I haven't posted a rant about the government, economy, business, politics, the banks, or anything like that, for a few months.

Crumbs.  I have been preoccupied!

One is brewing, though.  I'm currently considering the union's stance with JLR, the proposed takeover of Cadbury by Kraft, whilst also separately considering each political party's stance in ( Read more... )

I was musing the other day on how impatient people seem to be these days, pretty much everywhere you go; on the roads, in the supermarket, wherever.  And how people just don't seem to be, well, nice to people any more.  There's no please, no thank you... no real humanity in any interaction.  Plus, everyone seems desperate to have someone to look ( Read more... )

I feel like everything's up in the air at the moment, or waiting for something else to happen... and it's driving me batty.  I just want a decision.  I want to know what's going to happen and when it's going to happen so I can plan everything...

Realistically, I know life doesn't work like that.  I just wish it did.

I can't remember which book I read ( Read more... )

Partway through tinkering with parts of Full Throttle, it's struck me that the editing process is not that easy.

( Here's why, and it's slightly mental )

After all the fun of test driving various vehicles last week, and having a quick pootle on my bike, I was struck by the fact that my brain seems to have what I can only term as limited mental object mapping capability ( Read more... )

Part of my brain is going "arrgh, everything's happening at once, I just want the world to stop while I figure everything out and then I can deal with it."

Another part of my brain is telling me that actually, while there is slightly more going on than usual, it's not everything, and really if I just take deep breath and think about this calmly ( Read more... )

How is it nearly 2 o'clock, and how is it my birthday tomorrow?  Where is this year going ( Read more... )

I've managed to get a sinus infection - something I do seem to be prone to.  I feel like I've been kicked in the head, and generally moving my head hurts and feels like my face is about to explode.  Bright lights or sudden movements hurt lots.  The fever also aggravated my back injury, to the extent that I was actually struggling to move without ( Read more... )

... on the whole, pretty good.  Even if it is against all government advice (and not entirely intentional), I'm beginning to get a bit of a tan, and somehow that makes me feel better (just enough tan to stop me dazzling passers-by with my lily-whiteness).

( Websites, motorbikes, and book stuff... )

Well, it's been a good week :oD

After my hour's bike lesson on Monday, I felt much better about my afternoon lesson yesterday.  We spent the time on the airfield, practising the manoeuvres for the off-road portion of the test; specifically the figure of 8, slalom, and u-turn, and then using both brakes to stop from speed in a straight line.  In ( Read more... )