Archive for September, 2005

Reality star ‘cheated benefits’ & Polish Elections

BBC NEWS | Reality star ‘cheated benefits’
Without voicing any of my opinions about the individual involved (I don’t want to be accused of being a reactionary old tory…), I’m glad to see a benefit fraudster being publicly ‘banged to rights’.
In my current line of work, I come across a number of clients who are ostensibly [...]

September 27, 2005   Posted in: Whinge  Comments Closed

Vanishing Comments

Thanks to Svetlana for drawing my attention to the fact that all my comments appear to have vanished!
They are still there if you click on the link that says “0 comments” (don’t believe it – it lies!). I’m not sure what’s up with it. I’ve not even been messing around with my template. I assume [...]

September 24, 2005   Posted in: Blogging, Catch Up  Comments Closed

Catching Up….

Sorry I’ve not been the best blogger in the last week or so in relation to updates.
It’s been quite a busy little time for me. As I mentioned before, I have been told that at the start of October, I will be given my months notice of redundancy from my current job – not good [...]

September 21, 2005   Posted in: Blogging, Catch Up  Comments Closed

Seasons

100_0642 Originally uploaded by edinburghsteve.
A new ‘project’ to keep me busy. I’m going to photograph Princes Street Gardens East over the course of a year, to capture the changing seasons.
Hopefully I get a little better at taking pics by the spring!

September 15, 2005   Posted in: Edinburgh, Photos, Seasons  Comments Closed

BBC NEWS | Magazine | What is happening to autumn?

BBC NEWS | Magazine | What is happening to autumn?
As if by magic, following my post about autumn… the BBC have gone and made a magazine feature of it. I must be a real trend-setter (or it MIGHT just be coincidence!).

September 13, 2005   Posted in: Seasons  Comments Closed

Envy

I do sometimes feel a terrible envy.
Take for example, two of my friends who are currently on holiday, in Oregon, having traveled up through Northern California. They are being ‘looked after’ on their trip by friends they have in a number of Indian tribes. Their days have been spent fishing, swimming, rafting, baking salmon, and [...]

September 13, 2005   Posted in: Whinge, Wibble  Comments Closed

Pierogi Pierogi Pierogi… redux.

IMAGE_00029 Originally uploaded by edinburghsteve.
Well, I did it.
Last night I finally got round to my first attempt at making Pierogi, and I have to say they were not at all bad! The pictures won’t do them justice, as I used my camera phone in poor light. I also forgot to photograph the blueberry ones [...]

September 12, 2005   Posted in: Food, Polski, Wibble  One Comment

Polskie Wtorkie

100_0494 Originally uploaded by edinburghsteve.
Excellent. A bar just along from where I currently work has a big banner out front advertising a Polish night.
According to the picture they stock Е»ywiec… I wonder if they serve it “+ sok”?
Worthy of further investigation I think…

September 11, 2005   Posted in: Polski  Comments Closed