Observations

09.08.2007 Observations

Clearing my mind for the day with an early morning run (with Wild Boar)

I’m staying in the EuropÃ¤ische Akademie Berlin, in the middle of the grand villas of Grunewald in western Berlin. An additional advantage is the huge forest to the south west of here, towards Wannsee. I’ve just returned from a 40

22.07.2007 Observations

Escaping the city for 3 weeks

The last few weeks have been manic – far too much to do in the office, and all the preparation for eventually starting as a freelance website designer in the autumn. It’s all very exciting, but tiring too, and blogging

29.05.2007 Observations

Bananas and God

So the banana is the best example of intelligent design? Well, there’s a bit of a debate about that at YouTube. This is the original video: And this is a hilarious riposte to it (wait for the pineapple) Thanks to

18.05.2007 Observations

Exciting changes – freelance work beckons

This blog has been a bit silent over the last week, but that does not mean that life has been quiet. In fact it has been one of the most vital weeks for me in recent times – I have

08.04.2007 Observations

Hastings, The Stade

A long weekend, no travel to faraway places, so what better than the take Victor the Streetcar (yes, their cars do have names) and head off to the South Coast – Eastbourne for some inline skating, Bexhill for a potter

02.04.2007 Observations

So the employers are out there…

There’s been a bit of debate in the last week about how a French industrial tribunal found in favour of blogger ‘petite anglaise’ – Catherine Sanderson – who had been writing abour work matters under a pseudonym. She writes about

22.03.2007 Observations

Skiing in Åre, hence little blogging

I’m away from everything for a week, skiing in Åre in Jämtland in norther Sweden. It’s the first full week of leave I have taken for ages and it’s excellent to be able to get away for a while. The

18.03.2007 Observations

Lim-Erik and his Babblande son

I’ve known Erik Boman, the political secretary of the Solna Social Democrats, for a while know. He was at the Congress party last night, promoting the blog written by his 11 year old son Gustaf – entitled Babblande Boman. Erik

13.03.2007 Observations

World Cup underway

Don’t worry, this is not going to turn into a blog about sport. But cricket is a great British institution, especially when you’re listening to Test Match Special on Radio 4 or 5 Live. With 6 weeks of cricket ahead

04.02.2007 Observations

Daily frustrations: the bank

OK, so this might be a bit of a petty blog entry, but I want to have a rant about that most simple of everyday tasks: going to the bank. I do most of my banking online so manage to

01.02.2007 Observations

Doing everything a bit, helping all the people I can, but doing nothing well

I’m feeling really quite stuck at the moment. It seems that I am doing everything a bit, but nothing really to my satisfaction. I’m trying to carry on doing a full time job, go to weekly Swedish and Italian lessons,

14.01.2007 Observations

The only other federalist in my family is not doing well – my thoughts are with him

There are not too many readers of this blog that will know Stanley Handcock, my great uncle. Some of the people who attended the Strasbourg Congress of JEF in October 2005 might recall that he was the unknown federalist I