I’m going to resist complaining about Christmas. I don’t like it, and don’t like anything about it, with the exception of mince pies and that Mariah Carey song. As a misanthropic atheist I find it all very tedious, depressing and stressful, but then you can’t get much more tedious than people complaining about Christmas, so […]
Entries Tagged as 'Life'
November 2023
December 11th, 2023 · Comments Off on November 2023 · Life
Where did November go? It seems like a few days ago it was October and still a couple of months left in the year and all of a sudden its December and life is dominated by mince pies and sellotape. Work got a bit busy so I ended up with a few late evenings running […]
October 2023
November 9th, 2023 · Comments Off on October 2023 · Life
What a depressing month. I’m sure it did not rain all day, every day, but it really felt like that. It was certainly wet and miserable whenever it was a weekend so I didn’t get to go out on the bike at all, except for one short local ride just to make sure the battery […]
100 and counting
October 15th, 2023 · Comments Off on 100 and counting · Life
This year I set myself a target, well more of a vague ambition really, to read 100 books in the year, and half-way through October I finished my 100th book of 2023 – Windswept & Interesting by Billy Connolly. A quick word about the Billy Connolly book. At times it feels like it is just […]
Tags: Books
The Continental
October 14th, 2023 · Comments Off on The Continental · Life
I don’t get round to watching a lot of TV these days, but this month I did watch the new short series on Amazon Prime set in the John Wick universe; The Continental. I have to say it is a real cracker.
September 2023
October 1st, 2023 · Comments Off on September 2023 · Life
September was a month packed with events and excitement, or at least what passes for excitement at my age.
August 2023
September 1st, 2023 · Comments Off on August 2023 · Life
The sling came off at the beginning of the month, so it was back to work. This meant a lot less time for reading, but I did still manage to read 10 books in the month, 2 of them non-fiction. There was also a lot less time spent watching television, but I did watch the […]
July 2023
August 1st, 2023 · Comments Off on July 2023 · Life
July was a month of mixed fortunes. A month of profit and pain. After June broke my run of three months in a row of Premium Bond wins, I bounced right back in July with three wins that came to £175 in total. I was still glowing from that when I received a big gold […]
June 2023
July 5th, 2023 · Comments Off on June 2023 · Life, Music
After months of dreary rain, cold, and high winds, I finally found some days suitable for flying my drone. The first attempt was just me on my own, down at Wytch Cross to get the hang of it. As I managed that without any disasters, I went down to Arundel to meet up with our […]
Tags: Drones·Glastonbury·Medicine/Health·Motorbike·TV·YouTube
Avoidable deaths
June 26th, 2023 · Comments Off on Avoidable deaths · Life, Politics
This story caught my attention on the radio news this morning (“UK’s high rate of avoidable deaths linked to NHS woes”) and I think the headline is more than a bit misleading. Read a bit further and it says “The UK had one of the lowest levels of life expectancy – although the study acknowledged […]
Tags: Cancer·Medicine/Health
