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I'm not going to write this blog anymore. It has been around for a long time and chronicles a lot of history and through it I have met some wonderful people who I have supported and who have at times... Continue reading
Posted May 4, 2012 at Persistent
I reached the unreachable, but I wasn't ready for it. I wish I had known that at the time................. Continue reading
Posted May 1, 2012 at Persistent
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Well that was a very busy 4 days but I have spent it in the company of transformers, googly eyed monsters, acrobats, shoe shiners and the most wonderful array of young ladies dressed in a variety of costumes. I have... Continue reading
Posted Apr 27, 2012 at Persistent
When did you become intimidating? Dating sites are great, I get told by every date that doesn't want a second date that I am the nicest man they ever met!?! All life is there...and we are part of it. Next time I'm around and you're free I will buy you dinner, we have never done that, kids also welcome as I'm not really a date and sitters are hard to find :-)
Toggle Commented Apr 25, 2012 on All human life is here. at Dragonfly
I popped down to Washington to see Mam tonight and after the visit I decided to relive a few old memories and I visited the two old houses that I grew up in, one in Donwell and the other in... Continue reading
Posted Apr 20, 2012 at Persistent
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Had a walk down the quayside a while ago and I bumped into Damian Conway an old friend from Washington. Swapped numbers and we will be catching up again very soon. Looking forward to that :-) Continue reading
Posted Apr 20, 2012 at Persistent
As Trep says, and meanwhile I will love you x
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I just realised that I have been in the office for one reason or another even if it's just been for an hour every single day for the past 14 days and of course I have all of this week... Continue reading
Posted Apr 16, 2012 at Persistent
It's like being on a roundabout at the minute. Same old, same old every turn, nothing changing, nothing new but nothing very wrong with it all so why is it that I want more than what I have? I think... Continue reading
Posted Apr 13, 2012 at Persistent
At last, a fast run down the A1 that's a surprise. Had a wonderful nights sleep, actually felt wanted thanks to someone I haven't even met yet, looking forward to that. Just finishing a service station coffee and I managed... Continue reading
Posted Apr 11, 2012 at Persistent
Infosec is a go, I have the OK from the boss to do it and now all the preparation begins. It's going to be three nights away and possibly the biggest audience ever but I aint scared....much... I'm off to... Continue reading
Posted Apr 10, 2012 at Persistent
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As mentioned in a previous blog entry we are now through to the regional finals of The North east Business Awards. It's in Durham on the 26th of this month and I am going to be in London at Infosec... Continue reading
Posted Apr 8, 2012 at Persistent
I got some news tonight, it was difficult to hear and hard to accept. I can't say what it is, there will be more later. This is just to remind me. I wish.... " I see you" Continue reading
Posted Apr 6, 2012 at Persistent
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Kieran and I had a run to the Metro Centre today, it's my dads birthday and he wants shoes so we went to get some. Kieran ended up getting some trendy belt buckles and a new XBox game, we got... Continue reading
Posted Apr 6, 2012 at Persistent
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The weather is crazy for one thing, summer sun for days and them blizzards, freezing cold snowy blizzards and now sun again. I may be going to Infosec at Earls Court in a few weeks, more IT security fame and... Continue reading
Posted Apr 4, 2012 at Persistent
Was listening to Ed Sheeran last night, I bought the extended version of + on itunes a while ago but never listened to it all the way through. For some reason I had stopped writing and was just sitting back... Continue reading
Posted Apr 2, 2012 at Persistent
Why is everyone panic buying fuel when we know there isn't going to be a tanker driver strike until after Easter if at all? Milton Keynes was crazy yesterday, every garage I passed was closed off and had no fuel.... Continue reading
Posted Mar 30, 2012 at Persistent
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Went to The Spice Cube in The gate with Donna last night. Have to say that the food was not as good as it has been in the past but it was still a lovely evening. It was nice to... Continue reading
Posted Mar 28, 2012 at Persistent
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They are advertising this years Stockton Weekender. Seems there is a bloke in a check shirt and his son on the poster, a crowd image taken last year when we were watching Newton Faulkner. My hair was longer, and that... Continue reading
Posted Mar 27, 2012 at Persistent
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It was the North East business awards last night so it was an evening of networking and talking to people and yes...there was food and I had to wear a bow tie. Centrex were in the final three of the... Continue reading
Posted Mar 23, 2012 at Persistent
Had a nice meeting with someone this morning who got lots of financial issues sorted out for me. Left that building with a spring in my step, a smile on my face and a bit more belief in balance and... Continue reading
Posted Mar 22, 2012 at Persistent
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This is my pendulum, it was given to me as a gift last year and I have kept it out when most other things went into a box. I used to ask it a lot of things, some answers I... Continue reading
Posted Mar 19, 2012 at Persistent
Carole :-D How utterly wonderful to hear from you :-D and another :-D I lost your email address and phone number :-(
Toggle Commented Mar 17, 2012 on Achin All Over at Persistent
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Meeting in Newcastle this morning then managed a quick trip into the Baltic this afternoon. Met up with Jill, drank green tea and admired 'art' we also watched a crane drag bollards out of the Tyne. Art..... Bollard pulling..... Hard... Continue reading
Posted Mar 13, 2012 at Persistent
I have always been a fan of Bob Marley. I remember in sixth form that I wanted so much to go see him in Glasgow on the Uprising tour. But I was only 17 and nobody at school was a... Continue reading
Posted Mar 12, 2012 at Persistent