Well, another year nearly over. I know we say this each year but this year really has flown!
I hope it has been a successful one for you all, we have certainly enjoyed blogging for you for the past 12 months.
Have a very Merry Christmas & Happy New Year
See you in January!!
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Tuesday, 23 December 2008
Monday, 15 December 2008
The Best Man Won!
Well, this may be an unpopular blog today, especially as I write it from an office in Nottingham but I for one am delighted that Chris Hoy won sports personality, and what’s more deserved it the most, except for maybe, Ben Ainslie.
I know Lewis Hamilton did exceptionally well this year, winning his first world title, Becky did incredibly well with 2 Olympic gold medals– Chris on the other hand has won 4 gold and one silver medal throughout an 8 year period...and four of those medals were in different events. Also prior to that he has been World Champion, and World Cup Champion a number of times over – you may not know that because he pedals a bike rather than kicks a football! This was a celebration of his career not just his Olympics.
There has been mixed reaction to his win, but I think the cycling team thoroughly deserve their success, this is a culmination of years of hard work and training, and being the anonymous best in the world at what they do. Their success wasn’t a surprise to those who were in the know – they’ve been top of the world for the past few years, and it’s about time they got some recognition.
It was a tough year, and I think in any other year, they all could’ve won. But I don’t doubt that Lewis will be back again, after becoming the youngest driver to win back to back world championships, and likewise we won’t have seen the last of Becky...only 1319 days to go to 2012!!
Ruth
I know Lewis Hamilton did exceptionally well this year, winning his first world title, Becky did incredibly well with 2 Olympic gold medals– Chris on the other hand has won 4 gold and one silver medal throughout an 8 year period...and four of those medals were in different events. Also prior to that he has been World Champion, and World Cup Champion a number of times over – you may not know that because he pedals a bike rather than kicks a football! This was a celebration of his career not just his Olympics.
There has been mixed reaction to his win, but I think the cycling team thoroughly deserve their success, this is a culmination of years of hard work and training, and being the anonymous best in the world at what they do. Their success wasn’t a surprise to those who were in the know – they’ve been top of the world for the past few years, and it’s about time they got some recognition.
It was a tough year, and I think in any other year, they all could’ve won. But I don’t doubt that Lewis will be back again, after becoming the youngest driver to win back to back world championships, and likewise we won’t have seen the last of Becky...only 1319 days to go to 2012!!
Ruth
Thursday, 11 December 2008
A critique of mince pies...
It’s nice that Christmas allows us to indulge... and by indulge I mean scoff an inconceivable amount of mince pies.
So to me the best mince pie has to have the correct ratio of mincey goodness to tasty pastry. The pastry has to be buttery but not oily or do that fetching thing of falling all over your face whilst running in and out of the office. Also the filling has to be just the right level of cinnamon or it can feel like you’ve emptied out the quantity of a mixed spice sachet into your mouth. (These are crucial factors one must take on board if one is to perform an impartial study.)
Size is also a factor. It’s not particularly satisfying to gobble down miniature mincey pies but then again you can pretend the scoffing was in fact sin-free.
However there is some justification in the size of a larger mince pie as there is less pastry surface area and you can delude yourself that the sugary currents were in fact one of your five a day.
It is tricky. Luckily this research can remain on-going, at least until the end of December or I make myself ill on mincey pies... whichever comes first.
Next week: Christmas pudding analysis
Cat
So to me the best mince pie has to have the correct ratio of mincey goodness to tasty pastry. The pastry has to be buttery but not oily or do that fetching thing of falling all over your face whilst running in and out of the office. Also the filling has to be just the right level of cinnamon or it can feel like you’ve emptied out the quantity of a mixed spice sachet into your mouth. (These are crucial factors one must take on board if one is to perform an impartial study.)
Size is also a factor. It’s not particularly satisfying to gobble down miniature mincey pies but then again you can pretend the scoffing was in fact sin-free.
However there is some justification in the size of a larger mince pie as there is less pastry surface area and you can delude yourself that the sugary currents were in fact one of your five a day.
It is tricky. Luckily this research can remain on-going, at least until the end of December or I make myself ill on mincey pies... whichever comes first.
Next week: Christmas pudding analysis
Cat
Tuesday, 9 December 2008
How to Making Smoking Cooler by G. Brown
I don’t mean to sound cynical - and remember that I am an adamant anti smoker, no one was more pleased than me when the smoking ban came in 18 months ago - BUT by hiding cigarettes & tobacco products under shop counters will surely only make smoking seem ‘cooler’ and more ‘underground’ to rebel teenagers than ever before.
I know when I was at school; the smokers were those who were deliberately trying to be rebellious and bad, by doing something illegal rather than being attracted by the pretty colours on the boxes displayed so prominently on shop counters. Surely today’s teenagers are even more streetwise than they were 10-15 or so years ago, and if smoking, or getting hold of cigarettes, is more of a challenge and therefore naughtier than before, teens are just as likely to start/continue smoking!
I think it is a rather naive strategy...but we’ll see!
Ruth
I know when I was at school; the smokers were those who were deliberately trying to be rebellious and bad, by doing something illegal rather than being attracted by the pretty colours on the boxes displayed so prominently on shop counters. Surely today’s teenagers are even more streetwise than they were 10-15 or so years ago, and if smoking, or getting hold of cigarettes, is more of a challenge and therefore naughtier than before, teens are just as likely to start/continue smoking!
I think it is a rather naive strategy...but we’ll see!
Ruth
Monday, 8 December 2008
Panto Fantastic
I had the pleasure of going to the opening night of Nottingham Playhouse's pantomine last weekend. Kenneth Alan Taylor is back for the 25th successive year, donning his dresses, wigs and heels as the ever popular Widow Twanky.
I haven't been to a panto since for about 15 years, and I wasn't sure what I'd make of it...but it was absolutely brilliant!
From the dancing penguins, the 'en masse' Time Warp (just one more time Kenneth!!)
it was a laugh fest from beginning to end. Mr Taylor kept the cast on their feet, adlibbing as only a pantomine great can do, he had the audience (and his players) in stitches.
My personal favourite bit though, had to be the tribute to the other famouse Nottinghamians celebrating their 25 year anniversary, Torvill & Dean's Bolero...absolute genuis!
If you don't have tickets yet, I would highly recommend it. Be it with children, parents, partners or a girly night out - its a great Nottingham night out
Ruth
I haven't been to a panto since for about 15 years, and I wasn't sure what I'd make of it...but it was absolutely brilliant!
From the dancing penguins, the 'en masse' Time Warp (just one more time Kenneth!!)
it was a laugh fest from beginning to end. Mr Taylor kept the cast on their feet, adlibbing as only a pantomine great can do, he had the audience (and his players) in stitches.
My personal favourite bit though, had to be the tribute to the other famouse Nottinghamians celebrating their 25 year anniversary, Torvill & Dean's Bolero...absolute genuis!
If you don't have tickets yet, I would highly recommend it. Be it with children, parents, partners or a girly night out - its a great Nottingham night out
Ruth
Wednesday, 3 December 2008
Christmas is looming.
It has only just lurched into December and it’s time for the annual 25 days of non-stop Christmas-themed paraphernalia and we should all be revelling in it (or at least that’s what the Powers That Be are telling us!)
The Christmas decorations are already up in the shops and city centres are rivalling Las Vegas for the levels of light pollution!
Christmas is the time of year when everyone looks forward to that day when they can eat as much turkey as possible, open presents and will then all collapse round the telly to fall asleep whilst watching the Christmas afternoon film (trying desperately to dodge the Queen’s Christmas speech!)
It’s a shame though that there is really only one day when we can smile at people in the street and say hello and generally be polite to one another without looking like we’ve escaped from a psychiatric ward.
Rather than just the Christmas decorations being strung up excessively early and Mariah Carey’s familiar warble of “All I want for Christmas is you” reappearing on radio stations what might be a bit better is if everyone embraced what Christmas was really about; that old-fashioned notion of Christmas cheer and being just that little bit friendlier and dishing out good will to their fellow man (and woman!)
Cat
The Christmas decorations are already up in the shops and city centres are rivalling Las Vegas for the levels of light pollution!
Christmas is the time of year when everyone looks forward to that day when they can eat as much turkey as possible, open presents and will then all collapse round the telly to fall asleep whilst watching the Christmas afternoon film (trying desperately to dodge the Queen’s Christmas speech!)
It’s a shame though that there is really only one day when we can smile at people in the street and say hello and generally be polite to one another without looking like we’ve escaped from a psychiatric ward.
Rather than just the Christmas decorations being strung up excessively early and Mariah Carey’s familiar warble of “All I want for Christmas is you” reappearing on radio stations what might be a bit better is if everyone embraced what Christmas was really about; that old-fashioned notion of Christmas cheer and being just that little bit friendlier and dishing out good will to their fellow man (and woman!)
Cat
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