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 →