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not voting? think again

If you’re not voting because you don’t think politicians represent you, consider this:

We have the best chance EVER in living history to change the political system by voting Lib Dem.

You don’t have to agree with everything they say, just know that they want to change the system.

When tories say “vote for change” they …just mean a swap in parliament, not reform to the system.

Still not voting? Then you’re an idiot.

04.05.2010 // no comments
              

Caffeine detox… day 2

I’ve been on a continuing journey to improve my health/fitness n stuff… I’ve cut down a lot on my sugar intake and was considering cutting out caffeine as my sleep pattern was drifting out of control a bit… then I saw this “pod” on current tv (THE best cable channel ever – FACT)

After that I was decided… caffeine and taurine must go!

By the afternoon after my last drug filled beverage I felt quite rubbish, almost depressed/lethargic and with a headache.  (Is this the caffeine withdrawal?)

On day 2, I feel much more alive but I’ve been very thirsty and have a bit of a headache again by late afternoon. Slept a bit better last night too.

From reading around, it looks like it’ll be day 5 till my brain chemistry is back to normal – scary.

Wish me luck…right now, I either need a nap, or a cherry coke…

11.03.2010 // no comments
              

Poor Man’s Goose

This is an old passed down recipe I wanted to cook at Christmas – when I did boxing day for the 5000 (well 15 relatives I think?) – after much googling, I couldn’t find this version of it – most that I found were totally different and I knew roughly what was in it.

So here it is reproduced with kind permission from my mother (who had it published a LONG time ago in a little book) for all to enjoy:

  • Sausage meat (1/4 kg)
  • Onions (1 large one)
  • dried Sage
  • Tin of baked beans
  • potatoes (1/2 kg)

Note: the amounts weren’t in the original notes for some reason.

Fry the onions. Boil & mash potatoes.

Put all ingredients in a casserole dish in the following order :-

sausage meat, fried onions, dried sage (to taste), beans.

Top with mashed potatoes.

Cook for 35 to 40 mins at 190 degress C

Eat + Enjoy!

28.02.2010 // no comments
              

Happy Year of the Tiger

happy 4047 everybody!

It’s chinese year of the TIGER… grrrr. Came out of my house to see a dragon earlier – COOOL! Missed it the last few years, video below.

So for me, as usual, I set my resolutions at CNY – mainly because, the start of the years always a weird point to do things and there’s always lots going on.

Last years “no platic bags” was generally good, hard at first but worked out. The greener me went well, sold the car (saved bucks and the environment) and I made some good progress on a number of projects.

So what for this year?

1) No more Mr Nice Guy – I’m taking a much firmer, no-nonsense approach with companies that don’t pay up on time. Training is all paid up front anyway,  as it has been, but no longer am I going to tread gently with organisations that take months paying. My payment terms for project work remain 50% up-front, but I won’t do ANYTHING till that’s paid now (no strategy meets esp.) and 50% on completion -  BUT I’m adding a discount for people that pay within 7 days of the invoice… and using the EU 8%+BR+£30 per overdue invoice.

2) More Mr Nice Guy – I kept this pretty quiet, but I wrote an eBook and a publishing agent has got interested – if I can write a draft of a full book by april, he’ll take it to the London book fair – yikes.

3) More downtime – been working faaaaaar too many hours, saying no to a few things.

4) A charity challenge – any suggestions for this year?

Hey ho… not sure anyone reads here anymore – if you do, say hi.

Luke

15.02.2010 // 1 comment
              

a year without plastic bags

The habit is firmly broken! I try to always use re-usable bags when I go out – a few times I’ve slipped up – 32 times actually. I donated all £32 to Julias House that I raised.

Now that seemed quite a large number to me, being more than one every other week.. it did make me wonder how many I used before.

Time to start planning this years resolutions, as with most years I’ll be setting them on chinese new year.

Can’t wait till February… damn new years resolution swimmers were clogging up my lanes last night!

13.01.2010 // no comments
              

alas poor blog… I used it once

Wow… 3 months since my last post, how did that happen?

I will start using this again in the new year, I’ve finally nailed the techy stuff I’ve been struggling with and I’llupdate here soon.
All I have to add is that I’ve only used 32 new carrier bags this year, something I’m quite proud of.

What to resolve for 2010???

29.12.2009 // no comments
              
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