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As the clock struck noon, Newcastle had just scored to level things against Barcelona at the Nou Camp, and I was really starting to dream. I had been thinking about possible flight options, and was the step before firing up Skyscanner with card in hand. Fast forward 45 minutes, and Newcastle limp off 7-2 losers.…

There is a quote I like that goes “What a privilege it is to go to bed tired after spending the day pursuing a challenge of your own choosing”. It’s wordy, but packs a punch.

I have just ticked over halfway in my 8 week gym program, and starting to feel and see the benefits. All great stuff. In my quest to become a certified Swole-dier, I was looking this morning at potentially adding a pre-workout supplement, and found something that had surprised me. Back in 2010, I used to…

Today we woke to see our world blanketed in snow. This is a rarity, and possibly the third time it has happened all winter. The season has been dreadful for snowsports lovers, i.e us. As I have mentioned many times, I’m a fan of snow days. They don’t cause any severe downsides (we don’t drive…

Imagine I have two children. What are the odds that they’re both boys? What are the odds if I tell you at least one is a boy? And do the odds change if I tell you the boy’s name? First person to return the correct answer gets a prize!

I have been building this new tool for work, and the initial progress has been promising. Without going into too much detail, it pulls together a number of tools to do long running research; imagine you wanted to find out all about Brazil, and in particular the food scene in the lower half of the…

There is a small lake at one of the larger parks near us, and sometimes I see people fishing there. I never see anyone catch anything, and I wonder if they’d have the same outcome throwing their lure into a bucket. But walking past today, I saw a number of carp (?) jumping out of…

There is a guy on YouTube I listen to while at the gym who give very solid workout advice. For those interested, check out Mike Israetel, founder of Renaissance Periodization and a sports and exercise scientist. He’s funny, knowledgeable, and very, very strong. He’s also super open about his own use of anabolic steroids to…

On Friday it bucketed down with snow. By Monday it will almost all be gone. In that small window, someone made an enormous snow ball. O and I were impressed!

My fact of the week came courtesy of an article I read on the flight over to SF, about the changing state of our northern neighbour. I’m not referring to Canada, but rather Wyoming.t The Cowboy State (technically the Equality State) is to my knowledge the least populous state in the union. What it lacks…