In the last 24 hours I've come across at least 5 new (and redundant) bits of technospeak jargon that do nothing to improve understanding, but everything to confuse people.Why can't people standardise terminology?Why do people insist on using terms they don't fully understand and probably get semi-wrong, thus confusing their interlocutor even further? … [Read more...] about Plain English Please!
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Cooking Doesn’t Have To Be Boring – But Does It Have to Be Expensive?
Over the last few weeks I've been buying bits and pieces for the kitchen. I bought some cheap cutlery last year to replace the even cheaper cutlery I already had, which, of course, replaced it's even cheaper and nastier predecessor. Do you notice a trend? That's three separate sets of cutlery in about 3 years! Now if I'd simply forked out (excuse the pun!) for some semi-decent … [Read more...] about Cooking Doesn’t Have To Be Boring – But Does It Have to Be Expensive?
Trip Down Memory Lane – Ella Baila Sola
When I was in Spain in the late 90s one of the female groups that was getting a lot of airplay at the time was Ella Baila Sola. I got to see them in concert (for free) in Madrid during the summer of 1997.For some odd reason one of their songs has been in my head for the last couple of days, but I couldn't remember the lyrics or the group's name. Trying to work out who it was … [Read more...] about Trip Down Memory Lane – Ella Baila Sola
Disturbing Reading Over Christmas
Most years at Christmas I get a chance to read books that I normally wouldn't get round to reading.This year is no different, though my choice of reading has proved to be rather disturbing. Over the last few days I've been working my way through "Bad Men", which tells the story of some of the Bush administration's victims of torture being held in Cuba. Some of the stories are … [Read more...] about Disturbing Reading Over Christmas
The Run Up To Christmas
By this time tomorrow I'll probably be feeling like that pooch looks!In the morning I'm heading down to Ennis, in the west of Ireland, to collect my grandfather to bring him to Cork, in the south of Ireland, for Christmas. I'm currently based about an hour or so from Dublin, so it will probably take about five or six hours driving not counting the stops etc.,Most of the … [Read more...] about The Run Up To Christmas