Persephone

Persephone Newton-Williams was born today at around 7.10pm. She and her mother are healthy and happy.

World Cup

The world cup is almost upon us!

Do you have your time mapped out?

Day Date Time Fixture Channel
         
Friday 11 June 3pm South Africa v Mexico ITV
Monday 14 June 12.30pm Netherlands v Denmark ITV
3pm Japan v Cameroon BBC
Tuesday 15 June 12.30pm New Zealand v Slovakia BBC
3pm Ivory Coast v Portugal ITV
Wednesday 16 June 12.30pm Honduras v Chile ITV
3pm Spain v Switzerland BBC
Thursday 17 June 12.30pm Argentina v South Korea ITV
3pm Greece v Nigeria BBC
Friday 18 June 12.30pm Germany v Serbia BBC
3pm Slovenia v USA BBC
Monday 21 June 12.30pm Portugal v North Korea BBC
3pm Chile v Switzerland BBC
Tuesday 22 June 3pm Mexico  v Uruguay ITV
3pm France v South Africa ITV
Wednesday 23 June 3pm Slovenia v England BBC

 

I do. :)

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iPad Carnivale

So, the Apple iPad is here. Yes, that means BHG must live in Europe, Japan or Australia, each of whom commenced sales of the new device this morning. Typically for the launch of an Apple device there was a carnival atmosphere outside most physical stores and plenty of excited customers met their postie at the door this morning, just in case he came bearing gifts in white boxes. In some instances he did not, but those isolated cases aside there are a number of people around the world charging up, plugging in and logging on through these glossy new machines. But what are they for? Read the rest of this entry »

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UK Budget Cuts

As a person employed by the Public Sector I clearly have an interest in the spending cuts which are already arriving from the new Coalition government. Reviewing the outline plans announced an hour ago raises an ugly question. What was the previous government doing? Read the rest of this entry »

Shame

There something about riding on the tube. Not sure quite what it is; something clearly felt but never properly perceived. The symptoms, or effects (to steer clear of making it sound like a problem) are quite evident. They include, avoiding the eyes of others, an intent interest in publications which only a waiting room could make interesting and a strong desire that one could make one’s journey alone. Read the rest of this entry »

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Election Morning

Normally this sort of this would be about wrapped up by now and all of the morning papers would be carrying the details. Instead the UK Parliamentary election is ongoing! Read the rest of this entry »

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Easter Break

It would be remiss of me were I to say nothing about Easter over the Easter weekend now wouldn’t it?

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Purpose

There is no such thing as a perfect parent.  One of the first things a person might learn upon becoming a parent is that they could have paid more attention at or attended school. That they are not tidy enough, that they are not ready, that they need to be more responsible.  These things are clearly relative. Some people are very responsible, some people are tidy, some people paid lots of attention in school  Regardless, it wasn’t enough.  Children seem to merit a level of care and attention that can be strived for but never really achieved.

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Recant

Just before the year turned I set myself a goal. A new year offers a host of opportunities. Clearly it makes no real difference whenever you set yourself a new goal but most would agree that the new year is a particularly popular time to review progress and determine how one might advance oneself in the 365.25 days to come. Daily blog entries seemed like a reasonable objective, experience has shown that it is not quite the truth.

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Catch 22

Poor Yossarian! Read the rest of this entry »

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