Monthly Archives: January 2013

I was about 13 when my mother taught me how to make a cheese sauce; it was the roux-method starting with melted butter and flour, then warm milk and finally the grated cheese. Later I learned to add an egg … Continue reading →

Recently I have attempted to write negative blogs about computers who have been programmed to become my friends. Almost every day, one of them intrudes further and receives a firm kick in the diodes. Today I read with delight a … Continue reading →

Remember that pile of LP’s I threw away about a month ago? I recalled that in this pile were LP’s from Yves Duteil and Gerard Lenorman, both dating back to the late 70’s/early 80’s which fortunately I had copied onto … Continue reading →

Every young child is naïve; it’s inevitable when you are learning every minute from what the grown-ups around you are doing and saying. As you grow older, you begin to question some of what you see, every now and then … Continue reading →

Life throws a lot of things at you, some good, some bad and most of the time somewhere in between. It is almost 10 years since my marriage exploded which incidentally also meant I lost a lot of so-called friends. … Continue reading →

There are so many expressions flying around and this (chip of the old block) is one of them; if you want to delve into its meaning and origins then here is where you can start. I have for a while … Continue reading →

By now, you will have a fair idea of my take on automated messaging from so-called service companies; moving house gives them every opportunity to mess up a little piece of your life. You may also have an idea of … Continue reading →

I was around 14 when I discovered some of the darker sides of chemistry. This was the 60’s and my school like most others had a uniform; grey trousers, black blazer and a white shirt. This was the age of … Continue reading →

If I were to criticize myself, and believe me I do more than you might think, it would be for trying to come up with creative solutions for problems when less sophisticated solutions would do a much better job. As … Continue reading →

It’s been a while (too long) since I interrupted my series of blogs on the Silk Road trip we made in 1981; I’ll get back to the stories perhaps later this week. After Urumqi, we climbed into the mountains (Bogda … Continue reading →