Wednesday was a bit of a long day. I found myself booked on a one-day course that was 100% mandatory In Glasgow And I decided to do it as a day trip. My four colleagues went up Tuesday afternoon, but I figured that since I live right next to the airport it was feasible to […]
Entries from April 26th, 2012
70s Mania
April 17th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Life, Music, Politics
For all its faults, I enjoyed the first part of Dominic Sandbrook’s series on the 70s. So many memories, even though I was only between 8 and 10 during the time covered in that episode, and I’m really looking forward to the rest. If anybody else is similarly hooked I can recommend Sanbrook’s book State […]
Tags: Nostalgia
The way we were
April 12th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Life, Technology
While I was sorting out some old books to get rid of recently (I only managed to force myself to get rid of about a dozen or so) I came across an old business card of mine that had been used as a bookmark. To be honest, most of my business cards from that, or […]
Bert Crane
April 10th, 2012 · 5 Comments · Politics
Last week I went along to the full council meeting at the town hall. It is not something I do very often, maybe once or twice in the last five years, but last week was a very special meeting – the last one ever to feature Bert Crane as a councillor. He has been a […]
Tags: Crawley Council·Tories
Tory wordcloud
April 9th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Politics
I couldn’t resist it for my first attempt at a wordcloud…
Tags: Tories
Anthem
April 7th, 2012 · 1 Comment · Life, Music
Isn’t internet brilliant for eating up your time? The ‘what’s new’ section of Spotify keeps displaying an album called Anthem by somebody called Desolation Angels, with a strangely familiar cover. It reminded me of something. The name ‘Desolation Angels’ and fantasy artwork made me think that maybe it was some variety of metal, so I […]
Tags: Spotify
