Category archives: general

All my stuff

If I’m going to cut down on my possessions then I first need to take stock of what I have in the first place. http://chotoye.com/mythings.html Hoping to actually do it all, plus I’m hoping the addition of having to photograph… continue reading »

To do! (Here we go…)

(I start these lists with only 1 or two things as well as a hope more will come to me…) 1. Iron ALL my clothes12. Buy more hangersSo that3. I can hang ALL my clothes2.Which will mean4. That I can… continue reading »

The chains of habit are too light to be felt until they are too heavy to be broken

Just discovered http://davidhieatt.typepad.com/, he co-founded (I think) Howies but has since left. In any case, I just discovered his blog. Which is a mix of quotes, thoughts and posts with a creative work bent. Funny, it seems to fit in… continue reading »

An update

1. My legs are like chickens 2. I’ve been working in a school for the last 4 weeks, it has had ups and downs and I’ve just agreed to work there until Easter. 3. Exercising less but still going regularly… continue reading »

The problem

For me blogging was simply an extension of all the writing I’ve always done in notebooks. It was a chance to put things down and get things out of my head. It started with a notebook mum got me for… continue reading »

Breaking More Waves: Ellie Goulding

Just a question. Is the modern electronic pop production that Ellie Goulding is being given right for her voice, or would she be better suited to simple less populist folk arrangements that we first heard on her Myspace a year… continue reading »

no time more important then right now

Things have changed now that I’ve got a more permanent teaching position. My time is more precious, there are more things to do. Plus this week I’m having to get my head around all the planning and assessment and working… continue reading »

Sleep

Funny thing. Taken to waking from about 3 hours out, checking my clock, feeling a subdued elation and putting my head on the pillow again. Except today, I woke again at 6:13 (alarm at 6:15) and missed the lying in… continue reading »

Trailwalker – first walk

Mixed surfaces, from road, through knee deep snow to icy, slushy forest paths. My Maps said we did a little over 12 miles today which felt ok, started to feel it a little in the legs after we upped the… continue reading »

My Howies Merino Long Johns

I got my merino long johns from Howies last winter because… I don’t know why I did to be honest. I mostly wore them to school under my trousers which were a little thin and they kept me warm and… continue reading »

The One Week Digital Cleanse

So I was looking for some stuff on Chrome and Chromium and ad-block and Greasemonkey and the usual stuff that’s not actually that important really and came across this entry > http://www.techcrunch.com/2009/12/30/john-mayer-digital-cleanse/ About [Ok, I just spent 10 minutes reading… continue reading »

Stop putting things off…

Once you start procrastinating pleasure, it can become a self-perpetuating process if you fixate on some imagined nirvana. The longer you wait to open that prize bottle of wine, the more special the occasion has to be. http://www.nytimes.com/2009/12/29/science/29tier.html?_r=1 They reference… continue reading »

Foreign Xmas

It’s strange being in country where Xmas isn’t such a ‘big deal’. In the last week we saw a bit of tinsel, a few trees (1,2) here and there, some people wrapping in the supermarket but for a large amount… continue reading »

Advice

There’s advice everywhere, everyone will give you an opinion if you ask them. There’s too much isn’t there? 18:19:07 Rob G: “the lifehacker paradox” All that useful info and tips and links and software in fact spoiling your life through… continue reading »