There are all these complaints about biased refereeing from the Sounders Nation and a couple of writers who should know better. Unfortunatly it does make the fans sound like a bunch of whiners. Yeah there have been some questionable goals, missed off side calls and a couple of important missed hand ball calls. In return the sounders have had a couple go their way too,…
Tweet o’the day
@sniffpetrol Reporter: ‘Sebastian, can you explain how you massively fucked up?” After Sebastian Vettel managed to have an accident with his team mate and throwing away a 1-2 for Red Bull at the Turkish GP. Lewis Hamilton and Jenson Button moved up and gave McLaren an unexpected win. Vettel was trying to take team mate Mark Weber in the inside, Weber (as is his right)…
I can choose what I do
I spent a couple of hours thinking about me and true likes and dislikes and face up to a few facts. Among those things was the realization I will never be a true hardcore mountain man, or spend days hanging out in art studios, or ever be admired for my cutting edge wardrobe. I do however love really good steak, adore toilet humour and don’t…
Providing context is not always possible
A word that’s been thrown around a lot in my life recently is “context”. I’m trying to put events in their correct context, or others are trying to understand my emotions and give them some context. There are times over the last year or so where the regular rules have been thrown out the window and I’ve been working on pure emotion, occasionally successfully and…
“What if” towards “What is”
Inspire
To fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence
To animate, as an influence, feeling, thought, or the like doe
My problems with meetings (and an idea or two)
“Meetings are an addictive, highly self-indulgent activity that corporations and other large organizations habitually engage in only because they cannot masturbate” – Dave Barry I spend a significant portion of my day in meetings and often come out wondering what was accomplished. I consistently see the following problems with meetings at work: No agenda, or even worse a vague agenda with little direction Someone in…
A conversation with mum
Mum “David, why are you reading a motorbike magazine” Me “Because I’m thinking about… err getting… a motorbike… Maybe…” I now know exactly where this conversation is going next, and all of a sudden I’m 14 again and it’s not going to go well. My mother is in bed with cancer and can hardly move. Yet somehow she draws deep and finds the energy to…
General Election tweet o’the day
A post General election tweet that sums up the situation rather well. @itschrissmith: The British People have spoken. Unfortunately what they said was “errrrm.” #ukelection2010
Foundations
I’ve never been one for the self help books that seem to be on many nightstands and claim to help you find that ever elusive passion.
Rating the road behind us…
As cool as these moments of automotive porn were, they were all missing an essential ingredient. A driver that knows what they are doing behind the wheel of the car.