Category: What maketh the man
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When I started out as a planner I didn't really have a clue what I was doing. No planning director mentor type person, little time spent with planners as a distinctly average suite none of that. All I got was a a few (useful) APG courses, the generosity of planner blogs and the suspicion I'd never really…
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Some days are better than others, some days are worse. Most days are pretty much ordinary and slip by unnoticed. The first cup of tea is always the best, naturally made a little more special using a properly warmed pot Porridge for breakfast But jazzed up with some rhubard compote. Yes, it looks revolting…
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Good: The utterly brilliant Boardwalk Empire is only three episodes in Possible Singapore trip in March A week by the sea with wife and child just booked The inaugural 'Dad club' even happens this month (Dad's escape families for a night, drink beer) Someone else at work likes Prince Bad: I need a cup of…
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As funky pancake demonstrates I'm increasingly in awe of the heroism you find in everyday life, from the crushingly ordinary guitar band, long since given up on a career in music still playing pubs out of sheer love, to the checkout girl who never fails to smile. I love all that stuff about objects and…
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I love this. It makes me feel warm as a Dad. It reminds me of those days as a little boy, endlessly roleplaying the Star Wars films with the toys and figures, my little mates, making up our own plots, arguing over who got to be Han Solo etc. http://www.youtube.com/e/R55e-uHQna0 Reminds me that sometimes, the…
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Don't get me wrong, I like hard working people, or at least the ones that show a commitment and passion. If there's one thing that typifies successful planners, they seem to work harder than most people. But I don't think that necessarily means consistent long hours – that's for another kind of hard worker -the martyr who does…
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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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I'm not bad at cooking, I'm not amazing either. Most of my stuff never looks particularly beautiful, but I know how to make things taste good. And that doesn't really come from recipe books, it doesn't come from being dictated to by Gordon Ramsay, it certainly doesn't come from following crap rules like never…
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Susannah York died last week. She was a something of an icon in the 1960's with roles in important films like They Shoot Horses Don't they? and A Man for All Seasons (one of my favourite plays incidentally). She'd be mortified to know that what I best remember her for is Superman. But it came out…
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Work related stuff pulled me over the pennines to Manchester for the first time since I left TBWA. Despite the fact it was, predictably, raining, I realised I quite missed it. There's an wry, upbeat realism you don't get anywhere else, especially Yorkshire that basks in it's plain-speaking dourness a little too much at times. But then…
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