… “I think we’re gonna need a bigger boat”..
This sight made us all chuckle this morning.
Archive for May, 2009
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May
2009
2009
Mini Bongo
Firstly – congrats to Mr and Mrs Bongo on the birth of their new baby girl! Welcome to the world Emily! x
Last week I attempted to watch the cricket at Headingley with it’s new fancy pants drainage system that does not work.. “yet”. 3/4 million quid or there abouts could not stand up to a spot of rain. By 11, the sun had elbowed it’s way through the clouds and was set for the rest of the day. By mid afternoon the pitch was still waterlogged. By 3, they abondoned the match to the amazement and boo’s of the crowd. I’m wondering / suspecting if we’d of had play had there be no fancy pants new system. Anyway.
The weekend involved a bit of geocaching on Saturday – just a Dada and Jaygo mission, then a lot of geocaching on Sunday. Some gorgeous walks and views around Chelker, then around the village of Nessfield. Stunning views across Wharefedale from both walks. They had both been set out as a ‘series’ so you find one cache, then the next and so on – both circular walks, both about 2 hours, both beautiful. Other than that, bits of cooking, lots of reading and sleeping. Today we went and had a morning down by the river near Birstwith. Forecast said nice morning, followed by dull afternoon so we made the most of it.
Righty – I’m off to put Sophie Pi to bed now. What story?
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May
2009
2009
Waters
For those that know them, Mrs Bongo of Mr. and Mrs. Bongo fame is about to have a baby any time now. Her waters have broken! Good luck the three of you! x
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May
2009
2009
Bon Voyage
Firstly, Happy Birthday to Eirene’s dad. Everyone – have a pint for him!
So it’s been a good few days. A farewell party on Saturday night for Marcus and Ali who are off travelling turned into quite a late one.. (or early). Good fun was had by all. Lots of lovely people. Ali says she’s going to be writing a blog of their travels over the next couple of years – stay tooned, I’ll link to it from here. It sounds like they are going everywhere. They are also taking a DragonDrop T shirt – hopefully they will send a bunch of shots for the gallery.
I got featured on a podcast!
23 minutes from the end, there’s a story about me finding a geocache..
http://www.podcacher.com/?p=611
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May
2009
2009
Charity Fun Day
I think we’re off to this tomorrow – Should be fun…
CHARITY FUN DAY
SUNDAY 17thMAY 2009 11am – 5pm
LIVE MUSIC
Hilarious IT’S A KNOCKOUTCompetition
To enter a team phone 0780 1097756
HOG ROAST
Children’s Games Something for all the family
ENTRY ONLY £5 PER CAR!!!
Pedestrians Free!!! No. 36 Bus stops right outside
Every penny goes to registered charity no 1119153 to support health services in Malawi
BELLWOOD HALL, RIPON HG4 3AA
On the A61 Harrogate Road
200 metres from Ripon South Roundabout
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May
2009
2009
Sponsor Henry
Sponsor Henry!
Good friend of DragonDrop Henry is doing some silly volumes of running in aide of Unicef and the Gaza children’s fund. He ran the Leeds half marathon (pt1) last weekend, This weekend he’s doing the Marlborough Downs challenge (pt2) which is an Ultra marathon on Saturday – 33miles. At the end of the month he’s running the Edinburgh Marathon (pt3)… gotta be worth a couple of quid. Check out the comments on his sponsor page / give him a click…
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May
2009
2009
The Philosopher’s Apprentice
What a remarkable book “The Philosopher’s Apprentice
Not to be perturbed by it’s rather docile cover illustration which conjured up a in my mind something between chick lit and a kids book I was captivated by the time I’d finished the first few pages.
Until reading this book, I was, in the diction of a philosopher Tabla rasa, or without knowledge of most of the base concepts of philosophy.
In the essence of something akin to TV’s ‘LOST’ the environment of a seemingly uninhabited tropical island was the stage. Further to the LOST setting, the story unfurled several of the islands oddities and secrets as the young Philosophy drop out set about his task of giving an amnesic girl on the island a Moral Compass.
Darwin verses the rest of the world played a strong part in the sub plot to this book, where the author draws on examples, exercises and anecdotes from the world of phillosophica and without thinking too hard, I’d gathered a great insight into ‘the best bits’ of some of the greats – Aristotle, Socrates, Plato and Epicurus as well as some of the more up to date great thinkers such as Heidegger and Leibniz. 20th Century heads such as Kierkegaard and Nietzsche also had quite a chunk of beutifully crafted ink dedicated to their cause. Some of the basic (but fascinating) principals of philosophy were also quite neatly woven into the take – things such as Rationalism, Stoicism and a bunch of other ism’s to boot. I’d say – if you like the sound of a fantastic un-putdownable book that’s expanding your knowledge of Philosophical thinking without being a dullard brain ache, get it got!
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May
2009
2009
Google Latitude
Just installed latitude on my phone. It’s a thing that works out my (mobile phone’s) position via triangulation of signal from phone masts, or GPS (which I have on my phone). I’ve gone for the city wide only view (so that strangers don’t know my exact position but the personal version allows you to see where you friends are at more of a street view. I’ve decided I like it. The version below is the city height view – add me as a friend if you know me!
