Tagged: Weather

Little is more perturbing to the amateur weather forecaster, and certainly will be to those professionally qualified, then the spurious sensationalist weather headlines in the Daily Express. Weather forecasting is actually rather important, not only to the individual but to many businesses across the country – people will make decisions based on such sensationalist drivel that will cost businesses up and down the country, especially but not only in terms of the impact on tourism. The latest came on Saturday: The usual suspects have contributed to the article, notably Jonathan Powell of Vantage Weather Services, and James Madden of Exacta …

There are often things to do in Reading that you wouldn’t necessarily expect, and I wouldn’t have discovered this without a nod from my good friend Josie, who mentioned it a while ago.  How odd that the only person I know who seems to know about this lives in Australia? Anyway, Wamfest is a festival about the weather, art and music, with the weather being the predominant theme. I spent an hour of my time there, I could have spent more had I planned for it as it is always good to meet people who share my passions with a similar …

I feel quite reasonable today, I even got up early and was 30 minutes early for work – crazy stuff!  Means I can leave at 5pm which will be much appreciated. I didn’t get the sales support role that I applied for.  I did have a feeling in the interview that I didn’t get it and that they had someone else in mind.  But I enjoyed the interview and the presentation – does that make me strange? Apparently I gave a very good presentation, though I didn’t show enough confidence – I would agree for the first minute or so …

Hello world, I am back from my Facebook break. I de-activate my Facebook account every 6-8 months for a few days or sometimes even a week.  I thoroughly recommend it to anyone who feels they spend too much time on Facebook.  It has allowed me time away to reprioritise my life and concentrate on other things – I was spending way too much time on there!  I’m sure I probably missed out on a few things that would have interested or amused me, but life goes on. One annoying thing about not being on Facebook is that I do not …