Nothing would make me happier than waking to the news of a total collapse of Starbucks around the globe, brought to its knees and leaving scarred retail space from which could spring a million different types of coffee-shops each doing things their own way and giving us back our stolen freedom to choose…
Lifestyle
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Feb 07
Feb 07
Watch Yourself (Part II)
Since that fateful day in the 80′s when the ZX81 moved in I’ve stumbled through a couple of decades of technology consumption, leaving a dusty trail of discarded beige computer casings and screens in my wake…towards…I dunno…just the next funky little box I guess. Whatever ‘They’ come up with next for me to use, consume and discard. I’m probably a little more addicted to gadgets than the average bear, but I doubt this pattern is too different to most. Looking back, the most interesting and disturbing feature of this acquisition and disposal cycle is that I’ve rarely needed (not wanted – I’m addicted, remember) any of this shit until it’s hit the store shelves. But the point is, I’m a Technology Victim – and I doubt I’m alone.
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Feb 07
Feb 07
Waking Life
I was going to continue and complete ‘Watch Yourself (Part I)’ but I can’t quite get my thoughts off some irritating crap I’m going through at the moment. Insomnia has paid a visit and is overstaying its welcome. The word itself sits a touch uncomfortably with me. Insomnia. Insomniac. There’s a slightly deranged sound to it when you say it out loud (or repeat it over and over in your head).
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Feb 07
Feb 07
It may seem like witchcraft but it works…
So trusting the wise, professional judgement of my peer, I decided to try it, and was blown away by the results. Cranial osteopathy to me feels like witchcraft. To say that the manipulation they use is gentle is an over-statement. The movements they make are so subtle that at times, it feels like they aren’t doing anything aside from gently prodding you in the tailbone. But that gentle prodding is amazingly effective, as on emerging from the clinic you can feel how those knots of tension have evaporated, and that your body’s alignment has been restored. It is a very gentle technique but incredibly powerful in its results.
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Jan 07
Jan 07
New year food resolution (revolution?)
Hands up those of you northern hemisphere residents that gaily filled your champagne flutes with strawberries over the silly season (I did). Well whilst we can’t necessarily be expected to do the right thing all of the time, and certain allowances can be made for those special occasions such as xmas and new year, we should all feel the littlest bit guilty.