I started to write this blog some time ago, but I didn’t get around to posting it, or finishing it for that matter, because it was overtaken by my blog about some other watery exploits. Which, as it happens, also scuppered the use of my intended title (see “Water, water everywhere“). But I’ve just bumped […]
As is the Oz family’s wont – in a tradition going back as far as, let me see now, oh yes, the Christmas before last – we spent Christmas skiing. So, whilst a number of my readers were sweating over my Christmas competition, we were off enjoying ourselves! We went back to Pila, in the […]
The Osbornes recently suffered a tragedy in our menagerie (which is almost good enough to be the title of this blog, but not quite). Regular readers will know that I’m a bit of a yokel and that I live in semi-rural idyll with a variety of strange creatures – of the furry, feathered and buzzing variety, […]
In my last blog I wrote about my recent skiing trip and how much I enjoyed it. I love skiing. It’s right up there on my list of top ten favourite things (I’ll keep the other nine and their relative positions to myself for now, on the grounds that divulging them may incriminate me). What […]
At the weekend I bought a new toy and I’ve spent the last couple of days playing with it. The ‘toy’ in question is a chainsaw. Unlike other midlife crisis sufferers, I have no desire to buy a motorbike or a sports car or a speedboat, or to go bungee jumping or white-water rafting. In fact one […]
I had a fabulous weekend, thank you for asking. It wasn’t the usual, run-of-the-mill weekend of dog walking, cricketing, operating the Osborne taxi service or household chores, enjoyable as (most of) those things are, because this weekend Mrs Oz and I jetted off to Verona. To the opera, no less. I must stress that we don’t make a […]
My last but one blog (“A bit of a Barney”) featured our new puppy, Barney. He’s now had his various inoculations and is able to venture out into the world and a couple of weeks ago he spent his first day at work. The office where we work allows tenants to bring their dogs in […]
I’ve been accused (a tad unfairly in my opinion) by a colleague of occasionally making somewhat tenuous links in my blogs between some of my personal experiences and business continuity management. So what on earth, you may ask, is the link between beekeeping and business continuity management – or more specifically in this case, the […]
I’ve recently returned to work after a two-week holiday – at least I think it was a holiday as it was extremely busy, for reasons that I’ll explain. We decided not to go away this summer and opted to spend the time at home instead. There were two reasons for this. Firstly, we’re doing some […]