OK – for me this is as good as it gets. The coverage of the Final Test match at the Oval has just begun on TV. With the series level this is the decider.
Wow – I love it and normally I would be found for five days almost inseparable from my TV, digital radio or in car radio – but alas that can’t be the case this time.
More of that in a minute.
OK – I also understand that there are masses of you out there who think cricket is the most boring game ever invented. Now I would be over egging it to claim that my wife is as ardent a follower as me but given that she hated the game when I first met her 30 years ago there has been a great conversion. She can now hold her own when talking through the finer details like the state of the wicket and whether England should have one spinner or two at the Oval. However – note – it has taken 30 years.
You see – that is the point. Cricket is such a strategic game that unless you understand all the aspects that are being considered, the weather forecast, the team selection and balance, the wicket condition, the ground and crowd, fielding placements, bowling options, right handers/left handers, confidence based on past results, on and on. Oh and then there are the rules – which are probably as complicated as any game. It is a heady cocktail of factors that adds to the intrigue and debate about the game for passionate followers such as me.
So what is my problem?
Well my daughter was 21 a couple of weeks ago and she asked us some time back if she could have a few friends over for a celebratory weekend get together. Being loving parents – we said “Of course darling – so long as we are at least 100 miles away”. This weekend there is a Bournemouth Air Festival here and it was that reason she chose this week to invite them over.
So true to our word we invited ourselves to our good friends in Marlow Bottom and leave tomorrow afternoon.
Now this was all arranged a few months ago and what I had failed to spot was that the final Test Match was also on over this weekend. Now - my hosts for the weekend are NOT the slightest bit into sport of any kind – yet alone cricket. So there it is.What a faux pas.
I will be able to get away with some minimal viewing or listening but … Oh dear.
Twitter on my phone – text updates – smoke signals – aaagghh – I don’t know.
The things we do for our kids.
About Keith Watson
Hi - I am Keith Watson.
This blog is dedicated to Banger - a teacher from my teenage years who - at least once a week - insisted upon cracking the hilarious - and I have to say - never heard before line "What's on Watson?".
I would smile demurely - the rest of the class would fall about with sides aching - and life would go on for another week.
'Wats-on My Mind' I have decided will assist me personally as well as be of interest to others (I hope) who share my challenges. It will help keep me organised and document my activities so that I know what I did yesterday.
You think I am joking!!
I have been in the website development game since 1993 and have been involved with over 2000 website builds (with the help of my fantastic team of freelance programmers)
It was only in the last two years though that I have moved over to making money for myself on line and in particular linking up with an amazing talent called Adam Eason to produce and distribute self help and hypnotherapy products.
As a result of looking to promote these products I have downloaded hundreds of internet marketing articles and e-books, studied countless reports, tested list building tactics, butterflied, boot-camped, buzzed, adsensed, affiliated, met a jerk, jv'ed, plr given-awayed, and generally suffered from information overload.
My computer - presumably in a fit of pique or simply demanding a holiday has given up the ghost on at least two occassions - causing me even more stress.
Oh this simple business of making money online.
BUT the great news is that it is all working and our list has grown - I have found some gurus I have complete faith in - and Adam and I are actually making money from our endeavours.
Some way to go but I am more relaxed and can spot a phoney over hyped, sexed up, must have latest product which you must either buy or if not, simply fade into oblivion. There’s not room on this Internet for the two of us.
This ramble of an introduction is really to set the scene for I am sure an interesting journey which I invite you to join. In fact I want you to help me find the right tools, scripts, plugins etc. etc, that will catapult me into the stratosphere of success. I hope you will be there with me.
I don't just consider success in a monetary sense. I so want to help some friends of mine who are involved in Christian missionary work in some pretty harrowing parts of this world. If I can bring any help to their missions that will give me more satisfaction than anything else.
I really, really do love this web stuff and the people you meet. I am convinced that this powerful technology can be harnessed to do some good.
