Well it’s the new year and my blog has certainly suffered from a considerable amount of neglect in the last few months. This in part is because my blogging efforts (not to mention real life efforts) have been swallowed up by this. However, I thought it would be fun to start the year by first, [...]
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Five Online Predictions for 2007 (or, everyone is is writing theirs so why can’t I!)
Published January 12th, 2007 in Uncategorized. CommentsHaving been upgraded to Business class on my flight back to the UK two weeks ago, I felt that my years of flying back and forth from China to the UK were at last being rewarded with some perks. This made yesterdays events even more satisfactory – I arrived at the airport where they told [...]
A few on friday, a few more on sunday, one last night. I see it is very much an organic process. I’m chiselling away at those irresistible urges one day at a time….
Okay, I actually smoked 3 cigarettes last night in a moment of weakness…
What can I say?
The truth is it is very hard to resist when surrounded by chain smokers. Blame delegation in action….
However the guilt today has hardened my resolve and I think I am even more commited as of today. We shall see. Friday [...]
I woke up on tuesday morning with the usual part-ashtray feeling and decided enough was enough. I cleared the house of empty fag boxes, dumped the ashtrays at the back of a cupboard and hid all the lighters in a drawer. No distractions. No temptations. No fags.
Thursday today and so far so good except for [...]
Recently I discovered I was running low on the great British institution that is Marmite. I did some some Googling and to my great surprise discovered that it is for sale on Amazon.com. Worldwide shipping! Brilliant!
I was browsing the web earlier and somehow stumbled upon a drawing of the house I grew up in. It seems the new owners must have had it commissioned. Amazing what you can find on the Interweb.
UPDATE: My father spoke to the new owners and apparently the artist saw a picture of the house in [...]
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I bought this beautiful rug in Mongolia which you can see here modeled by Robbie.
Today is my birthday. Generally a day for receiving but as I left the office just now I discovered that it is also a day of taking away. My groovy red scooter has been stolen. Never again shall I cruise the highways of the ‘Jing in such style. I hope the thief gets hit by [...]
