Topic: random  Nigel  August 18th,2009 Now there’s plenty to read on this blog I’m reducing from posting six days a week to three –half a cake… This will give me more energy to work on other writing,particularly the Adam Warner book ‘Adam:a fiercely unremarkable story’. If you’re new to reading blogs and want to know when [...] Share on Facebook Topic: random  Nigel  August 11th,2009 Have you ever received one of those e-mails offering you money for nothing if you help someone abroad transfer a very large sum of money to your country? Because many of the early versions of this fraud came from Nigeria it’s been dubbed the Nigerian Scam. Want to know what the people running it are [...] Share on Facebook Topic: random  Nigel  August 10th,2009 Here’s a link to a great article on what questions to ask (and what not) at a job interview. [...] Share on Facebook Topic: monochrome and blue  Nigel  August 3rd,2009 There are ways to make bad jobs less damaging to your physical and mental health,but better if you can to get a job that fits you better. [...] Share on Facebook Topic: random  Nigel  July 24th,2009 There are good reasons why journalists (and bloggers) make honest errors in their reporting [...] Share on Facebook Topic: random  Nigel  July 23rd,2009 Is this getting into your nightmares? There’s an ambulance guy (Emergency Medical Technician) in London called Brian Kellett who blogs about his work. The site is called Random Acts of Reality:Trying to kill as few people as possible. He uses the pen name Tom Reynolds. Here is an excerpt from [...] Share on Facebook Topic: random  Nigel  July 23rd,2009 Swine flu pandemic 1:what do the words endemic,epidemic,and pandemic actually mean? [...] Share on Facebook Topic: random  Nigel  July 22nd,2009 Nicolas Valentin’s superb photo of a kitten ready for anything [...] Share on Facebook Topic: random  Nigel  July 15th,2009 People often talk as if there is just one environmental problem. Actually there are several,and improving one can damage another. [...] Share on Facebook Topic: random  Nigel  July 10th,2009 Drawn! the illustration and cartooning blog includes this short cartoon film Vice Versa by Jacques Khouri. It’s brief,it’s fun,it’s recommended. Actually the whole blog is fun. Share on [...] Share on Facebook Topic: random  Nigel  July 3rd,2009 Excerpt from blog “Campfire Writing:Why Stories are the Writer’s Elemental Tool”by David Masters [...] Share on Facebook Topic: random  Nigel  June 29th,2009 GSAL was the only school to have any tracks accepted for the commercial CD release ‘Roxy Music Revisited’. Two of their bands made it,winning out over pro and semi-pro bands from around the world. [...] Share on Facebook | monochrome and blueStuff about living with depression wet super computerRamblings about how our minds work How to commentClick 'Leave a comment' at the end of the article. Warning:if you include a web link in your comment the spam filter will probably grab it,and I may not realise it's genuine. (Currently 5-10 spam comments received a day). Site motto'Be gentle with everyone you meet,for we each have a hard battle to fight' Copyright infoIf you want to copy any article to a friend,no problem. If you want to make money out of it please check the 'copying articles' tab. Most photos are mine,but some are copyright by other people and used with permission - so check the 'photos' tab. |