The Future’s so Bright I’m Gonna Need Shades

The Future’s so Bright I’m Gonna Need Shades

I love Mondays...I've always loved Mondays. I was explaining why to a group of friends the other day and I realised that when I first started to tell people I liked Mondays it was probably just to be different from all the moaners and groaners who were bitching about it being the first day of [...]

We’re on a Road to Nowhere

We’re on a Road to Nowhere

Or are we on a road to something else entirely? I made a couple of new friends this weekend in Second Life and it got me thinking about those important first IM's. I, like many people, nearly always ignore just 'hi' or 'hey' ims but if a first IM intrigues me or asks a question [...]

The Feathered Friends That Let you Fly

The Feathered Friends That Let you Fly

Ah, there's a bit of a play on words there because 'birds' is a colloquial term used in the UK for females. I have many talented, beautiful and amazing women in my SL and I feel extremely blessed for that fact. My closest friend circle includes 4 outstanding women...Tracy Redangel, Sadystika Sabretooth, Grace Sixpence and [...]

Shine On Harvey Moon…shine

Shine On Harvey Moon…shine

During the 70's my parents followed the fashion of homebrewing. The airing cupboard was full of fermenting buckets and bottles and stuff that smelled frankly terrible. I remember thinking "they are really gonna drink this stuff at some point?????" The beer making didn't last long but the wine making went on for longer. We used [...]

I’d Kill for a Reverse Cupid

I’d Kill for a Reverse Cupid

We're entering that time of year when everyone loses their damn mind and goes all coochie-cooey over each other with flamboyant and public demonstrations of love. Here's my opinion... BLAH BLAH BLAH! What I would really love on Valentine's is someone to permanently take the arrow from last year out of my back so I [...]

Avi Choice Awards…Why All the Controversy?

Avi Choice Awards…Why All the Controversy?

A few years ago I worked at an organisation that assessed and awarded restaurants for their food quality. During the time that I worked there a senior manager tried to use his position to influence a restaurant inspector in their assessment of a restaurant which was not awarded and therefore not included in the guidebook. [...]

Waiting for the Show to Begin

Waiting for the Show to Begin

The weekend is here and whether you work a regular work week or not it seems everyone looks forward to Friday! Well, this week I'm actually looking forward to Sunday instead. It may seem a little odd to be looking forward to the end of the weekend but Sunday is special this week. A friend [...]

The Six Songs Series – Part 1 – Songs That Make You Cry

The Six Songs Series – Part 1 – Songs That Make You Cry

I was reading an article on the BBC website today called '6 Songs That Make People Cry and the Reasons Why'. It struck me because just the day before I had been watching Room 101 on the BBC where the host, Frank Skinner, argued that he couldn't put the film Grease in Room 101 because [...]

Don’t Stop Dreaming Just Because You Had a Nightmare

Don’t Stop Dreaming Just Because You Had a Nightmare

It's easy to let a bad experience shape our decisions in the future. I'll be the first to say that we should take the learnings from the bad experiences into anything new and be wary but I also am a great believer in never saying never because you just don't know who or what is [...]