Those closest to me know exactly how often (and how completely) I stick my foot in my mouth ( Read more... )

I expected to write this at a point when recent events have sunk in a little. My son being on this side of the womb for a month is as good a point as any ( Read more... )

If there’s anything the last 9 months have had in common as a theme, is that life’s greatest consistency is its inconsistency ( Read more... )

I want to be able to chalk the lack of writing activity here to focusing on other writing projects. To say that some amazing adventure that kept me away. Or even the lack of a laptop. True, it had broken down for the better part of three months but that excuse can only get you so far when you, and everyone in Western Europe, have an internet-ready ( Read more... )

If I learned how to drive 10 years ago then it would have been 10 years of not really using it. And even now that I'm learning, I'm more leaning towards not getting a car. So I don't regret not learning until now that I actually need it for work ( Read more... )

When it comes to driving instructors, a burly ex-soldier from Yorkshire's not many people's first pick ( Read more... )

So it turns out the thing I'm taking away from my first week of employment with Cubic - great as it was - had nothing at all to do with the job spec ( Read more... )

It's interesting to note that places tend to be humanised in the female gender (i.e. Mother Russia). Anything from buildings and areas to entire countries ( Read more... )

It would be a lie if I told myself I wasn't somewhat despirited after the events of earlier this year. Optimism and bravado are often indistinguishable, after all ( Read more... )

With just under 2 weeks to go until I leave Sony, it's hard to be anything but excited at what's to come ( Read more... )