Throughout our lives, we collect a number of material possessions. Often, we cling to these items for sentimental reasons, maybe they invoke memories. We treasure possessions and some people in this world are extremely materialistic. But aren’t memories and experiences far more important? I was listening to Chris Evans on BBC Radio 2 after he […]
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David Beckham – No Longer Role Model
For so long now, David Beckham has been a role model for so many people. Not only while he was playing football, but since hanging up his boots too. He clearly wants to portray himself as being a person of good standing, and someone who does things the right way. Until now we’ve believed it. This business […]
I’m Going to be Treading the Boards in The Sound of Music
Regular readers may remember my post from July where I told the story of how I came to audition for The Sound of Music. Well, I’ve been sitting on some news about this for a while now and I am finally allowed to let you all know about it. Yes, I got the part! That might […]
Facebook – Is it still relevant?
I’m using Facebook far less than I used to – fact. Does this mean that for me it’s becoming a much less relevant part of my social media activity? Or have I simply replaced it with another social media channel? I’ve been thinking about this recently and writing this was prompted by the RSPH Scroll Free […]
Currys PC World – My Fight for Fairness
You may remember that recently my daughter managed to smash the new TV that we bought from Currys PC World after only having it for four months. I remained calm because I had taken out the protection plan. This plan covered breakdown and accidental damage. Phew! They collected the TV the day after, how good was that? […]
A Massive Health Scare With The Dog
Tonight we had the worst health scare with Duke our dog. All started off well as I came home from work and we headed out for a family dog walk. But things took a very bad turn. Last night it was cool and raining when we walked the dogs. Today had been a little muggy […]
The Man With Big Balls – Offensive Comedy – Is It OK?
Can someone who is offensive as part of their act actually be a good entertainer? When you cast your mind’s eye around you may come up with names such as Roy Chubby Brown or Jim Davidson. But these are acts you choose to go see. What about street entertainers who don’t choose to encounter? You […]
SMASHED TV – NOT LOSING MY SH*T
Imagine the scene…I’ve called into Lidl to pick up a few bits while also collecting the eldest daughter and friends for their return to our house. My phone rings…“Dad, D has smashed the telly”. Now, I am a shouter. I admit that I can go from zero to 100 faster than Superman can get his […]
Happy Yorkshire Day 2018
I couldn’t let Yorkshire Day 2018 pass without theyorkshiredad.com having a celebratory post in the honour of this great county. Okay, technically there are four counties that make up Yorkshire but I’m brushing over that here. I decided that to celebrate Yorkshire Day 2018 I would post 4 photos – one from each of the […]
Positivity
I saw this quote and thought – “damn, so true”. Once you replace negative thoughts with positive ones, you’ll start having positive results I struggle with sleep sometimes because my brain simply will not stop thinking about things. Usually, those things are worries, big or small, in life. I force myself to think about good […]