Category: A History of Me in 100 Objects
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Object 7 in the The List is this pair of Howies Jeans. Selvedge Bryson to be precise. I bought them about 5 years ago and still wear them every other day. This is partly down to lack of imagination and mostly because they fit like a glove. Jeans are a funny thing, finding ones that really fit well is hard…
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Next in the pointless history of me in 100 objects is this: I'm something of a purist when it comes to tea – always made in a warmed pot, pou r the milk in the mug first etc. I'm also pretty loyal to my beloved Yorkshire Tea. But my Grandmother, who instilled much of this ritualistic…
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So the latest in My History through 100 Objects are trainers bought in around 1990, sadly long demised. Apart from a, now sorted, wobble over sweat shops etc I have an irrational love for this brand. Not as a strategist mind, but as an emotionally driven human being. In fact, locically, all planners should be…
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I've been spoiled recently, manging to dodge staying away from home too much. So I'm out of practice at the kind of military precision required to pack for a couple of days away in 10 minutes – you know, big project, finishing in the small hours, getting up at the crack of dawn, that kind of thing. So it was with…
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For a little while I owned a second hand Alfa Romeo. It was a wonderfully frustrating little bastard – lovely drive, sexy etc, but you knew it's reliability was as trustworthy as a National Enquirer headline. Alfa owners say that's part if the experience but I was never one for masochism. To be honest,…
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So this is next on the list. In case you don't know, you can a pen instead of a mouse, a pad and software to stick your handwriting on documents and stuff. It's not earth shattering, but after suffering death by powerpoint a zillion times I refuse to put others through it and this looks…
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Next on the list is this: First decent album I ever bought and the start of an enduring love affair with the diminutive little musical imp. You can call him a wierdo, you can call him a self absorbed fool and you would probably be right. You can even claim he hasn't done anything really…
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Obvious one really if you follow this blog with any resemblance of regularity. These particular Speedos are the ones I'm using now. Most people couldn't give a monkey's about what they wear to swim in but not me, it matters (most blokes I mean, if you've ever been with a woman shopping for a bikini…
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In recent history, the average British male needed only two things when he left the house; wallet and keys. Latter days have seen the phone added to the list, but still, the wallet is important. For the average bloke, a simple, thin leather wallet suffices to store his cash, cards and other bits and bobs.…
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I got the book of A History of the World in 100 objects for Christmas (you should listen to some of the broadcasts here). As is explained in Daniel Miller's the Comfort of Things 'things' are much more than 'objects', they serve as a repository for our memories and experiences, helping is construct our identity…
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