Archive for December, 2009
More Goals Than United v Wigan
As mentioned before, I have refused to do New Year resolutions for many years now, and have no intention of starting to do them again now. However, what I have done this year is to take some time to reflect, look forward, and work out exactly what I want from life, rather than just letting [...]
Double Negatives Are Not Positive
It seems that a pattern or theme is beginning to form, with many of my online musings taking more of a “personal development” direction, and this is certainly no accident; it mirrors development and changes that are happening in the flesh. One of the things that I noticed recently is the sheer volume of negativity [...]
Procrastination
No matter where you look, irrespective of field of endeavour and regardless of the aims and objectives, you can always find a good supply of people struck down by the “disease” of procrastination. I myself am incredibly prone to this condition, and it is without doubt the number one target on my personal hit list [...]
Getting Things Into Focus
As we approach the end of yet another year, it is only natural to look back, reflect, and contemplate the year ahead. In my case, 2009 has been particularly eventful. This year I hit 40, celebrated the arrival of a wonderful baby son, and said a sad farewell to our 4-legged Greyhound "daughter" Billie. It’s [...]
Happy Solstice!
Depending on where you are in the world, today is either the Winter Solstice (shortest day) or the Summer Solstice (longest day). Now a funny thing happens at this time every year, I usually start telling anyone who will listen that the celebration of Christmas on Dec 25th is a hijacking of much older pagan [...]
I Admit It, I Like Windows 7
Having spent the last few years running Ubuntu exclusively on my laptop, I had started to believe I would never go back to Windows. Then a couple of things happened; firstly I was evaluating Windows 7 on a laptop that would handle XP but not Vista. Once I’d switched off the eye candy, had things [...]
