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I was thinking to myself the other day about ‘what if’s’ like what would happen if everyone found out god never existed, or what would happen if the hadron collider blew up, and more realistically what would I do if I was caught up in a serious incident and how would I behave.

I’m going on the presumption that I have escaped the incident unscathed, it could be a plane crash, a bus accident, or maybe an explosion. Serious incidents happen every day and most of us (including me) go through life thinking it could never happen to us, well your wrong, it could happen to you and me alike.

Obviously if this was happening to someone you know you would obviously run to the rescue to help your loved ones, but how would you react towards complete strangers? I would like to think that most of us would try and help the suffering and injured as much as possible, but the fact remains that in most cases people panic, think of only themselves, the rush of adrenaline makes you feel disorientated and not knowing what the hell is going on, this is human nature and a reaction that is completely normal.

I want to give you all some advice on how to keep your cool and how to be the hero in such situations, help your fellow human beings and gain ‘hero’ status in the process. Read the rest of this entry »

No - this isn't really me...

I mostly drink wine – and if I’m honest with myself have had a drink in some way, shape or form most evenings for a very long time. Not every evening – but most. I rarely – if ever – drink during the day. And I never drink when entertaining clients or working (I know I have a habit of having just one more than I should – never good for business). As far as my ‘get myself fit’ project goes – drinking is number one on the list of things to sort out!

This has been on my mind for some time after having some friends for dinner. The conversation turned to our drinking habits and one of my friend relayed an article he had read about “functional alcoholics”.  Half jokingly we all came to the conclusion that if we weren’t already, we were coming very close to this fitting into the definition.  Loosely the definition being someone who drinks regularly and can still function perfectly normally to all intents and purposes… Like us our friends drink every night – and run a successful business without alcohol affecting their performance. And, we’ve all been doing just that for years.

This was what got me started thinking about this big health kick I’m starting right now…

So how do I plan to adjust my ways on drinking? I’m no expert but I do know myself – here’s my approach… Read the rest of this entry »

I’ve been thinking about getting my shit together for a while and getting myself into shape. Motivated in part by the articles David Corder owner of the Perfect Fit Wellness Center has provided us, what better time than to tie it in with the whole New Year resolution thing – something I don’t normally do as nobody ever seems to make them stick – including myself! However, this time I’m damn well going to do it – and in order to make myself look a complete ass if I don’t (and thus provide some motivation) I intend to do it publicly on here… Warts and all if necessary!

As someone who used to be a nightclub bouncer, visit the gym regular, spend their vacations walking up and down mountains, a martial artist (Judo and Thai Boxing), and squash player three times a week I’ve really let myself go over the past 6 or 7 years – it’s like I never did all that! Read the rest of this entry »

It will probably make me sound like some kind of Scrooge character – but, apart from my kids (and my dad this year who’s staying with us) I don’t buy Christmas presents. It seems like a total waste of money to me – and I’m more that a little tired of all the holiday marketing that seems to start earlier and earlier each year. I tell people not to buy for me but some still do – but I insist if they must that they don’t spend much money.

My wife and I since we met don’t buy anything for each other either at Christmas  or birthdays  and haven’t since we met. What’s the point, it’s OUR money we are spending and we just prefer to buy what we want and need, when we want and need it. A nice meal and each other company is usually as far as we go with most celebrations of any kind…

Back to the holidays… they have just become so over-commercialized it’s beyond belief. It seems that people all over the world get themselves into financial difficulties because of the intense pressure to spend placed on them by stores and their own family as they feel the need to equal the spend of better off family members.

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There’s really only one thing to write about this morning – the death of Brittany Murphy at only 32.

According to most reliable sources Brittany died on Sunday at 10:04 PST at the home she shared with her husband British writer Simon Monjack. Initial reports described her death as due to ‘natural causes’ (no doubt the vultures will soon be circling with their absurd conspiracy theories soon as always after such a perfectly reasonable description),  and a number of sources are now describing it as cardiac arrest.

Best know perhaps (certainly in our eyes) for films like 8 Mile
and Sin City, Brittany Murphy has had a relatively successful career with the promise of more to come. Whatever the circumstances, whoever they are, it’s never pleasant to see the demise of someone so young with such a future ahead of them… Our thought go out to Brittany Murphy’s family.

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