This page collects a few interests and influences beyond my work. They are not part of my business, but they are part of who I am.

A few other things ...

GnR

GnR*

Guns n' Roses: Appetite for Destruction - this filthy, nasty, and utterly foul 1987 piece of dynamite is my favourite album in the entire universe. They're my favourite band in the entire universe.

Appetite

I LOVE GnR and I'm so glad I got to see them way back in '93. Best. Concert. Ever. Nothing can top these guys for me.


Still waiting for Axl's book, though ... Obviously I've read all the others! (Perhaps more than once ...)

WutheringHeights

Fictionaholic →

I grew up a bookworm, a complete fictionaholic.


We didn’t have a TV for a few years, and by the time I left school I felt like I’d travelled the world, lived in many different eras, and was convinced that had I been Cathy, I could have made Heathcliff into Perfect Husband Material.

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Pipe bands  →

I played the pipes in competing pipe bands for a long time and even joined the Army Reserves as a piper.  (Yep, that's me in the middle row.)


I’d tell you more, but what happens in the beer tent stays in the beer tent.

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Tuckerisms →

My favourite TV show EVER was “The Thick of It”.


If you’ve never heard of Malcolm Tucker, for pity’s sake don’t Google him if you’re at all faint-hearted.

MAckies

This ice cream →

I don't like chocolate very much. Some people are deeply suspicious of this.


However, I'd be quite happy to murder and pillage for Mackies honeycomb.

morangie

Glenmorangie →

My favourite drink is 18 year old Glenmorangie. 


I keep trying other types of whisky in the hope they'll match up, but sadly they don't. 


The quest continues.

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