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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.
Recent Posts
Monochrome Weekly #3
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
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
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
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
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
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...

