Rule one: Do not act incautiously when confronting little bald wrinkly smiling men.
Posted in politics on Mar 30th, 2007
As a matter of course, I try to question information from politicians and the media. I am no longer comfortable trusting either implicitly.
Now there are new troubles brewing in the middle east and based on a recent history, I can find no reliable source of information.
If I were to question the story we have been […]
Posted in social on Mar 27th, 2007
I have just returned from a long weekend at Whinfell Forest, one of Center Parcs holiday villages. It is located just outside of Penrith, in the Lake District.
The location is stunning, with ‘lodges’ arranged amongst the trees and the building such as the village centre (above), sports centre and outdoor centre all built in an […]
Posted in Aikido on Mar 22nd, 2007
If I’ve been a little slack posting lately it’s because things have been crazy, both at work and personally.
This weekend just gone, I travelled to Poland along with 5 other students at Exeter Aikido.
We left at 8pm on Thursday evening and took two cars up to a house near Stanstead, where we could get our […]
Posted in food on Mar 21st, 2007
This has to be the most time intensive meal I’ve prepared so far. I can see why there is such a big market in curry sauces.
In total I would estimate this took about two and a half hours from when I started to when I sat down to eat.
As this was the Monday before last, […]
Posted in people on Mar 11th, 2007
I came across this excellent little poem, sent in to the Guardian letters page.
Here lies the body of Jonathon Wray,
Who died maintaining his right of way.
He was right, quite right, as he bowled along,
But he’s just as dead as if he’d been wrong!
Time for a moment of reflection for those of us (guilty) who delight […]
Posted in Aikido on Mar 6th, 2007
Like the training scene from ‘Enter the Dragon’, on Saturday, 230 dedicated Aikidoka practiced for 4 hours under the guidance of Christian Tissier Shihan 7th Dan.
The mat area was full to capacity, with just enough space to allow energetic practice of a moderately enthusiastic nature.
For those of you that don’t train, to develop a greater […]
Posted in food on Mar 6th, 2007
This dish actually takes a while to make, not that it’s difficult, it just needs fairly constant attention.
Cookbooks and the internet are full of this type of recipe so I don’t feel the need to repeat it here.
If you have used a real lemon for the juice and the zest, and fresh parmaggio both in […]