About time I put another post out there, keen to extol blogging as I am yet not doing much of it just now… Blame spring cleaning, early summer cleaning, oh there’s another cold snap, cleaning and general furniture shifting. But, for a change, blame holiday…where we deliberately kept off-line. Actually, this gets easier if you …
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Fight or flight
It’s how we’re built. Danger, uncertainty, you name it, humans are driven to one of two choices quickly. We’re familiar with the phrase ‘fight or flight’ to describe how our bodies make these choices very rapidly, even where our brain is not quite tuned into what we’re doing. When it’s a sabre tooth tiger, fair …
Always gamble responsible
I’m a little concerned by health warnings. Always drink responsibly…sounds like you shouldn’t consider stepping out of the door without a bottle in your hand. The next issue to focus on is gambling, as mentioned by the coin machine shop by my bus stop. Hanging about, waiting for the bus home, I have plenty of time …
Walentynki
That’s Valentine’s Day to you. I just fancied writing it. “Valentinky” has quite a nice ring to it too. Why Walentynki? I don’t really subscribe to the common concept of what Valentine’s Day is about in the UK. As a teenager, you just kind of sulk about it (though there are so many things to …
Kit form
The home improvements continue…well, not apace, but at least they continue. Part of the grand plan is to get more storage inside our wardrobes, and thankfully, the powers that be at IKEA foresaw that people would want to shift things around at different times, and created lots of nice holes to move new shelves into. …