Archive for March, 2010
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The Spice Girls were rubbish, really, weren’t they? I mean, even if you used to love them and you collected all their merchandize, you have to admit that the name alone is bad enough (I tend to think of Old Spice, the popular established deodorant-making brand whenever I see someone who looks like Mel B) but come on, the music was pants too. But one of their songs was actually quite good I thought–Not because of the musical quality, of Read the rest of this entry »
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There are a lot of promises in the world, aren’t there? There are promises of love, promises of good weather in the UK (you get used to this, and the UK is Barbados compared to Scotland…) and promises from companies: usually things like, “at our website you can learn everything you need to know–”
But come on. How many times do these promises actually translate into meaningful, proper action? In my experience rarely; even worse, sometimes it’s just a good Read the rest of this entry »
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In 2002 I had a terrible experience. I was employed as a web-designer at a company I’d wanted to work for for a long time, and they asked me to do a weekly blog. “Whatever you see fit to put on there that benefits our business is fine by us”, said my boss. So I took it to heart: right, I thought, I’ll make an impression! Indeed, inspiration struck me–And even better I’d had an idea which would use Read the rest of this entry »
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Lovely day with brilliant sunshine today, so met up with a guy Pete who resembles Ricky Gervais and the group he had met yesterday. An English brother and sister Tom and Rachel. Tom talks just like Harry Potter, so I had Ricky Gervais on one side and Harry Potter on the other, Scottish Rory who sounded like Dylan Moran, even though he’s a Scot! And Dan from London. They were all early 20’s, and fantastic people. Pete’s mid 30’s. We Read the rest of this entry »