http://simon.hildrew.net childhood, youth, education, work, onwards and outwards Sun, 17 Aug 2008 22:39:20 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en whatever that means i think i'm there now.  this weekend has been just that more or less.  last weekend was lots of travelling to brighton and salisbury with new and old friends respectively.  the two weekends before that have involved me round tripping with car loads of life from home ... http://simon.hildrew.net/2008/08/18/return-to-normal/ I saw this today and had to pass it on to everyone I know: http://xkcd.com/459/ http://simon.hildrew.net/2008/08/08/the-holy-binity/ This evening I had the priviledge of being in the audience of the UK premiere of 'for the BIBLE tells me so'.  An evening hosted by Sir Ian McKellen along with that all too controvesial US bishop, Gene Robinson.  The film was shown first, followed by a question and answer ... http://simon.hildrew.net/2008/07/15/for-the-bible-tells-me-so/ I have never ever seen tennis that good.  Not being one that is ever that great with words I find it particularly difficult to pull out words that go anyway to describing the gruelling afternoon in front of the television.  A five hour tennis match broken up by a jog, ... http://simon.hildrew.net/2008/07/06/the-best-in-the-wombles-back-garden/ I'm back at work - day 2 of the week.  I'm still dreaming at my desk, desk-dreaming if you like. Two years ago I went on holiday with a group of people to Greece, sailing through the Ionian islands.  You can see the photos I took here.  Having had one of ... http://simon.hildrew.net/2008/07/01/desk-dreaming/ I like the Big British Castle and I like Radio 4.  This evening I caught this weeks The Moral Maze (you can listen again from there) which was a debate roughly centred around religion vs. science.  As with everything it had extreme viewpoints but I felt that Lord Wilson had a ... http://simon.hildrew.net/2008/06/11/getting-lost-in-the-moral-maze/ Once in a while Have I got news for you is hilariously funny.  Tonight I saw a repeat from last week with Jeremy Clarkson chairing - quite simply it was one of the best I've seen for ages.  He also did an amazing take on Ground Force earlier in the ... http://simon.hildrew.net/2008/06/09/has-clarkson-got-news-for-you/ It's been a week of clarity.  Most literally the sky across London was stunningly clear today.  From my work place near the top of the Gherkin it was possible to see for miles and miles and not think that London was choking in a cloud of mutation creating poison. On other ... http://simon.hildrew.net/2008/06/06/clarity/ well well...  as you may know, I was in India last week to do some work.  On my only day as a tourist I was driven down to Agra to see the Taj Mahal.  This is my attempt at a slightly atypical picture of the vast place.  It really is ... http://simon.hildrew.net/2008/05/26/betting-oranges/ colourful india - orange turbans, blue skys, green and yellow taxies, purple saris and red tape... one of the main reasons i'm in india is to receive a shipment of computers from the uk so that i can commission them before i leave.  they flew out on sunday night to join ... http://simon.hildrew.net/2008/05/15/bureaucracy/