yes the bloody French - the real reason they didn't want to get involved with Iraq is they could see it would interfere with the August holidays - well the Odtaa Files are going to close down until sometime in September - probably later - as after the holiday I'll be house sitting for the last week of the Edinburgh festival and then another Continue Reading

Old, decrepit - mind going - arghhh. I've been down - I am finding it hard to sort myself out. OK the government pays me some money not to teach - they call it a retirement pension. I sort of feel that I should be trying to get work when at the back of my mind - I don't want to - its only stupid commitments that hold me back. I really get Continue Reading

Last night was the last time I will ever teach IT. I allowed myself to get talked into doing a one off Excel course - which was for a mixture of basic and advanced users. The basic users all gave me very high gradings - the advanced all moaned. It took me over a day to prepare for the course - as - with a one off course you have to prepare Continue Reading