The names Bond, James Bond

Perhaps I am the only one, the only woman that is, that is excited by the prospect of the new James Bond movie.
I will admit that I am a bit of a fan of the books and the movies, I take them as a bit of light hearted entertainment, a journey into a world of [...]

A reminder

A matter of life and death

When can a job mean the differnce between life and death and you not even be there?
When you work for an ambulance service in a control room.
Let me explain. It is the kind of job where people call you for help, often they only way they can feel reassured is when someone tellsvthem [...]

If i ruled the world

It seems there is a certian type of person who likes horses.
The sort who wear Barbour jackets, tilley hats, green Wellington boots and jodpours come rain or shine.
More often than not they are short and dumpy leaving me feeling sorry for the poor horse.
Success to these people is measured by the lineage [...]

Looking for work..

No I haven’t been sacked, but I am looking for a new job.
My two weeks in Toronto (of which I shall tell you more in another post) have taught me something, not just that I needed a holiday, but that I need to spread my wings and get a new job, get a job [...]

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 [...]

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