When the company reorganised and my job disappeared two years ago I was at a loose end for a while. They kept finding me stuff to do but I was more or less an employee without portfolio for a long time. Now they have reorganised again and recreated my old job while removing the one [...]
Entries from December 22nd, 2005
Selection meeting
December 22nd, 2005 · No Comments · Politics
It was a good selection meeting over in Bewbush tonight. I was extremely impressed by how orderly and sensible the whole thing was – compared to the aimless waffle at Broadfield ward meetings most of the time. I had only slightly mixed feelings about not being selected there. It was a shame as its a [...]
Tags: Labour Party
Shaggy Stalked Nippled Mushroom
December 22nd, 2005 · No Comments · Life
Shaggy Stalked Nippled Mushroom Originally uploaded by Chuck and Vicki Rogers. I think they made the name up but, like Ronseal, it does exactly what it says on the tin.
If at first you don’t succeed…
December 21st, 2005 · No Comments · Politics
…then don’t succeed again. I’m just going out to another selection meeting. Again the ward members will have a choice between selecting me, a couple of other candidates, or a sitting councillor who is a prominent member of the council and a hard worker. I still think its important to go through all these motions [...]
Tags: Labour Party
Prizes galore
December 20th, 2005 · No Comments · Life, Music
Today was when the raffle tickets came home to roost. Mid-Sussex Body Positive held their Christmas raffle this afternoon. It must have been a marathon session because one of their staff has spent a lot of time calling and writing to just about every organisation you could think of to get donations for prizes.
Tags: Bah Humbug!·iRiver·Raffles
Christmas Presents
December 20th, 2005 · No Comments · Life, Work
Unsurprisingly, the kids are all obsessed with what presents they have for Christmas, and I use the word deliberately: they are not just mildly interested, or seeing presents as part of the whole package – they are obsessed. Its a shame really. Such mercenary single-mindedness does detract from the true meaning of Christmas which , [...]
Tags: Family
Princess Di mystery!
December 19th, 2005 · No Comments · Life
The mystery is how on Earth the Daily Express keep managing to find new headlines about Diana, years after she died. Are people still interested? Just for reference, here is a list (lifted from the BBC News Monitor) of all the Express Diana headlines in november: DIANA DEATH CRASH SENSATION (28 Nov) PRINCES TO RETURN [...]
Tags: Newspapers
That was the year that was
December 19th, 2005 · No Comments · Life, Music
2005 is nearly over, and its been an eventful one. There were some major events with a global impact – the earthquake in Pakistan and the floods in the US after hurricane Katrina – and some of more limited significance like West Ham getting promoted and Gang of Four releasing a new album. Not a [...]
Tags: Computing·Football·Gang of Four·Live 8·Nostalgia·Pink Floyd·World music
Fortune favours the brave
December 17th, 2005 · No Comments · Life, Music
I actually won something in a raffle yesterday night! Mind you, I’m not sure that I really won it. I think it was more a case that nobody else wanted it. All the other prizes had been chosen and there was just the one left, which had been rejected by everyone, and we were asked [...]
Competition time
December 17th, 2005 · No Comments · Life
Its a ‘spot the difference’ competition. Can you spot the difference between this post from December 11th and this post from December 13th? Its a good job he is Labour or I would take exception to such a breach of etiquette…
Have you heard of the categorisation of political activists into...