But will it make the boat go faster?

Posted on Fri 16 July 2010 in general • Tagged with cbnl, work

Yesterday I attended an all day away event with work. It was a combination of motivational speaking, team working exercises as well as management Q&A's and board level views. There was talk about vision and values. We had pretty much the entire company in the same place including the …


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While you were out...

Posted on Mon 12 July 2010 in general • Tagged with crime, house, security

On Sunday we headed down to the Shelford Feast to catch up with my parents and generally enjoy beer in the sunshine. However while we were out thieving scumbags attempted to break into our house. Apparently there is a bit of a spate of break-ins around fete times as it …


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Managing Mammals

Posted on Mon 12 July 2010 in general • Tagged with cats, countryside, dogs, hedgehogs, home, nature, wildlife

I'm writing this post the Sunday house break-in attempt. However much as I'd like to vent and praise I thought I'd stick with some positive commentary on the weekend and save the rest for another post.

This weekend has involved a variety of mammals and their interactions with their human …


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Digital Democracy

Posted on Thu 01 July 2010 in general • Tagged with consulation, democracy, edemocracy, government, politics

Our new Coalition Overlordstm have launched a new web-site to solicit feedback from the citizenry on what laws should be repealed/modified. This is a little more involved than the current option to sign e-Petitions at the number 10 website. The site supports commenting, tagging as well subscribing to …


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Stagged

Posted on Tue 22 June 2010 in general • Tagged with marriage, stag, wedding, york

I returned from a long weekend in a rather sunny York yesterday morning. I am now apparently prepared with all the techniques and knowledge required to become a loving and supportive husband in September.

Both my brother and dad did well at the Bridge scoring a number of crucial rubbers …


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