As you surf the Internet perusing the offerings of all and sundry you might notice the same words and phrases being repeated on a lot of websites. We are bombarded by so much information and we read so much each day that we don’t even think about the things we’re reading. We just accept …
At the risk of sounding like I’m obsessed with the weather, I’m going to, for the last time, obsess about the weather. When I wrote last week’s blog post it had been hellishly hot for too long, had cooled down just enough and for long enough to make me believe I would survive, and …
There was no blog post from me last week due to a breath-taking heat wave which sucked the energy and inspiration out of me and everyone else in this region. I’ve yet to meet anyone who can honestly say this is their favourite time of year. Parts of the northern hemisphere are frozen while …
Continuing on from my recent post about doing what you love, and to show that I haven’t always walked the talk, I’d like to tell a story about my worst job. I applied for this job, went for an interview and got it on the spot. It was all so easy. Within six weeks I …
Modern English is interspersed with words from other languages, in fact English originated from various other tongues. As such there are many “foreign” words which we use every day and new words are added all the time. English is a living language. It evolves as we do. The problem lies not with the usage …
I just read a blog post about fitness resolutions written by someone who lives in the northern hemisphere. She commented that whoever came up with the idea of making New Year resolutions regarding getting in shape must have come from warmer climes than she currently resides in. As I write this the outside temperature …
Is it just me or does it seem like the word “actually” is popping up in people’s conversations and writing a lot more than it used to? Now that I’ve brought your attention to it I guess it won’t be just me. Did you know that if you take “actually” out of your speech …
On Keeping the Faith Many of my valuable, long-standing clients have encouraged me to add a blog to my website and share my interesting take on life. Perhaps to write about some of the common or more unusual errors I come across in my line of work, and to express my outlier opinion on …