Funny Mr Blair

I have to say I agree with Tim Blair on the question whether fanatical religion is a topic that is suitable to satirize. Take the mickey out of them every chance you get, I say.

Dodgy all round..

Radiators

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It really does not matter what model and year of Toyota aftermarket radiators you need, the people at Radiators.com will have them for you.

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Driving continued

Driving back home from Scotland I spent a few hours behind the wheel on the motorway and actually started to enjoy the sensation of controlling a vehicle again. I loved the smooth motion of our car, the flow of managing traffic, the ease with which the car sped along, as if it wanted to drive. Great stuff!

Driving

I have had my driving licence since 1984 and have had some experience driving but at times I've not been that keen on driving. And it's not so much the actual driving that gets on my nerves but rather the other maniacs on the road. I can't stand the aggravation that so many people seem to generate the moment they get behind the wheel. Oh well..

Baby products

If you are a parent and are looking for any kind of baby product you may want to check out the Lila Guide to help you get the best. The Lila Guide calls itself aptly: the word-of-mouth survival guide for San Francisco parents. Yet even if you are not in San Francisco they can help you find the best baby products. On their excellent website you can get access to helpful reviews of baby products, find local events, parenting groups and local connections and more.

For parents, and not just new parents, it can be very important to know that the products that you use to take care of your precious baby are the safest and best that are available. This knowledge is invaluable and means an awful lot to parents who want to take care of their babies in the best possible way.

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Wild up North

Driving along endless winding roads through the Borders, the trees and mountains covered in frost the world seemed to have been made just for us. Lateron, we found that the weather up north can be very fierce indeed. At time it was wild and wet, windy and stormy for hours on end. And the rain. It rained with a vengeance. You have to be made of stern stuff if you live up there. I am sure it will be better in summer but the wild and windy weather and lack of daylight made an impression on me..

The North

Until last week I had not ventured farther North than Chester where my girl and I once spent a lovely weekend away. Now, at last, I've seen something of the Scottish borders and the North-West, with its stunning valleys, woods, and, of course the Lakes. It brings it home to me when we drive through the countryside that this England, or rather Britain, is a truly magical land. It is so very green and enchanting; it really is a wonderful and beautiful country and one that I would miss dearly if we ever moved anywhere else.

Wedding Day Organisation

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Nearly Lindisfarne

During our brief stay 'up North' we tried to go and see the ancient priory at Lindisfarne, or Holy Island as it is also called. Of course I knew about the causeway that gets flooded when the tide comes in and I had heard about the services having to rescue foolish motorists who get caught out by the fast rising waters. We drove across the causeway and got to the island only to discover by reading the tide tables that unless we hurried back off the sacred isle we would have to stay there for another six hours until the next time the tide went out. We drove back quickly while the waters were already half-covering the little road across the causeway. It was a matter of minutes and some people who must have been experienced locals raced from the mainland through the waves to get to the island before the connection would be lost. So, we nearly saw Lindisfarne. We'll just have to go back again.

Scotland

We spent the last week and the Christmas days up in Scotland where we enjoyed the company of family and friends, had a wonderful festive meal and went to see a few sights in the surrounding area. Scotland is such a gorgeous country; wild and very imposing. I would like to go back and explore this magnificent country in more detail. It has given me a taste for the great outdoors, that’s for sure!

Merry Christmas!

Learning online

Studying in your very own free time and when you like to plan your studies in-between your other activities is a great way to gain a qualification. At capella university this is what they are all about. There are a great many courses to choose from and they provide degree qualifications on many levels and in a wide variety of subjects.

Studying for a course online has become a very convenient way to get a degree in your chosen field. There are so many courses to choose from and if you are good at time management there is no better way to learn. You can study at your own pace and according to your own schedule where you just work around your other obligations, often while already working in your current job.

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Avoiding the sniffles

Everyone around me seems to be coming down with a nasty cold, coughing and wheezing as they go. In the count down to Christmas I'm staying warm and trying to keep out the way of these unfortunate bug-ridden walking wounded. I hope I will succeed in avoiding getting a cold or flu. Even man-flu is something I would rather avoid. We'll see. Fingers crossed!

Audio visual

Almost any type of training or lecture or even speech can easily be enhanced by using one of an array of audio visual installations that are available these days. Sometimes it can make the difference between keeping an audience enthralled or losing their attention while the presentation proceeds. Enlivening a captive audience’s experience is the main thing and using film or photography or computer aided tools can be a real bonus when it comes to a good presentation.

The best audiovisual experience I ever had was not so much training or work related but rather more pleasurable. It was a free lecture at the university by an expert academic in the field of Egyptology. Using online diagrams and charts, photographic slideshows on overhead projectors and animated film, the professor presented a superb lecture that was much more than just a person talking at an assembled audience. It really was fabulous to see so many different presentation tools used in such an entertaining way.

Reflex is a company that can provide these audiovisual installations. Reflex are a Certified Audio Visual Solutions Provider. This certification is awarded by the audiovisual industry’s leading trade organisation – Infocomm International – to firms that have demonstrated their outstanding approach to professional excellence by developing as well as training their staff to achieve individual credentials of certification.

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No students

It's the Christmas vacation and although the university library is still open it is a rare sight to spot any students lingering about the place. Most of them have gone off to be with their families and I can't blame them. I wouldn't be in any library if I had the choice, so close to the festive season. Two more days at work and then I too will be going home for the holidays. Can't wait. Ho ho ho!

Online learning

I have recently enrolled with success on an online course for private reasons, studying a subject of great interest to me and in doing so I found that Online Learning can be a very rewarding pursuit in itself. Moreover, it can be a very convenient way to gain a qualification while you are in work or from a distance learning point of view.

Studying a course online is so much easier these days with the advent of internet and email and other modern technologies. You can use your spare time to study for that elusive degree that you always wanted to achieve but never got around to doing.

Capella University is a great example of an educational institute that offers online courses. For people who are considering online learning and online degree courses, Capella University can offer an educational experience that will help you to overcome any of your professional challenges and achieve your highest aims. Capella University is an institute that provides relevant degree courses that are made available in an online format and which have been developed using industry standards.

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Ron Bongo

Have you heard of Ron Bongo ? If not you may want to look in to this. Messieurs Ron Bongo and Jon Chakoff are the founders of the company CorraTech. This superb software development firm Corratech has as its main focus the delivery of Microsoft solutions.

Mister Bongo has brought with him to the company more than twenty years of experience in the diverse fielsds of technology, management consulting and finance.

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Icy

Just spent my lunch hour in my usual spot outside in the park where, truth be told, it was fairly nippy. Just managed to have some sarnies and a cup of coffee before I sought to find refuge inside again. I try to get away into the park on most days, even in winter, because I find I need a break from students and staff half-way through the day. You know, just a breather?

Quite so..

Freezin'

Proper winter this morning with cars and rooftops white and frosty, a distinct chill in the air. BRRR! I'm not to keen on winter but luckily it never really gets too cold here in Bristol. But this morning, at the bus stop, it seemed nice and arctic. I would have loved for Al Gore to be there, just to sow some doubt in his sanctimonious mind. Ah well..

Rehab

When reading current magazines or watching the news we are often confronted by and endless parade of often young celebrities from the worlds of film or music checking in to drug rehab and it is sometimes easy to think that sort of thing seems to be the done thing if you are rich and famous and it may not be all that serious a thing to consider.

For many people who are indeed far from rich and famous going in to drug rehab may be utterly vital to their lives, yes their survival. Finding the right treatment can mean a world of difference to someone in need.

The Stone Hawk drug rehabilitation centre is the most successful inpatient drug rehab in the country and offers a success rate of seventy-six percent.
The Stone Hawk programme of drug rehabilitation chooses not to impose anyone's moral code of what should be and what is. After all: the society we inhabit already has its own laws and norms. In stead the individual writes his own morals and codes that he or she can live by.

The Stone Hawk drug rehabilitation centre does some formidable work and is to be highly recommended.

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Quiet weekend

A most enjoyable weekend now comes to a relaxed end. Just watched the last episode of the marvellous BBC series 'Cranford', which I thoroughly enjoyed following. It's good to know the BBC still want to make some superb television drama, and with such a stellar cast including Dame Judy Dench and others it was a joy to watch the goings on the little Cheshire village of Cranford.

Tomorrow another working week beckons but I will be going to our library's Christmas dinner in the evening. The venue will be a pan-Asian restaurant so perhaps the entourage will be slightly less than Christmassy; at least the food will be nice.

Sofa surfers

The other day I came across an excellent site for buying furniture on the web. This is a most elegant website with great furniture offers, whether you are looking to purchase some a stunning bed or some wonderful looking living room furniture or even an original corner sofa , this is the place to find all you could want when it comes to quality furniture.

Furniture From Home can get you the most beautifully elegant furniture at great prices. On the site you can shop by room, style or colour with an advanced search option. It’s a lovely website full of offers of fabulous furniture. Check it out! You know you want to..

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Mansun..after the fact

I spent most of the weekend listening to Mansun's debut album Attack of the Grey Lantern, being blown away by the smooth accomplished sound of this band from Chester. I can't believe how much I love this album already. I often find out about bands or artists after the fact, i.e. after the initial hype of their rise to fame has passed, and has passed me by. I've had this with a number of bands. I've already ordered some of their more recent albums so I'm looking forward to getting to know their music in much greater detail. What a voice, what a great sound. Top stuff!

What a great band:

Mansun

Good one!

"The perfect gift for those post-Christmas blues.."

Capitalism

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Dinosaur

A student from my university was on the local news yesterday talking about his recent findings of a giant dinosaur, fossils of which creature had been unearthed in Nigeria. Apparently, this enormous dinosaur had teeth the size of bananas set in incredibly strong jaws. This was no vegan.
Of course they showed some artist's impression of an imposing scene in which the enormo-predator was about to take a big bite out of another giant dinosaur.

But it was good to see this unimposing student talk about his discovery that had, by now, reached international headlines. Not bad publicity for the university either, I might add.

Chrome

I have recently heard about this thing that you may be interested in as well. It concerns, of all things, chrome door handles . These chrome handles and fixtures will enhance any type of vehicle. BuyAutoTruckAccessories.com offer a vast selection and not only that: they have the very best prices on all manner of chrome accessories for your motor vehicle. You can choose from an large assortment of top quality chrome accessories that range from vent visors as well as bug shields to great wheel covers and also mirror covers.

These beautiful chrome enhancement will turn your car into an extremely cool vehicle in the blink of an eye. Imagine cruising down the highway in such a stunning looking ride.

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Quick Poetry Tips 6

Send your best work to as many poetry magazines as you can find. Online and in print; there are loads of magazines always on the look-out for new talent. You won’t get rich; poetry is a labour of love and should, I feel, remain a pursuit you undertake because you have a deep and lasting passion for it. ‘Tis, after all, that most noble of the artistic endeavours..

Quick Poetry Tips 5

To rhyme or not to rhyme? Personally, I love a good rhyme but it’s not that easy to carry off these days and the prevailing winds still seem to favour non-rhyming free verse. But if you enjoy crafting your poems using different types of rhyme I do commend you. Just make sure you don’t get lazy when employing rhyme as it can also result in a less than satisfactory poem.

Pick a card

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Managing your financial household can be daunting. I am fortunate that my better half has a head for figures and a sensible head on her shoulders. At times, everyone needs some guidance in making the right choices, given the bewildering range of cards on offer out there.

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Quick Poetry Tips 4

Read lots of poetry but remember to cultivate your own ideas as to what constitutes a good poem. Writing is, of course, partly a lot of crossing through and re-writing as well, so it’s okay to realise that you can polish a poem after the initial inspirational act of creation has passed. No worries there.

Quick Poetry Tips 3

Style. Take the time and invest the dedication required in order to develop your own unique style. If you can say things like anyone else then what’s the point of asking readers to embrace your poems? Not many poets start out being stunningly original but over time you will grow your own personal voice; your very own style.