Life
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85. Going (True) North
It is nearly a year since I was up here. Then, work drew me up, leaving little time for socialising and getting to grips with the place I left well on six years ago. The primarily reason is purely social – a family that is about as close to family as could be for me… Continue reading
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82. Re: IMG-0416 (or The Secret Lives of Passwords, Revisited)
Cafelog’s post Re: IMG-0416, particularly the bits where he tried meaningful numbers, triggered a memory for me and led me down the path of furious searching till I found it. The article in question, The Secret Lives of Passwords, details Howard Lutnick’s (yes that Trump guy) attempts to rebuild Cantor Fitzgerald (CF) in the aftermath… Continue reading
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80. Slow Sundays
Victoria Place Shopping Centre – Out of This World Show We have somehow settled into a slow Sunday routine – settled being the operative word here as no overarching thought was given to it. The starting point is usually catching the 11.30am church service and then ambling through Victoria Place shopping Centre. S and F… Continue reading
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72. First Saturday of Summer
We spent the day – a mild and leisurely one – up in Birmingham, a return to the city for a second niece’s graduation. The main event was on Friday which left us to our own devices for today. To Cannon Hill Park we went, to take in its sights and sounds and get L… Continue reading
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71. The End of the Beginning
The last day of school before the summer break and the start of the new school year was a great time to pause and celebrate just how far L has come. She had to miss the first two months of the (reception) year, which left her struggling to make friends and connections in class. The… Continue reading
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56. On Becoming a Tactical Slacker
Someone, a Black-British celebrity/ intellectual of sorts, who I follow on Twitter posted a link to a substack article which hit far too close home. The article, I did no work for a year and no one noticed, delves into the crisis of meaning which is apparently endemic to corporate life and the author’s experience… Continue reading
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53. Collectivist v. Individualistic?
Of my X/Twitter follows, @eldivine tweeted something which caught my attention. Whilst I am not entirely sure I agree, there is a kernel of truth there. One could argue that it is the black tax writ large, with all its negative connotations. That does not account for things like the Igbo system of patronage in… Continue reading
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31. Life In A Song – Golden Motorcycle
I had a snippet of this song in the back of my mind, the “I got the gold motorcycle” part of the bridge being all my mind could grasp. Neither Spotify nor Gemini could help: the song it would appear is not on Spotify, whilst Gemini assumed I wanted it to generate a song for… Continue reading
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29. Of Language and Of Words.
Two conversations – one in person and one over on Bluesky (if that counts) – brought words and language to mind for me today. First off was a work conversation in which a Venezuelan expression, Donde ronca el tigre, no hay burro con reumatismo was used. The wider context was a work project which is… Continue reading
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26. Numbered Days
For the fourth time in a month and a bit, I have been reminded of death, and dying – particularly dying young and what those who survive are left to deal with. The first of these was listening in to a thanksgiving service for S, someone I had only loosely known from church over the… Continue reading
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