If you’re a regular here you’ll know that I have been following Roz’s exploits for some while now. At present she’s a month or more into the third leg of her row across the Pacific. This blog post made me stop and think, particularly the paragraph …it made me ponder that in the context ofContinue reading “Day 29 – the Stupidest Thing I Have Ever Done – Roz Savage”
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Quote for General Election Day
“Under democracy one party always devotes its chief energies to trying to prove that the other party is unfit to rule – and both commonly succeed, and are right” H.L. Mencken With thanks to Word magazine
Quote for General Election Day – 1
‘Ye are grown intolerably odious to the whole nation. You were deputed here to get grievances redressed; are you not yourselves become the greatest grievance? Gold is your god, which of you has not bartered your conscience with bribes? Make haste ye venal slaves, be gone.’ Oliver Cromwell speaking in Parliament in 1653 denouncing MPs’Continue reading “Quote for General Election Day – 1”
Spike’s Story
In April & May 2009 I wrote these personal blogs: http://www.alunrees.com/blog/rip-freddie & http://www.alunrees.com/blog/welcome-spike Here’s the rest of Spike’s story, written in support of his nomination as “Slimmer of the Year” I kid you not! “He’s quite a big chap,” said Belinda, “and he’s been rather spoilt by his last owner; she wasn’t in the bestContinue reading “Spike’s Story”
The single most valuable skill in…..
This from David Hepworth’s blog struck a few chords. whatsheonaboutnow.blogspot.com/2010/04/single-most-valuable-skill-in.html The single most valuable skill in (journalism) The human race is divided into two groups: those who are always late and those who are always early. The first group are no busier than the latter group. They have simply decided that being on-time is somehowContinue reading “The single most valuable skill in…..”
Simon Tyler – Intangibly Articulate a film by Nic Askew
This is a wonderful film about what “coaching” is or isn’t and does or doesn’t. intangibly inarticulatable from Nic Askew on Vimeo.
Free Thinker and a (High) Flier
Written by Audoen Healy on GDPUK My family and I may have been the only people to manage to fly back to the UK from Spain on Friday. I flew my family back myself in my own aircraft and it was a beautiful day. I did see the stuff up there, in thin wispy trails,Continue reading “Free Thinker and a (High) Flier”
Success
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More – a film about more by Nic Askew
It has been a challenging and rewarding week that has seen me finally face up to one of the biggest “elephants in my room”. This isn’t the place to share the details but I am in a blinkers on mode and wanted to make a permanent record of the fact that I have made aContinue reading “More – a film about more by Nic Askew”
The Incisal Edge 