Posts Tagged: Life

I should really be getting to bed but thought I’d post this first.

You’re born, you take shit. You get out in the world, you take more shit. You climb a little higher, you take less shit. Till one day you’re up in the rarefied atmosphere and you’ve forgotten what shit even looks like. Welcome to the layer cake son. — Eddie Temple

I’ve just discovered a wonderful tradition, the caffè sospeso, or suspended espresso. In Naples when a customer is particularly happy with their espresso they will pay for two, the second being the ‘suspended espresso’. Then when somebody who is homeless, or down on their luck comes to the cafe they can ask if there are… Continue reading ›

Seth Godin has another great post on his blog today entitled How to Answer the Phone in which he states: The only reason to answer the phone when a customer calls is to make the customer happy. He goes on to say If you’re not doing this or you are unable to do this, do… Continue reading ›

My friend Simon Collison recently shared the wonderful eulogy he wrote about his Father who passed away earlier this year. Inspired by this I thought I’d share with you the short passage I wrote for my Nana’s funeral last year. Most of it will mean little to you as it was of course quite personal,… Continue reading ›

Whilst perusing Delicious earlier today I came across a really interesting post Introverts and Extraverts : Can’t We Just Get Along which in turn led me to another post by the same author The Introverts Strike Back. I agree with the author’s basic premise that an introvert cannot or at least is very unlikely to become an extravert… Continue reading ›