Last year was a milestone birthday and a couple of weeks ago I turned over another year. Add loosing grandparents, parents, cancer and so on, getting old is rather in my face right now. I think I am increasingly secure the idea that being older is a great deal more satisfying than being younger. Ten minutes on Google shows this is a rather well supported…
Beauty is in the naked details
Deep inside our well developed reptilian guy brain there are few things that are processed as fast as “motorbike…” (Aston Martin DB9 comes close). This goes double for new bikes and elevated a little further still for me when I see one of the big bore naked bikes. Naked bikes came around when people became tired of repairing bodywork of road bikes after laying them…
Flawed am I…
Confidence comes over time, and my confidence has certainly taken a hit recently. I’ve talked of needing to change a couple of time, I’ve talked of the fear of being found wanting and this crisis of self belief has been at the core of my problems. It’s also one of the things I have some level of control over. I’ve come to accept as people…
And next weekend…
This weekend is Monaco, yeah the track is tight and in reality it’s more of a money printing exercise by F1 with a noisy interlude on Sunday afternoon to give everyone an excuse to be there. As a fan of F1 it’s a very special place, qualifying is important and the race to Saint Devote on the first lap is incredible to watch. It’s a…
Tweet o’the day – Part-2
From new Member of Parliament Robert Halfon (@halfon4harlow): “Just been hugged by Eric Pickles and called comrade. Now to work” Big first day in the House of Commons, how do you top that tomorrow?
Today in London…
Today’s big news is that Gordon Brown is stepping down from leading Labour in the hope it will make it easier for Labour and the Lib Dems continue talking. For Clegg personally it does a couple of things, first he is not seen as propping up Brown’s premiership. Secondly perhaps the biggest stumbling block between Labour and Lib Dems was the uncomfortable relationship between Brown…
Tweet o’the day
Telegraph journalist Jon Swaine tweets: “Gordon Brown exacts final revenge on newspaper detractors by dropping most complicated bombshell in political history at 17.05” I’m guessing most journalists are off home (or to the pub) at 5 after turning in the copy for tomorrows papers. Going to be a long night for writers and editors tonight.
“Full 90” – More than just ad copy
In many years as a football fan and going to games something unique happened. The ownership put their money where their mouth was and gave season ticket holders their money back after the 0-4 loss to LA yesterday. The game got ugly; there is no question that after the third goal the sounder stopped playing, heads went down. For a team that uses the phrase…
Driving the long way round
I had one of those wonderful moments where I got to spend a little time on a “happy place” this morning, I awoke unreasonably early and did something I’ve not done for a while. It was still dark out and very little traffic on the freeway, I dropped the top of the car, turned the heaters up and hit Chuckanut Drive. By the time I…
New and Social media
A well balanced piece from Rory Cellan-Jones at the BBC discussing social media and it’s influence on the Election. http://www.bbc.co.uk/blogs/thereporters/rorycellanjones/2010/05/so_was_it_an_internet_election.html