I passed a sign informing me there would be a “Mammoth Bonfire” on the 26th October. I had a few problems with this.1) Despite the fact that with all that hair, they’d probably be relatively flammable, mammoths are extinct, and are unlikely to show up in Telford in the next [...]
Sep 252006
A little while back, I wrote about the problems with being bored at work. Whilst they aren’t the most life threatening, or world altering problems, they are still problems, and if they affect me, then I’ll sooner or later get bored and start writing about them here.I’ve had a fair few hectic months now, none [...]
Sep 252006
So, my last post was a little depressing. Sorry about that. Lots of people gave me nice comments, and plenty of encouragement.Thanks to those people, I managed to get a few photos accepted on a stock website, and last week, I sold my first photo! I was so pleased! 33 pence! It’s the best 33 [...]
