Struggled through a bowl of porridge and raspberries on a slight head this morning on the back of a great The Secret Millionaire last night. There's something about that programme that just presses all the right buttons for me.
Struggled too through 40 lengths of the Antrim pool again this morning. The bordem is almost crippling. Doesn't seem to help even if I race those that I think are trying to pass me (oblivious to the fact that they are in fact in a race with me).
Met John Sharkey for lunch a Consultant Workplace Psychiatrist. Interesting guy.
Just ordered a pizza in for the evening in the hope that I can get loads of work done before heading home for 9p.m..It was delivered by a guy in an old VW Campa van at such a speed that I thought it was going to come flying through the main set of glass doors at the front of the building. Guess I should trust German brakes far more than I do.
Staff all brilliant again as usual.
Sunday, 29 March 2009
Day 20 29 March 09 - Of dates, dogs and boat racing
Spent much of today hosting friends at the house including those who came round with dogs, those who came round to watch the boat race and those who just came round.
Turns out it's my Dad's 20th wedding anniversary of when he met his second wife Sheila. Was it really 20 years ago that he left the house with the family dog to meet her with her dog for a walk around Edgbaston Reservoir armed with a few strong opening lines and a poopa scoopa?
Did some work this morning on the company Facebook page. This may be a great thing we're doing or a complete waste of time. Time itself will give us the answer no doubt.
Still reading Pay it Forward. Keen to finish it if only to start reading something else. Trying to finish up quickly so as to get home and watch The Secret Millionaire.
Turns out it's my Dad's 20th wedding anniversary of when he met his second wife Sheila. Was it really 20 years ago that he left the house with the family dog to meet her with her dog for a walk around Edgbaston Reservoir armed with a few strong opening lines and a poopa scoopa?
Did some work this morning on the company Facebook page. This may be a great thing we're doing or a complete waste of time. Time itself will give us the answer no doubt.
Still reading Pay it Forward. Keen to finish it if only to start reading something else. Trying to finish up quickly so as to get home and watch The Secret Millionaire.
Saturday, 28 March 2009
Day 19 28 March 09 - Of tea coffee and a good beating
Went to see the Bronson movie last night. Wow! Its in your face stuff. You leave feeling you've survived a damn good beating yourself. This film doesn't glamourise violence or criminals. It just makes you feel grateful that you're not like him even to the smallest degree. Hardy as Bronson is quite brilliant mixing agro and humour masterfully.
The telesales training went well yesterday but there's loads to do before everyone will feel ready to get on the phones to clients. I feel a long weekend coming on.
Planning a business trop to Poland next month which should be interesting. Last time I was there it was the time of Solidarnosc, Lech Walesa and an awful lot of queueing for anything and nothing. Guess it's changed a bit. One of our party was caught changing money on the black market. We bribed the local policeman with a large jar of coffee to forget the whole shameful episode.
Time for a cup of tea...
The telesales training went well yesterday but there's loads to do before everyone will feel ready to get on the phones to clients. I feel a long weekend coming on.
Planning a business trop to Poland next month which should be interesting. Last time I was there it was the time of Solidarnosc, Lech Walesa and an awful lot of queueing for anything and nothing. Guess it's changed a bit. One of our party was caught changing money on the black market. We bribed the local policeman with a large jar of coffee to forget the whole shameful episode.
Time for a cup of tea...
Thursday, 26 March 2009
Day 18 27 March 09 - Of spinning webcams & business minds
Came in early today to get some work done before a half hours swim and attending a full day's sales training seminar.
As a company we now have a web cam, Skype, an entry in Wikipaedia, a Facebook page (launching tomorrow courtesy of my nephew) a Twitter deck and a blog oh and a web site. It's all a bit disorientating but an interesting experiment. I had my first comment on my blog from an unknown person last week. (It took me a week to discover it!). How he found me I don't know.
Meeting Nikki and Michael from The Streat to brain storm next week. Still trying to work out what our two businesses have in common but nothing strikes me at the moment.
Onwards!
As a company we now have a web cam, Skype, an entry in Wikipaedia, a Facebook page (launching tomorrow courtesy of my nephew) a Twitter deck and a blog oh and a web site. It's all a bit disorientating but an interesting experiment. I had my first comment on my blog from an unknown person last week. (It took me a week to discover it!). How he found me I don't know.
Meeting Nikki and Michael from The Streat to brain storm next week. Still trying to work out what our two businesses have in common but nothing strikes me at the moment.
Onwards!
Day 17 26 March 09
Met a businessman last night at The Culloden. Made him an offer he can't refuse which I think he is in fact going to refuse. We'll see.
The general consensus of opinion seems to be that the Legal-Island/Belfast Telegraph Annual HR Conference yesterday was a huge success. There's certainly been loads of coverage of it in the BT today.
Elaime McCann was in today taking care of some HR issues for us. The woman's on fire at the moment and that's just after her third child!
Started reading Pay it Forward. This has promise and I may even check out from work today early to get home to it.
The general consensus of opinion seems to be that the Legal-Island/Belfast Telegraph Annual HR Conference yesterday was a huge success. There's certainly been loads of coverage of it in the BT today.
Elaime McCann was in today taking care of some HR issues for us. The woman's on fire at the moment and that's just after her third child!
Started reading Pay it Forward. This has promise and I may even check out from work today early to get home to it.
Wednesday, 25 March 2009
Day 16 25 March 09
Currently Blogging from the Interent Cafe at the Europa Bus Station. I think I'm getting old. I'm so irritated by the adverts on the commercial radio blasting out that it's all I can do to stay here at the keyboard. At least in the car you can listen to Cool Fm until the adverts come on then switch for more music somewhere else.
Attended the Legal-Island/Belfast Telegraph Annual Human Resources Conference today. It looked good with a healthy enough attendance bearing in mind the current econmic climate. The speakers did well includingt Peter McBride who was on fire.
Finished "The Tipping Point" last night. Must say I'm really disappointed by it. It started with so much promise but fell flat by midway through. The chapter with Sesame street as a case example was particularly hard going. When reading it I couldn't help but be transported back to December 1999 at Ashford Castle, Ireland. We'd checked in for a Christmas break and one of the guests was going round to everyone with his arm up a puppet's arse shouting "Big Bird Big Bird" to everyone. A few seemed amused. Other were polite enough to fake amusement while increasing numbers, as the break went on, became more and more irritated. Come Christmas Day he was still at it and he was lucky not to end up head first either up his own bird or the huge one of the dining table. Afterwards someone told us he was the man from Seasame Street and we faked interest.
Attended the Legal-Island/Belfast Telegraph Annual Human Resources Conference today. It looked good with a healthy enough attendance bearing in mind the current econmic climate. The speakers did well includingt Peter McBride who was on fire.
Finished "The Tipping Point" last night. Must say I'm really disappointed by it. It started with so much promise but fell flat by midway through. The chapter with Sesame street as a case example was particularly hard going. When reading it I couldn't help but be transported back to December 1999 at Ashford Castle, Ireland. We'd checked in for a Christmas break and one of the guests was going round to everyone with his arm up a puppet's arse shouting "Big Bird Big Bird" to everyone. A few seemed amused. Other were polite enough to fake amusement while increasing numbers, as the break went on, became more and more irritated. Come Christmas Day he was still at it and he was lucky not to end up head first either up his own bird or the huge one of the dining table. Afterwards someone told us he was the man from Seasame Street and we faked interest.
Tuesday, 24 March 2009
Day 15 24 March 09
Swam 20 lengths last night. Finding this exercise increasingly difficult. Boredom strikes much earlier than it ever used to. Also, if you go to the pool anywhere near closing time you can't access half the facilities you need because the life guards are already cleaning & packing up to get away. You can't get in the male only showers, access to your lockers is impeded by yellow plastic gates dotted everywhere marked "Cleaning in Progress" and if you're not careful your feet at least will get a good hose down as they stroll by with an over zealous hosepipe. Right that's my Victor Mildrew rant out the way. Feel much better.
It seems it's Sir Alan's birthday today. Happy Birthday Sir Alan if you're following. He's 62 and far too old to go on his own show as a Candidate. At least that is what our Press Release will say today when it goes out suggesting the line up again smacks of age discrimination.
It seems it's Sir Alan's birthday today. Happy Birthday Sir Alan if you're following. He's 62 and far too old to go on his own show as a Candidate. At least that is what our Press Release will say today when it goes out suggesting the line up again smacks of age discrimination.
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