To be honest, most of the time I don’t like swimming, cycling or running.
So says Will Clarke, former under-23 world Triathlon champion. Which makes you wonder just what he is doing with his life, until you read
But I really enjoy the triathlon — which means competing in all three of them — and that’s the [...]
Archive for May, 2008
Sometimes I do things I do not like to do
Posted in life, ponderings on May 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sunset swimming in Edinburgh
Posted in life on May 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
After a 3 year hiatus, I’ve started swimming again. Not being a member of a gym, I’ve been to 2 of Edinburgh Leisure’s pools that are relatively close to me. £3.80 for a swim doesn’t seem too expensive, and is much cheaper than using the Edinburgh Leisure gym facilities (think £6.80 in the evening, ouch!)
The [...]
Homeless
Posted in life, musings, politics on May 25, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Sometimes its hard to figure out how big economic changes actually effect us at a day to day level, and sometimes its painfully clear. Rising petrol prices is one, although that hasn’t really changed the way I live. Now though, the credit crunch has claimed its first victim among my friends.
It’s not really her fault. [...]
I am Mighty
Posted in life, musings on May 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Well, this is pretty cool. Makes me feel a bit better about myself that someone’s realised my true worth.
A bit Ood
Posted in life, musings on May 20, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
While I was in cardiff, I had a day of inadvertant celebrity spotting. I’ve got to come clean, I am useless, absolutely useless at spotting famous people. I worked for a summer on the High Street of the Edinburgh Fringe, THE spot for celebrity spotting, and saw precisely 1 famous person. And only because a [...]
Photos of Pictures
Posted in church, life, musings, photos on May 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
It was disturbing in a way. Keen herds of american tourists in brussels, dashing from their airconditioned bus to the gallery, safely protected from the dangers of trams, cars and non-english speaking folks. They went round the gallery at a fair pace, not surprising since they had to be back on the bus in an [...]
Scotland: Phenomenol
Posted in Scottish, life, video on May 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It can be hard to articulate what it means to be scottish. Fortunately, we’ve got the Irn-Bru advertising team out to help us. This ad was brought out this week, and it makes me proud to be a Scot!
any replies from you english/adopted welsh/others?
1 in 50 scots…
Posted in Scottish, politics, ponderings on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I worked out this afternoon that 1/50 of Scotland’s population was in Manchester yesterday watching Rangers get beaten by Zenit St Petersburg in the Uefa cup final. That’s 100,000 angry rangers supporters.
Do you reckon that caused some sort of noticable blip in the Scottish economy? I mean, let’s say 3 million people in scotland go [...]
No footie on sunday…
Posted in Scottish, musings, politics on May 15, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
The local girls football team qualifies for the finals of a competition. This finals has been played on saturdays in the past, but this year is being held on a sunday. The parents of several of the girls withdraw them from the team, forbidding them from playing on a sunday and preventing the team from [...]
Getting nothing done
Posted in life, musings on May 13, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Today I did 3 things I’m pleased to have got done.
I filled in a(nother) disclosure scotland form. 2nd in a week.
I met my sister for a decaf skinny cappucino
I got my hair cut.
At the moment I am temping. Except, I’m not. Not got any work at the moment. I’m waiting for the phone to ring [...]
