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The Rise of the Gourmet Burger
Because I am essentially a salesman, I am always on the periphery of the marketing profession and those within it. Marketing people are generally held in higher regard than sales people but just like any other business or trade some of them are useless whilst others are remarkably creative with utilising words to make an otherwise bland product seem incredibly exciting. One of my favourite examples of marketing creativity was an advert for a ...
The Shining is Back!
Because I operate on a plane of stratospheric intellectual arrogance, I like listening to radio 4 in the mornings. Sometimes it gets a bit tedious and "Thought for the day" read by a prominent member of the God bothering society, can sometimes smack of the self-righteous dictating their unrealistic ideals on the thoughtless general public. However, they have some great interviews on there and this morning it was with none other than ...
Beaten by the System!
After a bitter battle of wills, I eventually paid an outstanding tax bill of £1640.00 yesterday morning after receiving sinister threats and the prospect of legal action from the Inland Revenue. It is not that I dispute the amount, I owe it fair and square. However, by their own admission, the revenue also owe me money, just over £1300.00 in overpaid company tax and NI from 2011. For the last couple of months I have stood firm ...
A Weekend in Jersey – Part 2
Following our first night debacle at The Inn Boutique, we decided upon taking the safe option and checked out, spending the additional cash that guaranteed, if nothing else, a catch up on the sleep deprivation we had suffered on Friday evening/Saturday morning. The general manager at The Boutique arrived to see us on Saturday morning and attempted to talk us into to staying on, but we stuck to our guns, despite her kindly sending us a huge ...
A Weekend in Jersey – Part One!
Justine and I went to Jersey this weekend as a kind of celebration of our engagement and with a view to seeing potential places to get married without the hassle of doing stressful things like organising guest lists, cakes, cars, food and flowers. It was a good weekend too, though it didn't come without some obligatory disasters I have long associated myself with. Obviously it was all a bit rushed on Friday, dropping off kids and having to ...