Today I reached the end of a long and double-delayed journey when I passed the road test to get my full motorcycle licence. It took nearly four years, but I got there in the end.
Entries Tagged as 'Life'
The pleasures of pre-ordering
August 11th, 2021 · Comments Off on The pleasures of pre-ordering · Life, Music
In the last year or two I have been discovering the joys of pre-ordering stuff online. I know that some pedants have issues with the term ‘pre-order’, but we all know what it means: ordering something before it is released. I guess you could call it ‘pre-release ordering’. In general I do not actually buy […]
Tags: Shopping
Autobiographies
June 6th, 2021 · Comments Off on Autobiographies · Life
Back when I was younger, say 18 or before then, I really didn’t read autobiographies, or even biographies come to that. Mind you it does depend on how you define ‘autobiography’. I did enjoy the Gerald Durrell books and the James Herriot books when I was at school and they are certainly autobiographical. But times […]
Can’t get you out of my head
April 7th, 2021 · Comments Off on Can’t get you out of my head · Life, Music
Having an earworm is a fairly frequent event for me, but I have had a really strange one today, even by my standards. Earworm is defined by the Collins Dictionary website, rather unsatisfactorily, as “an irritatingly catchy tune”. I don’t think that captures the full quality of an earworm, which is not just a tune […]
Tags: Nostalgia
Irony narrowly averted
March 3rd, 2021 · Comments Off on Irony narrowly averted · Life
I went for a walk today, which is quite a big deal for me because I haven’t been able to really appreciate a long walk for ages until the last few days. Its all to do with Raynaud’s phenomenon, which makes my fingers go white when its cold. Oh, and paradoxically they go numb and […]
Tags: Spotify
Playing catch-up
February 8th, 2021 · Comments Off on Playing catch-up · Life
During the last few days I have been doing some catching up with watching some things I have been putting off for a while, with mixed levels of enjoyment.
Christmas 2020: a matter of perspective
December 25th, 2020 · Comments Off on Christmas 2020: a matter of perspective · Life
I am going to have a fantastic Christmas this year! I know. There is still covid-19 going on, our area moving into tier 4 on Saturday, Brexit, and all sorts of other general unpleasantness, but it is all relative. For example, two years ago, Christmas 2018, I was in the middle of chemotherapy treatment and […]
Tags: Christmas
Time for a #HIGNFY re-vamp?
October 4th, 2020 · Comments Off on Time for a #HIGNFY re-vamp? · Life
Have I Got News For You is celebrating its 30th year now and although it has its moments it really is showing its age now. I have watched it from the start and do still watch it, but that is at least partly through habit. A lot of the time the regular members do seem […]
Tags: TV
Bikes don’t kill people, cyclists do
August 16th, 2020 · Comments Off on Bikes don’t kill people, cyclists do · Life
There are some things that are so obvious and ingrained that you don’t notice them until they are pointed out, after which you can’t not see them again. The difference between how accidents caused by bicycles and accidents caused by car drivers are reported is one of those things.
Thick as a brick
August 2nd, 2020 · 2 Comments · Life
This week came the news that Argos will no longer be producing their catalogue in paper form. The legendary ‘laminated book of dreams’ will be a thing of the past, but what a past! To be honest, its a surprise it has lasted this long, because it is out-of-date almost before the ink is dry. […]
