1003.08 WOMEN'S DAY

There's a lot of discussion both online and on TV about the fact that today is International Women's Day. Now I'm all for celebrating women, I think women are great (I even married one), I live in a predominantly female household (even the cat is a girl). What's got my goat is the fact that there is no balance. There is an International Men's Day in November but the UK and many other countries don't recognise it.

Why?

This, if you ask me is pure sexism, discrimination in it's purest form. Let's aim for a balanced and equal society and recognise men and the contribution they serve to society.

1003.06 *SNIFF SNIFF*

I have a cold and I feel awful, couldn't even manage to draw the cartoon I wanted. I have therefore used a vintage one. I've spent most of the evening asleep so I'm gonna finish the job and go to bed now. Hopefully I'll sweat it out.

**UPDATE** I have decided to design a range of 'generic' cartoons for times when there is nothing specific to illustrate. This one is a perfect example of a cartoon done before which is perfect for re-use. I have therefore tweeked it and updated it to my current design rules and reposted it. The old version remains below to show the minor changes made.

1003.05 RETURN OF THE BHAJI

Last night I went to my favourite (and conviniently located) Indian Takeaway for bhajis. It was closed all last week and I was worried that it'd never open again. At least something has turned out right.

My eldest daughter is about to choose her options, this is a big deal and whilst I realise (from personal experience) that you can change direction at any point in your life, this decision could shape her entire life.

14:40 - I started this morning with a sniffle, now I think I have a full blown cold. This weekend promises to be fun.

1003.03 GOOD CYCLING

It's turning out to be a good week for cycling for me. I finally managed to get out on the work bike clocking up almost 20 miles (that's on top of my usual mileage). It felt good to get back out.

I've been tinkering with my own bike this week, fitting new brake pads and trying to chase a few squeeks and rattles that have appeared of late.

The Cycle to Work scheme seems to be a non-starter. I guess without anyway to fund a new bike, I'm stuck with just the old one. I'm very disappointed with the powers above with this.

1003.03 G-SHOCK

Missed out on a watch, a nice g-shock that one of the guys at work was selling. Unfortunatly someone else already had first dibs. Story of my life.

1003.01 HAPPY ST. DAVID'S DAY

Happy St. David's Day to all my Welsh friends and to the people of Wales. Hope to see you soon.

1002.28 CYCLING STATS FOR FEBRUARY 10

Starting to get back into the swing of it again. Only commuting at the moment but progressing nicely. Rumours at work of a new Cycle to Work Scheme.

Best Distance (Daily)

= 11.72 miles (on the 25th)

Longest Time out of the saddle

= 4 days

1002.28 SOCIAL LIVES

Morticia has taken Rags, our youngest, to a party at a roller skating rink. It's feet up time!

It's sad when your children's social lives are better than your own.

1002.27 HOME FRONT

Getting kids sorted for drama, both off them are members of Kimberworth Youth Theatre and are performing in a play next month.

It's called 'On the Home Front' at Rotherham Arts Centre on 1003.11 and 12 (11-12th March).

I'm a very proud Dad.

Once I've dropped them off maybe I'll get a couple hours to relax so I can get over last week.

1002.26 MAD NIGHT

10:44 - Hmmmm, there's a nasty smell in our building today (fuel/gas), gonna go out incase it explodes.

22:22 - What a mad night! Glad it's done, time to go home. Once again I find myself working past my finish. Will I ever get a flyer? The only bonus is that it's the end of the working week and the end of a 60 hour week.

Roll on the weekend!

1002.23 MORE SNOW BUSINESS

It's snowing again, and once again I'm working. It's f-f-ffrreeeeezzing outthere! Luckily I've managed to procure a vehicle for the evening.

1002.22 SCROOGE METER

I just got an energy meter for free from my energy provider. It's interesting to see which appliances are energy hungry and which aren't. I find myself watching the numbers trying to get it as low as possible. I guess that's what it's all about.

1002.19 FOURSQUARE

I first checked into Foursquare on 1001.23

Meadowhall Sheffield - Buying a health grill. 10:18 AM

Since then I've been checking in like mad, collecting badges and adding venues. It's really addictive. I guess I need a new button for my website. The only thing that's missing is a decent app for Nokia, for the moment I'm using the mobile website to check in (not as good but still a usable option).

1002.12 MR C'S BIRTHDAY

13:31 - Gonna hoover up. What a rock and roll lifestyle I lead!

19:13 - Off out tonight with Mr C for his birthday, looks like we're off down into Rotherham town centre.

Just before I left the house tonight I had a frantic search around for the money I had withdrawn earlier only to find it in my back pocket. What a tosser! The bus journey into town reminded me of latter years as I was crammed in with the great unwashed of Rotherham.

It was a great night out, lots of reminising about old times. I guess that's what birthdays are all about.

We ended up in Snafu (Rotherham's premier rock bar) where there was a live band; "Shrine of the Monkey".

We staggered towards home, Mr C got in a taxi and I meandered across the park before landing back home, sometime around 2am I think.

1002.10 OLD BLOGS NEW THOUGHTS

I've been going through a lot of my older blog entries, the ones from the 1st 5 years or so. Most of them up to now are post blogger, the stuff I used to enter manually onto a webpage. I'm in the process of archiving them all into a Word document.

I've noticed my style change in a way I don't like. I used to blog short lines and long passages mixed. It all mashed up into an awesome read (for me anyway). I guess those short lines have migrated to Twitter.

I have decided to trawl my Twitter tweets from time to time and come up with blog entries (after reformatting). Hopefully I can recreate a golden age.