Category: Charity
Why Stephen Fry isn’t coming to dinner.
Why Stephen Fry isn’t coming to dinner. To celebrate the end of my concentrated spell of...
Read MoreBlue Monday Awareness Day
Blue Monday. Why mathematicians will kill you or make you smell of piss. Having contended with ‘Black Friday’ and ‘Panic Saturday’, not to mention ‘Bit-of-a-Kerfuffle Wednesday’ and...
Read MoreThe beast is gone, but the cause goes on.
The beast is gone, but the cause goes on. What day is it? What a time for ‘days’ we are having. Today alone is: St Andrew’s Day, 1st day of advent and Cyber Monday. It seems that every day is currently...
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Rare mouse spotted in Devon. It must be Movember 2014.
Movember 2014 – half way. The rarest of British mouse species, the moustache is said to be...
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Movember – Tash for cash
The NOTHING Diaries Movember – Tash for cash As you may, or may not know, I am already doing...
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Everything you don’t need to know about Devon carnivals
Devon carnivals Are you going to the carnivore? Rio has its carnival, and Venice has its exotic...
Read MoreThe Great North Run – jogging Geordies
The Great North Run There is a distinctive smell in the air today. It is September, and the leaves are turning brown, but this is not the scent of autumn. This is the scent of liniment and sweaty trainers, because it is again...
Read MoreIce Bucket Challenge? Cool!
The NOTHING diaries Ice Bucket Challenge In aid of JLS? I was somewhat taken aback when I heard about the current social craze of the ‘ice bucket challenge’ in aid of JLS. The poor ex-X-Factor lads must have fallen...
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Waxing, snot and falling off a bike
The NOTHING Diaries Waxing, snot and falling off a bike If you are seeking investment advice or...
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Why I’m doing ‘Nothing’ for mental health charity
Mork & Mind I’m a comedy kind of guy: I was born within a few days and a few miles of Lee...
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The Royal Wedding. The Dress. After an eternity of Royal Wedding fever, we can now relax, content in the afterglow of a spectacular day. The weather was wonderful, the royal correspondents were at their fawning sycophantic best, and the dress …Read More »
What women want. The secret of relationships.
What women want. Uncountable man-hours of speculation and research have gone into discovering what women want. Getting an understanding of the female mind is said to be as impossible as getting out of a TalkTalk contract, and it’s thought to …Read More »
The sounds of Christmas – Do they know it’s Christmas? Bono’s new Christmas album.
The sounds of Christmas. The sounds of Christmas endure the test of time, and the memory of them lingers long after the event. The sound of the kids ripping open presents at four in the morning will stay with you …Read More »
The definitive guide to jeans – how to wear your denim this season.
The definitive guide to jeans. Setting trends. There are numerous names and phrases that spring to mind when talking about fashion. Mary Quant, Yves Saint Laurent, the mini skirt, the little black dress, le smoking jacket, I could go on, but …Read More »
The secret revealed – How to move forward in life by getting a green light.
How to move on in life. Some people have importance written all over them, others feel the need to flash it about, but there is another way to get to where you want to be in life. The …Read More »