'Diary'

xkcd – estimation

Posted on July 20, 2009 ~ Filed Under Diary

One of my favourite comics made me laugh today.

Nike ‘no excuses’ commercial

Posted on June 25, 2009 ~ Filed Under Diary

I identified with this for my running and my taekwondo. The trick with taekwondo is simple: always go. If that’s the default position, it’s easier. These are the steps I take: always take my kit to work, regardless of how rough I feel in the morning. Always at least walk to the venue, even if [...]

Snow

Posted on February 2, 2009 ~ Filed Under Diary

Sometimes it’s important to stop and remember to enjoy life. Today, snow made a lot of people in London do that. Transport was a disaster, so lots of people couldn’t get to work. Schools and nurseries were closed. Snowmen and other snow creatures have appeared everywhere.
This is the one Sarah made:

And this [...]

Fear and confrontation

Posted on March 8, 2008 ~ Filed Under Culture, Diary

As I was cycling home from work yesterday evening, I decided to stop off at Waitrose at the Barbican. As I pulled up at the bike racks outside the shop, I saw some kids hanging around eyeing up the bikes. I chose an area close to the shop entrance and started to sort out locking [...]

Happy to be kicked in the head

Posted on November 11, 2007 ~ Filed Under Diary

The weekend before last, Sarah and I went up to Glasgow with our taekwondo club to participate in a taekwondo tournament. It was amazing and a serious personal challenge.
The lead up to the tournament all started a few months ago when a couple of people in our club suggested we could compete in the [...]

Mudguards / fenders for a Dahon Jack

Posted on November 2, 2007 ~ Filed Under Diary

I recently bought a Dahon Jack folding bike, and I’m cycling to work on it pretty much every day. I’m loving it and wondering why I didn’t sort out my life to do this years ago! More on that in another post, but here let me just share some information for other people who might [...]

Finding good pancakes in SE1

Posted on September 1, 2007 ~ Filed Under Culture, Diary

Ever since we came back from Canada, I’ve had a craving for a good stack of American pancakes, eaten out, for breakfast one weekend morning. This simple craving turned into a bit of a quest when I realised it’s not so easy to get pancakes around here. I posted a question on the SE1 website [...]

Dear Grandma,

Posted on August 25, 2007 ~ Filed Under Diary

Thank you so much for this awesome gift for Sarah and my kitchen! Here are some pictures of it in place. I can’t believe that Dad made this in 1957 – it looks just like something he could have made last week, which says something about when he learnt his woodcraft skills. I am so [...]

My walk to taekwondo

Posted on August 14, 2007 ~ Filed Under Diary

Every Tuesday I leave my office at 6.30 and walk down the road for 20 minutes to my taekwondo class at the Barbican. Of those walks for the past year, it has rained only once. And today.
[update] I wrote too soon. By the time I left my office at 6.30, the rain had stopped. [...]

Tinderbox coffee shop in Islington – great coffee, appalling customer service

Posted on July 3, 2007 ~ Filed Under Diary

So, I’ve been trying to find a decent local alternative to all the Starbucks that surround my workplace – I’m fed up with overpriced, mediocre coffee that isn’t even fairly traded.
The obvious place to try is Tinderbox, at the Angel Islington, which is trendy but serves a decent cup of coffee. I went in [...]

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