Finding the chase and cutting to it

As we have travelled to another part of the UK, Glasgow to be honest, one of the greenest places in the country in terms of power generation… Preciously what, may I ask, has that to do with on-line shopping, please? Oh, sorry, got distracted by the 20 or so wind turbines I can see spinning […]

My son believes I work too hard. I love my day job, so it doesn’t feel like work to me but my fitness app is of the same opinion “try to optimise rest today”. Economically, I’m very much of the belief that hard work pays dividends, gets rewarded, etc. But only 10% of effort is […]

In a world full of Baby Boomers and Millenials, my generation were never called anything by Gen X.  Born between 1965 and 1980, I am slap in the middle of “my generation” and I am going to be talking about it. We’re the misfits.  Our parents are boomers, and we just make up 20% of […]

Weight-watchers has been a trope in many middle aged romcom books over its 62 year history – but it has recently been facing stiff competition from app led regimes such as Noom, and finally from a simple medication that achieves weight loss by curbing appetite. There is a hitch though… You’re kidding me, I would […]

It’s the last day of May and as I was lazing in bed this fine Saturday, I heard the Radio 4 programme of the time telling me hose pipe bans were likely to be introduced as much of the country is “in drought”. I live in the part of England that is declared as “semi-arid”. […]

I am a coder, it’s what I do, it’s how I view the world. It’s not the only way to solve problems, it is not the only tool in my kit, but it is a powerful one for the right kind of problems. I spend, during my working week, approx. 7 hours a day sitting […]

thousand? No, ten people, well actually nine, one person RSVPd after I’d done the shopping, so it counts as ten… Concentrate. Sorry. I thought I’d share how to “do it all”: cook the buns, make the burgers from scratch, coleslaw, salad, etc. for a home barbecue. First, and foremost, do not panic. Each time you […]

I was reading my plans for my holiday and felt I should be honest about what actually happened. Best laid plans, do not always come to fruition and my holiday was certainly that, although, more from my gaze being further than my reach. For a start, my gym was manic, so I didn’t get to […]

You can control what you eat and exercise levels is the statement often touted on facebook and linkedIn. Unless you have an immune condition that means you are manually providing the means to control your sugar and potassium levels – things are a bit more complicated when you do that. I have resisted a high […]

I’ve been working my way through an article in the Observer (20th April 2025) about boarding school following an announcement by my friend on her journey through life the past couple of years, and both resonnanted as both my parents went through at bording school. My mum’s experience was very different to my dad’s. Mum […]