I was recently diagnosed with Psoriatic Arthritis. This explains symptoms I have been having over the past few years and I am not sure how I really feel about it. My consultant and I have not yet worked out the best way of medicating for the pain and swelling. I am keen to avoid strong [...]
A while back I posted about helicopter parents and their impact on the world of work. Over the past few days I have been part of a thread about partners of employees who involve themselves in their loved one’s workplace issues which culminated in a couple of great posts by Venting HR Guy.
I have no [...]
I have been keeping up with the Scottish Learning Festival stories from various sources. John Connell mentions the work of Charles Leadbetter and I need to find out more as I am intrigued by the explanation that John gives that according to Leadbetter today’s young people are
“….a generation infused with an attitude of ‘I can’, [...]
I was interested to learn about a recent initiative by Strathclyde Police in tackling gangs and related knife crime. According to a report on the radio yesterday they have police cadets – young people aged 16 who are interested in joining the police – to search bebo and youtube – looking for postings which can be [...]
I had loads of time to browse bookshops in Canada. I love wandering amongst shelves of books seeing what jumps up at me. I order most of the books that I know I want online – but I almost always come home with a book that I didn’t know existed if I have been in [...]
