There was once a young turtle called Nathaniel. He was a sweet young hatchlet, the youngest of six. And one day, after hearing the call of the sea, he decided to leave his little corner of the estuary and head off to waters new. Arriving in the choppy waters of Cardiff Bay, our young hero…
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They say that pride comes before a fall. I was very proud of my wonderful time management skills prior to our family trip to France. I had three weeks worth of blog posts scheduled to publish in my absense, tweets and all. I really should have known better! I’ve been playing catch up ever since…
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If you don’t have time to watch the short video, this is just to say thank you to everyone for being around while I was in France. We had a lovely time (and I had a fabulous birthday). Special thanks must go to Mike ‘DrEgg’ Simmons, Dave ‘website-in-a-weekend’ Doolin, Ben 6Aliens and Heather from Shades…
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Just eleven days ago I published my now infamous wish list and video. The response was amazing, exciting, humbling and a whole load of other emotions I can’t even begin to try and put words to. I meet with the Give A Brick trustees on Sunday afternoon and can’t wait to tell them what you…
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We all like to think that we’re very good at being ever so polite and thankful, but how often do you make a purposeful decision to look for things to be thankful for in your fellow human being? I like to think that I always say thank you when someone holds a door open for…
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The lovely Matthew Needham from The Big Red Tomato Company hosted a competition recently. The prize was a copy of Tim Ferriss’ “The 4-Hour Workweek” which came highly recommended by Matthew. And if you haven’t guessed already … we won! Matthew wants a
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So we’re a day or so late but since it’s 2010 for another several hundred days or so, I decided it wouldn’t matter too much
2010 is going to be an exciting year for Give A Brick and I’ll
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Evening It seems that Give A Brick have found a new way to lend a hand and raise some money at the same time. Not content with building a pretty website for ourselves, I helped a lovely policeman called Owen. Why would a policeman need a website? To advertise his telephone number?! But this policeman…
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