Magazine cover

Well I'm proud to have made it onto a magazine front cover. Even if the magazine isn't published any more and I don't work on things Amiga now.

Pictures I can feel

Bluebell's in spring.

At times I look through my photographs and spot something that says "England" to me. Bluebells in a late spring woodland Surrey, 2004.

USA Politics

When a country welcomes you it seems unjust to be critical of that country.  That said I am amazed how blind the average US person is to the injustice they force on other people without any apparent understanding that it is unjust and without being able to understand why people may dislike them for it >>

Mick

Mick meditating

23 Sept 2004. Its time to start adding some content. Lets take a professional approach:

  1. Decide on the objective; I guess its to let you know a little more about me, although why you would want to do that is between you and your psychiatrist!
  2. Pick something interesting; See I knew it would get hard pretty quickly. Guess I can widen that out to be "pick something".
  3. Present it in an interesting way; Great, now I can use marketing to remove the need for item 2.
  4. Make it concise and clear; That's blown it, now I can't use marketing after all!
  5. Ensure the objective has been met; Hmmm. Its sounding more like ISO9000 now. Well at least that means I can amass lots of useless information and pretend that's more important than meeting the objective!

Say hello to Michael (as my parents insisted on calling me, even when almost the whole world called me Mick):

This is me in about 1958/59 being hijacked by a couple of hillbillies.  Hang-on, no, my mistake; those are my brothers Richard and Phil.  Notice I retained the brown fading edges on this battered photo so that you know it is very, very old.

Mick 13 years old! This is how I looked at 13 years old. Some thought I was cute, but it turns out it was just a passing phase. At least I still had my own teeth back then.

Well, I'm pretty much at the end of this 1st editing session, but I'll end with one last photo.  You should probably check back because I may have another burst of activity in the not too distant future or stumble across something genuinely interesting.

April 2004. Renee and Mick at a temple in Xi'an, China.  I love China and in particular enjoyed this visit to Xi'an.  Its not just the Terracotta Warriors, but also the hustle and bustle at the line where modern China and old China meet.  If you are thinking of a visit to China I'd recommend using TravelChinaGuide.com