Life at the touch of a button?

I am a gadget fan. I won’t deny it, when it comes to the latest gadget I usually want to get my hands on it even if it’s just to play.
So it was no surprise when yesterday I went into my local Apple store for a browse to walk out with a new iPod Touch.
Now [...]

It’s broke so we have to fix it.

The former Chief Inspector of Prisons, Lord Ramsbottom today voiced his concerns over the building of three new prisons in England in an attempt to cope with the rapidly increasing prison population.
On GMTV’s The Sunday Programme, Lord Ramsbottom commented that rather than seeing more prisons being built we need to establish the exact cost of [...]

Reflection

They say the art of the diarist is dead. No longer to people write diaries about the things happening in the world around them and no longer do they feel it relevant to reflect on their day.
But if the diary is dead then answer me this, what am I doing here? Am I not reflecting [...]

The solution to the question?

We are all in search of the meaning of life and we all think it has one answer.
But today while attending my weekly Quaker meeting, I realised something for the first time. There is no one meaning, the meaning of life is individual to each one of us.
We all have our own take on life [...]

I don’t understand it.

I have decided to give American Football refereeing a go.
When I embarked on my soccer referees career five years ago, I will admit that I was a typical player who didn’t actually understand the laws of the game, I thought I did, but until I sat down and took the course I realised that I [...]

There must be more to life than essays

I enjoy my graduate teaching course, I’m learning something new all the time, but there is one thing I hate. The essays.
I have always struggled with essays from when I was young right the way through university and even until today, where I am as we speak supposed to be writing a 2,000 word essay [...]

Silence is golden

I have never considered myself a religious person. I went to a Catholic school when I was a child and even attended the weekly mass, but I never really believed in the noise of it all, it always seemed like a faff to me.
Over time this led me to believe that I didn’t actually believe [...]

Education is free…as long as you can afford it.

Since January 07 I have been taking a postgraduate course in teaching for the over 16 sector. It’s a course I have enjoyed immensely and while I was a little nervous at the thought of going into teaching at the start I have realised that it is something I want to do and continue to [...]

I had a dream

There are many things in life I dislike, and cleaning and tidying the house is one of them.
But last night I actually had a dream that for the first time since we moved in myself and my partner we looking at a tidy house. No clutter, no worrying about tripping over objects, but a nice [...]

What I don’t understand is…

There are many things in life I don’t understand, men being one of them, but American Football being another.
I have tried to get to grips with the sport by watching the NFL and the NCAA matches, but I still don’t get it. All I can see is Rugby League with padding and forward passing.
Basketball I [...]