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  • Coca Cola Truck & “Willful Ignorance”

    So the red truck – “holidays are coming…” is a marketing campaign. A marketing campaign by an unethical, tax avoiding, American corporation. Basically, the aim of the campaign from the beginning was to get people to associate coke with Christmas.   They’ve obviously done this quite successfully; and people, who don’t ‘overthink’ it, seemed to…

  • 30 days of gratitude 12 & 13

    Yesterday I was grateful for not working outside, and keeping warm in doors Today I am grateful for my nice cup of tea, which tastes amazing after being ill all night

  • How to ‘start back at the gym’ in January and not be a bellend

    Sorry to be cynical, but writing is how I let off a bit of steam etc. I know people could be doing worse things…maybe; depends where you grade narcissism in the whole scale of ‘worse things’. I can’t help but notice how many nice and normal, yet slightly overweight people start going to the gym…

  • 30 Days of Gratitude 8,9, 10 & 11

    Day 8 – hmm, I was grateful for Ted, Ted the dog. Day 9 – I was grateful for not working the weekends, and the opportunity to be lazy and have a snooze Day 10 – I was grateful for my manager being cool Small act of kindness – letting someone ‘in’ when driving to…

  • 30 days of Gratitude Days 5, 6 and 7

    Day 5 I was grateful for my car. I was pretty miserable when I lived in London and had to get 2 buses to work. Day 6 I was grateful for a warm office, as opposed to a freezing cold building site Day 7 Today I was grateful for my wages!

  • 30 Days of Gratitude Day 4

    Today I am grateful for central heating and my fire, since it is freezing outside. I’m also grateful for my house in general and it’s ability to keep me warm and relatively safe from my council estate neighbours. Small act of kindness – gave someone my nut-bar (9 bar to be precise – http://www.9bar.com)

  • FaceBook Banned me for Reporting a Dog-Fighting Page

    …and a gang fight that featured a knife  

  • 30 Days of Gratitude Day 3

    Today I am grateful for my wife. She makes great dinners. I don’t think I’ve actually done a ‘small act of kindness’ today.  Will have to do 2 tomorrow.

  • 30 days of Gratitude Day 2

    Today I am grateful for – Having food “on tap”. i.e. never having to worry about where my next meal is coming from. Small act of kindness – making the wife a cuppa

  • 30 days of gratitude & SAK Day 1

    cheesey blogger challenge that I set myself Gratitude – grateful that I don’t have to work at the weekends Small Act of Kindness – letting someone pull out while driving back from the gym Mindfulness – Eating my corn beef hash Wife: Gratitude – health