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When Sainsbury’s Becomes the Highlight of the Day
It's a funny old thing running your own business from home. You have times when you don't know where to turn and busy periods that become littered with problems such as cash flow, invoicing, chasing money and satisfying the requirements of customers. Then there are the lulls that come along every year as autumn sets in and the summer rush subsides. It is during these periods when I come intensely bored and end up looking for business ideas ...
The Unlikely Rise of Stevie G!
Up until last week, I had long since given up on watching England play, or attempt to play football. The pathetic "Wally with the Brolly" surrender in a 2007 qualifier against Croatia, followed by our national team being the largest stain on an awful 2010 World Cup in South Africa, had me and many others, retreating to watching domestic football or indeed no football at all. England were a disjointed team featuring charact...
A Cheeky BLT and a Sausage Shocker!
Facebook posts and links from my friends are often about nostalgia, a Great British fascination recalling the golden days of Commodore computers, Rubik's cubes, footballers with perms and Sam Fox's breasts. So imagine the diversity in my delight when today, I did the exact opposite by experiencing what it is like going forward thirty years rather than back. I did this with my fiancée, Justine, by visiting Poppies, a tea room/cafe in Ringwoo...
Graham Corker Art!
If there is one thing that fills me with glowing admiration, it is seeing people pursuing their hobbies and dreams. Whether it is writing, playing music, art, photography,competing in marathons, running chartered fishing boats or in my case publishing blogs that light up your lives twice a week, social network sites are full of people fulfilling their dreams and showing off their creativity or ability for little or no reward. One such ...
A Trip to the Opticians!
I'm soon to have four eyes. I have known it has been coming as I have been squinting and straining my way through life for some time now; it is all part of being in your mid-forties. Like any typical hypochondriac male, I have been putting this off for a while through fear of the optician stopping halfway through the test and saying..."Oh my God, I'm going to have to stop, please sit still while I get an ambulance!" An eye test can show up ...