the creative minimalist

It is that time of year when a break is arranged and the tools of work are laid down, yes, my annual holiday. A fortnight without having to think about deadlines, poor writers (not you Steve) and the incompetence of a marketing department that would make tea heated on Mt Etna freeze within a moment.

However, this year has been such a pain that I haven’t:

• had the money to book a holiday
• had the time, thought or inclination to book one if I did have the money

Still it is a fornight off. Will that mean more time to blog? Will that mean more time with the family? Nope, it wil probably mean putting up the shed in the back garden and then writing the book, which is due to the publisher at the end of August. During this time I also have to sort out my work prospects, heal the relationship I am in and be the dad to the kids that they need. And then perhaps I may get a few moments to myself (hey, it’s important for a guy read this ) which will need to include blogging , sorting out some websites I’m creating, and hopefully creating some music which I love. With all that going on I had best leave the kettle off and simply drink cold water – well I would if the rain hadn’t arrived today, the day before I stop for my summer holiday.

Blast.
Cold tea? I think dinner, supper and the duvet going missing all rolled into one.

Made the mistake of removing the battery, and resetting my Ipaq at the same time. Basically, my own fault, but I let the battery run down and then it wouldn’t boot up, so I thought it was broke, tried the reboot, jiggle battery option and then put it on charge which got it runing, but lost all the programs and docs held on the internal memory. Wil have fun with activsync later on as I try and restore everything. What a pain.

So at work we have a meeting for one of the range of product we produce. One of the products for this range is a ‘timeline’ which is A4 in size and folds out. Anyway we have had plans for a mini-timeline whcih is credit card sized and whilst the discussion for this went on the penny dropped for one of our coleagues:

‘So this mini-timeline is like the timeline but smaller?’

At least that kept the tea warm

Hey, I’m back
Well I’ve never really been away but I’ve just been a little busy.

Is it me or does life seem easier when England are winning in the cricket, or actually simply playing well. This link to The Times website is great, just click on the ball-by-ball scorecard and a window opens up for you, it’s like watching one of those early Sinclair Spectrum computer games.

I’m going through a bit of a blog cleanout/up at the moment as I seem to have become addicted to both reading and writing them, I have a bit of an addictive personality anyway so that is quite easy but I’m trying to turn this one into something a little more positive.

Keep tuned for what is going to happen here
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Aaaagh!

I help moderate an online forum for young people aged 11-14. Now we do get a few users over that age but the majority fall within. I am getting really frustrated though by their discussions or lack of. They normally, after one or two posts, degenerate into a slanging match, where they just shout past each other and refuse to listen or even debate the issue at hand. IO am becoming more convinced that they don’t want a discussion but just a place to sound off – surely they should be blogging and not involved in a forum.

Oh, and if you were wondering the vinegar smell was some going off bananas.