Bitterjug’s blog

Word has reached me that some of you (Sophia) were hoping to read something here about Cambridge. This entry is about why it hasn’t happened yet. 
We moved out from Shepherd’s Bush, erm [checks Google Calendar], three and a half weeks ago. I’d been scavenging for boxes for weeks (most were computer boxes from the new […]

These are my last few days of work at the beeb. Just as well. It’s standing room only on the trains between Cambridge and Kings Cross. And yet, somehow, I can’t get the hang of it.

A couple of times now I have stood up to offer my seat to someone and nobody has taken it. […]

Escape is a change of spirit. It’s escape from the prospect of suddenly growing old (and discovering that you are related to your spouse!?)

If this is the answer, what was the question?
Oh yeah, how old am I?
Lovely to spend the day at Energise rather than at the BBC, though, and even better to spend the evening with Nic at Sagar: south Indian vegetarian restaurant in Hammersmith. We had a double celebration as this was her last day at […]

Just back from the Cultures of Sustainability event in Camden where staff and guess teachers from Schumacher College gathered at Cecil Sharp House to discuss issues relating to sustainable living.
This photo shows Satish Kumar, who chaired the afternoon, guests Gustavo Esteva and David Orr, and lecturer Brian Goodwin. Also participating were Karen Blincoe the college’s […]

This week found me at a meeting of disruptive social innovators — The Disruptors for short. According to their Facebook page:
a group for people who are, and are inspired by, creating the precedents of the future; riders of the next wave of positive social change.
The blurb for their event, which came to me as a […]

I am listening for times when I hear myself saying something like “I want to be a successful ….” or “I feel like such a failure”. According to my theory, these are not conditions of affecting me objectively, they are winning or loosing conditions determined by the rules of the games of life that I find myself playing.

Today I am celebrating. This was my first day of paid work* that was not something to do with Information Technology. I went to Bedford today and delivered a one-day seminar on Emotional Intelligence, NLP and NVC. Nic and I prepared it together and she helped me deliver today, and to facilitate breakout sessions. The […]

“I’m just a guy who lends tiny little money to poor women”
With these words, Muhammad Yunus responded to his introduction and started his lecture today. Looking for this quote in my notebook I notice I have taken ten pages of notes. The lecture started humbly but ended with the words “this is what we […]

I cooked Ugali yesterday. Solidarity with my Kenyan friends. Mr Kioko has had some property destroyed but, to the best of my knowledge, most of my friends are safe. Let it stay that way.
Ugali is a staple foodstuff in the part of Kenya I was in, it is made of maize-meal and water. […]