Category: Random Wednesday

  • Preserving the Present

    The past is easy.  We’ve photographic archives, film archives, albums and boxes full of old snapshots to look through. Back in the day, photography was important and something to be treasured.  Now, every phone has a camera, every camera has an 8-gig memory card, and everything gets snapped, stored and forgotten. But…  How many computers today…

  • How to have a holiday with 5 kids – #RandomWednesday

    Plan Everything As I said on Twitter recently, with 5 kids you can’t do spontaneous.  You can make things appear to be spontaneous but there’s a lot of planning involved. Out recent holiday involved staying with friends and relatives in 4 different places across the country and at the Davy Crockett Ranch near Disneyland Paris.  I’ll…

  • #RandomWednesday – Ostrich-up.

    It’s like a cock-up only much, much bigger. Not proud of myself right now. In fact, I should be one of those things wiped out by household cleaners. I am a prick of the highest order. I have been attending parties with my wife for 21 years now and at each and every one I…