Wrong Side Of 40

And then I bought an Apple Watch

I’ll never buy an Apple Watch, I said and then I bought an Apple watch. Well, if there’s a trait most people will recognise in me it’s procrastination, and at least I’m consistent in my inconsistency! Reasons: I was on holiday in the USA, they cost less over there compared to over here, my wife quite…

Bowie – Didn’t realise I’d miss you

David Bowie; I was never his biggest fan and yet he wrote and performed many of the songs that became the soundtracks to my life. I didn’t realise how many but with his passing announced today and the near non stop coverage on TV, I found myself reminded just how much I really *did* like. The man was…

Why isn’t our government ashamed?

The British government and David Cameron should be ashamed. I heard about this some days ago, but while re-reading over the weekend I found myself just becoming a little bit angry. I read an article from 14th November regarding the Indian Prime Ministers visit to the UK and his visit to Jaguar Land Rover. What made…

Questions to ask your political candidate

The subject of conversation at this morning’s breakfast table once again turned to politics with my youngest son, who’s having his first opportunity to vote in a general election asking me again who I might vote for. Always keen to wind him up I launched into reasons why I might vote UKIP, citing some of…

Nobody to vote for

There’s three weeks until we elect our government in the UK and I haven’t got a clue who to vote for and I am so pissed off about it. It shouldn’t be this way of course, especially given the number of political parties available to vote for. In the movie Brewster Millions (the one I…

Why I (probably) won’t buy an Apple Watch

A couple of days ago, as you may know, Apple released details of the launch date and pricing for the Apple Watch, something that as a user and lover of Apple’s products I’ve been looking forward to so I tuned into the live video. A few days later I’m left a little flat and it’s…