Posts from ‘April, 2007’

I just took some time to add the last four books I read to my excel spreadsheet which keeps track of my reading. And then I updated the Books in 2007 page over in the side bar (it seems that this template doesn’t like that page but I hope as it is it’s just [...]

I have got, got, got, got, got, got, GOT to get back on board the diet train.
Although it must be said that on three of the previous five days I have wheeled myself a substantial long distance in my manual chair!
And one of those days was in my Quickie which currently only has one [...]

Google is just going to love this post. I can tell and I haven’t even written it yet.
On Saturday my friend Sam and I went to London. We had lunch in Planet Hollywood which was something of an experience given that we had to go in about four different lifts and all through [...]

So yesterday I had masses and masses of fun (which will be described in an entry dedicated to it tomorrow) and then ended the day by breaking my wheelchair.
Picture this: me and my friend Sam in the middle of London right by Marble Arch. It’s about six pm it’s hugely hot and we’re [...]

This is my new Tattoo which I had done today. It’s my first and despite the words of Klunky (the guy who did it and who assures me that I will want more) I don’t feel any great desire to get more. I wasn’t put off getting more but I didn’t leave all [...]

In steam engine terms from the olden days my new powerchair (the Jazzy) would be known as a 2-2-2 engine. Because it has six wheels but they don’t all help to drive it. A steam train/wheelchair like a manual where all four wheels do the work is known as a 0-4-0 engine.
Bet you [...]

I’ve spent a lot of time yesterday and today wondering about whether or not it is better to know when it comes to certain things.
In terms of my medical history, I know that I was born six weeks early. I know that I spent some time in the SCBU and that I [...]

Happy Easter!
I like Easter, I find it so much easier to cope with than Christmas. In part because of the weather I think but also in part because to me it isn’t such a big deal with huge expectations from society about the need to be happy and enjoy ourselves.
I am happy today. [...]

“If we could first learn where we are
and where we are going,
we would be better able
to judge what to do and how to do it.”
~Abraham Lincoln
If we don’t change our direction,
we’ll wind up where we are headed.
~Chinese expression
When you educate a boy,
you educate an individual,
but when you educate a girl,
you educate a community.
~African proverb
When Spider [...]

Well, I wasn’t planning on updating today. But then I logged in to moderate a couple of comments. And the first thing I saw on my site was a picture of my boobs. Yes, they are covered by a top but it’s a form fitting top and all I could think when [...]