Blog of an Open Mind

What do you think? Now before I make this statement I have some very good friends and business colleagues in Scotland, just thought I should make that crystal clear. I personally think that they shouldn’t have a say in English laws that do not affect Scottish policies. The scots fought hard for devolution and the [...]

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Am I the only one to be a little freaked out by this?

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Got an email this morning from a company called domainrenewalonline saying that one of my domains is due to expire in 90 days. The domain in question was indeed due to expire but it would be a clever trick as all my domains are through eNom. Looking into this company a bit further, there is [...]

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Found out today purely by chance that someone had actually been shown my blog as a good example of how to have a blog! Made me feel very chuffed actually, I cannot take any credit at all for the skin as it done by these chaps but even so. As I mentioned to this person, [...]

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Unless you live in a cave with no TV or Tinterweb, there is a very high chance you will have seen the Cadburys gorilla knocking seven bells out of a drum kit to the Phil Collins toon In the Air Tonight… Well whilst perusing YouTube I came across quite possibly the funniest clip I’ve seen [...]

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I was browsing UKBF this morning and reading a thread concerning apathy. One of the posters had responded with the following poem which really stuck a chord with me. There’s more information on this poem on this Wikipedia article but read it and I’m sure you will agree it does put things into perspective… Desiderata [...]

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Came across www.gopzap.com today where this chap has spent a considerable amount of time collecting well over 300 facts that you just never knew about! Absolutely first class… There are more Barbie dolls in Italy than there are Canadians in Canada. It is physically impossible for pigs to look up into the sky. If you [...]

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From 12:01am this morning I became a non-smoker for the second time in my life. I started smoking when I was about 15/16 (terrible I know) and first packed up when I was about 20. I managed to last two years so I know I can do it but life changing events happened and I [...]

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As some of you may know, I recently did a parachute jump for Marie Cure Cancer Care. It was quite possibly one of the most surreal and exhilarating experiences I have ever had! What follows is a blow-by-blow account of the jump, looking back I still cant quite believe i did it! And so it [...]

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Just wanted to quickly say thanks to all those who have donated so far, the jump is getting closer by the day and every time I think about it, parts of my anatomy start twitching rather unnaturally! If you would like to donate to a very worthy cause, every penny goes to Marie Curie as [...]

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