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@mr_spoon thanks very much. I'll pop them up on Facebook, fully credited of course! 11 hours ago
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@mr_spoon @redwoodphotos @stylusboy oooh I like these pictures a lot sir! Really nice. Thanks :) 12 hours ago
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RT @RichieMcCormack: One would think, Lawrence Dallaglio would understand silent letters in surnames. Stop pronouncing the 's' in Picamo ... 1 day ago
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Loving Lawrence Dallaglio's ignorantly English pronunciation of Picamoles - pick a moles. #6nations #listentoeddie 1 day ago
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@mr_spoon @redwoodphotos awesome. Well no rush! Excited. 1 day ago
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Category Archives: Observation
Rumplestiltskin Still Spins
The story of Rumplestiltskin is one I thought I knew. I used to read it as a child and enjoyed it quite a lot. It had nice shiny gold, a funny little man, and a lingering threat of death hanging … Continue reading
Nervous about Performing Live? (Why I Sometimes Put it Off)
I have posted before about some of the common mis-conceptions of introversion. Since writing that post I have responded to still countless mis-fired comments about how it is a choice, and that you can ‘overcome’ introvertedness and become more confident … Continue reading
The cost of Information ADHD in the News Industry
I don’t know if I was the only one who found something deeply unsettling about the reporting of the tragedy at Gleision Colliery in Swansea last week. It took very little time before there were teams of reporters setting up … Continue reading
The Introvert: Not Weird, Just Normal.
A while back I hit a link to an article by Carl King, I found the title intriguing, ’10 Myths About Introverts’. I have never really given much thought to the differences between introverts and extroverts, or the space in … Continue reading
Failure is Cultivated in the Weeds of Success
In his latest series of TV programmes, Andrew Marr was looking at five Megacities of the world and analysing their impact both on us as individuals and more widely as a collective and historicised humanity. I was struck by something … Continue reading
Keep Britain Tidy: Flushing s**t Down Wormholes
Last week there was some stuff in the news about Jeremy Paxman’s new campaign to clean up the garbage-covered streets of Great Britain. He had the idea after losing support for Keep Britain Tidy, claiming it had been ineffective in … Continue reading
Our Father who art in London
Our current capitalist ethos comes with a health warning. We see it every day. On a large scale, market bubbles bursting, financial systems collapsing, an increase in the division between rich and poor. On an individual level, widespread mental illness, … Continue reading
Is Football Beyond Saving? (and why I stopped supporting Man Utd)
Football really saddens me. It has not always been so, but it is now. I used to live, breathe and dream football when I was younger. I had dreams of scoring cup-winning goals, captaining my country to World Cup glory … Continue reading
We Are the Goalpost Movers
Our ability to create and execute personal plans is not what makes us great. In fact, our unequivocal determination to make self-improvement plans and become angry when we can’t stick to them is what makes us not so great and … Continue reading
What the Gym Taught Me About Character Development
I try to get to the gym three times a week, sometimes four. Reality is usually slightly less. I’m not sure if I’m a gym kind of person, but then I’m not sure anyone is. But then again, I think … Continue reading










