Life, Love & Relationships

A new design and a new beginning

A new design and a new beginning

A warm welcome my newly designed blog, Version 9 (see Geeky Post: Website Development for previous designs). I can’t take credit for the design, the good people at WordPress Theme Designer created the design and I’ve simply tweaked it with their support. There were two reasons for the new design. The first was in response ... ...

Thinking

What influences my IDENTITY?

What influences my IDENTITY?

Identity could be described as “qualities, characteristics, thoughts, opinions and emotions that makes an individual who they are”. I know who I am, but what influences my identity? Well see below: (Click on image for full size image) The influences in the inner circle are micro influences meaning that they are individual to me and ... ...

Inspiration

Gross National Happiness

Gross National Happiness

This seemingly small country has something rather unique and wonderful about it. Rather than measure the growth of a country by it’s economy it measures it by how happy the people are. According to Gross National Happiness they ask a selection of citizens how they feel about a variety of areas of living including: Time ... ...

Gay & Campness, Thinking

A Sad Truth

A Sad Truth

The sad truth is that homophobia still exists in the world today. Some people still believe that it is a heterosexual world and that being gay is wrong and worthy of a beating. For some reason it’s usually heterosexual men that are the perpetrators towards gay men. See this video: Now before you strug this ... ...

Books & Authors, Reviews

Book Review: The Gift by Cecelia Ahern

Book Review: The Gift by Cecelia Ahern

I love Cecelia Ahern’s books. PS, I Love You I found to be emotional and moving, Where Rainbows End was like reading intimate and private letters, A Place Called Here was like stepping in to a world of make-believe, Thanks for the Memories made me question our connection to our bodies and If You Could ... ...

Reviews, TV & Movies

DVD Review: 28 Days and HELP

DVD Review: 28 Days and HELP

I recently bought 28 Days [DVD] [2000] as I’m a fan of Sandra Bullock. The story is about the always drunk and drugged up Gwen Cummings who at her sisters wedding is dancing and falls on the wedding cake. Gwen, determined to fix things gets in to the Wedding limo in search of a cake ... ...

The Web

PostSecret – A funny blog

Hi All, I recently discovered Post Secret. It’s very funny, :) it asks people to send in their secrets and then publishes them on postcard images with a humors pictures. They’ve even made some of the faviourates in to a book, but unfortunately it’s only available in the USA. Antony ...

Books & Authors, Reviews

Book Review: Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella

Book Review: Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella

I took this book away when I went to Benidorm (see Adventure 2 – Benidorm Part 1, Adventure 2 – Benidorm Part 2 & Adventure 2 – Benidorm Part 3) and as promised, here’s my review: Twenties Girl by Sophie Kinsella is her most hilarious book to date. In it we meet Lara Lington who’s ... ...

Gigs & Shows

Russell Howard is BACK!

Russell Howard is BACK!

I found out that Russell Howard is back on TV starting 22:30 tonight on BBC3 with his topical comedy programme Good News. This comes after apparently Good News was the most watched programme on the BBC’s Internet TV streaming service the Iplayer. I’ve also had an email to say that Russell Howard will also be ... ...

Happiness & Joy, Love & Relationships

One Month

One Month

I am alone in the office at work. Sat looking at the screen typing a response to an email. There’s a knock at the door. I grunt in frustration at yet another distraction from my task in hand. I lift myself up off my seat and answer the door to a tall slim blond haired ... ...