Shop soiled on The Apprentice

We enjoyed the return of one of Sir Alan’s favourite tasks on The Apprentice last night.
He got the two teams of remaining wannabes to choose products and try and sell them on a TV shopping channel.
Watching him give a running commentary as the teams attempted to flog a suitably bizarre collection of goods, I can [...]

No room for cry babies on The Apprentice

It is enough to make you bawl like a baby.
The Apprentice is hurtling towards yet another finale and this year’s weekly theme looks like being: the less crap team will win.
So does that translate to a conclusion that the less crap candidate will eventually land the £100,000-a-year top prize working for Sir Alan?
If these people do [...]

Take care on your bike

There are two important events happening in June.
Actually, I’m sure there are lots of important events happening in June, but two of the most significant for me are being launched next month.
The first is National Carers Week – June 8-14
The second is National Bike Week – June 13-21.
They overlap, which is great for me and [...]

All washed up on The Apprentice

In the triumph of arrogance and mediocrity over common sense and creativity that is The Apprentice, there really are only two words you need to know this week.
Cod shit.
That is the wonderfully descriptive way that everyone’s favourite village idiot James McQuillan chose to sum up his own team’s efforts to rebrand the faded seaside resort [...]

ME and my bike

(This post is part of International ME/CFS Awareness Day. It will also appear on the MeAware blog, along with many others written by people all over the world).
There are plenty of things I could point to as symbolic of the last three years.
Since Rachel first fell ill and was subsequently diagnosed with ME/CFS, shortly before we got [...]

Goodbye 40, hello 41

Another year passes, the smile is still as wide as before and a few unexpected twists and turns have been taken in my stride.
It is 12 months since I turned 40 and compiled the “40 List”.
So it is high time I took stock and see what (if any) progress I’ve made on the list.

(by RachelCreative)
There [...]

A rock gets rolled on The Apprentice

Week seven and we veered into Dragon’s Den territory on The Apprentice last night.
A selection of inventors paraded themselves and their brainchild in front of the business numpties, who had the task of picking two and trying to sell them to retailers.
I was fully expecting the words “disaster” and “no sale” to feature heavily and I [...]

A little time goes a long way

So preparations are well under way for my assault on the C2C Challenge on July 11 and 12.
I continue to be amazed and delighted with the generous response to my question about whether people would be willing to donate me 10 minutes of their time, rather than £10, if I manage to complete the 140 [...]