Category Archives: amusements

amusements, personal

Ten Things

Ten Things this month takes a brief look at where the money goes.

Ten Things I’ve Bought in the Last Month:

  1. Top hat
  2. Bacon sandwich
  3. Army regiment cap badge
  4. 18 bottles of wine
  5. Sausages
  6. Pelargoniums
  7. Peach Schnapps
  8. Indian restaurant lunch
  9. Petrol
  10. Train tickets
amusements, personal

Another Meme

Another meme, courtesy AJB on Facebook. It’s almost inevitably a variant on previous ones but is about the height of my abilities today.

  1. What was the last thing you put in your mouth? Toothbrush, toothpaste, water.
  2. Do you sleep naked? Of course. Why would anyone not? It’s just so much more comfortable, even in winter.
  3. Worst physical pain in your life? Post-knee replacement.
  4. Worst emotional pain of your life? Break-up with my first long-term girlfriend.
  5. Favourite place you have ever been? Probably Dungeness.
  6. How late did you stay up last night? I crashed about 11pm.
  7. If you could move somewhere else, where would it be? Lots of contenders outside London: Dungeness, Rye, Lyme Regis, Norwich.

    8. Prospect Cottage, Dungeness
    Derek Jarman’s Prospect Cottage, Dungeness [© KCM]

  8. Which of your Facebook friends lives the closest? Noreen – she’s less than 10 feet away!
  9. When was the last time you cried? Probably last year?
  10. Who took your profile picture? Me.
  11. What’s your favourite season? Late-spring/early-summer.
  12. If you could have any career what would it be? Dilettante researcher, looking at whatever I feel like and being paid handsomely for doing it.
  13. What was the last book you read? I’ve several books in progress, but the last one I finished was Gesshin Claire Greenwood, Bow First, Ask Questions Later. Here’s my review.
  14. If you could talk to anyone right now, who would it be? My mother.
  15. Are you a good influence? I do hope not.
  16. Does pineapple belong on a pizza? No, and neither does peach, or chicken.
  17. You have the remote, what show will you be watching? Nothing.
  18. Two people who you think will play? I hope no-one is so stupid.
  19. Last concert you went to? It’s so long ago I don’t have a clue.
  20. Favourite type of food? Lots of contenders, but I’ll go for curry.

Join in if the mood takes you.

amusements, ramblings

Ten Things

It’s “stick you neck on the block” time in this month’s Ten Things …

Ten Vanity Projects (Past and Present):

  1. London’s Garden Bridge (hopefully now permanently abandoned)
  2. HS2 (High Speed London to Birmingham, and beyond, rail link)
  3. Olympic Games
  4. World Cup Football
  5. Formula 1
  6. Heathrow Runway 3
  7. London’s Millennium Dome
  8. Pedestrianisation of Oxford Street
  9. London’s Emirates Dangleway
  10. Donald Trump (right; a vanity project all on his own)
amusements, medical

Something for PPG Awareness Week

This week (4-9 June 2018) is Patient Participation Group (PPG)** Awareness Week. And as I’m Chairmen on my GP’s PPG I thought we might have three, light, doctor-orientated amusement.

** What’s one of them then? You can find out the basics of what PPGs do in this short article from the Patients’ Association

amusements, personal

Ten Things

This month something slightly more topical in Ten Things …

Ten Things I did Over Bank Holiday Weekend:

  1. Hosted a literary society pub meet
  2. Prepared a meeting for next week
  3. Ate fish & chips
  4. Drank too much alcohol (not all at once!) and enjoyed it
  5. Did more work tidying up my rebuilt website & blog
  6. Completed two prize crosswords
  7. Won £2.50 on the lottery
  8. Read the latest New Scientist and a railway magazine
  9. Started on reorganising and rejuvenating the plants on our tiny patio
  10. Tried (and failed) to get a 10 year old laptop working satisfactorily