Not your usual letter to Father Christmas I know and if my family happens to read this it’s not what I really want (hints will be dropped) but a pencil, some paper, a penknife and a whistle or all item on a list that the British Red Cross is recommending as part of a winter [...]
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Match Day Nerves Or Are They Something Worse!
Being a long standing Arsenal supporter I tend to get a bit twitchy come match days but hey so do thousands of other football fans, so what’s to worry about, certainly not a crisis you would think. But could those nerves be just the tip of an iceberg when it comes to what is really [...]
Simon and His Cat Are Here – Christmas Has Started
Don’t you just love these festive offerings from Simon and his cat. I wonder what the name of his cat is. Technorati Tags: simon’s cat, video
Did My Nursing Career Train Me To Not Smell?
It was with some interest that I read on the BBC website this morning about a ‘smell’ study. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-15770361 The sense of smell can be improved through training, a study on rats suggests. The study, published in Nature Neuroscience, also suggests if we do not use our sense of smell, we begin to lose it. [...]
Is Zero-Gravity Yoga The Universal Law Sir Isaac Newton Missed?
Newton as I’m sure you all know discovered and wrote the Universal Law of Gravity which explains why we don’t fall off the earth and the planets stay in orbit, but what he didn’t explain was that by defying gravity we will become fitter and find a whole new feeling of wellbeing. Well, according to [...]
Stopping Smoking – Women Take Note!
Staying on the topic of stopping smoking I want to continue the subject by going back to the article I mentioned in my post ‘Dr Mark Porter Blowing A Smokescreen Over How To Stop Smoking.’ In it he makes the point that women may be more susceptible to the damaging effects of cigarette smoke than [...]
Gunners Or Goners?
Anyone that knows me personally will be aware that I am a Gunners fan (an Arsenal supporter aka Gooner for those of you uninitiated in the finer points of football) and their 8 – 2 defeat by Manchester United was the lowest point of my weekend. Of course I received the usual reminders from friends, [...]
Was It Blue Monday Or Not?
This morning I sent an e-mail which goes to people all over the world. I opened with this paragraph – “Yesterday morning Adam arrived at work and his computer failed to start. What a great way to get under way on what the media call Blue Monday. Goodness knows how they research these things but [...]
Great To Be With Positive People So Why All The Negative Stuff
I just don’t get it – why are there so many negative people everywhere you go? It always amazes me in my business life when I see a really fired up positive speaker at a seminar or conference, just what a reaction he/she has on the audience. They love it. You could cook on the [...]
Is It Google Or Me That Is Going Mad?
Frustrating time filling in Google registration form for gmail – where was the good user experience we are always being lectured about by Google?
Irritated By My Shampoo
I wonder if I am becoming a grumpy old man. Must ask Babs – hmmm maybe not! I find myself increasingly getting very irritated about tiny things. This morning it was my shampoo – or more accurately my shampoo bottle that got me going. I have been using the same anti this, and anti that, [...]
Pause For Thought – Keep Short Accounts
I posted this message on my business blog today but I thought it had a place here as well. There is a slot on BBC Radio 2 in the morning called ‘Pause For Thought’ and I hope that today’s posting will encourage you to pause for thought about your business and what it is there [...]
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