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BY THE THAMES — There’s an interesting article about Transocean in The Sunday Times last weekend (subscription required). Perhaps you read it? I have been expecting something to come out, and certainly the implication is that we will hear a lot more about Transocean in the near future. I am sure there’s a lot to say on that. [...] FULHAM ROAD — I was fairly roundly abused over dinner last night for having this point of view. Apparently many in my generation feel that ‘social convention’ don’t and/or shouldn’t apply to them. And for anyone doing business I think that’s wrong. Whether big or small, there is no need to be rude if it could limit your business. 1. Swearing The [...] HYDE PARK — I watched an episode of Mission: Impossible with my 11-year-old yesterday. It was 1968 and they had to trick a bad guy into believing it he’d been frozen for 12 years. So they froze him and he “woke up in 1980″. It was great to see what 1980 looked like from 1968. There were rocket cars, flat [...] IN MY KITCHEN — I was just thinking last week that triathlons and marathons have become the new mid-life crisis. And then I read the story in the Sunday Times Style Magazine: “The rise of the IRON MAN”. Turns out that triathlons are the fastest growing mass-participation sport in the UK. The article cites [...] HOME — I’ve been wearing my dad’s tie all week. It’s a university tie from Bishop’s University outside Montreal. My dad was president of the University earlier this century. He was always quietly dapper without being too flash. [Okay, the man-bag he carried while we lived in Paris was a bit cutting edge.] There’ve [...] LONDON — There’s no sense bring timid about it: Let’s save the world. Everyone seems to agree that the planet is in dire shape. And we are making it worse father than better. Al Gore and now John Prescott (sic) are evangelising about the need for action. But there’s one important thing that’s missing… …And I believe that [...] CRANBERRY HIGHWAY — The flags around Cape Cod are at half mast. A boy from around here died in Afghanistan last week. On the way down through New Hampshire last week we shared a dodgy truck stop with a bus full of GIs. All unfailingly polite and… to a 43-year-old like me… young, small and fragile. A [...] |
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