Month: April 2001

This man does nothing to improve the standing of landowners in the mind of the public-at-large. In spite of the court order against his company, I’m not surprised to see on today’s BBC local news that his company has failed to remove the obstacles that block the footpath that runs across his land.
I’m not a fan of the Ramblers Association (I don’t think a “right to roam” is a good idea), but in this instance I think their campaign is fully justified. Landowners and walkers can co-exist (look at Arundel Park as a good local example) – it’s a matter of cooperation and dialogue involving all the parties concerned.

India joins space race. All good stuff.

I’m in a very good mood this morning, the result of good vibes and sunshine. And when I’m in a good mood, I tend to be more productive, so I’m storming through my work this morning – a bulk mailing (including printing the mailing and the labels, stuffing the envelopes and sticking the stamps), dealing with the customers, labelling plants AND drinking coffee. busy busy busy. And you want blogging too??!

Luke gets visitor 50,000. I’m glad I’m not the only one who spends too much time looking at his own stats.

TPL update: a really quite good 68 points, taking my total to 894.

Went out today and purchased the India Arie album, Acoustic Soul, and, although I’ve only got to track 6 so far, I must say that it is pretty darned good. So I can scrub that from the wishlist.
However, just when you thought it was safe, those evil people at 4AD have licensed a remix of the Cocteau Twins‘ track Cherry Coloured Funk and shoved it on the new compilation Quiet Life, which, having heard three or four tracks from it whilst stood in MVC, is definitely going to be added to the wishlist.

Sign seen in cafe window in Chichester today:

Fresh baguettes prepared INSTANTLY while-u-wait

hmmm. I often seem to be waiting for something to happen instantly.

Minimal blogging so far today due to workload – I haven’t even been able to come up with a way to incorporate today’s word of the day.
As an aside, if anyone lives near a branch of IKEA or is likely to be visiting said store, and could do me a favour that would save me a 100-mile round trip just to get two light bulbs, I’d like to hear from you.
In other news, you’ll notice that I’ve finally got round to using my proper email address – please update your address books.

I am noted for not taking good advice. Stuff like “look both ways before crossing the street” or “you really shouldn’t get together with her, it’ll be bad news”. For some time, the advice-that-has-not-been-taken at the head of this site has been:

“If at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. Then quit. No use being a damn fool about it.”
– W.C.Fields

Some advice which I received from Sarah last night was this (with apologies for paraphrasing):

Sometimes it pays to think less and act more. You won’t find out unless you actually do it.

But my favourite newly received advice that I will not take is this:

“Never play cards with a man called Doc. Never eat at a place called Mom’s. Never sleep with a woman whose troubles are worse than your own.”
-Nelson Algren, A Walk On The Wild Side

Do you have any advice not to take?

Blogger and Trellix sign deal. A secure future for Blogger? Let’s hope so. But let’s also see what it means for users – looks like BlogSpot might be scheduled for demise, and I wouldn’t mind betting that a fee for Blogger usage might be on the cards. But then, as I have said before, that would not be unfair.