A long day having spent 20 hours traveling between Miami and Nuremberg. We were late leaving Miami and delayed in Paris (due to snow) for our connecting flight. Nothing to do but enjoy the experience as much as possible...people watching and figuring out the change of language always being an enjoyable start to the trip.Arriving … Continue reading A passage through Paris →

So for what it's worth it appears I have been remiss in my blogging or at least with the frequency of my blogging!Let's try this again.So we're traveling today. Through Paris and onto Nuremberg to see the Christmas market. It's meant to be one of the biggest and best, seems like a good seasonal thing … Continue reading Back with a Whimper →

So you spend ages trying to format a post, in my case tabulating my recent training and it finally looks right and then...you sign in via a different browser and it looks like crap again. Ah standards, wherefore art thou?Chrome, Firefox, IE, Safari would that you all played nicely together and presented content identically...or even … Continue reading A brief note on formatting →

And to try and keep me honest I thought I'd publish my efforts to date.Nothing very exciting but its a step in the right direction after a very long time of looking in the direction and wistfully thinking I should be heading that way. And that brings you to the realisation of how amazing hindsight … Continue reading Started an exercise kick – 6/6/9 →

I'll note this here to capture it in my mind and memory. This years Tour De France has more interest, intrigue and subplots than the last three put together. And love him or hate him it stems from Lance Armstrong bringing an audience to the party. Some want to see him win and some want … Continue reading TdF →

Three days on I am still wondering why CBS found it necessary to refer to Michael Jackson’s youngest son via his nickname 'Blanket' during a retrospective of the memorial service. It may be how he is known in the family but it was not relevant to the moment. It moved an emotional retrospective (for anyone … Continue reading Really CBS, Really? →

I feel exhausted at the moment, beaten down by the nature of my current day to day existence. No way to feel or live especially as I am not sure how to get out of the unhealthy and unproductive rhythm. There is a simple answer to this, if I quit everything, but this does not … Continue reading Recharge →

Back to blogging, back from a trip to see family and back to work.My blogging has been thin on the ground as I have found time difficult to find between work and home as both have been complicated of late. I don't see either of those changing so I will be doing the best I … Continue reading Back … →

So soon I ask. Yes. All I can say is that there were mitigating circumstances but that can be construed as an excuse (by reader and writer alike). So I'll just move on as I am here now, and as the sole reader/writer, the only one I have impacted to date is me. I hope … Continue reading Involuntary week off and "control" →

First of all Happy Easter, on this Good Friday, for those of you who mark such occasions. I even looked up why it is listed as a Good Friday" considering that I doubt Jesus would really have marked it that way in his diary. For those interested, here it is (Lily's answer being the most … Continue reading Good Friday and a fast week →