Life's about experiences. These are mine.
Looking through my credit card statement this week I noticed that there was a £12 charge on there for late payment. I was certain that I had setup a direct debit and so wasn’t sure why there would have been a charge. Either way I felt that I had kept my account in good order …
Have you discovered the Harlem Shake yet? If you haven’t then consider yourself very lucky that this latest “internet sensation” has passed you by. Basically is is usually one person moving in time to the music before the break and then everyone taking part after that. See the video below for an idea, there are …
I am current waiting patiently (ok impatiently) for a parcel to be delivered. This being the 21st century I am able to track the progress of said parcel on the internet and I can see that it is tantalisingly close having only been dispatched from Utrecht in The Netherlands some 264 miles away as the …
In a moment of madness last week I suggested to Helen that one way to achieve our goal of getting out more and doing some exercise would be to join a dance class. To hear me utter those words came as much as a surprise to me as they did to Helen, almost as surprising …
Like most others, every day I get loads of spam email and GMail does a fantastic job of keeping them out of my inbox. Periodically I check the spam mailbox just to ensure that nothing has slipped through the net. Occasionally I even take a look at some of the mails there to see why …
Last year I read a book called SideProjects Book which was over 70 stories of people that had started businesses, all apps in this case, while holding down a day job. By the end of 2012 I realised that I had achieved that too with The Chubby Challenge. I think that there is a danger …
I took this in London just before the Christmas break on my iPhone and was really pleased with the way that it has turned out. As Eros was behind hoardings that have either been erected to protect it from drunken new year revelers or while it is being repaired you couldn’t see it in all …
2012 has been an interesting year for the Thompson family, principally because it has brought us into contact with many areas of the public sector but, mainly and I have to say regrettably, the NHS and the police. This involved my trip to the nurse early in the year, one major operation, a colonoscopy, an assault and a mugging – …
Last concert of 2012 last night when we went to see Duke Special at Shepherd’s Bush Empire. Throwing caution to the wind we elected to drive up and park at the Westfield shopping centre which is just five minutes walk from the venue. Of course, this being just five days from Christmas that was a …
I was very sad to learn today that astronomer Patrick Moore has passed away. Most people, I suspect, will remember him for introducing several generations to star gazing through his very popular The Sky at Night programme which he presented for more than fifty years. I, however, will remember him for a series of children’s books …