Thin slicing my way through life/How Angels get their haloes..

Thanks to HeatherShade – usual rules apply, One of the reasons I like blogging so much is that it completely bypasses that potentially awful thing – that of false first impressions. There’s trend… Continue reading

How a death rattle helped raise money..

A very good friend of mine died the other day. He only ever finished one painting, to help raise money for Mountain Rescue: But don’t worry, you can help him. Click to find… Continue reading

The customer is not a moron. The customer is your wife.

Anyone of my bloggy readership read The Guardian? Personally, I don’t. But I heard about this story. It’s more interesting for me personally, considering it concerns somewhere where I used to work, and… Continue reading

Surprise me..

Picture is Walsh_Kelley’s. Usual rules apply to this one. I miss being a little child sometimes. Christmas was always more fun when you didn’t really ask for what you wanted, when Santa was… Continue reading

Claude Hopkins (or ‘To not know your history is to remain a child forever’)

Horribly misquoted from the great man’s seminal text, but it makes the point. Advertising seems to be the only industry where history is ignored – for example, way before Second Life, HHCL were… Continue reading

Good Customer Service? Yes.

I’ve recently got wireless. Despite the occasional hiccup, it’s proving to be great – got to love being on t’internet at home. Anyway, I got wireless with BT. Good price and all that,… Continue reading

Stoke City’s Plight.. and Visual DNA..

Look at this. Yes, the mighty Potters (that’s Stoke, just in case you weren’t sure) have just beaten Colchester 3-1, and are on the verge of getting into the playoffs. Tied with Southampton,… Continue reading

Obligatory Music Post..(with some Batman)

Right then. No planningy thoughts in this post. It’s unabashedly about music. This may, of course, influence my chances of getting a job at one of London’s achingly cool boutique agencies. But fuck… Continue reading

Gotta love slideshare …

Slideshare really is excellent. Just registered with it, and I urge you to do so as well. Great for putting random gubbins up on t’internet. So I have. Here’s a newly updated presentation… Continue reading

Job Hunting (or how that tall chap became a planner)

Hello. I’m usually a contentious, mildly sarcastic chap who posts on this blog (yes, I really am that tall, attractive man; told you I could be sarcastic). However, I’ll be frank – I… Continue reading