Two weeks ago I had a car accident. Nothing major — not for me, anyway (although maybe the motorcyclist who went tumbling from his bike might disagree) — but it did mean that last week I had to make do without my car while the motorbike-shaped dint in the passenger door was mended. I won’t describe the incident although I’ll let you know who the insurance companies decide was at fault if/when I get my £250 excess back. Read the rest of this entry »
To paraphrase Crisis Correspondent Spartacus Mills from The Day Today:
If you’ve got a psychology book at home, take it out, throw it in the bin — it’s worthless. Psychology books, now, will have to be rewritten.
If you don’t want to throw them away then at the very least find the section on Maslow’s hierarchy of needs and rip it out, replacing it with my own, much better, Oktoberfest Hierarchy of Needs: Read the rest of this entry »
Last week I decided to move my weigh-in day from Monday to Friday. There was some theory attached but to be honest it doesn’t stand up to much scrutiny. So on Friday I weighed myself and had lost another 2lbs since Monday. Overall I was down 6lbs, and had lost 8lbs in eleven days without resorting to drastic tactics (i.e. exercise). Read the rest of this entry »
