Articles tagged Personal:
My New Year's Resolutions for 2010
- 1 Jan 2010
It's only natural to re-evaluate a few things at the beginning of a new year. I'm not sure I believe in making new year's resolutions, but I'm going to make a few new year's aspirations. Here goes... 1. To make more of a consistent effort to watch my weight 2. To recogn...
25 (More) Random Things About Me
- 8 Feb 2009
1. When I was 9 I stuck a pitchfork through my big toe. 2. My Saturday job was mucking out my Dad's pigs. I was paid 10p per hour. 3. At primary school my friend threw a lump of plasticine at me from the other side of the classroom. It went straight into my mouth. 4. If I c...
25 Random Things About Me
- 3 Feb 2009
Well if it's good enough for John Prescott, it's good enough for me. And I suppose it just proves that blogging is about me, me, me :). Anyway, here are 25 random things you probably never knew about me, and probably never wanted to know. Tough. 1. I worked for a year as a ...
Revisiting Christmas Way Back When
- 24 Dec 2008
I find that as I get older I find it far more difficult to get into the Christmas spirit. Not because I am at all Scrooge-like, before you get the wrong idea, but more because I suppose I'd quite like Christmases to be exactly how I remember them as a child. Not going to happe...
I Fancied Esther Rantzen
- 27 Nov 2008
I seem to have created a bit of a stir with my latest Twitter/Facebook status update. For those who missed it, this is it... Iain is wondering if it is wrong to admit that as an eleven year old, he fancied Esther Rantzen Now, perhaps it deserves a little - but not too mu...
Twelve Inches Save My Life
- 12 Oct 2008
Last night at around 10pm, I was driving on the M25 heading for the Sky News studios to do their paper review. There was very little traffic and I was in the fast lane (natch) on a section with no lighting just past Clacket Lane Services. Listening to Stephen Nolan on 5 Live m...
We've Just Been Burgled, But Where are the Police?
- 1 Mar 2008
Today has got worse. It started off well as I enjoyed my time with Suffolk Coastal Tories. We had a lively debate on the English Question, but I had to leave at 12.15 to get to Upton Park in time to watch West Ham play Chelsea. After 25 minutes I really wished I hadn't bothere...
But It's 18 Inches too Big!
- 20 Nov 2007
Regular readers may recall that five weeks ago I ordered a new bed (see HERE). I wanted an oversize length bed so for the first time in my life my feet wouldn't hang out the end. So I duly ordered a 7 feet long bed. Beds still come in feet and inches, which is nice. Today I go...
Eleanor Daniels 1933-2007
- 4 Nov 2007
Eleanor Daniels, my beloved Godmother, died last night in an NHS hospice in Cambridge. Three weeks ago she was admitted to Addenbrooke's Hospital. No one at the time could have believed that she would have been taken from us in such a short time. Eleanor was born i...
Saying Goodbye
- 28 Oct 2007
Over the past week my beloved Godmother, Eleanor Daniels, has been slipping away. Tomorrow I am going to Addenbrookes Hospital in Cambridge to say goodbye to her. She's dying of cancer. Sadly, she has given up the fight and just wants to let go. Eleanor has been more than a...