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The State Of The Nation UK

The State Of The Nation UK

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The thoughts, views and rants of a short, slightly tanned guy with black hair, but not much as I am bald. I am a football loving Crystal Palace fan who works in the fun world of financial services and happens to be gay.

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  • Monochrome Weekly #3

    Posted on Sunday November 29th, 2009 at 07:54 in pictures, miscellaneous photos, monochrome weekly

    My contribution to the latest Monochrome Weekly is another sea inspired photo:If you have arrived at this blog and like taking photographs - you are welcome to take part in "5 on the fifth"... see below:...

  • When the customer doesn\'t matter

    Posted on Saturday November 28th, 2009 at 02:12 in work, Rant

    Yesterday was a crappy day. I had to take my car for a service and the closest centre I was allowed to use was in North London. So I set out at 7am and dropped the car off at 8.30, with the understanding that I would on my way before 11am.So I foun...

  • Poetry in lyrics

    Posted on Thursday November 26th, 2009 at 00:27 in music

    I was listening to my ipod the other day and a song that I had heard hundreds of times came on and I noticed that one of the verses could be classed as more than just a lyric, it could almost be poetry:Well it was kind of cold, that night she stood a...

  • Stade Francais calendar 2010

    Posted on Monday November 23rd, 2009 at 01:03 in gay, rugby, cute guys, stade francais

    Wow!The tenth Calendrier Dieux Du Stade (or Stade Francais calendar to you and me) has been delivered to our home and it's a great one (after a couple of years of maybe being a little too arty). Some images are subtle and some not so!This marketing p...

  • Pasta pride

    Posted on Sunday November 22nd, 2009 at 06:07 in food

    The weather in the UK has been awful in recent days with a lot of rain. On a rainy day like yesterday, there's not much to do other than watch TV, clean the house, surf the net and cook. So I made pasta for the first time and used my mum's pasta mach...

  • Five more in a few days

    Posted on Sunday November 22nd, 2009 at 02:01 in pictures, 5 on the fifth

    The next "5 on the fifth" is a few days away and you are very welcome to take part. You can either take 5 random pictures of anything that happens to you on the 5th of November or perhaps go for my suggested theme. This month, I thought it would be i...

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