My 9 year old daughter has become a keen follower of football. She has been to two of the last three Arsenal home games and has become fascinated with the chants sung throughout the game. For anyone who feels that musicals are unrealistic, just visit a top division football match. Actions on the pitch will… Continue reading Football Chants and Musicals (contains rude words)
Most people join a gym in January. This year I’ll be cancelling my membership. I joined just over five years ago, took out family membership (for me and our two children). At the time the children were 4 and 6. The gym has a family changing room, a kids’ pool and a 25-metre pool. I… Continue reading January is my month for cancelling gym membership
Technology sucks. I realize that I’m asking for trouble writing this phrase, in an environment that relies on technology. As I have written before on these pages none of these words would exist without electricity. Nothing here has been committed to paper. But throughout the last 7 years I have found dozens of occasions to… Continue reading Technology Sucks (January 2016)
A few months ago I noticed that my local bookshop has a whole section called “Smart Thinking”. This is where you’ll find Malcolm Gladwell’s books, and “Nudge”, “Freakonomics” and Daniel Levitin’s “The Organized Mind”. I don’t know when this section first appeared but assumed at first that it was intended for people who wouldn’t be… Continue reading “Smart Thinking” and “Self Help” at the bookshop
