Archive for February, 2006

The power of relaxation

Posted on February 21, 2006 ~ Filed Under Diary

I was talking to my grandmother last night and she got to telling me about the power of relaxation. When she was at school she and her classmates were told to lie down and relax every lunchtime. They would get their ration of one sweet, lie down,  and the teacher (or Matron?) would come around […]

Victim of bullying gets £20,000

Posted on February 20, 2006 ~ Filed Under Culture

There’s an interesting piece on the BBC website today about a 23-year-old woman who was bullied as a child and still suffers from the resulting fear. She got £20,000 from the council to put the matter to rest, but the council doesn’t admit liability.
I was bullied for a year at my first secondary school before […]

A watch to tell the tide

Posted on February 16, 2006 ~ Filed Under Diary

For Christmas a year or two ago, Sarah bought me a digital watch that has tide information for key surfing destinations around the world. There is a little picture of a wave on it that goes up and down according to the tide height, and a picture of the moon that changes according to the […]

Smoking ban

Posted on February 16, 2006 ~ Filed Under Culture

I have to say I am thrilled at the smoking ban that went through the Commons this week. The government is going to ban smoking in all enclosed public spaces from summer next year. I don’t smoke, which makes it an easy win for me, but I can hardly wait to be able to go […]

Snowboarding in the Winter Olympics

Posted on February 14, 2006 ~ Filed Under Diary

It’s Sunday, 9am. I crawl out of bed and switch on the TV in search of the snowboarding on TV. Not there. I switch on Sarah’s laptop and find that the BBC is broadcasting the boarding on broadband (brilliant!). Sarah comes to help and we fight with her laptop, 17 cables and our TV to […]