Not just because its the year of my birth  (1973) which is a prime number its self, but because 73 is awesome.Here is some data from WikipediaBut in short: 73 is a prime number.  The 21st prime number.  7*3 =  21. If you swap the numbers around it becomes 37 which is also a prime … More 73 *is* the best number.

So the adventure is finally beginning!  I booked my tickets and will be leaving the UK on the 1st April. First stop: Buenos Aires.  One of my oldest friends is currently living there with his lovely wife and it is his 40th Birthday on April 5th so it just seemed so appropriate to start my trip … More April Fools Day

how sad that I can get so excited by such a silly thing.   However, it doesn’t make it any less true.  I bought a bag and I am very excited by this. 🙂 You see; its not just any bag.  This is my travel bag  The bag that is going to cradle my belongings … More I bought a bag!

So last week I was potentially spiralling into a malaise that would see me sitting in front of the TV watching endless episodes of Star Trek TNG or Big Bang Theory whilst desperately trying not to think about the money I was spending whilst doing nothing. So, I guess this just goes to prove that … More Head down – keeping busy – plodding on

So I’ve been off work for 3 months now – and I finally think I am starting to go mad. Not mad; ‘need to kill someone’ or mad; ‘ I’ve got to go to work’ or even mad; ‘I’ve started to talk to myself’.  More like mad; ‘I really need something more to do than … More It would appear that 3 months is my tipping point.

329 is always my first choice.  8/10 times I get it.  If not, then 327 (to the left) or 331 (to the right) are my next choice.  Never 330 (below). It seems that in some ways I am a creature of habit though this only really occurred to me recently when realising my strange habit … More Always number 329..

Happiness or Meaning? So I can across an article the other day (on twitter via @lopo5) which was titled ‘There is more to life than being Happy‘ and I would really recommend you spare a moment to read it. The gist is:  striving for Happiness is short term and too easily effected or achieved by things … More Ramblings indeed…

Hardly anything goes exactly to plan, especially when part of that plan relies on a property sale in the UK. So, Kate’s buyer for her flat dropped out last week which puts us back a couple of months and means we have to start the whole process again. Which Sucks. It sucks because it delays … More Small postponement…

No, this isn’t a New Years resolution, its just part of my year out project.    Its time to get fit (ish) again.  Time to starting living a little better.  Time to start looking thinking about what I eat. Time to start being more active, and time to start thinking about some goals for my … More Changing my lifestyle

So we’re dog sitting at the moment for +Kate Fairchild ‘s sister –  a chocolate brown 3 year old Labrador called Jasper – and much to my surprise I am loving it.   It has its down sides to be sure (smelling of dog, slobber and drool, having to pick up his shit and his tendency to roll in other animals … More Its a dogs life (for life)