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December 30, 2012 by benmblackman
Cliff Richard would be proud of me. Ok, I didn’t see any mistletoe at all throughout the festive period 2012 …
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Category: Humour
| Tags: 2013, a land sugar, books, boxing day, bucks fizz, bucks fizz flambé turkey, buffet, chocolate orange, christmas, christmas hats, cliff richard, cracker hats, crackers, desert island discs, ferrero rocher, flambé, geoff capes, hand made crackers, happy new year, home made decorations, jewish, leveson inquiry, lord leveson, mistletoe and wine, prince charles, records, robert jay qc, socks, toblerone, vegetable fuel
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December 24, 2012 by benmblackman
I’ve met a lot of people in December and do you know what they say to me? ‘How was 2012 …
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Category: Me, myself & I, Running, Writing
| Tags: 10km, 2012, 2012 review, 2013, brucie, carers, carers central, charity, fireworks, jk rowling, lesley gore, mumpreneurs, peg marketing, red rose awards, red trouser days, red trousers, rodeos, running, suitcase full of rocks, the harder I work the luckier I get, verve cliquot, very nice things, writing, young carers
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December 20, 2012 by benmblackman
You’d have thought a Teacher, Marketing Consultant, Farmer and Chief Executive would be an excellent mix for a quiz team …
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Category: Humour, Sponsored (well, maybe one day)
| Tags: andy mcnab, blockbusters, bob holiness, bravo two zero, chartered accountant, chief executive, community sports club, croston, croston sports club, dairy farmer, Facebook, farmer, fibula, financial director, fresh prince of bel-air, hotpot, jellied eels, marketing consultant, name that tune, norfolk and chancres, ofsted, pe teacher, peter crouch, post office master, quiz, quiz tourettes, quizmas, river nile, SAS, scouse, shazam, teacher, the blacksmiths, university challenge, university debt, wikipedia
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December 10, 2012 by benmblackman
The other evening I was walking to the train station after a late finish at work, not in a particularly …
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Category: Me, myself & I
| Tags: babes in arms, dogs in hats, life changing, liverpool john moores university, ljmu, mona lisa, money doesn't make you happy, paulo natini, risotto, simple things in life, smile, time is money, ucas, yuppie
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December 4, 2012 by benmblackman
I’ve worked out what I want to do with my life. I want to move to Edinburgh. Specifically to Channings …
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Category: Humour
| Tags: champagne, champagne charlie, channings hotel, do not disturb, edinburgh, ernest shackleton, euro millions, guide dog, hogwarts express, hotel room stealing, lancashire, learmonth gardens, mother in law, nanny, nimrod, pendolino, pendolino toilet, pesky kids, train, travel sick, travel sickness