I got up earlier this morning so I could go on the computer and send a couple of emails with photos, but just after I switched the kettle on for a cup of tea the power went off. The lodger hadn’t retrieved any bread from the freezer and I didn’t trust the yoghurt, so my breakfast [...]
Archive for April, 2008
Too dependent and nowhere to stop
Posted in home, tagged Ruapehu, Tongariro, New Zealand, electricity, views, roads, Ngauruhoe, rest areas on 29 April, 2008 | 1 Comment »
A humorous story
Posted in Uncategorized, tagged humour, student projects, times higher education on 18 April, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I just read a little article on the back of the latest Times Higher Education magazine which tickled my fancy. (There were no other interesting magazines around at the time I had coffee).
A psychology lecturer was walking along the coast in England when his bag of 140-odd first year student projects was snatched by the wind and [...]
Music in the workplace
Posted in music, work, tagged distraction, music, stress, work on 17 April, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I had a drum beat rhythm in my head and tapped it out on my desk at work. It was then I got thinking – “I wish I had a job which involved listening to music” and then thought “or even just allowed to listen to music at the workplace”. Just imagine how much more pleasant [...]
Mourning the trees
Posted in melancholy, tagged disappointment, trees on 14 April, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I’m not happy at all this morning at work. This morning there are men outside with chainsaws chopping down beautiful gum trees. I love gum trees – they remind me of Australia. I loathe the sound of chainsaws. One of the trees just came crashing down and my heart plummeted as if watching the death [...]
I’ve found another website
Posted in music on 6 April, 2008 | 6 Comments »
I started reading an interesting book called “Net, Blogs and Rock ‘n’ Roll” about digital music. It mentioned a couple of websites in the first chapter – www.allmusic.com and www.last.fm. I didn’t find the first website at all useful for music I searched for – it was decidedly lacking, but last.fm is brilliant! I’ve been [...]
The black dog nips at my heels
Posted in melancholy, work, tagged depression, moods, SAD on 1 April, 2008 | 1 Comment »
But he always lurks in the background – in the shadows so I don’t notice him. It coincides with the shortening days and the cooler, wetter weather signalling the beginning of the longest period of the year - from autumn to spring it’s basically winter – always cold and always wet. But of course it’s not [...]
