Is it just me, or has anybody else noticed you don't see
Lewis Hamilton and Tutankhamun in the same room?
Saturday, November 8, 2008
Thursday, November 6, 2008
There IS a God
I purposely haven't written anything about the American election result because there are other people much more capable of doing a better job. The Teapot Monk is one such person and you can find his thoughts here. I did however steal this YouTube video from him...
...I would like to thank every American who voted for Barack Obama.
...I would like to thank every American who voted for Barack Obama.
watching and waiting
Message from the Ambassador - October 2008
"...Whilst many leave the UK to settle in Spain, the UK is still a country where many foreign nationals want to settle. You may have seen in the news that on 25 November the first identity cards for people from countries outside the European Economic Area will be issued to people who apply to stay in the UK as a student (or applications based on marriage or partnership). These ID cards will replace the vignettes previously placed in passports. ID cards will then be rolled out until everyone living in the UK has one. I know that there’s a strong demand amongst many UK nationals living in Spain for an ID card so that we don’t always have to carry passports around as a form of identification. Keep looking at our website for more news on this."
And the website address is http://ukinspain.fco.gov.uk/en/
"...Whilst many leave the UK to settle in Spain, the UK is still a country where many foreign nationals want to settle. You may have seen in the news that on 25 November the first identity cards for people from countries outside the European Economic Area will be issued to people who apply to stay in the UK as a student (or applications based on marriage or partnership). These ID cards will replace the vignettes previously placed in passports. ID cards will then be rolled out until everyone living in the UK has one. I know that there’s a strong demand amongst many UK nationals living in Spain for an ID card so that we don’t always have to carry passports around as a form of identification. Keep looking at our website for more news on this."
And the website address is http://ukinspain.fco.gov.uk/en/
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Free rice
This is a small way to make a big difference. Go to http://www.freerice.com/index.php and answer some of the general knowledge questions (you can change the level of difficulty) and for every correct answer the sponsors donate rice to the World Food Programme.
Go on, test yourself and make a difference!
Tuesday, November 4, 2008
<...> insert missing words
Before I came to live in a small place I was a bit concerned that everybody would know everything about me, then I realised that's only a problem if you have something to hide, which I don't, so my concerns were laid to rest.
It's been interesting over the years to hear back snippets of information about myself which have done the rounds of the grape vine before finally finding their way back home. I've come to the conclusion that people simply don't listen, or rather they hear but don't listen and that causes problems. If you hear something but don't listen there are gaps in what you know, and gaps have to be filled if you want what you know to make sense.
The latest round of "fill-in the missing words" has been about me working at the school for the last month. I had to tell everybody what I was doing and why because the temporary job interfered with my other job and I wanted the least amount of disruption to clients as possible. Within days I started getting panic calls from clients asking if it was true I'd folded my small business and was now working full-time at school. Somebody stopped me on the street and congratulated me on my new job teaching I.T. at school. "NOOOO!" I sighed, "I'm the temporary paper-clip monitor" and explained the situation again. (I wonder if this gem originated with the hags because on more than one occasion I parked the car close to where they have their hag fest and heard mention of "computer" as I carried a laptop bag from the car.) Anyway, I then received a call from a client asking me where in Gibraltar I was working because he was about to take his lunch break and would pop over for a quick haircut. What? "No, I'm not in Gibraltar, I'm in Pleasantville and I'm the temporary paper-clip monitor" I repeated again. Then there was the call asking me how easy it was to get my new job as Head of I.T. at school. I was tempted to say it was REALLY easy because it was an imaginary job and hey, if we all listen to Willy Wonker (or was it Judy Garland?) if we wish hard enough anything can come true. But no, I explained AGAIN that it was temporary and a lowly paper-clip monitor.
I finished at school last week and smiled to myself when I thought of all those people who didn't listen and filled in the gaps. Over dinner last night P mentioned somebody at school had sent me an email on my school email account, not realising I'd finished. So in case it was something important I opened that account for the first time since I'd finished and found the in-box full of emails saying "I didn't realise you were only temporary..."
Nurse, I'm ready for my medication!
It's been interesting over the years to hear back snippets of information about myself which have done the rounds of the grape vine before finally finding their way back home. I've come to the conclusion that people simply don't listen, or rather they hear but don't listen and that causes problems. If you hear something but don't listen there are gaps in what you know, and gaps have to be filled if you want what you know to make sense.
The latest round of "fill-in the missing words" has been about me working at the school for the last month. I had to tell everybody what I was doing and why because the temporary job interfered with my other job and I wanted the least amount of disruption to clients as possible. Within days I started getting panic calls from clients asking if it was true I'd folded my small business and was now working full-time at school. Somebody stopped me on the street and congratulated me on my new job teaching I.T. at school. "NOOOO!" I sighed, "I'm the temporary paper-clip monitor" and explained the situation again. (I wonder if this gem originated with the hags because on more than one occasion I parked the car close to where they have their hag fest and heard mention of "computer" as I carried a laptop bag from the car.) Anyway, I then received a call from a client asking me where in Gibraltar I was working because he was about to take his lunch break and would pop over for a quick haircut. What? "No, I'm not in Gibraltar, I'm in Pleasantville and I'm the temporary paper-clip monitor" I repeated again. Then there was the call asking me how easy it was to get my new job as Head of I.T. at school. I was tempted to say it was REALLY easy because it was an imaginary job and hey, if we all listen to Willy Wonker (or was it Judy Garland?) if we wish hard enough anything can come true. But no, I explained AGAIN that it was temporary and a lowly paper-clip monitor.
I finished at school last week and smiled to myself when I thought of all those people who didn't listen and filled in the gaps. Over dinner last night P mentioned somebody at school had sent me an email on my school email account, not realising I'd finished. So in case it was something important I opened that account for the first time since I'd finished and found the in-box full of emails saying "I didn't realise you were only temporary..."
Nurse, I'm ready for my medication!
Saturday, November 1, 2008
On being proactive
Photo ID cards for Brits living in Spain
Please sign the petition you will find HERE to help British nationals living in Spain receive the photo ID cards we desperately want.
There is a fundamental flaw in the online petition site, it will only allow one signing per email address. So, if there are two or more who want to sign this please use separate email addresses for each signing. All information given is strictly confidential. So come on, sign our petition...or the fluffy kitten gets it!
Thanks in advance.
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