There has been a lot of stuff in the news this week about banks potentially losing business because of the nation's anger towards them after they have been exposed in one scandal after another. It is as if though they are all in a race to see who the most dastardly cretin amongst them is, with Barclays currently out in front after the Libor scandal. A common thing you hear is that you are more likely to get divorced than change your bank and ...
I was lucky enough to get taken to lunch in Basingstoke today with a friend/business associate who is doing some web work for one of my clients, a treat that is quite rare when you work independently. We both had quite a busy afternoon so it was a quick lunch, we went to Zizzi, an Italian restaurant at what is known by locals as "the top of town" area of Basingstoke that is reasonably pleasant in comparison to Festival Place and its obligatory ...
I recently posted a response to a friend of mine who had mentioned on Facebook that they were in the Blue Peter studio for something to do with the Olympic torch which is currently getting treated with more excitement than a shock return by Elvis Presley. This of course, is fair enough if you are in to Olympic torches, which I have to admit, I have slight indifference to, as it does not pay my bills or give me enough of a thrill to detract me ...
My eldest son finished his schooling last week by attending a prom night with all his old established friends, many of them who he will go on to college with in September, so I guess the farewell wasn't as dramatic and emotional as it might have been. All the GCSE's are now complete, many of which he is seemingly confident of passing, which is something that fills me with suspicion considering he has spent most of his revision time playing ...
If awful summer weather was an Olympic sport Britain would be raking in the medals in 2012 as, for about the sixth year running, new records of rainfall having fallen in various months. This year, April and June have been the stars of the show, accumulating impressive amounts of water not seen since accurate recordings began around 1910. Now, I am not a nostalgic believer that all our summers used to be spent licking ice cream whilst queuing for ...